by RG | Aug 13, 2026 | above the law
If you’re starting law school this fall, you’ve probably already been told what to read. Casebooks. Maybe a primer on contracts. Something to get your head around how lawyers think before your first cold call. That advice isn’t wrong. It’s just incomplete. Because...
by RG | Aug 13, 2026 | above the law
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Of all the people who have served as attorney general of the United States, the nation’s top law enforcement officer, who is the only one who went on to serve time in federal prison? Hint: Before he...
by RG | Aug 13, 2026 | above the law
Everything You Need To Know About Usha Vance, You Can Learn At Yale Law: Her classmates gossip about her on Signal. The clerkship culture that shaped her politics is the part they don’t put in the group chat. Daft For Taft: John Roberts pens essay celebrating William...
by RG | Aug 12, 2026 | above the law
Alabama ran a primary yesterday. It supposedly ran one in May — and many people voted in it! — but it never counted. If that sounds confusing… it was! So much so that turnout bottomed out around 5 percent. To put that in context, almost 23 percent turned out to vote...
by RG | Aug 12, 2026 | above the law
When Benito Mussolini sent his followers to march on the capital in 1922, he fully expected to be thrown in jail (or more) for his attempted coup. Instead, he was asked to become prime minister. Mussolini himself stayed in Milan, allowing him to cultivate the sort of...
by RG | Aug 12, 2026 | above the law
Up To $170K In Bonus Bucks! This firm has already handed out three bonuses, while Biglaw associates are waiting to see if they’ll maybe get one. Purcell Unprincipled: Alabama held its first primary since the Supreme Court jettisoned the Voting Rights Act, and people...
