by RG | Mar 25, 2026 | above the law
Turns out 1Ls can make a lot of money doing public interest work. Not at the place they’re working, of course — several Biglaw firms have taken to offering 1Ls money to bribe encourage them to work for the firm next year rather than for their competitors. To make sure...
by RG | Mar 25, 2026 | above the law
My Cousin Vinny is probably the best courtroom movie ever made. In a sea of self-serious courtroom dramas, somehow it’s the comedy movie that isn’t making lawyers cringe with every inaccuracy. Law professors show clips as part of their lessons. Federal judges cite it...
by RG | Mar 25, 2026 | above the law
Every week, in-house lawyers receive requests to review contracts for AI tools. The pitch is always the same. It will save time. It will make us more efficient. If you review the terms and conditions in those contracts carefully, however, you realize that they can...
by RG | Mar 25, 2026 | above the law
(Photo by DON EMMERT/AFP via Getty Images)On March 19, President Donald Trump met with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in a doomed attempt to rope Japan into his unpopular war with Iran. “Why didn’t you tell me about Pearl Harbor?” Trump said to Takaichi in...
by RG | Mar 25, 2026 | above the law
Rapper turned First Amendment hero Afroman took his frustration over a heavy-handed police raid on his Ohio home and turned it into music. When the officers sued him for millions for hurting their feelings, a jury told them to take their $3.9 million demand and pound...
by RG | Mar 25, 2026 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. They need to be very, very good at utilizing these tools and investing in themselves. If you need motivation to learn how to use AI in your career right now, we probably have other things that we should be...
