Senior Partners Should Sometimes Take Advice From Junior Associates
One of the biggest misconceptions in the legal profession is that wisdom flows in only one direction. Some believe that associates learn from partners, and junior lawyers absorb the judgment and experience of those who have spent decades practicing law. That dynamic...
The Worst Person You Know Just Filed A Good First Amendment Lawsuit Against A Very Badly Drafted Nudify App Ban
There’s been a bunch of news this week regarding Minnesota’s new law that purports to prohibit “nudification” technology, and the fact that xAI has sued to have the law blocked as unconstitutional. A few things need to be said upfront, because it’s very, very easy to...
The Anti-DEI Crowd Is Coming For The Biglaw Pipeline. Again.
Americans for Equal Opportunity — the anti-DEI outfit run by board president Clegg Ivey — has filed a new charge with the EEOC against Sponsors for Educational Opportunity, the nonprofit behind the legal industry’s largest diversity pipeline program, along with 14 law...
Washington Law Deans Say Diploma Privilege Is The Only Fair Fix After Bar Exam Fiasco
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. These Washington examinees need an immediate pathway to licensure that protects them from any additional costs and harms—financial, professional and emotional—that this failed exam has caused. Emergency diploma...
Is Anyone At Wachtell NOT Hooking Up?
After a viral video caught a partner making out with an associate on a park bench, briefly thrusting Wachtell into the mainstream consciousness, we figured it would blow over quickly. But then Gibson Dunn moved forward with a splashy mass poaching event, adding the...
