Departure Memo Of The Day: A Love Letter To A Biglaw Firm
Which major law firm inspired this shiny happy farewell memo?
Departure Memo Of The Day: Sail Away, Sail Away
After almost a decade in Biglaw, this associate is setting sail on a new adventure.
AI Is Killing Legal’s Billable Hour. It’s Also Repeating Its Worst Mistake
Law firms and legal departments are writing the future of the profession in separate rooms. What happens when they actually work together?
Contract Attorney Rips Biglaw Supervisor In Farewell Email
A contract attorney sends around a parody of a heartfelt farewell exposing the plight of the document reviewer.
Departure Memo Of The Day: A Beery Farewell
How would you like to drink beer for a living?
Illustrated Departure Memo Of The Day
A lawyer/artist illustrates her departure memo, and it is fantastic.
An Update On A Managing Partner’s Mysterious Departure
Where did this prominent partner land, and what might happen to the firm she left behind?
AI Is Reshaping Legal Practice—But Tools Aren’t The Real Differentiator.
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.
Managing Partner Quits Suddenly, Firm Sends Out Snarky Email In Her Wake
Why did this managing partner just up and quit last Friday?
A Summer Associate’s Premature Departure: ‘I Would Rather Be Farming’
Why would a summer associate quit just a few weeks into the program?
USC Law Dean Steps Down. The First ATL 50 Casualty?
USC is nicer to its law deans than its football coaches.
Departure Memo Of The Day: Where The Wild Things Are
Check out this departure memo: great opening line, or greatest opening line?
Filevine’s New Legal AI Platform LOIS Turns AI Into A True Legal Coworker
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.
Departure Gospel Of The Day
What does Gene Schaerr's departure tell us about religious views in the workplace?
Document Review Attorney Was Fired. What Happens Next Will Amaze You.
Firm-wide emails railing against the associate who got you fired are infinitely entertaining.
Departure Memo Of The Day: Jeh Johnson Parting With Paul Weiss
Have you ever seen such an inspiring Biglaw departure memo?
Eighty Is Enough: Anonymous Partner’s Farewell
What was it like to write a column for Above the Law as an anonymous law firm partner?
As The Weil Turns: Insights From Partner Departure Memos
The latest reports from Weil Gotshal, out of Dallas and New York.