by RG | May 8, 2026 | above the law
Troy McKenzie, dean of NYU School of Law since 2022, announced yesterday that he’ll step down in 2027. In a letter to the NYU Law community, McKenzie explained that “[t]he classroom has always been my first love, and it is where I will return.” Though not before...
by RG | May 8, 2026 | above the law
Mere days after the United States Supreme Court declared that the Voting Rights Act cannot be invoked to bar racially discriminatory gerrymandering as long as state legislators make a halfway plausible claim that the new districts were drawn for purely political...
by RG | May 8, 2026 | above the law
There comes a time in every high-profile DOJ case when you know something absolutely batshit is about to go down. It starts with the entry of appearance by Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward. After a crazed gunman tried to shoot up the White House...
by RG | May 8, 2026 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. I don’t think there’s going to be a huge amount of more culling unless there’s serious financial issues. I just think you’re going to see this at other firms. Paul Weiss is a very strong firm, McDermott is a...
by RG | May 8, 2026 | above the law
Voting has closed for our seventeenth annual Law Revue Video Contest, and we’re happy to announce that we have a winner. Which law school is the best of the best? Which law school deserves Law Revue fame? Before we get to the honors, let’s review the winners of years...
by RG | May 8, 2026 | above the law
It used to be the case that if you left Biglaw for a small, boutique, or midsize firm, you had to expect a pay cut. It might not have been a huge pay cut, maybe $10K or $20K below the standard Biglaw scale, but given the opportunities offered by smaller firms,...
