Hankering for a way to earn the right to practice without being subjected to a rushed and poorly executed bar alternative that resulted in refunds and a “Come back next time, it’ll be better!” certificate? What if instead you could get some hands-on lawyering experience and help others along the way? South Dakota is working […]
Last week’s meeting between the Trump administration and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy may have been disastrous for foreign affairs but hey! it did produce some dank memes. The subject of most of the humor is Secretary of State Marco Rubio. From the images of the ill-fated meeting, Rubio looks like he’s trying to crawl into […]
(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) On the one hand, I feel sorry for today’s 6-year-olds who have to do active shooter drills in their elementary schools. On the other hand, in Mrs. Gallo’s first-grade class outside Trenton, New Jersey, in 1963, we practiced hiding under our desks with our hands over our heads to protect […]
Share The Supreme Court on Monday added one new case, involving the double jeopardy clause and the Hobbs Act, to its docket for the 2025-26 term. The justices opted not to intervene in a First Amendment challenge to a “bias response” teams on a university campus, with Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito indicating that […]
As a part of the Legal Marketing Association’s partnership with Above the Law, each month we’re here to share a roundup of insights and intel from Strategies & Voices, the online trade journal dedicated to the craft of legal marketing. The content in this edition focuses on the business of law — emphasizing the ROI of […]
IOLTA account compliance and other financial management tasks pose big challenges to law firms — even to full-time accountants. For a litigator without formal financial training, keeping the books in order — and the firm ready to pass a bar association audit — can be even more daunting. Mix in the financial errors that can […]
After holding out for quite some time, one of Biglaw’s top firms has decided to switch up its office attendance policy, and will soon begin requiring attorneys to work from the office four days each week. On Friday, associates at Paul Weiss — a firm whose revenue jumped by 31.6% to $2.63 billion in 2024 […]
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Share The court will hear oral arguments in CC/Devas (Mauritius) Limited v. Antrix Corp. Ltd. and BLOM Bank SAL v. Honickman this morning. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Monday morning read: A showdown between Mexico and American gun companies hits the […]
* Fresh off announcing massive profits, Paul Weiss decides it simply cannot function without forcing lawyers into the office 4 days a week. [American Lawyer] * Gibson Dunn recruiting ad suggests that Gen Z lawyers are busted… girl, we know. (Which, to be fair, probably has a lot to do with the above Paul Weiss […]
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