Reported to regulator A barrister has been referred to the Bar Standards Board (BSB) after citing a non-existent case generated by ChatGPT in immigration tribunal proceedings, later arguing he was himself “a victim” of the AI technology. Muhammad Mujeebur Rahman appeared for an appellant in an immigration matter when he included in grounds of appeal […]
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. We successfully resolved our dispute with the Trump Administration in Q1 and, through the first eight months of the year, we are fortunate that all of our metrics are up double digits: revenues, demand, profits, pro bono hours, inventory. We have never been busier. […]
Above the Law has spent a lot of time and digital ink decrying the cowardly decision of nine Biglaw firms to bend a knee to Donald Trump and ink deals promising $940 million in pro bono payola for conservative causes. These deals have garnered a lot of criticism from around the industry. since the Executive Orders that […]
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 Elise Buie back to our pages. Click here if you’d like to donate to MothersEsquire. When I went to law school, there was no class teaching young law students how […]
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! At the biannual meeting of the Judicial Conference, which Democratic politician told Chief Justice John Roberts the rule of law “is at a Category 6 code red, six alarm fire” due to the Supreme Court’s reckless use of the shadow docket during the […]
Biglaw Partner Gets Ear Pierced In Courtroom After Saving Claire’s From Bankruptcy: Fancy lawyering, fancier jewelry! Trump Sues NYT For Doing Their Jobs: Again. Get a new hobby, man. Luigi Mangione’s Terrorism Charges Dropped: Judge finds the charges wouldn’t have held up at trial. Perfectionism Can Be A Downer: Has our expectation of perfection from […]
Shortly after healthcare CEO Brian Thompson was killed by a hooded figure in broad daylight, Luigi Mangione was accused of murdering him. Many took the shooting to be an indictment of healthcare and health insurance companies: CEOs scrubbed personalized information from their websites and buffed up their security personnel, and Luigi was charged with two […]
“Every time I listen to a lawyer-trained representative saying we should criminalize free speech in some way,” Justice Sotomayor told a New York Law School audience this morning, “I think to myself, that law school failed.” Supreme Court justices… they’re just like us! If you’ve followed the news this week, you’ve probably muttered the same […]
Bursting an “EO” Myth? Two weeks into the new term, a Seattle courtroom offered the year’s defining image of presidential power meeting its limits: a Ninth Circuit panel upheld a nationwide block on the administration’s attempt to curtail birthright citizenship, acknowledging that the judges’ interpretation of the Constitution—not a presidential pen stroke—sets the terms of American membership. […]
Getting your ears pierced at Claire’s is almost a rite of passage for adults of a certain vintage. Your mother either brought you to Claire’s to get it done, or your mother yelled at you after you went to Claire’s to get it done with your friends. Either way, it’s highly likely that you, or […]
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