by RG | Oct 6, 2026 | above the law
8am spent its Kaleidoscope conference in Las Vegas last week promising lawyers their time back. CEO Jeff Hughes opened with the company’s “Admin Misery Index” — 1,600 lawyers surveyed, 73 percent calling busywork a substantial problem, “at least 200 hours per year”...
by RG | Oct 6, 2026 | above the law
Kinney Recruiting is working closely with a boutique corporate law firm in New York, NY, on a search for a counsel- or partner-level corporate lawyer. The attorneys at this firm are all former lawyers from large law firms who decided their clients would be better...
by RG | Oct 6, 2026 | above the law
The Supreme Court opened its new Term on Monday, which means it’s time once again for another entry into legal media’s favorite pastime: Is Sam Alito going to retire? This round of speculation didn’t come from a column in The Nation or a misheard announcement in the...
by RG | Oct 6, 2026 | above the law
After the inaugural NextGen Uniform Bar Exam turned into a six-hour technological nightmare in Washington — with hundreds of examinees unable to begin the test before the entire administration was canceled — the National Conference of Bar Examiners has found a novel...
by RG | Oct 6, 2026 | above the law
We have all heard it. AI is creating a generation of mindless lawyers who won’t know how to think. They won’t know how to write. They won’t know how to do research. They’ll just type a question into AI, copy whatever they get back and merrily send slop on its way. And...
by RG | Oct 6, 2026 | above the law
I want my money back. How about you? The cost of changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America” has been about 500 grand. I’d like my share back, please. The cost of changing the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America”? Perplexity can’t help me. The...
