* Applications for law school are up 35 percent just in time for these students to compile massive loans before firms replace entry level legal jobs with AI. [ABA Journal]
* A look at John Morgan’s personal injury practice empire. [Forbes]
* California bar examiners will consider participation in protests as part of character and fitness process. [California Courts Newsroom]
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* After a past retreat on reform, Washington state launches another pilot program to allow some legal services to be performed by trained non-lawyers. [Reuters]
* McKinsey to pay $123 million over bribery scheme, but they hope to make that back immediately by telling more incredibly gullible people that they’ve invented garbage cans. [Law360]
* Firm growth opens door to new stumbling blocks, which partners will notice after they stop rolling around naked on a large pile of cash. [American Lawyer]
* The ranking of best law firm offices in the UK won’t be out for a while but here’s a sneak peak at what the survey is turning up. [Roll on Friday]