by RG | Mar 31, 2025 | above the law
Those waiting for the biggest law firms in the nation to lead the charge (or at least the defense) against Donald Trump and his attacks on the legal system got a shot in the arm last week when, in separate lawsuits, both Jenner & Block and WilmerHale challenged...
by RG | Mar 31, 2025 | above the law
(Photo by ERIN SCHAFF/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)Last month, Justice Sonia Sotomayor was pretty confident in the soft power that courts would be able to deploy as a check against the Trump administration. Things might look bad right now, but it’s not like the...
by RG | Mar 31, 2025 | above the law
The Trump Administration has launched an all-out attack on major law firms. Thus far, Covington & Burling, Perkins Coie, Paul Weiss, Jenner & Block, and WilmerHale have seen Executive Orders aimed at their Biglaw firms for the grievous insult of having their...
by RG | Mar 31, 2025 | above the law
Uh-oh! As noted by Reuters, the national Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) mean scaled score is back to an all-time low. This isn’t what we like to see when it comes to the bar. Higher MBE scores from recent administrations of the exam gave those in legal academia some...
by RG | Mar 31, 2025 | above the law
Earlier today Above the Law reported that Skadden shut off the ability for its attorneys to send emails via large internal distribution lists. And before that it was widely reported that the firm groveled to the Trump administration, striking a deal that includes $100...
by RG | Mar 31, 2025 | 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 from France! We...
