by RG | Mar 12, 2026 | above the law
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to new American Bar Association data, which law school had that highest bar passage rate for first-time test takers in 2025? Hint: All but one of this law school’s first-time test takers...
by RG | Mar 11, 2026 | above the law
NBC News has a new poll out about the Supreme Court and, well… remember when we thought the Court’s public legitimacy crisis had probably bottomed out already? Yeah. About that…. According to the latest national poll, just 22% of respondents say they have a “great...
by RG | Mar 11, 2026 | above the law
Two years ago, the idea that attorneys could be greeted each morning by medical records already summarized, demands drafted overnight, and every case file audited while they slept would’ve sounded like fiction. Today, more than 800 plaintiff firms across the country...
by RG | Mar 11, 2026 | above the law
After a blockbuster year for law firm combinations in 2025, the merger chatter in Biglaw isn’t slowing down anytime soon. If anything, more firm leaders are saying the quiet part out loud: they’re open to deals, or at least open to talking about them. In interviews...
by RG | Mar 11, 2026 | above the law
“Eagle” Ed Martin has done a lot of crazy stuff in his career, but fighting a bar complaint by demanding to speak to the judges of the DC Circuit mano a mano may be the craziest! This is a guy who refused to comply with the state’s Sunshine laws and cost Missouri...
by RG | Mar 11, 2026 | above the law
I’ll be the first to say that rap lyrics should not be heavily relied on as evidence in criminal matters. The art form is prone to grandiose fibbing, the exact sort of thing you’d want to keep out of courtrooms in matters of life, death, and beyond a reasonable doubt...
