by RG | Oct 8, 2025 | above the law
For a long time, the bar exam seemed like the nasty habit that the legal profession just couldn’t quit. But there’s finally some progress on that front, with Utah unveiling a new alternative pathway to licensure that values experience and the skills that an actual...
by RG | Oct 8, 2025 | above the law
If you are a keen observer of Above the Law’s pages, you might have noticed that my column was absent last week. A couple weeks ago, I got in touch with my editor to let her know that I would be traveling in Ukraine with my cousin, Evan, for a while and that although...
by RG | Oct 8, 2025 | above the law
The indictment of former FBI Director James Comey is deeply problematic. Something about how career prosecutors refused to bring the charges against him and only wildly inexperienced political stooges would do it should be the first tip off that something’s rotten in...
by RG | Oct 8, 2025 | above the law
One of the biggest consequences of success is the target that magically appears on your back. Running a firm involves more than delivering legal results for your clients — you also have to protect whatever vital information that falls in your lap in the process of...
by RG | Oct 8, 2025 | above the law
The Australian government paid consultants Deloitte 440,000 Australian dollars ($290,000) for a report on the use of automated penalties in Australia’s welfare system. The final version of the report was placed on the Department of Employment and Workplace Relation,...
