How Many Hours Is Your Soul Worth? Biglaw Has A Number
The Biglaw grind isn’t going anywhere.
Nothing Says Kennedy Center Class Like The General Counsel’s Cover Band
Elliot Berke’s effort to land a Kennedy Center gig for his amateur rock outfit hits an awkward note.
Protégé™ In CourtLink® Explains The Whole Case Faster
Designed to reduce manual docket work by prioritizing what litigators need most: on-demand full docket summarization that explains the whole case to date, followed by on-demand document summaries for filing triage, and AI-powered natural language searching for faster search and retrieval.
D.C.’s Boutique Bar Just Got More Crowded
Liu Shur Kravis joins a wave of new litigation shops chasing high-stakes work without Biglaw baggage.
Nonequity Partners Are Not Happy Campers
The nonequity partner blues.
WilmerHale’s $35M Bill Comes Under Fire
Life comes at you fast, especially at $162K a day.
$4 Billion In Revenue Is Quite The Accomplishment
This Biglaw firm hit an important benchmark.
Keeping Law School Accessible When Federal Loans Fall Short
As federal borrowing caps tighten financing options for law students, one organization is stepping in to negotiate the terms they can't secure alone.
ABA Hands Trump Nominee ‘Unqualified’ Reality Check
Katie Lane’s thin trial résumé earns the first 'unqualified' rating of Trump 2.0 and it's déjà vu all over again.
Turns Out A Law Degree Is Actually Worth It
Your earnings see a significant spike once you secure that J.D.
Pam Bondi To Congress: New Phone, Who Dis?
'The dog ate my subpoena!'
Scott Barshay’s Paul, Weiss Makeover: More Money, Less Soul?
As revenue climbs, the firm’s identity crisis is getting harder to ignore.
What Even Is AI ‘Competence’? It Depends.
Takeaways from a Legalweek panel on evolving malpractice risks.
Don’t Open That Email From Skadden.net
Scammers are misusing the identities of some major Biglaw firms.
U.S. News Rankings Lose Prestige, Retain Iron Grip On Legal Academia’s Soul
Admissions officers admit rankings are broken.
This Judge Is Cartoonishly Evil
Not exactly a paragon of judicial ethics.
Pam Bondi Gets The SNL Treatment On Her Way Out The Door
There's a lot to ridicule.
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]