by RG | Jul 2, 2026 | above the law
The post Goodbye Ratings, Hello Benchmarks: If Legal Tech Can Benchmark Attorneys, Shouldn’t Attorneys Be Able To Ethically Benchmark Back? appeared first on Above the Law.The post Goodbye Ratings, Hello Benchmarks: If Legal Tech Can Benchmark Attorneys, Shouldn’t ...
by RG | Jul 2, 2026 | above the law
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to Bloomberg Law’s Leading Law Firms survey, which sector tops the list of areas firms said they were targeting for growth? Hint: This is a shift from growth areas over the last few years,...
by RG | Jul 2, 2026 | above the law
The Supreme Court’s Politics Are Becoming A Big Problem: And Americans are catching on. Compensation Decisions Don’t Wait Around For Biglaw: Boutiques are taking over when it comes to paying their people. Imagine What America’s Semiquincentennial Could Have Been:...
by RG | Jul 1, 2026 | above the law
On the one hand, the birthright citizenship ruling allowed Chief Justice Roberts to put a bow on the Supreme Court’s Term, delivering a blow to Donald Trump that Roberts will milk for every “the Supreme Court really is independent!” op-ed that the Washington Post is...
by RG | Jul 1, 2026 | above the law
Legal professionals are drowning in complexity. Yet, the tools used to manage this complexity — PowerPoint, spreadsheets, static diagrams — haven’t meaningfully evolved in decades. That’s where the concept of structural intelligence comes in. In this episode of...
by RG | Jul 1, 2026 | above the law
One of the biggest surprises of my in-house career is realizing how rarely anyone actually wants “the legal answer.” At least not in the way lawyers are trained to think about it. Early in my career, I think the best lawyers are the people who can analyze the issue...
