What If Inflation Is The Big Issue In 2026?
If economics holds true, food (and energy) prices should be shooting up like a cornstalk next summer.
The Practice Areas Poised To Thrive In An Economic Downturn
Biglaw's 2020 plans.
Chrometa: Turning Time Into Billable Value For Modern Lawyers
Adoption of Chrometa represents more than a technological upgrade; it reflects a professional philosophy that values accuracy, transparency, and efficiency.
Steve Mnuchin Will Hand Over Trump’s Taxes By The Middle Of Never
Let's talk about who the Treasury Secretary is, and why contempt of Congress doesn't faze him even a little.
alt.legal: The (Nobel-Winning) Theory Of Contracts
Efficient contracts are complicated business; can technology help?
Carl Icahn Would Have Joined Trump Economic Team But He Had Already Made Plans To Wash His Beard
Uncle Carl turned down The Donald in order to live his truth as 'Two-PAC.'
Moody’s: Threat Of Economic Apocalypse Definitely Lower Under Hillary
Their working title was “Hey, it’s not as bad as his plan.”
USCIS shift to electronic payments: What immigration firms need to know
As of October 2025, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services requires electronic payments for filing fees. Learn key updates, exemptions, and how firms can prepare.
From Across the Desk: Students Outsmart Professors?
Bruce MacEwen of Adam Smith Esq. examines the changing legal marketplace and the business models needed for law schools going forward.
Non-Sequiturs: 10.24.11
* The TSA must be stopped. They’re now leaving creepy notes when they spy personal items in your luggage. [Not So Private Parts / Forbes] * Law students, trust me, there’s nothing on your Facebook page that three more points on the LSAT won’t fix. [WSJ Law Blog] * Berkeley Law 1Ls are playing an […]
Quote of the Day: Is This an Opinion or an Op-Ed Piece?
[S]ome of the conclusions of which our leading economic experts have been confident have turned out to be incorrect. For example, Alan Greenspan, appointed and then reappointed Chairman of the Federal Reserve for five terms by four different Presidents, recently admitted to a significant flaw in the ideology that caused him to support and implement […]
Attractive People May or May Not Be Better Lawyers, But They Do Get Paid More
Earlier this month, your Above the Law editors had a little debate about whether attractive people make better lawyers. Apparently a couple of economists asked a similar question a decade ago. Jeff Biddle and Daniel Hamermesh published a paper in the Journal of Labor Economics in 1998 titled Beauty, Productivity, and Discrimination: Lawyers’ Looks and […]
Pursuing The Pro Bono Story: A Conversation With Alicia Aiken
This Pro Bono Week, get inspired to give back with PLI’s Pursuing Justice: The Pro Bono Files, a one-of-a-kind podcast hosted by Alicia Aiken.