President Donald Trump’s government hiring freeze is really doing a number on lawyers’ career prospects. Not only have third-year law students’ permanent job offers been revoked and summer internship programs been canceled, but government agencies are now pulling out of law school recruitment events for future legal roles. As noted by Bloomberg Law, government agencies […]
(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) Donald Trump spent the four years between his two presidencies filing garbage lawsuits. Hillary Clinton! The Pulitzer Committee! Twitter! No one was immune. Now back in the White House, President Trump is continuing the habit. Yesterday, the Department of Justice sued the state of Illinois, Governor JB Pritzker, the City […]
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 more at How Appealing. “This time, the anti-Trump resistance is in the courts, not in the streets; As the president issues orders that critics say disregard […]
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Seattle-based district court Judge John Coughenour — appointed to the federal bench by noted lefty President Ronald Reagan — is already on record that he is not at all a fan of Donald Trump’s unilateral effort to rewrite the Fourteenth Amendment and end birthright citizenship. He’s overseeing a case to stop Trump’s executive order brought […]
Share Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read: US Supreme Court will not pause California emissions case amid Trump policy shifts (Andrew Chung, Reuters) Trump administration signals pivots in pending Supreme Court cases (Ann E. Marimow, The Washington Post) Will […]
Remember when Donald Trump and the MAGA universe wanted to “lock her up!” over Hillary Clinton’s use of a personal email server for State Department business? Let’s be clear, we found Clinton’s use of a personal email server, which she claimed to have used “for convenience”, deeply problematic but pretty clearly not criminal. And, as we’ve covered […]
* Deal lawyers earning some vacation time next week as they billed like crazy to get mergers filed by today to avoid new rules. [Reuters] * Despite court orders, the federal hiring freeze hangs over everything and agencies are halting law school recruiting. [Bloomberg Law News] * Supreme Court refuses Trump request to halt pending […]
Workwear never looked so good Once upon a time, the closest thing lawyers had to a fashion moment was a stiff suit and a sensible shoe — a look that screams competence, if not creativity. But now, a new wave of legal professionals is taking to TikTok to prove that office wear can be just […]
Many grads relying on ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’ The legal industry has been identified as one of the worst offenders for offering unpaid or underpaid internships to graduates, according to new research. A YouGov poll, cited in a new report by social mobility charity The Sutton Trust, found that nearly half (46%) of legal […]
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