Above the Law

How I Learned To Love Being A Lawyer

What will finally be enough to dismantle the doubt that you belong among esquires?

Alabama Congressman Mo Brooks Beats Chest For MAGA Rioters, Cowers In Fear Of Process Server

Next senator from Alabama.

Biglaw Firms Forced To Raise Salaries, Deliver Huge Bonuses Due To Hot Lateral Market

Firms hope their big compensation packages will be enough to attract top talent.

New Retainer Clause Alert – Payment Apps + Engagement Agreement = Quick Cash For Lawyers

Add these clauses to your retainer agreement ASAP.

Educating The Legal Profession On LGBTQ Issues, Voting Rights Litigation, And More

In Lawline's June lineup of CLE, learn how to better serve the LGBTQ community, understand the issues schools face as students return to in-person learning, and take action against extreme voting restrictions.

Robert Mueller To Teach Course On Mueller Investigation, Report At T14 Law School

Get ready, law students, because it's Mueller time!

Harvard Law School Students Forced To Give 90% Of Summer Job Money Straight To School

'We'll be taking that!'

Litigation Finance And State Law — What Should Counsel Know?

There is a clear trend among courts across the United States towards removing obstacles to commercial litigation finance. In this article, we discuss the law in four prominent jurisdictions.

The Language Of In-House

Companies take the jargon up to an entirely different level.

In-House Q&A: Bright Machines’ Victoria Libin

The tech company GC weighs in on the path to an in-house role, how law departments can be true business partners, and cultivating happiness in your career.

What Does A Former Seema Verma Advisor Think Of Brooks-LaSure, The Incoming CMS Administrator?

To know how Chiquita Brooks-LaSure will lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, we sat down with Matthew Hittle, a former senior adviser to Seema Verma, who led the agency under the former president.

Fed Still Not Convinced Deutsche Bank Is Serious About Not Laundering Money

What with the backsliding in spite of the massive investments in AML, and all.

Stanford Law School Student’s Graduation Was Put In Jeopardy Because FedSoc Can’t Take A Joke

Nuttin' but a bunch of hypocrisy to see here.

Morning Docket: 06.03.21

(Image via Shutterstock)

* George P. Bush is launching a run to be the Attorney General of Texas. Maybe someday, Oliver Stone will make a movie about him called “P.”… [CNN]

* Derek Chauvin’s lawyer is requesting that his client only be sentenced to probation and time served for Chauvin’s involvement in the death of George Floyd. [Insider]

(more…)

‘Judge’ Implies Judgment — See Also

Dude, Just Don’t: It’s not that judges can’t write funny opinions, it’s that they need to read the room.

Still Not In Jail: People overreacted to a satire story suggesting that Justice Amy Coney Barrett was arrested. She wasn’t. It’s not like she tried to assert her bodily autonomy as a woman or anything.

Market Morphing: Firms are starting to expand their searches as the attorney labor market reaches fever pitch.

Think Before You Speak: Eric Trump tells everyone about all that criminaling his family’s getting investigated over.