by RG | Aug 4, 2026 | above the law
The post New Site From Suffolk Law Dean Andrew Perlman Catalogs AI Policies At 128 Law Schools appeared first on Above the Law.When law school AI policies have made news, it has usually been because they were controversial. UC Berkeley School of Law’s restrictive...
by RG | Aug 4, 2026 | above the law
Todd Blanche cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday, which means the only thing standing between him and confirmation as the permanent Attorney General of the United States is a full Senate floor vote. Though it seems likely that step is but a formality, a...
by RG | Aug 4, 2026 | above the law
Law firm mergers are supposed to create momentum. Sometimes they create recruiting opportunities for the competition instead. Barely a month after Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader officially combined, Sidley Austin has poached an 11-lawyer New York fund finance team from...
by RG | Aug 4, 2026 | above the law
The big news last week was that Bob Savitt, co-chair and veteran litigator with Wachtell, left that firm for Gibson Dunn and took six others with him. (It was supposed to be seven, but that’s a whole other story.) Lots of speculation why, and most of it centered on...
by RG | Aug 4, 2026 | above the law
People often think of me as an extrovert, and they are not wrong. Put me in a room with people, and I will tell stories, ask questions, make connections, and probably enjoy having a little attention thrown my way. But as I have gotten older, I have also become a bit...
by RG | Aug 4, 2026 | above the law
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! She graduated near the top of her Stanford Law class of 1952, made law review and the Order of the Coif… but upon graduation, the only job offer she got in California was as a legal secretary. Who was...