Above the Law

Three Is All You Need — See Also

Biglaw Firm Just Asks For 3 Days In Person: Good reason to prefer Arnold & Porter over the competition!

Elsewhere, Junior Associates Get Stuck With 4 Days: At least Dechert’s partners will have to come in on those days too!

Once It Goes Public…: Expert wants $30k for including a report that went into the public domain.

Lina Khan Joins Zohran Mamdani’s Transition Team: If you listen closely you can hear the billionaires preparing to move.

So Much For Respecting The Judiciary: DOJ gives heads up they don’t care about little things like orders to turn over discovery.

This Week On Thinking Like A Lawyer: Billable hours, riots (?), and AI.

Top Biglaw Firm Opts For Three-Day Office Mandate In A Four-Day World

While peer firms ramp up to four mandatory office days, this firm says three is enough.

The Elephant In The Room For Legal AI Remains Elephantine Document Sets

Bulk review and an actually useful 'agentic' tool.

Curious About Document Automation? This Checklist Will Set You Up For Success

Big benefits are on the horizon. But where do you begin?

Top 50 Biglaw Firm Increases Its Office Attendance Requirement To Four Days — Just For Junior Associates

Don't worry, partners will now have to spend four days at the office each week as well.

Other Law Schools Could Learn A Thing Or Two About Fundraising From My Alma Mater’s Annual Giving Campaign

While law schools are doing a lot of things wrong, this is an example of one of them doing something right.

Pentagon Policy Shop Stonewalling Congress, Republican Senators Say

‘I can’t even get a response, and we’re on your team!’ an exasperated Sen. Dan Sullivan told a Trump administration nominee.

Morning Docket: 11.05.25

* It’s tariffs day at the Supreme Court! While some wonder if the liberal justices will find themselves awkwardly embracing non-delegation arguments, maybe the textualists on the other side can just focus on the statute not including the word “tariff” and leave it at that. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Judge Ho wants the Fifth Circuit to make it easier for companies to scam the government. [Reuters]

* Alito freaks out over the suggestion that Scalia’s brand of textualism was mostly for show. [Balls and Strikes]

* Multiple firms involved in effort to make Denny’s go private. Because nothing says Denny’s like five people fighting over how to split the check at the end. [Law360]

* Dechert goes to 4-days in office. [Legal Intelligencer]

* Is AI an honor code violation? Hm. Hey, ChatGPT, “Is AI an honor code violation?” [ABA Journal]

* Founding law firm partner pushed out over “use of private jets and yachts.” The Brits are so weird… over here that just makes him the perfect pick to run the FBI. [Times of London]

Aimless And Considering Law School? — See Also

The Daily Show Open Has A Career Suggestion: And we follow it up with a couple disclaimers.

ChatGPT Is No Harvey: Kim Kardashian’s ChatGPT legal queries had some infuriating results.

At The Cutting Edge Of AI And DEI: Davis Wright Tremaine Managing Partner Jaime Drozd drops some gems.

Who Knew The Richest Could Be That Unlikable?: Kirkland & Ellis faced some unwanted feedback from private equity groups.

Idiot Sandwich As A Legal Strategy: The sandwich was so powerful that even the ballistic vest couldn’t stop the smell of mustard.

Care For A Beer With That Ballot?

The lingering impact of the American tradition of bribing voters with alcohol.

Judge Resigns From Bench Over Traffic Tickets

Should have just called an Uber.

Kim Kardashian Was ‘Channeling’ Her Own Divorce Lawyer In Her New TV Role

The divorce lawyer to the stars really made an impact on one of her clients.

‘I Could Smell The Onions And Mustard,’ The Harrowing Testimony Of The Border Patrol Sandwich Victim

The sandwich thrower case is as stupid as promised.

3 Questions For A Law School Admissions Expert (Part I)

The surge in law school applications promises to make the 2026 application cycle one of the most competitive ever.

Kim Kardashian Learns The Hard Way ChatGPT Is Not A Great Law School Study Tool

Let's leave the law teaching to the law professors, shall we?