by RG | Sep 10, 2026 | above the law
* Missouri lawmakers threaten to impeach state supreme court if they hold secretary of state in contempt for using redrawn maps that violate state constitution. [KCTV] Meanwhile, the whole thing is back at the U.S. Supreme Court — which already blessed the Missouri...
by RG | Sep 9, 2026 | above the law
Trump Judges Blow Off Justices: The U.S. Supreme Court refused to impose Missouri’s illegal gerrymander. Trump-appointed district judge decided to go ahead and do it anyway. While We’re On That Topic…: Can you remember the civil procedure doctrine at issue in...
by RG | Sep 9, 2026 | above the law
Missouri’s state supreme court barred the state from implementing the Republican legislature’s new gerrymandered maps for this November’s election on state constitutional grounds. After an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court — the only appeal available per 28 U.S.C. §...
by RG | Sep 9, 2026 | above the law
There are countless law school rankings out there, and we cover just about every single one of them here at Above the Law. But what about rankings for LL.M. programs, advanced degrees that allow law school graduates to sharpen their skills, specialize in a particular...
by RG | Sep 9, 2026 | above the law
Despite bigger budgets, in-house legal departments are being squeezed from every angle — by rising talent costs, ballooning law firm fees, and an AI bill nobody budgeted for — and a workload that’s outrunning all of it. Download the 2027 In-House Legal Budget Report,...
by RG | Sep 9, 2026 | above the law
A judicial ethics panel has looked at the increasingly common arrangement of a law student cashing a Biglaw check while working, unpaid, inside a judge’s chambers and decided it is all perfectly fine. In the race to lock up talent earlier and earlier, Biglaw firms...
