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Can’t Spell Paul Weiss Without Donald Trump — See Also

Heckler Tells It Like It Is At The New York Bar Foundation Gala: Tough crowd, earned criticism.

Remember The Paper Trail!: Might not be a Rule 26(g) violation, but mind your manners.

Keeping Hope With The Kardashians: Kim channels her energy toward passing the bar next time!

Davis Polk Announces 25k Public Service Summer: Do some good and get paid for it!

The Champ Is Here!: Check out the winner of this year's legally themed costume contest!

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Politeness Matters, Even In Biglaw — See Generally

Kirkland Lawyers Sent To Etiquette School: Feedback suggests they don't play well with others.

DOJ Warns Judge That They're Not Going To Listen Anyway: Government lawyers extend courtesy of informing judge of upcoming contempt.

Conservatives Already Dreaming Of Impeaching All Those Radical Leftist Reagan Judges: Federalist Society's annual "let's pretend this isn't a political conference" conference calls upon Republican lawmakers to start impeaching judges blocking Trump administration.

Cadwalader Spotted At The Merger Mixer Again: Firm reportedly in talks with top-50 suitor, proving that “it’s complicated” can also apply to corporate law.

Judge Resigns Over Traffic Tickets: After facing disciplinary action for minor violations, one judge decided to yield rather than fight the citation-industrial complex.

Not All Heroes Wear Capes... Some Are Wrapped Up: D.C. Sandwich Thrower trial offered plenty of comedy.

Simpson Thacher Starts Working For Trump: Another of the elite firms embroiled in Trump payola deals has taken on administration work.

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The Founders Would Have Wanted The Children To Starve — See Also

Trump Defends Not Feeding Children Because Of Separation Of Powers: Joe Biden is also blamed for some reason.

FedSoc Pushes Judges To Fall In Line With Trump: If not, they may be threatened with impeachment.

Still Searching: This law school graduate killing has been unsolved for over 30 years.

Prosecutors Are Using AI To Help Put People Behind Bars: Someone has to be responsible for the hallucinations and threat to liberty.

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Three Is All You Need — See Also

Biglaw Firm Just Asks For 3 Days In Person: Good reason to prefer Arnold & Porter over the competition!

Elsewhere, Junior Associates Get Stuck With 4 Days: At least Dechert's partners will have to come in on those days too!

Once It Goes Public...: Expert wants $30k for including a report that went into the public domain.

Lina Khan Joins Zohran Mamdani's Transition Team: If you listen closely you can hear the billionaires preparing to move.

So Much For Respecting The Judiciary: DOJ gives heads up they don't care about little things like orders to turn over discovery.

This Week On Thinking Like A Lawyer: Billable hours, riots (?), and AI.

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Aimless And Considering Law School? — See Also

The Daily Show Open Has A Career Suggestion: And we follow it up with a couple disclaimers.

ChatGPT Is No Harvey: Kim Kardashian's ChatGPT legal queries had some infuriating results.

At The Cutting Edge Of AI And DEI: Davis Wright Tremaine Managing Partner Jaime Drozd drops some gems.

Who Knew The Richest Could Be That Unlikable?: Kirkland & Ellis faced some unwanted feedback from private equity groups.

Idiot Sandwich As A Legal Strategy: The sandwich was so powerful that even the ballistic vest couldn't stop the smell of mustard.

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Prepare For Another Day At The Office — See Also

Prepare For Change, Goodwin Associates: The firm will expect to see you Monday-Thursday in person starting next year.

So Much For Not Attacking Protestors In Costumes: All thanks to the 7th Circuit!

There Goes $400M!: Justin Baldoni's lawyers miss multi-million dollar deadline.

Florida, Like Texas, Is Pushing For An ABA Alternative: Everyone else is winning by doing nothing.

Let The Record Show...: Judge Schofield rules on a mandatory unsealing of documents from two important cases.

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Lawyers Read Riot Act For Calling January 6 A ‘Riot’ — See Generally

White House Cracks Down On DOJ Lawyers Calling January 6 A 'Riot': Two suspended for declining to refer to it as “enthusiastic tourism.”

Hot Dog!: An IRS attorney sidelined by the shutdown has opened a hot dog stand. You'd better believe he's deducting that.

Biglaw Still Believes In Working From Home... That's What Saturdays Are For: Another firm announces a four-day in-office mandate starting in 2026.

Government Lawyers Just Accept The Premise That Trump Will Serve A Third Term: Oral argument casually tosses out that Trump will leave office in 'three years or in seven years."

Comey Asks To Get Case Against Him Tossed Because It's Very Stupid: The former FBI director gives judge multiple reasons to end this nonsense.

Public Service Legal Work Too Woke For Loan Forgiveness: New Department of Education rule doesn't explicitly target public interest lawyers, but it's hard to see how their work survives the new language in the loan program crackdown.

The Billable Hour, The Clock Tolls For Thee:: The rumors of the billable hour's demise have historically been exaggerated, but AI presents problems that aren't easily avoided.

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MAGA Includes Stopping Public Interest Lawyers From Helping Others — See Also

Trump's New Rule Declares Totally Above Board Work 'Illegal': Representing people in immigration cases could cost you your student loan forgiveness.

Biglaw Partner Caught Up In Spyware Scandal: Convenient time to make a €5 million personal investment!

The Kavanaugh Stops Keep Going: Over 170 citizens have been detained despite the brilliant jurist's reasoning in his concurrence.

Does Your Law School Have An AI Society?: Students are trying their best to stay ahead of the curve.

The Comey Prosecution Looks Like Amateur Hour: Halligan may have been better off getting Chat GPT to write it for her.


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Biglaw Firm Adds Another Day To In-Person Requirement — See Also

Nothing Says Happy New Year Like Attendance Mandates: Cooley is starting the new year off with stricter rules!

Former Biglaw Partner Accused Of Killing His Wife: He plead no contest to abuse charges.

Keeps Your Pants On, Officer: Officer shows up to Zoom Court in partial uniform.

Public Safety Or Free Speech?: Public university goes to court after booting a student over an antisemitic tweet.

Don't Miss Out On ATL's 16th Legally Themed Halloween Contest!: Submit your spooky outfits!

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Why Did A Cell Phone Company Help Pay For The White House Ballroom? — See Also

We Asked T-Mobile Some Follow Up Questions: See if their answers are up to par.

Nice Experiment While It Lasted: Election law expert isn't too excited about the future of voting.

It's Only A Riot When They Do It!: DOJ places two federal prosecutors on leave after memo made a double bad reference to the January 6th riot event.

Show Them The Money!: Biglaw associates want their bonus money!

Red States Join Lawsuit To Get Food Stamps Back: Strange bedfellows in the fight against hunger.

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What Do You Mean 3 or 7 Years? — See Also

DOJ Attorneys Casually Assume Third Trump Term At Oral Argument: That's plainly unconstitutional.

Did They Outsource Editing Too?: Embarrassed Biglaw firm submits filing full of AI hallucinations.

(Halloween) Clothing Optional: SDNY Judge opts for a seasonally appropriate business casual dress code this Friday.

District Judge Makes It Very Clear That ICE Doesn't Tear Gas Kids In Costumes: Damn shame they need the reminder.

Catch Up On Dateline: 'Deadly Mischief' takes the viewer on a tour of the Donna Adelson conspiracy case.

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A Lawyer Who Serves The People — See Also

Furloughed IRS Attorney Sets Up Hot Dog Stand: The menu is amazing.

The DOJ Got Caught Lying To The 9th Circuit: Will there be any consequences?

Is Trump About To Undermine Protecting Federal Informants?: This dirty part of dealing with El Salvador needs more spotlight.

Biglaw Is Buying Into Clio: Once the merger goes through, of course.

Virginia Has A Case Against TikTok: The app doesn't seem to be as kid friendly as it claims to be.

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Racking Up The Ls — See Generally

Jeanine Pirro Secures Lifetime Achievement In Losing: After departing the Fox bubble, Jeanine learns the real world has less tolerance for her nonsense. Cadwalader Getting The Urge To Merge?: After a series of departures, Cadwalader may have reached an existential crossroads. Rule Of Law Republicans Convene To Sound Alarm About Trump: Elected Democrats may be […]