by RG | Apr 4, 2025 | above the law
If someone offers a solution to the access-to-justice crisis, you generally should say yes. The legal needs of millions currently receive the attention of a handful of attorneys and beyond the profession’s long, abysmal record of meeting the needs of low-income folks,...
by RG | Apr 4, 2025 | above the law
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to Vault’s 2025 Best Law Firms ranking, which Biglaw firm score best for associate/partner relations? Hint: The international firm has been around 185 years — and counting. See the answer on...
by RG | Apr 4, 2025 | above the law
(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)Trump FCC boss Brendan Carr isn’t really interested in doing his actual job as head of the FCC. He’s not interested in protecting consumers or markets from notoriously shitty telecom monopolies. He’s not interested in protecting...
by RG | Apr 4, 2025 | above the law
I don’t even have to try! (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)According to reporting from the Wall Street Journal, the richest law firm in the world — Kirkland & Ellis — is looking to join the growing list of Biglaw firms bending a knee to Donald Trump. The firm is...
by RG | Apr 4, 2025 | above the law
Ed. Note: A weekly roundup of just a few items from Howard Bashman’s How Appealing blog, the Web’s first blog devoted to appellate litigation. Check out these stories and more at How Appealing. “Remarkable Things in the Government’s Alien Enemies Act Briefs to the...
by RG | Apr 4, 2025 | above the law
Getty ImagesEd note: This is the eighth in a series. Read the previous installment here. Picture yourself as a chef in the grand kitchen of networking. The conference has ended, but the ingredients you’ve gathered — the contacts, the conversations — are fresh and...
