by RG | Apr 9, 2026 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. This should serve as a wake-up call to everyone in legal education. This shift is particularly concerning because first-gen college graduates are a vital way to broaden who gets to be a part of the legal...
by RG | Apr 9, 2026 | above the law
I had a friend who recently applied for a second mortgage. There was a minor title issue that anyone could see was irrelevant to the approval. Yet the lender’s AI system spotted it and spit out an email saying the loan officer couldn’t approve the loan. When my friend...
by RG | Apr 9, 2026 | above the law
The post LawNext Podcast: Learned Hand’s Shlomo Klapper On Why Courts Are The Next Frontier For Legal AI appeared first on Above the Law.Are courts the next frontier for legal AI? Shlomo Klapper, founder and CEO of the AI-driven judicial case-preparation...
by RG | Apr 9, 2026 | above the law
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to 2025 law firm financial data collected by Law.com, which is the only Manhattan-founded Biglaw firm to cross the $4 billion in revenue mark last year? Hint: The firm increased revenue 11%...
by RG | Apr 8, 2026 | above the law
Michael Avenatti managed to speedrun the full Above the Law experience. He spent 2018 as the most visible lawyer in America while representing Stormy Daniels and appearing on CNN approximately seven thousand times as a thorn in Donald Trump’s side. He even floated a...
by RG | Apr 8, 2026 | above the law
In 2023, Judge Roger Benitez of the Southern District of California ordered his marshals to handcuff a crying child attending her father’s hearing and place her in the jury box. Then he asked the 13-year-old girl if she liked the cuffs and told her she was “an awfully...
