Decades ago, when I was a baby lawyer, I thought that I wanted to be a judge. Judges ran courtrooms, or the clerks did. The judge was almost always a white male (female judges hadn’t really cracked the judicial glass ceiling, let alone had a person of color). He belonged to the right, white clubs, […]
Justice Barrett Shares Concerns About Lawyers Using AI To Prep For Oral Argument: Can’t blame the software for predicting obvious questions. Nothing Says Competency Like Lawsuits: Kash Patel gets the FBI sued. Rookies Can Learn From Rooks: Here’s what chess has to teach us about lawyering. Kanye West Deposition Incoming: This is going to be […]
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Kanye West goes by many titles: producer, artist, and founder of Donda Academy. Named after his late mother, the now closed school was a Christian private school in Simi Valley, California. It isn’t the easiest thing to know what attending the school was like considering the mandated NDAs parents had to sign to enroll their […]
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. I thought it would be awful, and it’s mostly ok. — An anonymous Am Law 100 associate’s response to a question found in the American Lawyer Midlevel Associates Survey about what surprised them the most about working at their current firm. More notable and quotable responses […]
Too often, my colleagues in law firms push back on going in-house because they want to stay longer to make more money, gain experience, or find a more fitting position. These can be fair reasons to delay or avoid going in-house — especially if one genuinely enjoys most aspects of their law firm job. But […]
At a time when hard-won discrimination protections in the U.S. are being steadily eroded, we’ve never needed the passion and commitment of young lawyers aspiring to build careers in human rights more than we do today. The National Jurist’s preLaw magazine recently released its ranking of the best law schools for human rights on its […]
It’s a new day at 8am. That’s true generally, but in this case, we’re talking about tech provider we used to call AffiniPay. Fresh off its name change, the company hosted its inaugural user conference last week in Austin, Texas. While everything is usually bigger in Texas — the wide-open skies, the slabs of slow-cooked […]
If your firm is not collecting earned revenue, growth will slow, cash flow will tighten, and profitability will suffer. Fortunately, revenue and profit leakage can be minimized with awareness, the right tools, and disciplined financial oversight. Join our expert panel on Sept. 25 at 2pm ET to explore common sources of profit leakage and practical, actionable […]
Yesterday, three former high-ranking FBI officials sued the agency’s director Kash Patel for wrongful termination and retaliation. Brian Driscoll, Jr., Steven Jensen, and Spencer Evans allege a revenge campaign by the White House against Trump’s enemies at the FBI that violated due process and the First Amendment and ultimately led to their dismissal. Their complaint […]
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