Above the Law

Where Do Your Teachers Rank? — See Also

There’s A Survey Of The Law Schools With The Best Teachers: Does your school make the top? It might surprise you!

Next, Locking Up The Homeless: Should have seen this coming after Grants Pass.

Federal Judge Opens Up About Death Threats: He encouraged U.S. leadership to stop demonizing the judiciary.

You Can’t Push Off Compound Interest Any Longer: May be time to re-think your approach to student loan repayment.

AI Is Useful For Many Things: Writing your resume or LinkedIn profile isn’t high on that list.

Is It OK To Take A Long Vacation And Then Quit?

This week, the moral thicket that surrounds vacations.

Stat(s) Of The Week: Tech Tops The Charts

When it comes to GC compensation in the Fortune 1000, it pays to work in tech.

More Than Words: Contracts Are Instructions For Success — Not A Game Of Gotcha

If the contract only serves to guide the lawyers, it’s not doing its full job.

Building Resilience And Business Through Optimism And Action 

This 'Be That Lawyer' podcast explores the mindsets, habits, and strategic choices that build resilience.

Why You Shouldn’t Use AI To Write Your Executive (Legal) Resume Or LinkedIn Profile

AI will never replace the human voice in a resume or LinkedIn profile.

Meet Us At ILTACON: Traveling Coaches And LegalMind+

Stop by booth 1111 and witness this team's passion for developing lawyers to their full potential.

Trump Administration Says It’s Going To Start Locking Up Homeless People

From the he's-no-Reagan-but-I-bet-Jodie-Foster-would-be-impressed-anyway dept

Morning Docket: 08.01.25

* Kavanaugh tells judges that the Supreme Court can't explain shadow docket opinions because it might suggest to lower courts that the Court has made a decision about the legal merits. This is a week after the Court explicitly told lower court judges to use shadow docket opinions to guess at future legal changes. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Judges discuss the threats they're receiving. [National Law Journal]

* As Trump issues new, random tariffs, Federal Circuit questions whether he even has that authority. [Law360]

* Paralegal tells judge, "I'm giving you one more chance" and it doesn't go over well. [Roll on Friday]

* LA fires benefit concert hires Latham & Watkins to review its finances after Trump accused them -- without any basis -- of wasting the money. [Hollywood Reporter]

* Ryan Powers writes about his Biglaw firing, praising Harvard values... which is a little awkward as Harvard begins process of caving to Trump. [Harvard Crimson]

* Meanwhile Brown cut its own deal with Trump. [PrawfsBlawg]

Heart Attack During The Bar Exam — See Also

NY Bar Taker Suffers Apparent Heart Attack During Bar Exam: The surrounding test takers were expected to continue on as if nothing out of the ordinary happened.

Is This The Start Of A Bonus War?: How’s about $15k extra for your hard work?

Diddy Might Not Need That Pardon After All: His attorneys argue that it wasn’t prostitution — it was merely pornography.

Diversity Still Matters: See which schools top the list for minority students.

So Do Pierogies, Apparently: Alan Dershowitz is threatening to sue a vendor for not selling him a potato dumpling.

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ABA Law School Accreditation Days May Be Numbered

But how long have they been at it?

Recurring Themes In Bob Ambrogi’s 30 Years Of Legal Tech Reporting

A guest post by ChatGPT.

Gimme An ‘A’! Gimme An ‘I’! What Does That Spell?

Hopefully, AI will never replace the most important parts of lawyering.

Biglaw Leader Says There Were Almost No Merger-Related Departures Ahead Of Two Elite Firms Becoming One

That's certainly something worth celebrating.