Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to the latest Job Optimism report by consulting firm Robert Half, what percentage of legal professionals say they’re satisfied in their current job? Hint: The strong job satisfaction means fewer people in the legal industry are looking for new jobs — only […]
No More Room For Race Or Its “Proxies” In School: Great in theory, but how do you prove compliance? No Reaching Across The Aisle: The FTC cuts ties with the ABA. Another Goodbye To Beijing: Biglaw firm shuts a foreign office. Sorry For Your Time: California Bar offers test takers a refund. It Used To […]
Getty Images AI is transforming the legal industry, but how can lawyers use it effectively while avoiding ethical pitfalls? In a recent episode of “Be That Lawyer,” Jay McAllister, founder of Paragon Tech Inc., joins host Steve Fretzin to discuss the rapid advancements in AI, its impact on legal workflows, and what the future holds […]
Judge Ana Reyes heard the challenge to Trump’s transgender service member ban. It did not go well for the DOJ. Technically, it wasn’t a “ban” but an executive order titled “Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness.” Though instead of canceling the F-35 or anything that might actually improve military readiness, the order calls out “gender identity […]
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. It doesn’t just mean people with the biggest books of business, but the ones who can get the most out of the power of the blend. That blend together is going to be more than the sum of its parts. If you’re a tough […]
I’m going to offer some advice to liberals that, at first blush, may grate but you need to check out Reason. The libertarian blog features a piece by Ilya Somin that slaps back at the idea that birthright citizenship as extended under the Fourteenth Amendment can be undone by executive order. Which isn’t some wild, […]
Share Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger told the justices on Tuesday to leave in place a federal judge’s temporary order to reinstate him to his job. The head of the independent agency charged with whistleblower protection said that the Trump administration’s plea for intervention on Sunday night is a meritless attempt to “declare a five-alarm fire” […]
When Kafka wrote Before the Law, he meant to describe the surreal hellscape of standing “before” the law, not the surreal hellscape of applicants “before” they become lawyers. Yet the powers-that-be have transformed the February administration of the California bar exam into a farce that would make Kafka blush. Beset with nightmarish twists and turns […]
Another sign that the Trump II administration is taking a sharper turn to the right than his previous time in office happened on Friday when the Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson announced the agency was over the American Bar Association. Specifically, the new policy “prohibits FTC political appointees from holding leadership roles in the […]
As Elie Mystal mentioned on Thinking Like A Lawyer’s 400th episode, we’re still wading in the wake of what SFFA v. Harvard will mean for well… everyone. That said, we’ve definitely made some predictions about what will be next on the chopping block. We’re starting to get some answers. Our speculation has largely been focused […]
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