Above the Law

Morning Docket: 04.07.26

* As we already covered, the new US News law school rankings are out and… they’re wild. [US News]

* Biglaw firms lend support to those fighting the Trump administration. [Reuters]

* DLA Piper pregnancy bias trial kicked off yesterday, with the firm telling jury that it fired associate over her work. [NY Law Journal]

* Supreme Court looks to help Bannon escape conviction. [CNN]

* More scammers impersonating law firms. [Law.com International]

* Drake appeal described as dangerous. [Billboard]

* Third Circuit bets on Kalshi. [Law360]

* Judge loses job after investigation finds lying and efforts to help landlords. [ABA Journal]

Sucks You Got Fired, It’s Saturday Night! — See Also

Pam Bondi’s Firing Gets The SNL Treatment: The Dow won’t stop the humor!

Who Will Replace Bondi?: Expect to see more of Jeanine, Alina, and Harmeet.

Georgetown Law Students Aren’t Looking Forward To Graduation: Hundreds are petitioning the school’s proposed changes.

More Bar Exam Takers Are Getting Extended Time: Is it because of increased access to diagnoses or are people paying for more time?

Have Your Sights Set On Government Work?: These are the schools you need to go to!

Deepfakes And The Future Of Litigation: Are We Ready?

Seeing will no longer be believing; seeing will require verification.

Suppose Portugal Did It

America has gotten away with having a clownish buffoon at the helm because America is the most powerful country on earth.

Why ‘Helpful’ Legal AI Is Often The Least Trustworthy

Lawyers trust systems that feel attentive, situationally aware, and willing to challenge them.

The Best Law Schools For Government Law (2026)

If you're interested in working for the government, you need to see this list.

Battle Brewing To Replace Bondi

The girls are fighting.

Legal Ethics Roundup: Bondi Out, Bove Recusal, ‘Strip Law,’ 60% Judges Use AI While Sanctions Continue For Lawyers, Viral Judge Videos & More

Your tour of all things related to lawyer and judicial ethics, with University of Houston law professor Renee Knake Jefferson.

The Drug Companies Avoiding Trump’s Tariffs — For Now

Generic medicines face no tariffs, though the Trump administration reserves the right to revisit that in the future. Some branded drugmakers face a reduced tariff rate, but that could change if they don’t reach a so-called most-favored nation drug price deal.

Morning Docket: 04.06.26

* On the phenomenon of right-wing legal academics trying to provide cover for the Supreme Court to do whatever they want. [One First]

* Personal injury law firm with a $125 million outside investment. [Bloomberg Law]

* Judge tells Trump administration to pound sand in its quest of race-related data from colleges. [Reuters]

* The terminally online far right has their fav Attorney General candidate. [Politico]

* The Justice Department has *thoughts* about the presidential records act. [ABA Journal]

* The human cost of overturning Roe v. Wade. [Slate]

Trump Crashes Out At Supreme Court — See Generally

Born Loser: Donald Trump took the unprecedented step of sitting in as the Supreme Court heard oral argument on the challenge to the administration’s executive order purporting to end birthright citizenship. He bailed long before the argument ended once even he could see his case was totally cooked.

You Can’t Fix Stupid, But You Can Quote-Tweet It: Justice Jackson asked a hypothetical about stealing a wallet in Japan to — a hypothetical to explore the various meanings of being subject to jurisdiction — and kicked a hornets’ nest of social media racists questioning her legal credentials from their mom’s basement.

Check Your Cites: In its attempt to rewrite birthright citizenship, the administration cited Confederate officer and segregation advocate Alexander Porter Morse as an authority — a reminder that not every supporting citation is a good idea.

Contempt Of Court, IT Edition: A Texas judge threw an IT worker out of his courtroom for the crime of diagnosing a non-existent audio problem. And then somehow the story kept getting crazier.

Clerk And Awe: Susman Godfrey bumped its federal clerkship signing bonus to $180,000, with $200K for multiple clerkships, joining Hueston Hennigan at the top of the market and making the rest of Biglaw’s offers look like a participation trophy.

Bye Bye Bondi: Trump canned his Attorney General, describing her next move as “transitioning to a much needed and important new job in the private sector” — which is somehow even more brutal than the Kristi Noem treatment, where at least Trump bothered to invent a fake new government position.

Portrait Of A Lady In A Dumpster Fire: Bondi’s official portrait was almost immediately spotted in the garbage at DOJ.

Will The Real Bloated Shady Please Stand Up: Trump’s legal team argued in the January 6 civil case that, if you think about it, the president is basically like a rapper whose concert gets out of hand — and Judge Mehta methodically dismantled the analogy.

It Shouldn’t Be That Hard To Understand This — See Also

Japan Theft Hypothetical Flies Over Heads Of Right Wing Grifters: Proving you can’t just steal abroad is a great “subject to jurisdiction” example.

Leave Your License At The Door: Don’t just take Bondi’s job, take her license too!

Talk About Taking Out The Trash: Bondi’s former co-workers IMMEDIATELY threw her work portrait in the trashcan.

Colbert Joins In On The Fun: Lot of black ink in the punchline.

Let The Jury Decide: DLA Piper taken to court in maternity leave discrimination suit.

That Was Fast: Bondi’s Portrait Already Living At The Dump

From the wall to the bin in minutes, with a karmic assist from her own management style.

This Person Was Real Talky At The Birthright Citizenship Oral Argument

Remains to be seen if that was a good thing.