by RG | May 13, 2025 | above the law
The California Bar is in a rough spot. Facing bankruptcy, the Bar broke from the NBCE to try their hand at a more cost effective way to test the minimum competency of applicants aspiring to be attorneys. Unfortunately, they bungled the supposed fix to their budget...
by RG | May 13, 2025 | above the law
(Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)While the federal government is busy slashing university spending and tax status or claiming donors to groups filing civil rights claims against the government are definitionally threats to national security, a lot of law firms and...
by RG | May 13, 2025 | above the law
Getty ImagesHow could generative AI upend the traditional law firm model? What are the challenges of using AI in trial law? Will this technology finally crush the billable hour? In this episode of “Adventures in Legal Tech,” host Jared Correia is joined by Stephen...
by RG | May 13, 2025 | above the law
Ed. note: Please welcome Vivia Chen back to the pages of Above the Law. Subscribe to her Substack, “The Ex-Careerist,” here. WHAT A STRANGE, SAD TIME TO BE A YOUNG LAWYER IN BIGLAW. This is a generation that was raised to value diversity, speak up for injustice, and...
by RG | May 13, 2025 | above the law
Prospective law students, current law students, and law school alumni have seen the recently released edition of the 2025 U.S. News Law School Rankings, and they’re wondering what could possibly happen next. With a tie for the most prestigious school in the nation and...
