Elite London-based Biglaw firms — A&O Shearman, Clifford Chance, Freshfields, Linklaters, and Slaughter and May — have been referred to as members of the “Magic Circle” for about 25 years, but it seems that the magic has simply lost its luster over the years. Alas, referring to one of these firms as being part of […]
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(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) “I was new to Washington, and it was suggested that I use The Federalist Society as a recommending source on Judges. I did so, openly and freely, but then realized that they were under the thumb of a real “sleazebag” named Leonard Leo, a bad person who, in his own […]
The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously ruled to limit the scope of environmental review required under a seminal 1970s environmental protection law. The move brought a proposed 88-mile railroad line that would transport crude oil from oilfields in northern Utah to refineries on the Gulf Coast one step closer to production. Environmental groups and a neighboring Colorado […]
The Supreme Court on Friday morning cleared the way for the Trump administration to revoke the Biden administration’s grant of parole – that is, permission to stay in the United States for humanitarian or public interest reasons – to more than 500,000 noncitizens from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. In a brief unsigned order, the justices […]
Ed. note: This is the latest installment in a series of posts on motherhood in the legal profession, in partnership with our friends at MothersEsquire. Welcome Sonya L. Sigler back to our pages. Click here if you’d like to donate to MothersEsquire. In the first four articles of this series, we explored how noticing your energy, […]
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Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to the National Association for Law Placement’s 2025 U.S. Associate Salary Survey, what is the overall median first-year associate salary? Hint: It’s higher at firms with 700+ attorneys, at a median of $215,000 — which is still below the top-of-market scale which […]
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