by RG | Jul 2, 2025 | above the law
Play free-association with an attorney and the word “BARBRI” likely draws a Pavlovian wince and a bad joke about the UCC. During that window between law school and practice, bar prep courses become your only window onto the world. After it’s over, you remember the key...
by RG | Jul 2, 2025 | above the law
The momentum for a four-day, in-office mandate is picking up steam in Biglaw. Just this week, A&O Shearman announced that, beginning on September 2nd, attorneys will have a face time requirement of four days a week, up from the in-office three-days a week rule...
by RG | Jul 2, 2025 | above the law
When it comes to adopting generative artificial intelligence, lawyers are faced with competing incentives. On the one hand, clients are demanding that their firms become more efficient — and a lawyer’s competitors are already delivering on this goal. On the other...
by RG | Jul 2, 2025 | above the law
Recently, the Senate passed their version of “The One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which among other things would limit the amount of federal student loans someone can borrow. Americans owe over $1.7 trillion in student loan debt, and the current repayment system is one...
by RG | Jul 2, 2025 | above the law
It’s no secret that lawyers who juggle too many documents face problems with inefficiency and increased risk of making mistakes. So why are so many lawyers still bogged down in documents when handling matters for clients? And why is anyone still using the find and...
by RG | Jul 2, 2025 | above the law
I remember an argument I had 10 years ago with an ancient fossil of a lawyer after I mentioned that I had attended a Bernie Sanders rally. “But he calls himself a socialist,” croaked the old codger, himself a lifelong Democrat. “Nobody would vote for him!” So,...
