{"id":159721,"date":"2026-08-06T15:56:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T23:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/08\/06\/the-incredible-shrinking-biglaw-class-see-also\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T15:56:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T23:56:16","slug":"the-incredible-shrinking-biglaw-class-see-also","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/08\/06\/the-incredible-shrinking-biglaw-class-see-also\/","title":{"rendered":"The Incredible, Shrinking Biglaw Class \u2014 See Also"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Go Big Or Go Home<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/biglaw-is-bigger-than-ever-but-its-associate-classes-are-getting-smaller\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Biglaw may be the largest single employer of new law school grads, but now associate class sizes are shrinking.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Senator Schiff Tried A New Approach With Trump\u2019s Election-Denying Judicial Nominees: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/adam-schiff-has-had-it-with-trumps-election-denying-judicial-nominees-same-honestly\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">He asked about 2008, 2012, and 2016 first. The nominee answered all of them. Then came 2020\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>RICO Not-So-Suave<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/biglaw-firm-facing-rico-claims-loses-motion-to-compel-arbitration\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reed Smith can\u2019t easily get out of claim that it took part in fraud<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Down And Out In Law School<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/law-schools-spent-30-years-buying-u-s-news-rankings-and-the-bill-just-came-due\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law schools ran up big debts chasing higher rankings and the bill has finally come due. Nearly 70 percent of law schools face financial uncertainty<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bar Exam Tragedy Still Not Addressed<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/woman-who-went-into-cardiac-arrest-during-ny-bar-exam-sues-hofstra-but-not-the-bar-examiners\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A woman who suffered cardiac arrest during the exam has sued the site, but the bar examiners still haven\u2019t changed the rules that brought us here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>New Mexico Is Suing Todd Blanche To Get Access To Epstein\u2019s Zorro Ranch Files: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/the-doj-has-betrayed-epstein-survivors-new-mexico-is-suing-over-the-latest-issue\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Mexico Attorney General Ra\u00fal Torrez is done waiting\u2026 he\u2019s suing Todd Blanche.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/the-incredible-shrinking-biglaw-class-see-also\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Incredible, Shrinking Biglaw Class \u2014 See Also<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Go Big Or Go Home<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/biglaw-is-bigger-than-ever-but-its-associate-classes-are-getting-smaller\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Biglaw may be the largest single employer of new law school grads, but now associate class sizes are shrinking.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Senator Schiff Tried A New Approach With Trump\u2019s Election-Denying Judicial Nominees: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/adam-schiff-has-had-it-with-trumps-election-denying-judicial-nominees-same-honestly\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">He asked about 2008, 2012, and 2016 first. The nominee answered all of them. Then came 2020\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>RICO Not-So-Suave<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/biglaw-firm-facing-rico-claims-loses-motion-to-compel-arbitration\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reed Smith can\u2019t easily get out of claim that it took part in fraud<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Down And Out In Law School<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/law-schools-spent-30-years-buying-u-s-news-rankings-and-the-bill-just-came-due\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law schools ran up big debts chasing higher rankings and the bill has finally come due. Nearly 70 percent of law schools face financial uncertainty<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bar Exam Tragedy Still Not Addressed<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/woman-who-went-into-cardiac-arrest-during-ny-bar-exam-sues-hofstra-but-not-the-bar-examiners\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A woman who suffered cardiac arrest during the exam has sued the site, but the bar examiners still haven\u2019t changed the rules that brought us here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>New Mexico Is Suing Todd Blanche To Get Access To Epstein\u2019s Zorro Ranch Files: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/the-doj-has-betrayed-epstein-survivors-new-mexico-is-suing-over-the-latest-issue\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Mexico Attorney General Ra\u00fal Torrez is done waiting\u2026 he\u2019s suing Todd Blanche.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2026\/08\/the-incredible-shrinking-biglaw-class-see-also\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Incredible, Shrinking Biglaw Class \u2014 See Also<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Go Big Or Go Home: Biglaw may be the largest single employer of new law school grads, but now associate class sizes are shrinking. Senator Schiff Tried A New Approach With Trump\u2019s Election-Denying Judicial Nominees: He asked about 2008, 2012, and 2016 first. The nominee answered all of them. Then came 2020\u2026 RICO Not-So-Suave: Reed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":159722,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-159721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/shrinking-team-headcount-layoffs-V4qkTm.jpg?fit=1189%2C792&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}