Above the Law

This Kagan Dissent Packs A Punch — See Also

She Took Off The Gloves For This Dissent: Someone needs to point out the Court’s abuse of the shadow docket. Glad she’s taking the charge.

The Department Of Homeland Security Takes Aim At Harvard: Playing hardball with their international students is a dirty move.

Nice Try, Noem!: DHS gets hit with a damned near immediate TRO!

Jenner & Block Earn Huge Win In Fight Against Executive Order: Three cheers for the rule of law!

Merrick Garland Is Back In The Private Sector: He’ll be doing just as good of job at not prosecuting Trump at Arnold & Porter.

Omarosa Manigault Newman, J.D.: The reality TV star just finished law school!

Have You Heard The One About …?

Taking a breather from the daily doses of drama and trauma that constitute life these days, here are several lawyer snafus.

The Self-Care Most Lawyers Overlook: Your Daily Life

True self-care isn’t reserved for spa days or weekends. It’s built through small, deliberate choices you make every day -- at home and at work.

Faxes Should Be Eliminated From The Legal Profession

Faxes pose numerous problems that email just doesn’t have.

DHS Benchslapped With Immediate TRO In Harvard Student Visas Case

Kristi Noem is just as good at First Amendment as she is at habeas corpus.

Elena Kagan Does That Thing Elena Kagan Does Where She Humiliates The Majority

Another dissent that should embarrass the majority. But won't.

Trump Administration Threatens To Strip Harvard Law’s Ability To Enroll And Teach International Students

If getting in to Harvard wasn't hard enough, international students might not be able to stay there.

Biglaw Partner Shares What It’s Really Like To Work In Intellectual Property Law 

She also dishes on how AI is changing the legal landscape.

Fifth Circuit Says It’s Fine For A Judge To Funnel Parolees To His Campaign Donors’ Ankle Monitor Service

From the what's-a-little-appearance-of-impropriety-among-friends dept

How A Tiny Federal Agency Supports Innovation & Competitiveness In The Scientific Community

The law that created ASTP as a formal federal agency gave it duties such as supporting a more effective marketplace and greater competition.

Morning Docket: 05.23.25

* The Trump administration told Harvard that it couldn’t enroll foreign students unless it met a series of demands. Harvard sued. [NY Times]

* Judge signals that he expects to rule that it’s fair use to use copyrighted works to train an AI model, but it’s still infringement to not pay for the books in the first place. [Law360]

* Goodwin quits Mansfield as part of wholesale concession to Trump administration diversity witch hunt. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Prince Andrew nearly kills lawyer’s dog. [Roll on Friday]

* Supreme Court will allow Trump to fire independent agency board members, but says the Federal Reserve is off limits because… [mumble mumble] reasons. [National Law Journal]

* Copyright Office director sues administration over removal too, but good luck if we all decide he can fire the NLRB. [Reuters]

Congratulations, Kim Kardashian! — See Also

Guess Who Completed Their Studies!: Will Kim's next step be bar prep?

Cowardlader Wants To Skimp On Their Trump Tithe: The firm wants to scrub the stain of pro bono payola by flooding Brooklyn's DA with associates.

The White Flag Firm's Response To Congressional Inquiry Is Less Than Stellar: Check out the highlight reel for yourself.

4 Cheers For The Separation Clause!: A split Supreme Court puts a halt on public religious charter schools.

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Biglaw Partner Compensation Is Not Created Equal

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Trump Not Too Thrilled About ‘Rule Of Law’ Theme That’s Taken Over Law School Commencements

And here comes a member of the peanut gallery to stand up for the president.