by RG | Aug 3, 2026 | above the law
Moot court may not get the same attention as law review, but for students who actually want to litigate, it’s one of the closest things to the real job that they’ll experience in law school. It forces students to think on their feet, respond to relentless questioning,...
by RG | Aug 3, 2026 | above the law
For years, legal departments hired for expertise. They still do, of course. But expertise is no longer the differentiator it once was. Today, AI can summarize a contract in seconds. It can draft a clause, compare agreements, identify missing provisions, and even...
by RG | Aug 3, 2026 | above the law
(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)Conservative commentators howled about the specter of Dr. Anthony Fauci invoking the Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate himself more than 100 times during his Congressional testimony last Wednesday. Disgraceful! And then I...
by RG | Aug 3, 2026 | above the law
For 14 months, it didn’t seem as though there was a case too ridiculous for Jeanine Pirro to bring. Grand juries no-billed her office dozens of times. D.C. juries have acquitted her defendants at the drop of a sandwich. At one point, her office’s lack of faith in...
by RG | Aug 3, 2026 | above the law
Since the day it became the first Biglaw firm to cut a deal with Donald Trump, Paul, Weiss has leaned on one talking point above all others: the deal changed nothing. Brad Karp assured the firm that the deal would have “no effect on our work.” Paul, Weiss has spent...
