[photo1]Year in and year out, we watch law firm after law firm pay lip service to their commitment to diversity in the legal profession, with promises to recruit, retain, and promote more minority att...
[photo1]The 2023 edition of the Black Guide to Law School is out and this year's rankings took the unusual turn of... not existing. Or at least there isn't a single, comprehensive ranking. Lawyers of ...
(Photo by Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States via Getty Images)Two Supreme Court Justices Would Greenlight Revoking Child Labor Laws: And clean water. And unions. And...
(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)Judging by the flop sweat emanating from Trumpworld, it looks like Special Counsel Jack Smith is nearing the end of his investigation into the government documents s...
[photo1]Lawyers and their clients often build strong connections that extend beyond merely the professional relationship that might have first brought lawyer and client together. As many readers knows...
[photo1]If there is one thing to learn from the legacies of Al Capone and Frank Lucas, it is this: pay your damned taxes! Here's the fun part, you don't even have to be a big-time boss to benefit from...
[photo1]Pop quiz: who is the famous, then infamous, baseball player who had and probably still has the nickname "Charlie Hustle?" Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds. As Wikipedia explains, the name was ...
This is the closest image we have to preparing food in a strip club.You know what the wildest thing about the YSL trial is? Besides the RICO charges, of course. The shenanigans! This case is not the f...
[photo1]The Last Few Decades Of Qualified Immunity Jurisprudence May Have Been Based On A Typo: This is why you double check your statutes, people.Are They Even Trying?
May 2023
[photo1]The rotating cast of Trumpland lawyers lost a character this week as Timothy Parlatore departs for greener pastures."It's been an incredible honor to serve and work through interesting legal i...
[photo1]* LSAT lives to fight another day as ABA halts its new rule to make the exam optional in the admissions process. Nothing inspires confidence like an accrediting body that repeatedly changes it...
[photo1]During the COVID-19 pandemic, many courts began holding virtual oral arguments in order to keep people socially distanced. Although this led to a few foul-ups in the beginning, most attorneys ...
[photo1]While I am sure that my editors are relieved that I haven't written about a certain infamous California lawyer (aka He Who Shall Not Be Named) for a while, I do have to add a P.S. to my column...
Twitter HR after being expected to do their jobs.Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day.Each category related to law firms saw a drop in interest from existing lawyers and cl...
[photo1]Lawyers who dream of someday going in-house need to know that their legal pedigree -- their law school alma mater and the law firms they've worked for -- will follow them throughout their care...
Late Monday, legally embroiled FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried moved to dismiss the majority of criminal charges lobbed against him by the United States government after his cryptocurrency exchange went...
[photo1]Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day!According to Leopard Solutions' Challenges of Women in Big Law report, which surveys nearly 200 women lawyers, what pe...
[photo1]No Biglaw firm is immune from having to conduct layoffs -- not the wealthiest firm of them all, and not even the most prestigious of them all.News comes to us from across the pond that compens...
(Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)At Harvard Law School, Ron DeSantis clearly snoozed through both torts and con law. Phooey on free speech, phooey on learning anything about retaliation, but the most...
(Photo by Fred Prouser-Pool/Getty Images)As many people already know, Amazon Freevee just released a TV series called "Jury Duty" that is also available for watching on Amazon Prime. At first, I thoug...