by RG | Mar 2, 2026 | above the law
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Harrison Ford reprises his role as CIA analyst Jack Ryan in what 1994 movie? Hint: The title is derived from a legal test devised by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. See the answer on the next page. The...
by RG | Mar 2, 2026 | above the law
Law schools spend a lot of time teaching students how to argue cases. Or, maybe more accurately, how to read opinions about past litigations that offer dubious value to their eventual careers marking up term sheets. But in any event, what schools haven’t spent much...
by RG | Mar 2, 2026 | above the law
When the Pentagon announced that they’d kneecaped themselves by refusing to give money to law students accepted to the country’s most prestigious and highly ranked law schools, it became a lot less obvious where they’d do their recruiting from. Before the last few...
by RG | Mar 2, 2026 | above the law
Law firm technology spending surged 9.7% in 2025 — the fastest growth the industry has likely ever seen, according to the Thomson Reuters State of the Legal Market report. Knowledge management budgets climbed even faster at 10.5%. Westlaw and LexisNexis are pushing...
by RG | Mar 2, 2026 | above the law
Ed. note: Please welcome Renee Knake Jefferson back to the pages of Above the Law. Subscribe to her Substack, Legal Ethics Roundup, here. Welcome to what captivates, haunts, inspires, and surprises me every week in the world of legal ethics. Hello First Monday! I’m...
