President Barack Obama Condemns ‘Washington Dysfunction,’ Demands Judge Merrick Garland Be Given A Hearing
It's time to give this Supreme Court nominee a hearing.
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch: Left Out
After a little hiatus, Legal Eagle Wedding Watch is back -- with a vengeance....
How 8am LawPay Takes The Sting Out Of Legal Billing
Getting paid can be an arduous task. You should make it as easy on yourself and your clients as possible.
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch: Wachtell It To My Heart
Time for another romp through the New York Times wedding pages to survey the latest and most impressive lawyer nuptials.
Congratulations To The 2014 Bristow Fellows
Which law schools and lower-court judges send the most people into prestigious Bristow Fellowships at the U.S. Solicitor General's Office?
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch: Potomac (Wedding) Fever
How do you and your significant other compare to these three high-powered couples?
New D.C. Circuit Chief Judge Dreading the Sequester
The D.C. Circuit's new chief judge and two of his colleagues spoke at a conference over the weekend. What did Their Honors have to say?
Stand With Survivors: Legal Tools To Make A Real Difference This DVAM
Enhance your legal skills to advocate for survivors of intimate partner violence.
The Law Clerk Hiring Plan: Really, Really Dead Now
Can the Law Clerk Hiring Plan survive, now that one super-prestigious court has announced that it's abandoning ship?
The Supreme Court in President Obama’s Second Term
How will the Supreme Court affect President Obama, and how will President Obama affect the Supreme Court, as we enter the 44th president's second term?
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch: Term of Endearment
This latest Legal Eagle Wedding Watch features crazy competition: five Supreme Court clerks, a former White House counsel, and more prestige than you shake a stick at.
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch: Out of Africa
We are in July -- peek wedding season. Take a look at these three newlywed couples and marvel at their credentials and overall fabulous qualities.
AI-Enabled Marketing: Your Secret Weapon for Growing Your Legal Practice
Drowning in marketing to-dos? Learn how firms use AI—the right way—to build lead magnets, rank in AI search, turn referrals into revenue, and craft data-driven business plans.
Congratulations to the 2011 Bristow Fellows
Federal government lawyers are having their pay frozen. But let’s face it: you don’t don’t go into government service for the money. You might do it for the experience. You might do it for the lifestyle. And, depending on the position, you might do it for the prestige. Someone once said to me, “You can’t […]
What Happens Next to the Unsuccessful Shortlisters?
And a correction: Kagan and Dan Meltzer are besties.
Now that the fabulous Elena Kagan has been officially nominated to succeed Justice John Paul Stevens on the Supreme Court, some folks have been wondering: What does the future hold for the unsuccessful shortlisters? Let’s consider them, one by one. 1. Judge Merrick Garland (D.C. Cir.): The brilliant D.C. Circuit judge — practically a “tenth […]
SCOTUS Speculation: Could It Be Wood?
Ten reasons Obama might appoint Diane Wood.
Now that President Obama has interviewed the four finalists for the U.S. Supreme Court seat he has to fill — Judge Merrick Garland (D.C. Cir.), Solicitor General Elena Kagan, Judge Sidney Thomas (9th Cir.), and Judge Diane Wood (7th Cir) — the nominee could be announced any day now. Who will it be? We realize […]
FantasySCOTUS Predictions of the Next Justice: Team Kagan v. Team Wood v. Team Garland
Who will replace Justice John Paul Stevens? While pundits, savants, and oracles across the SCOTUSphere pontificate and read Article III tea leaves, FantasySCOTUS.net conducted extensive and detailed polling to predict the next Justice. We have invited our nearly 5,000 members – who represent some of the closest and most ardent Court watchers – to weigh […]
Supreme Speculation: Who Will Obama Nominate to Replace John Paul Stevens?
For weeks, the media laundry machine has been circulating news of Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens’s impending retirement. Now that the buzzer has gone off on that, it’s time to switch to the next cycle: speculation as to who President Barack Obama will nominate to replace him. President Obama has been dragging his feet […]