‘Woohoo! We passed the bar exam!’The 2024 administration of the bar exam may be in the rearview mirror, but now we’ve got some interesting data on which law schools came out on top when it came to their graduates’ pass rates. As noted by Reuters, the American Bar...

In a move blending Black Mirror and North Korean state media, the Arizona Supreme Court has invented a pair of AI reporters to deliver short-form press releases dressed up as news reports. Daniel and Victoria — two very much unreal talking heads — will deliver “clear,...

Between the price of eggs and some Biglaw bonuses looking like other people’s salaries, there’s no surprise that people would go to extreme lengths to net one of these high-paying jobs. But there should be limits. Not just the ones we impose on our own job search like...

Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. The fewer lawyers and law firms willing to stand up for the Constitution, the fewer cases that reach the courts to enforce the Constitution. This is the stuff of authoritarian rulers, not American Presidents....

Ed. Note: A weekly roundup of just a few items from Howard Bashman’s How Appealing blog, the Web’s first blog devoted to appellate litigation. Check out these stories and more at How Appealing. “Judges threatened with impeachment, bombs for ruling against Trump...

As tech advances, the law mutates. In some cases (Riley, Carpenter) we get more protections. In other cases, we get fewer protections. This case dates back to 2022. Christopher Poller was a suspect Waterbury, Connecticut police officers were seeking to arrest. While...

Perkins Coie secured a temporary restraining order against the enforcement of the most egregious provisions of the executive order that targeted the firm. That’s great news for them, but the firm isn’t out of the woods yet. During the TRO hearing, Perkins Coie’s...

Survey after survey reveals that the majority of firms have incorporated law practice management software into their operations — the ABA reports that number is as high as 53%. However, not all legal software is designed to last or scale with a firm over the lifetime...

(Photo by Brendan McDermid-Pool/Getty Images)President Trump’s courtiers do not lack for chutzpah. After four years in which conservatives camped out in Amarillo and Fort Worth collecting nationwide injunctions to block everything from student loan relief, to credit...

For years, I have heard yammering from white male attorneys about how they are now disenfranchised. Please. Spare me. How about some examples from my almost 50 years in practice that dispute that ludicrous claim?  A white male state bar president who proclaimed that...

After years of delays, Donna Adelson’s trial is finally picking up some speed. She was accused of first-degree murder along with conspiracy and solicitation in the killing of Dan Markel, her daughter’s former husband. As her legal team mounts a defense, they’re trying...

High profile back-to-the-office announcements from Biglaw heavy hitters have many wondering if the legal industry’s remote work flexibility era may soon come to an end. Law firms love matching policies with their peers and a mounting push against hybrid work could...

* Court order reinstates tons of federal government workers [Law360] * Trump takes birthright citizenship order to Supreme Court. [Bloomberg Law News] * Lawyer heading to prison for lying about Biglaw on resume. [ABA Journal] * Spencer Fane revenue is up, though PEP...

(Photo Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)One of the great things about SXSW is that it makes you think outside the box. About issues that aren’t raised instead of the ones that are. That attribute was on full display for Saturday’s...

The post Clio Plants Its Flag In Biglaw Land With Acquisition Of Enterprise Law Firm Software Provider ShareDo appeared first on Above the Law.The motto of law practice management company Clio is to “transform the legal experience for all.” But for many of its 17...

A common complaint practicing lawyers have is that while law schools cost a fortune, they simply don’t teach the most essential skill needed for professional competency. What skill might that be? “How to be a lawyer,” of course. Some law schools, however, are trying...

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We all have secrets. Mine were spread out to multiple cities. In between multiple divorces, drugs were delivered to my hotel room in Vegas. Coke deals transacted with quick hand-to-hand exchanges under cover of darkness just feet from the calming waves of the ocean at...

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Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! This week, which state announced they would administer the National Conference of Bar Examiners’ NextGen Bar Exam beginning in 2028, making them the 37th state to sign onto the revamped bar exam? Hint:...

Hybrid Work Is Here To Stay: Anything but a five-day, in-person work week! It Won’t End With Perkins Coie: Will Williams & Connolly be the next firm caught in the administration’s sights? Keep The Theory Practical!: These are some of the best law schools for...

Winningly “Bigly” Looks A Lot Like Downward Spiraling Investment Portfolios: Gotta love Trumpenomics! This Is What Happens When You Take On Biglaw: Judge grants Perkins Coie’s TRO preventing the enforcement of provisions of Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at the...

What do you call an informed adult arguing with a loud 20-something who didn’t do the reading? A Con Law professor arguing with a gunner. What do you call it when you have to deal with 20 gunners? A Jubilee! The most recent Jubilee episode featured Sam Seder arguing...

(Photo by Jonathan Ernst-Pool/Getty Images)Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. I wouldn’t characterize his appointment of her as being a DEI hire. She’s so well credentialed, she’s so demonstrably conservative in her outlook on the role of the...

On Friday afternoon at SXSW, Meredith Whittaker, CEO of Signal, painted a sobering and downright alarming picture of the modern privacy landscape. Whittaker argued that the world today is more surveilled than ever before, with a handful of corporations and governments...

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to Leopard Solutions’ State of the Industry whitepaper analyzing the 2024 legal industry, partnership promotion timelines have increased by how much since 2012? Hint:And of note, for...

(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)Last November, I warned that President Donald Trump, once he took office, would make changes to the student loan program that would either increase monthly payments or make it more difficult to obtain loan forgiveness. On Friday, he...

Yesterday, Perkins Coie filed a lawsuit to “to declare the [Executive Order targeting the firm] unlawful and to enjoin its implementation.” Today, Judge Beryl Howell held a held an hour-and-a-half-long hour hearing on the firm’s request for a Temporary Restraining...

“Eagle” Ed Martin strikes again! The Interim US Attorney for DC is really getting the hang of this whole prosecutor thing. Apparently it involves taking tips from internet randos, then sending nasty letters demanding that liberals explain themselves RIGHT NOW, MISTER!...

(Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)One genre of fall off that needs to be studied is American pride discourse. Seriously — how did we get from Outlaw Country to the Red, White, Blue & Walmart America odes of today? It’s been a long time coming, but the short...

Biglaw firms have pulled back in on-campus interviewing and early interview programs for summer associates in a major way. In fact, according to the National Association for Law Placement (NALP), this was the first time in decades that law firms have made the majority...

(Photo by Erin Schaff-Pool/Getty Images)Remember when Arrested Development made this a gag? John Roberts is living it out in real time as the president explains — on national television — that Roberts is a partisan hack. Amy Coney Barrett seems less excited about the...

(Photo by John Phillips/Getty Images)Hollywood star Mel Gibson is not allowed to own a gun. In 2011, he pleaded no contest to misdemeanor battery of a former girlfriend and was recorded making death threats against her. So, yeah, he can’t own firearms. But Gibson is...

(Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)For many years, I have tried to emphasize in this column that presidents typically have a very limited amount of control over the stock market. Long term, presidential policies might determine stock market returns to a certain...

The shift to remote and hybrid work models may present challenges for law firms seeking a competitive advantage in the post-pandemic era; however, it can also present opportunities.  In “Conflicts, Contracts & Costs: Tuning Up Your Office Systems, Client...

Ed note: This is the fifth in a series. Read the previous installment here. Getty ImagesIn the culinary world of networking, it’s not just the main course (your primary follow-up) that matters, but also the side dishes — those small, thoughtful gestures that can leave...

* “I’m not a cat” lawyer deep dive. [NY Times] * Judge who feels gay people don’t deserve basic human rights is very disturbed by criticism of federal judges. [National Law Journal] * “Judge to hold hearing over Columbia student protester’s challenge to arrest” makes...

via YouTubeDon’t worry, like many of Fifth Circuit Judge Jame Ho’s moves, this one is more style over substance. The jurist, who seems almost desperate to prove he’s Donald Trump’s most conservative lil’ judge, has quit the Federal Judges Association (FJA) in a fit of...

(Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. The government has decided to punish two prominent law firms because they represent parties that the administration does not like. — William Bay, president of the American Bar...

Ed. note: This is the latest in the article series, Cybersecurity: Tips From the Trenches, by our friends at Sensei Enterprises, a boutique provider of IT, cybersecurity, and digital forensics services. One long-standing cybersecurity measure has been the ability to...

(Image via Getty)It is the rare judicial opinion, particularly in the IP arena, that starts with the court admitting that they got an earlier decision wrong. Penning the opinion? None other than the Third Circuit’s Hon. Stephanos Bibas, sitting by designation in the...

Friday morning at SXSW, Niall Firth, the Executive Editor of the Newsroom at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), reviewed MIT’s annual list of 10 breakthrough technologies for 2025. The review is particularly interesting since it comes from MIT, an...

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(Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)Last week, Perkins Coie was called out by the Trump administration for retribution. They were the subject of an executive order that purported to revoke security clearances for employees of the firm, called for the...

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Which Biglaw firm’s recently announced 2024 financials reveal gross revenue was up 23% last year, bringing the figure to $7 billion? Hint: Average profits per equity partner also saw a big jump at the...

Biglaw Firm Prepares To Do Battle With Trump Administration: They’ve recruited Williams & Connolly for the fight. The Williams & Connolly Response Doubles As A Con Law Outline: They came out swinging! First Misconduct Of Many?: Ed Martin gets hit with a...