This morning, we kick off the final day of ILTACON 2025 at 9 a.m. in Potomac A/B with a Keynote Recap of this year’s G100/G200 programming. Join Steve Assie, Michael Bruckner, Karen Campbell, James McKenna, and Andrew Powell as they offer overviews, key discussion points, and poignant takeaways. Follow the links below for more on […]
* Diligent journalism students devote a lot of words to “some law students are losers and join FedSoc to feel good about themselves and get jobs their grades could never justify.” [Harvard Crimson] * Swapping courses? [ABA Journal] * Milbank carries the love across the pond. [LegalCheek] * In what shouldn’t be controversial news, bad […]
Congrats! TikTok is buzzing this morning as Gen Z school leavers share the moment they discovered whether their A-Level results had secured them a place at their dream law school. Students across the country received their A-Level results today, with UCAS figures showing a record number securing their first-choice university place in England, Wales and […]
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read: Here’s why advocates doubt the Supreme Court will revisit marriage equality (Josephine Walker, Axios) Federal court rules against Little Sisters of the Poor in latest contraception lawsuit (Daniel Payne, Catholic News Agency) U.S. […]
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to a new survey of jury-eligible adults by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, what percentage of potential jury members say that, when in conflict, juries should prioritize protecting the community over the letter of the law? Hint: The firm asked the same question […]
Republicans Have Been Gunning For Obergefell For Years Now: Will SCOTUS finally shoot it down? Looking For A List Of The Most Elite Firms?: We saved you some of the work! Drake’s Lawyers Are Looking For Anything To Save Their Client’s Reputation: From private communications to a Pulitzer Prize winner’s children’s DNA, the desperate Canadian […]
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. If the collection lag persists or deepens, then I think we will see firms getting anxious. A delay in collections that became significant enough to result in lower 2025 performance relative to budget would mean that most partners would receive less compensation in 2025 […]
Turns out Kim Davis’s 15 minutes of fame aren’t over yet. You probably thought the Kentucky clerk who refused to follow the law and wouldn’t provide same-sex couples with marriage licenses in the wake of the landmark marriage equality case Obergefell v. Hodges, was, like skinny jeans and side parts, a sign of a bygone […]
There’s no question that running DEI programs at law firms has become more difficult after SFFA v. Harvard and mounting pressure from the Trump administration, but it isn’t impossible. Potential employees and firms looking to hire can still try to make connections, but the anti-DEI climate has forced some changes around how the application process […]
Another day, another ranking for lawyers to ogle in a search for meaning as they attempt to get through the day’s billables. Such is the life of a Biglaw attorney, always on the hunt for confirmation that their firm is the best firm, the one that’s hitting all of its essential metrics year after year. If that sounds like […]
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