by RG | Feb 24, 2025 | above the law
On a Saturday night in October 1973, President Richard Nixon ordered Attorney General Elliott Richardson to fire Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox. Richardson resigned his office rather than comply. Nixon then ordered Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus to fire...
by RG | Feb 21, 2025 | above the law
And That’s Just The Kozinski Article!: Try not to cry as we parse through a judge’s really crappy reasoning. Law Schools Are Cutting Diversity From Their Websites: Control the purse, force policy changes. Boo! Eat Less Chikn!: Will someone at FedSoc switch up the...
by RG | Feb 21, 2025 | above the law
While law firms struggle to keep a lid on AI security threats and otherwise control lawyers using AI out of turn, Linklaters has a forward-thinking solution that more firms should embrace. As RollOnFriday notes, Linklaters puts its prospective robot lawyers through a...
by RG | Feb 21, 2025 | above the law
Ed. note: This is the latest installment in a series of posts on motherhood in the legal profession, in partnership with our friends at MothersEsquire. Welcome Amy Bowen and Elise Buie back to our pages. Click here if you’d like to donate to MothersEsquire. Raising...
by RG | Feb 21, 2025 | above the law
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by RG | Feb 21, 2025 | above the law
Many states impose mandatory retirement ages, set by statute, on judges. Such retirement ages make sense since it is important that individuals retire when they may be less able to fulfill the duties of their demanding jobs and so that new people can fill roles held...
