Worrying findings in new survey Judges across the UK are facing increasing pressures, with the latest Judicial Attitude Survey highlighting rising stress, safety concerns, bullying, and dissatisfaction with pay, painting a challenging picture of life on the bench. The findings, published this week, form party of a study conducted by the UCL Judicial Institute, aiming […]
Share On Wednesday, Feb. 26, we will be live blogging as the court releases opinions in one or more argued cases from the current term. Click here for a list of FAQs about opinion announcements. The post Announcement of opinions for Wednesday, Feb. 26 appeared first on SCOTUSblog.
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to the most recent Leopard Law Firm Index (LLFI), which Biglaw firm moved up the most spots? Hint: The LLFI evaluates firms based on attorney growth and retention, financial stability, attorney promotions, and ethnic diversity. This firm moved from 270th in 2023 […]
Yale Is Where You’d Expect, But Check Out Everything Else!: Check to see if you might get an unexpected prestige bump! Prepare To Fail Upward: Reality TV star’s fallback career is a six-figure salary billing away hours. Where Does Your State Bar Stand On Diversity?: You’re gonna find out pretty soon. Failure Is A Second […]
Last week, I presented Part I of my written interview with Lindzee Barrera, a former Division I college golfer turned entrepreneur. That column presented her answer to the first of my three questions and focused on the current state of play for Lindzee and her company, Birdie Girl, on the trademark litigation front. What follows […]
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Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. Some of the best law firms in New York City still have that old mindset of … chasing a deal. We had the luxury of not having the history of 150 years of representing James Pierpont Morgan or Mr. Goldman. We invested in our […]
The February administration of the California bar exam is so broken that they’re offering a free July test to everyone who fails. This comes after they already offered refunds to everyone struggling with the catastrophic launch of the new exam structure that takes the test outside the NCBE monopoly and uses Kaplan prepared questions for […]
Committing to expose yourself to both the elements and Jeff Probst for weeks and yet we all know that Biglaw is still more dehumanizing. That’s the takeaway from this this interview with upcoming contestant Kyle Fraser, an attorney from Virginia who was asked by Entertainment Weekly to decide on a brutal punishment for themselves if […]
If you thought being appointed to the bench by a Republican and having a documented history of measured jurisprudence was enough to prevent a MAGA-head from trying to end your career, boy, are you wrong! Republican Congress members have already filed articles of impeachment against U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer for issuing a temporary restraining […]
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