by RG | Jul 29, 2026 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. I think the thing that has been most startling in a way has been the need for security in a way that you didn’t have before. It has meant really having to adjust my life, because I can’t just go out in any...
by RG | Jul 29, 2026 | above the law
I don’t want to say I’m Cassandra. But when we flagged yesterday that, with the bar exam here, something was about to go horribly wrong, it wasn’t exactly a bold call. Something goes wrong every year. The only questions were how, and how badly. Washington answered...
by RG | Jul 29, 2026 | above the law
After months of studying, thousands of dollars in expenses, and enough stress to shave years off a person’s life, bar applicants should at least be able to count on one thing: actually being able to take the exam, on time. Apparently not. The first administration of...
by RG | Jul 29, 2026 | above the law
A ‘Historic Milestone In Legal Licensure’ That Nobody Got To Take: Washington scrapped its entire NextGen bar exam after six hours of dead wifi — while the NCBE insisted its platform worked fine. The Show Me State Left Wanting: Missouri’s bar exam descended into chaos...
by RG | Jul 29, 2026 | above the law
Gibson Dunn just landed a homerun lateral haul this week, snatching six litigation partners out of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, including executive committee co-chair and litigation co-chair William Savitt, reportedly set in motion by a coffee meeting with...
