Above the Law's newest editor, Staci, thought that she could make readers and commenters see the sunnier side of things at lower-ranked law schools. But sometimes, lower-ranked schools can make even Staci cringe. Especially when they want to publish "coloring book" law journals.
Remember the attorney who filed a motion objecting to the breasts of a woman at opposing counsel's table. That lawyer has since dropped his motion and been admonished by a judge. This could all be over now, but the lawyer in question just keeps talking, and talking, and talking...
Explore the mindset, cultural shifts, and training strategies that define the AI‑savvy lawyer, revealing why human judgment, standardized competence, and integrated learning—not technology alone—will shape the future of the profession.
Growing up, we had something called the “coffee filter” in my house. It was my mom’s cutesy way of telling us that we always needed to think before speaking, but it worked (most of the time). The world would probably be a much better place if everyone bothered to use their coffee filters, but the […]
If you were aware of pending litigation, would you destroy backup tapes if you had no reason to believe that they contained data relevant to case? Would you need to retain such tapes in order to meet your litigation-related preservation obligations as an attorney? During the Legal Technology Leadership Summit, a mock hearing will be […]
Ed. Note: This is a guest post from the good people at RollOnFriday. In addition to covering all of the salacious news and gossip happening across the pond, RollOnFriday occasionally endeavors to explain England to us Yankees when we beg them. Check them out. Awards ceremonies feature large in the British legal landscape. For our […]
* Guys at my high school had the FBI install GPS tracking devices on their cars without warrants all the time, it was no big deal. [Washington Post] * Lady Gaga’s reps have said that the pending 1-800-LAWFIRM case against her is meritless. Still no statement on the merit of claims that Lady Gaga is […]
Legal work isn’t slowing down, and the firms that win won’t be the ones working harder — they’ll be the ones working smarter.
And now our Fictional Lawyers Tournament gets serious. We are into the regional finals. The Elite Eight. People have handicapped the tournament. I’ve bet on the tournament (at least I would have if gambling were legal). And now we are here. Powerhouse v. Powerhouse. As usual today we’ll vote on the left side, Thursday we’ll […]
It’s inevitable, but at some point during your summer clerkship, you will have to write, and odds are, you will be writing a lot. Words are the currency of lawyers. Once you graduate from law school, you will be paid hundreds of dollars an hour to write brilliant briefs, ironclad contracts, and demand letters that […]
* After all it was a great big world, with lots of tea parties to run to. But if she had to try, runnin’ hard… there was one little song she was gonna cease. Oh yeah, all right. Play something else baby. On your Bachmann nights (on your Bachmann nights). She’s no, American Girl. [Gawker] […]
We've busted UCLA Law in the past for blatantly trying to inflate its employment statistics. But the stats the school is publishing for the class of 2010 are frankly unbelievable. Want to see how insane they really are?
Law firms and legal departments are writing the future of the profession in separate rooms. What happens when they actually work together?
The Honorable Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and one of his law clerks have penned a eulogy for the Fourth Amendment. It’s been murdered, Judge Kozinski and Stephanie Grace write in an editorial for The Daily, and you all are the guilty culprits. You’ve put a […]
New York Law School's long standing dean, Rick Matasar, is about to make his exit from NYLS. Matasar isn't telling people where he is going just yet, but he did tell the students that his stewardship of NYLS has left him with a great opportunity he didn't want to pass up. Well, at least one person from NYLS got a job.
Being a Chicagoan, I am serious about my deep-dish pizza. I am so serious, in fact, that I recently went on a pizza tour. Along with six other people (all tourists for some unknown reason) and our guide (a curiously skinny pizza aficionado), we sampled a slice from three famous pizzerias. One of the restaurants […]
Thus far into the Bar Review Diaries, our intrepid columnists have been strangely in sync with each other. Last week, motivation was the hot topic. Another time, it was simply stress. But I’m not going to lie, this week Mariah, Mike, and Christopher are all over the map. And that’s OK. They don’t plan this […]
Here at Above the Law, we often see "interesting" job opportunities for young lawyers. And for this one, you don't even have to file a bunch of responses and answers. All you have to is use fancy legalese to scare the heck out of somebody.