by RG | Jan 21, 2026 | Law.com
Lindsey Halligan’s expired service as interim U.S. attorney of the Eastern District of Virginia raises questions over whether the U.S. Department of Justice has a live case or controversy to continue its pending appeal seeking to revive criminal charges against...
by RG | Jan 21, 2026 | above the law
Lindsey Halligan has finally done the one thing the Department of Justice steadfastly refused to do for months: acknowledge reality. Following an extended farce of legally illiterate cosplay as the “United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia,”...
by RG | Jan 21, 2026 | above the law
Legal training has long followed a guild system: law schools teach doctrine, then new lawyers learn to practice by working alongside experienced attorneys. This apprenticeship model may have worked well decades ago, but it’s increasingly problematic today. And it...
by RG | Jan 21, 2026 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. [I had a professional association with Jeffrey Epstein when] it was my job to engage with people and companies that had serious legal and public relations problems. Many were under criminal investigation, and...
by RG | Jan 21, 2026 | above the law
It is plain knowledge that Georgetown Law is great if you’d like to transition your legal career toward working for the government. That said, working for ICE probably isn’t as good a line on your resume as you’d like it to be. Killing people is one thing —...
