by RG | Jan 30, 2025 | above the law
The post On LawNext: Reflections On 25 Years Of Innovation In Legal Aid, With The LSC’s Longtime Program Counsel Glenn Rawdon appeared first on Above the Law.Earlier this month, the Legal Services Corporation, the largest funder of civil legal aid in the United...
by RG | Jan 30, 2025 | above the law
(Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. [T]here’s a high demand [for lawyers with Trump ties]. I even had somebody… who’s at a law firm tell me that he’s gotten more client work because of that, because of the...
by RG | Jan 30, 2025 | above the law
Unlimited pro bono hours are a lot like unlimited vacation days. Everyone knows that they’ll never all get used, but it’s the principle of the thing. It’s a nice signal to associates that the firm cares about public service work or work-life balance respectively....
by RG | Jan 30, 2025 | above the law
(Photo by Apu Gomes/Getty Images)If a billionaire throws out two Nazi salutes at an extremely public political rally and says some kind words afterward, does it change the meaning of the Nazi salute? A normal person would say no. Tim Walz, famously known for showing...
by RG | Jan 30, 2025 | above the law
Shiva is the Hebrew word for Judaism’s week-long mourning period for the deceased’s relatives. With the “off with their heads” attitude of the new administration, many of us, regardless of religious affiliation, are in mourning for the killing off of DEI initiatives....
by RG | Jan 30, 2025 | above the law
(Photo by KENNY HOLSTON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)“This is going to be a big year for redefining our relationships with governments,” Facebook Sith Lord Mark Zuckerberg told investors on an earnings call yesterday. And he wasn’t kidding! Zuck discovered a new and...
