Add Another Day To Your Commute!: Hogan Lovells moves to a 4-day policy. Director Of Skadden’s Fellowship Program Resigns Over Firm’s Deal With Trump: Susan Plum was hired as...

Yakub Hazzard (courtesy photo) In today’s legal market, where law firms continue to show an ever-increasing interest in strategic growth through mergers, we wondered how a firm could craft...

Rise And Resist Gains A Bunch Of Support: Cheers for fighting the good fight! Here’s Your Preview Of The NextGen Bar Exam: Less time and less hassle! Will The...

In today’s legal market, innovation is central to how firms deliver value, attract talent, and grow profitably. The difference between firms that see marginal gains and those that lead...

Crowell & Moring Are On The Yahd: Congrats to Crowell & Moring and Faber Daeufer & Itrato on teaming together. The DOJ Is Harassing Harvard For Alleged Discrimination Against...

With Q3 nearly upon us, Biglaw firms most definitely have the urge to merge. Within the last month, two major mergers were announced — McDermott Will & Emery and Schulte...

Gideon v. Wainwright secured the right to an attorney for defendants facing felony charges, even if they couldn’t afford the representation. Would have been nice if it went just...

You Either Die A MAGA Hero Or Live Long Enough For Donald Trump To Call You A “Sleazebag”: White House burns Federalist Society in social media rant as courtroom...

Getty Images How many times have we sat at a conference, staring at our phones, thinking to ourselves, “This feels like law school all over again!” The monotony of...

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Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to reporters at The Daily Beast, which high-profile defendant is President Donald Trump open to pardoning?...

Magic Circle Firms Are Trying To Pull A Disappearing Act: Will they pull off transmuting “Magic Circle” for “Global Elite”? Shots Fired At Leonard Leo!: Trump calls the mastermind...

Whether you’re new to the site or a legacy reader, we thought we’d offer a little refresher on how to get the most out of Above the Law and...

This Is What The FBI Has Come To: Read about the agency’s interesting triage of societal ills. If You Choose Your Firm, Which Firms Win Out?: Check out where...

Is the billable hour becoming a thing of the past?  In an era where client expectations are reaching new heights, it’s crucial for your law firm to stay ahead...

Competition Could Be Pushing Competitors Together In New York: Which Biglaw firms will be the next to merge? Is Skadden Trying To Change Its Placement On The Biglaw Spine...

As market pressures abound, Biglaw firms continue to have the urge to merge. Kent Zimmerman, a veteran law firm mergers consultant, recently said, “The dominoes have been dropping in...

The Worst Part Is What He Did After The Theft Scandal: Edward Rene will have a lot of time to mull over his mistakes. DLA Piper Is Recruiting The...

Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. Jesus, he tore these people a new asshole. Good grief. — Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, in comments caught...

Ed. Note: We’re starting a new feature, kicking off the week with a collection of top stories from the prior week. It’s like our daily See Also, but for...

Judge John Bates, appointed by George W. Bush, is overseeing the litigation filed by Jenner & Block against the Trump administration challenging the Executive Order targeting the firm. Bates...

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to Above the Law’s 2025 Biglaw Intimidation Survey, what percentage of respondents at Am Law 100...

Omarosa Manigault Newman has been known as many things over the span of her career: writer, political aide, and a stand-out contestant on the show The Apprentice are just...

(Photo by DON EMMERT/AFP via Getty Images) Am I the only one losing their sense of humor? It’s the only thing that keeps me going in tough times. Right...

Well, well, well. If it isn’t the consequences of Paul Weiss’s own actions. Earlier today, American Lawyer reported that Karen Dunn, Bill Isaacson, Jessica Phillips, and Jeannie Rhee are...

She Took Off The Gloves For This Dissent: Someone needs to point out the Court’s abuse of the shadow docket. Glad she’s taking the charge. The Department Of Homeland...

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Guess Who Completed Their Studies!: Will Kim’s next step be bar prep(Opens in a new window)? Cowardlader Wants To Skimp On Their Trump Tithe: The firm wants to scrub...

* Law firm office leasing is booming, so don’t hold out much hope for working from home. * Kim Kardashian is done with her legal training. Which...

Taking The Protest To The Orange Shoe Firms: Use that free speech! This Biglaw Firm Is Committed To The Green: DWF makes plans to grow their own forest! Lawyer...

(Photo by Aude Guerrucci-Pool/Getty Images) * An open letter to Clarence Thomas. If we print it out and wrap it in luxury vacation tickets he just might read it....

severance pay The question of whether everyone receives severance pay is a common concern among employees facing job termination. The simple answer is no; not everyone who leaves a...

The Legal Industry Doesn’t Stand With Trump’s Bullying: Read the survey for yourself! Habeas Corpus? I Hardly Know Her!: Kristi Noem messes up the most softball question possible on...

* Tom Goldstein rips DOJ over “breathtaking” legal theories he says biased the grand jury. * Judge Posner prevails in lawsuit brought by former pro se group executive...

Discussions Are Under Way: Partners will vote on if McDermott and Schulte will merge within 90 days. Susman Godfrey Still Putting Money Behind Diversity: Congratulations to the winners of...

This week, we’ve had K&L Gates sanctioned over fake AI cites. It spread to Canada. Latham admitted to an AI screw-up in a case WHERE THEY WERE REPRESENTING AN...

Work From Home? That Was So 2024: Sidley only gave a week’s notice before ordering folks back. Above The Law In The New York Times: Normally this newsletter is...

Ed. note: This is the latest installment in a series of posts on motherhood in the legal profession, in partnership with our friends at MothersEsquire. Welcome Sonya L. Sigler back...

Most litigators need to travel for court conferences, depositions, site inspections, and other events during the life of a lawsuit. Depending on the type of appearance, a lawyer might spend...

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to data collected for Am Law’s 2025 mental health survey, what percentage of respondents felt like...

Comey’s “Cool Shell Formation” Has Kash Patel Phoning In The SS: His abbreviation, not mine. These Firms Are Really LinkedIn: Is your firm on the top of its social...

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A Top 10 Firm Expects Associates To Be In The Office “At Least” 4 Days A Week: Is the 5th day implied? DOJ Gets All Retaliatory: Because chilling law...

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to data collected by Am Law, which Biglaw firm had the lawyer that billed the most...

Biglaw Firm Commits To Huge Scrub Of Diversity And Pro Bono Work From Website: Good deeds really don’t go unpunished. More Capitulation, More Problems: Another Congressional investigation is headed...

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to reporting by Bloomberg Law, which Biglaw firm was the top legal adviser for mergers &...

The Moral Divide Between Young Lawyers And Their Seniors Is Growing: When did firms trade principle for capital? Top Ranked Law School Schools Administration On The Rule Of Law:...

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to data collected by ALM, how many Wachtell attorneys does it take for the firm to...

Nixon Peabody Scrubs Diversity Billing Codes And Multiple Mentions Of Diversity: They may have kept the pictures, but the changes made are obvious. More Partner Departures Over Biglaw Capitulation:...

Biglaw Partners Are Moving On: White & Case and Paul Weiss lose some pretty big names from their rosters. Speaking Of White & Case: They’re headed back to the...

There are only two responses to a truly phenomenal dad joke: frustration and a knee-slapping gigglefest. Don’t believe me? Listen to this Dad Joke compilation with your office door...

Last year, I wrote an article about how it often makes sense to hire local counsel rather than to travel for clients in some circumstances. Travel time can add costs...

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Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to data collected by ALM, which firms in the Am Law 100 only have an equity...

We’re Still Feeling His Impact On The Court: The unexpected liberal judge is a model for judges everywhere. Cadwalader Feeling The Consequences Of Cowering: They’re seeing an exodus of...

There’s Talk Of A Merger To Come: McDermott Will & Emery and Schulte Roth & Zabel are in conversation. Trump’s Divisiveness Is Bringing People Together: Say hello to General...

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to data collected by ALM, what is the difference between highest profits per equity partner and...

White & Case Just Lost One Of Their Highest Compensated Partners: Best of luck to Taurie Zeitzer on her own firm! Prominent Partner Jumps Paul Weiss Ship: Columbia University,...

(Image via Getty) In the spirit of bar prep, let’s IRAC this. The California Bar had an issue: they looked at their budget and realized that they’d go bankrupt...

Latham, Simpson, and Cadwalader Downplay Multimillion-Dollar Deals With The Trump Administration: They can say what they want, but the internet never forgets. No One Wants To Work With Quitters:...

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to data collected by ALM, what percentage of the Am Law 200 say they plan on...

60 Minutes Catches Up On The Attacks On Biglaw: It doesn’t look great for the firms that capitulated to Donald Trump. Back To The Office! White & Case mandates...

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to data collected by ALM as part of their Am Law 100 ranking, how many lawyers...

Perkins Coie Gets A Permanent Injunction Against Trump’s Executive Order: Judge Beryl Howell goes all Shakespearean in slapping back Trump’s Executive Order. Microsoft Gets New Outside Counsel: Swapping Simpson...

Contingency fees are a time-honored tradition in the legal profession through which attorneys accept a case in exchange for a portion of a recovery if a favorable outcome is...

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to data collected by ALM as part of their Am Law 100 ranking, of the 100...

From the moment that Donald Trump signed an Executive Order (EO 14230) targeting Perkins Coie — one of the first Biglaw firms to be on the receiving end of...

Law Day Becomes Loyalty Day Under Trump: Even the people in suits are protesting. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner Is Cutting Staff: 8% in the firm’s UK and US locations....

(Image via CLOC) Next week, I will be covering the CLOC Global Institute at the Aria Hotel and Resort in Las Vegas. The conference will span four days (May...

Microsoft Just Booted Simpson Thatcher Off Payroll: Jenner & Block will be taking over from here. Skadden And Davis Polk Still Aren’t Out Of The Dog House: They both...

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to data collected by ALM as part of their Am Law 100 ranking, what are the...

Watch Out, Amal Clooney!: Trump keeps finding new ways to disregard the rule of law. Paul Clement Joins The Resistance: Even the conservatives are standing up to Trump. Over...

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to data collected by ALM as part of their Am Law 100 ranking, which Biglaw firm...

Beat The Charge, Free Of Charge: Executive order tees up domesticated law firms to represent cops accused of unlawful use of force and other charges. Of Course It Involved...

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to the 2025 Q1 report by the Wells Fargo’s Legal Specialty Group, how much is Biglaw...

Things Are Going Historically Bad: Looks like we’re living in the worst 100 first days of a presidency. FASORP Goes Full Spite LARP-ing: The losers want law review applicants...

(Photo by Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images) Rappers have a long history of making outlandish claims about how much staying power their careers will have. One of the boldest happened on...

Orange Is The New Black (Robes): FBI agents arresting judges in their courthouses sadly was on our 2025 bingo card. Justice Breyer Still Believes In Institutions… For Some Reason:...

Lawyers are taught that they should exploit every advantage possible to serve a client’s interests. Indeed, some might argue that a lawyer’s duty of diligence requires that an attorney take...

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Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to the 2025-26 U.S. News Rankings, which law school got top marks for its legal writing...

The Judge Was Arrested In Her Own Courthouse: Kash Patel bragged about the arrest on Twitter. Hunting For A Federal Clerkship?: These are the schools judges want to see...

(Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. he imposition of numerous conflicts of interest between the terms of the agreement...

Is This A Judicial Opinion Or Freshman Philosophy Hour?: Next up, a hamburger contract breach that asks how many angels can dance on the head of a pin? Signs...

(Photo by DON EMMERT/AFP via Getty Images) Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. Harvard is a threat to Democracy, with a lawyer, who represents...

Law Students Refuse To Work For Capitulating Firms: Resistance matters at every level. Want To Make Sure Your Law School Investment Pays Off?: These are the top law schools...

Unaware that you’re supposed to rip the band-aid off all at once, the embattled officials behind the California Bar Exam decided they hadn’t had enough of the non-stop cavalcade...

Rachel Cohen Honored For Standing Up To Skadden For The Rule Of Law: Now that’s a line for the resume! It’s Like Saying “I Do” To The Rule Of...

(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. I think worried that there’s going to be a...

Refusing The Court Is Criminal: Former Justice thinks Marc Rubio, Pam Bondi, and others can be held in criminal contempt for defying orders. Bad Thing About Public Opinions Is...

(Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) On Friday, the ACLU asked the Supreme Court if it actually trusted the Trump administration to follow the law and around 1 a.m. on...

Lawyers On The Right And The Left Agree: What the Trump administration is doing is deeply disturbing. More Folks Are Quitting The Cowardly Firms That Made Deals With Trump:...

Ed. Note: A weekly roundup of just a few items from Howard Bashman’s How Appealing blog, the Web’s first blog devoted to appellate litigation. Check out these stories and...

One of the issues that many small firm lawyers face is they often need to appear at multiple court appearances at the same time. Although larger firms might have the...

Every so often, someone pings the tipster line and asks some variant of, “Why aren’t you more bipartisan?” Many times this is couched in a stream of expletives. Often...

Marco Rubio Pushes For Thought Crime Deportations: This is going to end up in the “How did they let things get so far” part of a history book. NYU’s...

(Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) The United States cannot send its convicted prisoners to a country that will impose cruel and unusual punishment. It has to send them to...

The Firm’s $125M Capitulation Has A Very Small Asterisk: No free work on trade deals! That’s Way Too Many Pro Boner Hours: Attorney may have gotten caught streaming 60+...

(Photo by CHRISTIAN MONTERROSA/AFP via Getty Images) Celebrities — especially rappers — have a special way of showing love to their lawyers after a verdict in their favor. There’s...

Resisting Firms Are Winning Bigly!: Not only is this the 4th firm to win a TRO, the judge sends their compliments! Reed Smith Nixes Their Diversity Program To Avoid...

As the number of Biglaw capitulations to the Trump administration pile up, so too do the number of principled resignations from rank-and-file attorneys who cannot abide their firms’ decision...

Call It What It Is: The free labor these firms pledged to Donald Trump have nothing to do with helping those in need. Criticism From On High: Paul Hastings...

For the second time in the long and winding road of the copyright lawsuit brought by Thomson Reuters against the now-shuttered legal research startup ROSS Intelligence, the trial has...

Working For Simps No Longer: Attorney ends stay at capitulating firm with a fiery send off. Partner Sends A Norm Check To The Firm: In short, none of this...

D.C.-based litigation boutique Wilkinson Stekloff announced on Friday that associates are getting special bonuses! And not some delightful, but relatively small, special bonus of $5K — these babies *start*...

refer others to the best employment lawyer When searching for legal assistance, one of the most common questions that arise is whether it’s appropriate or possible to refer others...

First The Good News: Susman Godfrey files lawsuit challenging the Trumpian Executive Order targeting the firm. Now The Bad: Trump is playing Darth Vader, upping the stakes of his...

Getty Images Ed note: This is the last in a series. Read the previous installment here. As we draw the curtains on our networking trilogy — from drafting the pre-conference...

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Which Biglaw firm is the only one to have a former US Attorney General and a former...

Pretty much from the moment Susman Godfrey was targeted by Donald Trump with an Executive Order designed to extract a financial penalty for not swearing fealty to Trump, the...

The Associates Have Spoken & The Pressure Is On: An overwhelming majority of the associates want the firm to stand their ground. Too Little, Too Late: A&O Shearman folded,...

Yesterday, the Supreme Court did the bare minimum to force the Trump administration to follow the law. More than three weeks after a man was illegally renditioned to a...

Resistance In The Ranks: Former Paul Weiss special counsel in charge or pro bono would rather quit than follow through. Run, Don’t Walk: Attorneys want nothing to do with...

For the first time in its nine-year history, the Startup Alley pitch competition ended in a tie. The pitch competition is the opening event of Techshow, the American Bar...

Biglaw Firm Loses One Of Their Most Experienced Lawyers: The first of many to come? Susman Godfrey Targeted By Latest Executive Order: That isn’t even the worst news. Jenner...

Jay-Z (Photo by Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images) Are you interested in powerful figures getting their comeuppance against hostile lawyers while also needing a break from Trump’s tirade against...

Shadow Docket Opinion On Due Process Too Little, Too Late: Based on her dissent, Sotomayor has had enough of it. The Don Sets Sights On Cadwalader: Will they stand...

Getty Images For years, legal operations has been misunderstood. Many general counsel and chief legal officers still see it as administrative support — a necessary function but one that’s...

Biglaw Associate Quits With Dramatic Flair: Strong commitment to morals underneath all of the cog metaphors. Did You Hear About The Paul Weiss Partner Event?: It might not have...

(Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images) Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, once celebrated as a stalwart conservative and a crowning achievement of the Trump presidency, now finds herself under...

Profiles In Cowardice: Above the Law unveils its Biglaw Spine Index following firm responses to threats to the rule of law. Show Me The Money: Attorneys wonder about firm...

On Tuesday, in the most expensive judicial race on record, Susan Crawford defeated the Trump-endorsed candidate, Brad Schimel, for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, preserving the court’s...

This week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) underwent a massive restructuring under its secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., resulting in the sudden departure of thousands of...

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to Vault’s 2025 Best Law Firms ranking, which Biglaw firm scored best for formal associate training?...

It Is Hard To Keep Up With Each New Biglaw Capitulator On Your Own: Did your firm show Trump its belly? Find out using this tracker! Kirkland Is Waving...

President Trump’s tariffs may be unpopular with financial markets, economists, and anyone with a retirement account, but they have given Senator Rand Paul a golden opportunity to be Right...

Hundreds Of Law Professors File Amicus Brief: See if your school is represented! Didn’t Expect To See That Name So Soon: The prosecution wants a second bite at Jeffrey...

Contracts are the backbone of commerce, but they often create friction, delay, and unnecessary expense. In Season 10, Episode 7 of “Notes to My (Legal) Self,” I sat down...

Milbank Is The Latest Biglaw Firm To Kneel To Trump: More pro bono payola. DLA Piper Has A Reason For Cracking Down On Diversity: It isn’t a good one,...

DLA Piper has exciting news! They’ve got a story in American Lawyer with a headline trumpeting their $4 billion revenue haul! Presumably, the firm would rather folks focus on...

Biglaw Firm Delays Bonuses And Raises: What’s the matter with Lewis Brisbois? Willkie Might Be Next On The Chopping Block: No way Willkie will cave! About That Maybe: Another...

(Photographer: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post/Bloomberg via Getty Images) First it was Covington & Burling, then Perkins Coie, Paul Weiss, Jenner & Block, and WilmerHale. These are the Biglaw firms...

Nobody Wants To Work At A Firm With No Bite: Student group tells Skadden to not even bother with recruitment efforts. The Big Punches Aren’t Coming From Biglaw: Boutique...

(Photo by ERIN SCHAFF/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) Last month, Justice Sonia Sotomayor was pretty confident in the soft power that courts would be able to deploy as a check...

Fallout From Skadden’s Capitulation: A principled “I QUIT” from an associate. Suddenly Skadden Associates Can’t Send Out Mass Emails: Not suspicious at all… Jenner & Block and WilmerHale Get...

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to a U.S. Marshals Service annual report for 2024, “credible threats” to federal judges are up...

Look At That, Lawyers Willing To Mount A Legal Defense!: There’s still some fight in the industry! They Aren’t The Only Ones!: WilmerHale and Paul Clement prepare to do...

For the second and third times, federal judges issued Temporary Restraining Orders against the Trump administration stopping them from enforcing key provisions of Executive Orders targeting Biglaw firms. This...

Earlier today Above the Law reported that Skadden shut off the ability for its attorneys to send emails via large internal distribution lists. And before that it was widely...

(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) Mere hours after the Trump administration lodged a retaliatory executive order against WilmerHale, the firm has struck back with a lawsuit filed by conservative...

Trump Administration Insults Fail To Sway Judge: No falling in line! Law School Deans Denounce...

How well are law departments and law firms working together today? What are the biggest challenges to collaboration? What emerging skills are becoming critical must-haves?  As the AI era...

Just Send In Your Resume: This elite Biglaw firm is done with OCI. Is yours? The List Grows In Number!: Over 50 bar associations stand between Trump and the...

(Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) For a party that’s been absolutely obsessed with ruminating about every farting thing the founding fathers ever thought, Republicans in 2025 have...

Announcing Battle By Tweet: Biglaw firm in the hot seat for challenging conspiracy laden Dinesh D’Souza film. Jenner & Block Joins The Trump Hit List: Let’s see how they...

Kaufman Hall recently released its first report analyzing hospitals’ financial data from 2025, and the advisory firm found that hospitals kicked off this year with a stable performance. The...

Boutique Law Firm Punches Back Against The Trump Administration: Paul Weiss should be taking notes. The Story On Saving Hide: Here’s some intel on why Paul Weiss bent the...

Ed. note: Please welcome Renee Knake Jefferson back to the pages of Above the Law. Subscribe to her Substack, Legal Ethics Roundup, here. Welcome to what captivates, haunts, inspires, and...

We hear so much about the downside of social media and suicide. Still, a recent study confirms that lived experience sharing stories of hope and recovery can contribute to...

Getty Images Ed. note: This article first appeared in an ILTA publication. For more, visit our ILTA on ATL channel here. In the summer of 1956, when John McCarthy gathered researchers...

One of the things that associate attorneys do not usually need to deal with — and can be a pain in the neck for partners and self-employed lawyers —...

The digital health IPO market hasn’t exactly been active in recent years. There was a surge in 2021, when 21 of the 57 active public digital health companies today...

Third-Year Skadden Associate Has More Heart Than Most Of Biglaw: Will any other associates stand up for the rule of law? There’s A Lesson To Learn From Judge VanDyke:...

Let me start this off with a brief confession: while I’m not particularly into conspiracy theories in general, the JFK assassination is an outlier for me. I’ve been fascinated...

Where In New York, Specifically?: Kash Patel got his JD in New York, but it was a little vague when it came to where. Paul Weiss Beats A Retreat:...

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No Fury Like The Orange Man Scorned: Six more firms could be hearing from the Trump administration very soon. It’s Like He’s Trying To Ruin The Economy: The Trump...

* O’Melveny crosses the billion mark. * Circuit denies copyright for AI author. * In Fourth Amendment news, Luigi’s lawyer claims cops stole DNA...

Gotta Respect The Frankness: Bryan Cave chose to be up-front about removing diversity language. Universal Music Group Disses Drake In Motion To Dismiss: Rough times for the Canadian pop...

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to Leopard Solutions’ State of the Industry whitepaper analyzing the 2024 legal industry, what percentage of Gen Z...

Fresh Off Loss, Trump Targets Another Biglaw Firm: Trump sets his sights on Paul Weiss. And Another, And Another, And Another…: The administration just set the EEOC on 20...

* Trump expanded his attack on law firms to Paul Weiss. * Alleged gang members — yes, “alleged” as in merely accused — renditioned to El Salvador...

Personal injury attorney Edward Ortega and I dive into the nuances of legal careers. From unexpected courtroom experiences to the role of technology in modern law practice, Edward shares...

As Congress deliberates what the future of Medicaid funding will look like, healthcare executives are worried. House Republicans proposed Medicaid cuts last month that would have sweeping and disproportionate...

(Photo by Bruce Glikas/Getty Images) Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! What legal drama was writer Aaron Sorkin’s first screenplay? Hint: The climax...

Legal tech users in the U.S. and the U.K. report widely different levels of satisfaction with their systems, according to a new survey, raising questions about how companies are...

Being Right Has Its Consequences: Perkins Coie is winning against Trump in court. But will clients risk Trump’s ire? These Law Schools Have Amazing First-Time Bar Passage Rates: Is...

* Court order reinstates tons of federal government workers * Trump takes birthright citizenship order to Supreme Court. * Lawyer heading to prison for lying...

Hybrid Work Is Here To Stay: Anything but a five-day, in-person work week! It Won’t End With Perkins Coie: Will Williams & Connolly be the next firm caught in...

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to Leopard Solutions’ State of the Industry whitepaper analyzing the 2024 legal industry, partnership promotion timelines have increased...

Winningly “Bigly” Looks A Lot Like Downward Spiraling Investment Portfolios: Gotta love Trumpenomics! This Is What Happens When You Take On Biglaw: Judge grants Perkins Coie’s TRO preventing the...

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Which Biglaw firm’s recently announced 2024 financials reveal gross revenue was up 23% last year, bringing the...

Biglaw Firm Prepares To Do Battle With Trump Administration: They’ve recruited Williams & Connolly for the fight. The Williams & Connolly Response Doubles As A Con Law Outline: They...

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! How large is New York state’s combined legal bill for expenses stemming from former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s...

Biglaw Firm Secretly Nixes Pronouns From Employee E-Mail Signatures: No permission required! Orange Comes For Biglaw: There’s a lot more “Obey In Advance” than backbone. Eric Adams Gets Even...

Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. We’re in a dark space, and we have to stop pretending like we’re not in that space. —...

Many partners at law firms do everything they can to increase the number of hours billed by associates since this has a substantial impact on the financial health of...

Political affiliations can complicate hearing messages about decorum and establishing what the proper consequences to violating norms are. Al Green managed to smuggle a spine in to Trump’s address...

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to Leopard Solutions’ Feb. 2025 Law Jobs Report, total open jobs increased by how much year...

Alito Doesn’t Like Being Taken Seriously: No, courts can’t review *those* executive decisions! Georgetown Law Comes Out Swinging: They won’t be bullied by Ed Martin. Trump Wages War Against...

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Get Rid Of DEI Or We Get Rid Of Your Accrediting: Rough times for the ABA. Justice Jackson Shares Her Thoughts On Diversity: The people in power should look...

Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. We have obviously become very close. We are all drinking from the firehose. —  Chandri Navarro, a a...

(Image via Getty) Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! What actor, know for roles in 300, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle...

“I’m all alone.” “My spouse/partner left me.” “My kids won’t talk to me.” “I lost my job.”  “I’m about to lose my law license.” “I’m ashamed.” “I hate myself.”...

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Which law school recently earned provisional accreditation from the American Bar Association? Hint: The university has been around...

Deans, Professors, Judges, Partners…: Basically everyone came out to the rule of law’s defense. With Neighbors Like These, Who Needs Enemies!: The Biglaw partner neighbor squabble got even worse....

Biglaw Announces New Office Attendance Policy: Enjoy the commute! Biglaw Firm Looking To Make Sure Gen Z Lawyers Get The Training They Need: Should help flatten out the learning...

Ed note: This is the fourth in a series. Read the previous installment here. Getty Images Picture yourself as a chef in the grand kitchen of networking. The conference has ended,...

(Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. We have seen law firms really pull back on wanting these individuals for...

Before law school sucks their dreams away under a mountain of student debt, many students picture themselves getting into the entertainment industry. Famous clients! Exciting legal problems! Hollywood living!...

The federal government has been cracking down on healthcare giant UnitedHealth Group over the past year, and it’s showing no signs of slowing down. For instance, the Department of...

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! The late Justice John Paul Stevens was known to enjoy what kind of sandwich? Hint: Indeed, Sonia...

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