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 program? Hint: This state-funded law school was founded in 1884. See the answer on the next page. The post The Law School With Top Writing Chops […]
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 on your application! Movement Of The People: The Kirkland Exodus grows in number. Pauline Newman’s Oral Argument Gets Bogged Down By Judge Hypotheticals: Much ado about […]
Do you like prestige? Of course you do. Is there really a law student who doesn’t? That being said, if you’re like the majority of your colleagues and you’d like to embark upon one of the most prestigious career paths available to recent law school graduates, then you’ll probably want to compete for an elite […]
If you’re a lawyer and a parent, chances are you’ve wondered — maybe more than once — Is this career path still working for me? Our panel at this year’s MothersEsquire Conference, Managing Career Choices, taking place May 8–9 in Louisville, KY, is tackling that very question. This session is an invitation to rethink what success […]
Earlier this morning, FBI Director and Big Lie children’s book author Kash Patel announced that the FBI had arrested a Wisconsin judge. Befitting a serious law enforcement operation, Patel posted it on social media in a post he’s already deleted. Almost as though someone with an actual grasp of how law enforcement is supposed to […]
Fascism makes strange bedfellows. Especially when the fellows who refuse to get in bed with the fascists wind up bunking together. And so we find ourselves grateful to Judge Royce Lamberth for saving Voice of America from the depredations of the DOGE bros. First Judge Harvie Wilkinson, then Lamberth! Whodathunkit? On March 14, President Trump […]
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read: Do weekends count? Not when tolling immigration timelines, U.S. Supreme Court decides in Colorado man’s case (Allison Sherry, CPR News) Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow transgender military ban (Lawrence Hurley & […]
The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. The Supreme Court made short work of two of last week’s first-time relists. The court granted review in United States Postal Service v. Konan to determine whether the Federal Tort […]
* Skadden facing an NLRB probe over its decision to block firm emails to squelch talk about its Trump deal. [Bloomberg Law News] * Trump prepares to strip ABA of its role accrediting law schools. If you have a copy of Contracts for Dummies and a dream… prepare to get your grift on! [Reuters] * […]
Nearly a month ago, it was revealed that Skadden decided to ink a deal with the Trump administration to provide $100 million in pro bono payola to avoid one of the increasingly common Executive Orders targeting Biglaw, and the tremendous harm that can bring. But that wasn’t the only strange thing afoot. As Above the Law reported, in the […]
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