Amid the hype and hyperbole, one Legal Cheek reader wonders what real impact technology is having on the day-to-day working lives of trainees and associates In our latest Career Conundrum, a curious reader reaches out to probe how firms are really using AI — and what ripple effects it might be having across the legal […]
This week, Corporate Counsel released its 2025 General Counsel Compensation Report, featuring pay for legal chiefs at Fortune 1000 companies. The tech sector dominates the upper portion of the ranking, with chief legal officers at tech companies holding 13 of the top 20 spots, including that of the highest-paid CLO. The top four legal chiefs […]
As a first-year Biglaw associate, the shop at which I worked had a generous vacation policy. They gave all attorneys four weeks of paid vacation each year, and when an employee left the firm, the shop paid up to four weeks’ worth of vacation time to the departing worker. Many firms these days have open-ended vacation […]
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Trivia Question of the Day! According to the National Association for Law Placement (NALP), what was the employment rate and national median salary for the law school graduating class of 2024? Hint: As noted by NALP Executive Director Nikia Gray, recent graduates had the “highest overall employment rate […]
There’s A Survey Of The Law Schools With The Best Teachers: Does your school make the top? It might surprise you! Next, Locking Up The Homeless: Should have seen this coming after Grants Pass. Federal Judge Opens Up About Death Threats: He encouraged U.S. leadership to stop demonizing the judiciary. You Can’t Push Off Compound […]
The Supreme Court on Friday afternoon instructed the parties in a Louisiana redistricting dispute to file new briefs on whether the creation of a second majority-Black congressional district violates the Constitution. The justices heard oral arguments in March in Louisiana v. Callais but did not ultimately issue a decision in the case before their summer […]
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. I’ve been on the bench almost 15 years, and I must say it’s the one time that actually shook my faith in the judicial system and the rule of law. I didn’t want to be here. It took me a long time. I’ve never […]
In this episode of “Be That Lawyer,” I sat down with entrepreneur, speaker, and growth-minded leader David Schnurman. We explored the mindset shifts, personal habits, and strategic choices that have helped him not only build successful businesses, but also stay grounded, resilient, and emotionally steady through life’s curveballs. Gratitude Beats Stress David believes it’s hard […]
Jeffery Kruse made an important point in Olga Mack’s recent Above the Law interview that struck a chord with me: contracts are too often seen — and drafted — as communication for lawyers rather than as tools for the business. He’s absolutely right, but I’d take that idea a step further. Contracts are not just communication; contracts […]
Patrick Byrne, the Overstock.com weirdo who backed Trump’s “Stop the Steal” effort in 2020, outcrazied a federal judge in California this week, narrowly escaping a default judgment in the defamation suit brought by Hunter Biden. The litigation is a Mad Libs acid trip freakshow. The precipitating event was a rambling interview Byrne gave for the […]
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