by RG | Jun 8, 2026 | above the law
Ed. note: Please welcome Renee Knake Jefferson back to the pages of Above the Law. Subscribe to her Substack, Legal Ethics Roundup, here. Welcome to what captivates, haunts, inspires, and surprises me every week in the world of legal ethics. Happy Monday! The past...
by RG | Jun 8, 2026 | above the law
(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)Everyone’s worried about Election Day. What will Donald Trump do? Executive actions against mail-in voting? Restrictive federal voting rules? Weakened election security? Intimidation at polling places? I’m only slightly worried...
by RG | Jun 8, 2026 | above the law
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to reporting by Law.com, which is the only Wall Street firm that appears to still pay partners with a pure lockstep system (and even this firm is stretching out its partner pay ratios)? Hint:...
by RG | Jun 8, 2026 | above the law
Trump’s Kennedy Center Benchslapped Over Loser Of A Lawsuit: You think they’d point to an actual contract in a breach of contract suit! Groom Law Adopts The Milbank Scale: Setting their associates up for success! Zealous Advocacy Has Its Limits: Ken Paxton’s own...
by RG | Jun 7, 2026 | above the law
Milbank Shocks The Market: Everyone had settled into the old associate pay scale, when Milbank decided to yet again respond to the rise in the cost of living. Scoreboard: Follow all the matching salary moves with this scorecard. That’s The Price Of A Checked Bag:...
by RG | Jun 5, 2026 | above the law
Legal Geek North America was held June 2 in Chicago. Despite some changes, it’s still geeky. And still cool. Its tone was set in a powerful 10-minute opening talk from Gina Passarella, Centellic’s chief content officer. Last year, I wrote that the conference tone was...
