by RG | Apr 7, 2026 | above the law
For many, law school is a safe stepping stone before they get a job. But the threats to liberty that ICE and DHS pose to students complicates that easy relationship. There’s no magical force field that prevents ICE from harming citizens and non-citizens alike; Trump...
by RG | Apr 7, 2026 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. Tackle Trump and let him pretend he’s president and publicly report that he’s going through a health issue, and Vance take over. It literally needs to be something like that. It’s that bad. — Robert Barnes,...
by RG | Apr 7, 2026 | above the law
There are few rites of passage in legal education more enduring than the annual ritual of obsessing over the U.S. News & World Report rankings. And yet, according to a new survey from Kaplan, the people who arguably should care the most — law school admissions...
by RG | Apr 7, 2026 | above the law
When you pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to go to law school, you should expect to be confronted with questions throughout the process. There are the obvious “what is subject matter jurisdiction again?”-esque questions, but those aren’t the ones that keep you up...
by RG | Apr 7, 2026 | above the law
Ed. note: This is the latest in the article series, Cybersecurity: Tips From the Trenches, by our friends at Sensei Enterprises, a boutique provider of IT, cybersecurity, and digital forensics services. Law firms have always been attractive targets for cyberattacks....
by RG | Apr 7, 2026 | above the law
* As we already covered, the new US News law school rankings are out and… they’re wild. [US News] * Biglaw firms lend support to those fighting the Trump administration. [Reuters] * DLA Piper pregnancy bias trial kicked off yesterday, with the firm telling jury that...
