Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read: Supreme Court could block Trump’s birthright citizenship order but limit nationwide injunctions (Mark Sherman And Lindsay Whitehurst, The Associated Press) Supreme Court sides with family of man killed by police after he was […]
Durham vs. Queen Mary In our latest Career Conundrum, an aspiring BigLaw solicitor from overseas has got offers from two top law schools but can’t decide which will give them the best prospects to meet their goals. In short, Durham or Queen Mary, University of London? “I am an international student from India waiting to […]
Who won what: revealed Last night, the legal community gathered to honour the achievements of the nation’s top trainee-rated firms and chambers at the annual Legal Cheek Awards ceremony. This year’s Legal Cheek Awards, headline sponsored by BARBRI, BPP University Law School and The University of Law, as well as additional sponsor The College of […]
Today the court will hear arguments in Trump v. CASA and its consolidated cases, plucked from the emergency docket for oral arguments about nationwide injunctions and the president’s executive order on birthright citizenship. Before the arguments get started, Chief Justice John Roberts has some recognition planned for the late Justice David Souter, who died last week at age […]
Fresh off sliding into Michigan Law’s student listserv to threaten 1Ls to not even think about submitting personal statements to law review that might suggest they’re anything but whitest of white bros, the Faculty, Alumni, and Students Opposed to Racial Preferences (FASORP) has now set its sights on the University of Chicago Law Review. True […]
In an effort to keep piling indignity upon the legacy of the Department of Justice, Deputy Attorney General (and apparently Librarian of Congress somehow?) Todd Blanche just unveiled a policy redefining “conflict of interest” to mean “dared to sue us” — directing that the Justice Department’s “private counsel” program can no longer hire any firm […]
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to data collected by Am Law, which Biglaw firm saw the biggest increase in its compensation for all partners (CAP) in 2024? Hint: CAP went up 39.9% at this firm last year. See the answer on the next page. The post Partner […]
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A Top 10 Firm Expects Associates To Be In The Office “At Least” 4 Days A Week: Is the 5th day implied? DOJ Gets All Retaliatory: Because chilling law firms from opposing the administration is the point. Wrong Place, Right Time To Get Suspended: Broward County judge suspended for his inappropriate courtroom jokes. Law Professor […]
The Supreme Court on Thursday was divided over whether a federal judge has the power to block President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship while the case moves through the lower courts. The Trump administration told the justices it should be able to at least partly implement the order. Although several justices in recent […]
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