by RG | Apr 6, 2026 | above the law
Each year, thousands of students enter law school with their sights set not on Biglaw bonuses, but on public service. They’re drawn to careers in government, whether that means prosecuting crimes, shaping policy, protecting vulnerable populations, or enforcing the...
by RG | Apr 6, 2026 | above the law
One of the challenges of the bar exam, curses upon its name, is grabbing blindly at personal jurisdiction concepts you haven’t really thought about seriously since 1L year under timed conditions. This goes just as well for the elements of battery, the mirror image...
by RG | Apr 6, 2026 | above the law
Last week, Pam Bondi learned that life comes at you fast as she was dumped in the trash (weirdly, not a metaphor). The now-former Attorney General, whose tenure was already doing heavy lifting in the “controversial at best” category, has been roundly mocked since news...
by RG | Apr 6, 2026 | above the law
Legal AI vendors talk about trust constantly. Transparent models. Responsible AI principles. Guardrails and disclosures. Yet many lawyers distrust legal AI not because it is unsafe or unethical, but because it feels inattentive. That distinction matters more than most...
by RG | Apr 6, 2026 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. This isn’t legal analysis. It’s idiocy. That would be an F on the bar exam. — Professor Ryan Goodman of NYU Law, who serves as co-editor-in-chief of Just Security, in comments given on X concerning the Trump...
by RG | Apr 6, 2026 | above the law
Suppose Portugal, instead of the United States, did it. Suppose Portugal announced that it wanted France to be its newest state. Governor Macron, and all that. How would the world react? Lunatic at the helm, maybe? Suppose Portugal said that it intended to take over...
