by RG | Apr 15, 2025 | above the law
Biglaw had a helluva 2024. By nearly every trackable metric, the numbers were up, up, up. And now we’ve finally moved from anecdotal stories of highs and lows and gotten some real data with the announcement of American Lawyer’s 2024 Am Law 100. With a whopping 58...
by RG | Apr 15, 2025 | above the law
Call It What It Is: The free labor these firms pledged to Donald Trump have nothing to do with helping those in need. Criticism From On High: Paul Hastings partner has strong words for firms that capitulated to Trump’s will. Rankings Are Out!: Very strong financial...
by RG | Apr 15, 2025 | above the law
A law firm’s financial wellness depends on more than just winning cases or increasing billable hours. Running a profitable practice requires clear oversight of spending, consistent cash flow, and well-defined processes for managing revenue and expenses. In this...
by RG | Apr 15, 2025 | above the law
The Robot Lawyer revolution remains on hold. Despite advances in generative AI and growing adoption throughout the legal industry, we must all continue to wait for a lawyerly version of Skynet to become fully self-aware… and sign its own surrender deal with the Trump...
by RG | Apr 15, 2025 | above the law
Ed. note: Please welcome Vivia Chen back to the pages of Above the Law. Subscribe to her Substack, “The Ex-Careerist,” here. STOP, JUST STOP, calling what Donald Trump has extracted from Biglaw “pro bono.” It is such an obvious sham. Yet the media use that term...
by RG | Apr 15, 2025 | above the law
What is this, a re-run episode? You know the story. The American Alliance for Equal Rights is back again and they’ve set their sights on the ABA. You know the drill: yada yada yada, racial minorities took my spot, I didn’t even apply but I was chilled from doing so...
