by RG | Aug 10, 2026 | above the law
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! The Constitution doesn’t say how many justices sit on the Supreme Court; Congress sets the number, and it hasn’t always been nine. When was the last time lawmakers shrank the number of seats on the...
by RG | Aug 10, 2026 | above the law
You know how your parents, trying to defend what seemed at the time an unreasonable curfew, used to say nothing good happens after midnight? Turns out that’s also true of the United States Senate. At approximately 4:17 am Saturday morning, the Senate confirmed Todd...
by RG | Aug 10, 2026 | above the law
Though the LSAT’s status as the unquestioned gatekeeper of law school admissions isn’t quite what it once was, with schools increasingly embracing alternative pathways and greater flexibility in how they evaluate applicants, the rite of passage for would-be lawyers...
by RG | Aug 10, 2026 | above the law
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. Obviously I’m here for another term. — Justice Samuel Alito, in comments given to the Wall Street Journal, concerning his continuing tenure on the Supreme Court. NPR incorrectly reported on June 30 that Alito...
by RG | Aug 10, 2026 | above the law
Ed. note: This article first appeared in Strategies & Voices, a publication of the Legal Marketing Association. Merc Smith recently published a thoughtful piece in Strategies & Voices titled “AEO: What Legal Marketers Need to Know, Beyond Digital Roles.” If...
by RG | Aug 10, 2026 | above the law
Some of the richest law firms on the planet have started quietly asking whether they should sell a piece of themselves to private equity. According to the Financial Times, Paul, Weiss; Quinn Emanuel; and Proskauer have all held preliminary conversations with PE groups...
