Immigration Matters is a recurring series by César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández that analyzes the court’s immigration docket, highlighting emerging legal questions about new policy and enforcement practices. Please note that the views of outside contributors do not reflect the official opinions of SCOTUSblog or its staff. Kilmar Ábrego García, the citizen of El Salvador who […]
52 out of 71 Pinsent Masons has kept on 52 of its 71 qualifying trainees this autumn, giving the firm a retention score of 73%. Nineteen of the newly qualified (NQ) solicitors join the firm’s finance and projects team, with 13 heading to transactional departments, 10 to property, and another 10 to risk advisory services. […]
National law firm confirms it did not advise deputy PM on £800k flat stamp duty error Angela Rayner MP – Credit: Simon Dawson Shoosmiths has moved to distance itself from the political row surrounding deputy prime minister Angela Rayner, after its name was wrongly linked to her £800,000 flat purchase that resulted in underpaid stamp […]
Getty Images Leading a corporate legal team today is equal parts challenge and opportunity. Budgets are tighter, regulations are multiplying, and business partners expect answers at the speed of Slack. At the same time, the toolbox has never been richer: advanced technology, smarter pricing models, and a new generation of legal operations expertise. The real […]
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. It is impossible to know if this pace will continue in the second half of the year, but if it does, then 2025 will be the fourth year in a row that U.S. law firm leasing sets an annual record. — an excerpt from […]
Two years ago, I was tired. I was burned out. I was disillusioned with the civil litigation system. Those of you who are longtime readers might recall that I also no longer had much use for a large paycheck. So I sent out a bevy of applications for low-paying positions at National Parks and historic […]
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! This Term, the Supreme Court appears poised to overturn what’s left of the Voting Rights Act in a dispute over which state’s congressional districts? Hint: SCOTUS heard arguments in the case last Term, but scheduled it for a rehearing, specifically asking the parties […]
They’ve Announced Bonuses!: Where the hell is everyone else’s announcements? Former Partner Pleads No Contest To Domestic Abuse Charges: Adam P. Beckerink will be sentenced on October 20th. Cardi B Wins In Court: Let that be a lesson to anyone else that sees her as a quick come up. Unexpected Law School Fauna: Roaches hit […]
Ed. note: Please welcome Vivia Chen back to the pages of Above the Law. Subscribe to her Substack, “The Ex-Careerist,” here. WHEN I GET TOGETHER FOR DRINKS with my depressed liberal friends, we play a little game. It goes like this: If someone unwittingly displays an elite tendency – like wincing at the idea of eating […]
If a law school had to descend into a Kafkaesque experience, you’d expect The Trial or Before the Law, not Metamorphosis. In the grand tradition of American legal education, where asbestos and lead paint commingle with pizza parties and regret, the University of Kentucky College of Law has introduced fresh nightmare fuel for law students: […]
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