by RG | Mar 24, 2025 | above the law
(Photo by Julia Demaree Nikhinson – Pool/Getty Images)When you think about what qualifies a person to work as a U.S. attorney, you might think of things like respect for country and excellent communication skills. When Donald Trump thought about what it took, he...
by RG | Mar 24, 2025 | above the law
Over the weekend, former Above the Law editor David Lat published an email Paul Weiss chair Brad Karp sent to the firm justifying the groveling it did to Donald Trump. It’s a fascinating inside look at the major law firm’s justification for selling out the rule of law...
by RG | Mar 24, 2025 | above the law
(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)Fresh off his victory getting Paul Weiss to kiss his ring, Donald Trump came in hot this weekend with yet ANOTHER executive order targeting the legal profession. This one, titled, Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal...
by RG | Mar 24, 2025 | above the law
One of the many benefits of having a federal clerkship is the extra bonus you’ll receive if you decide to head to a Biglaw firm post-clerkship. Many elite firms really want people with highly demanding clerkship experience to work for them, and that’s why the high end...
by RG | Mar 24, 2025 | above the law
(Photo Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)In my initial article about SXSW 2025, I talked about why it’s important for lawyers. While there was a limited legally related track, that’s certainly NOT why I spent over a week in Austin....
by RG | Mar 24, 2025 | above the law
Getty Images Ed. note: This article first appeared in an ILTA publication. For more, visit our ILTA on ATL channel here. In the summer of 1956, when John McCarthy gathered researchers at Dartmouth College, he did not just coin the term “artificial intelligence” — he...
