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Kennedy Center Loses Trump Name, Still Hopes To Keep Washington National Opera’s Endowment
Kennedy Center Loses Trump Name, Still Hopes To Keep Washington National Opera’s Endowment
A Pox On Everyones House Mississippi Court Disqualifies All 4 Attorneys In Major Hallucination Scandal
A Pox On Everyones House Mississippi Court Disqualifies All 4 Attorneys In Major Hallucination Scandal
It’s Still A Good Time To Be A Lawyer. So Far.
It’s a good time to be a lawyer and for law firms if you believe the latest information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But you have to wonder what exactly is going on here. All we hear is how legal t...
Mike Lee Learned Nothing From Trump Administration Openly Discriminating Against Mormons
Lee celebrates DOJ declaring disparate impact liability unconstitutional, which is absolutely going to come back and bite his constituents.
A New Salary Scale Has Emerged: Elite Boutique Matches Susman’s $450K Pay Grid
A second compensation benchmark is beginning to take shape in the associate market.
Boutique Firm Matches The Susman Scale — See Also
Holwell Shuster & Goldberg Pay Their Associates Handsomely: Associates are starting at $240,000! Where Are The Rest Of You!: Biglaw firms should be matching the new market salaries. Where are they? Being A J...
You Will Not Believe The ‘Apology’ Letter Judge Eleanor Ross Wrote Her Clerks
Remember THIS is the primary punishment that her fellow judges thought she deserved.
How To Keep Your Job After An Epstein Scandal: The Goldman Sachs Case Study
Step one: have a loyal CEO. Step two: hire a firm to fix your Google results. Step three: there is no step three, you're fine.
Milbank’s ‘Power Move’ On Raises May Show Us Biglaw’s Haves And Have-Nots
The biggest firms can afford to pay more, but the real question is who can follow.
The NextGen UBE Drops Next Month
When it comes to the bar exam, more is less. In an ideal world there wouldn’t be one; law schools would be so adept at teaching their students the ins and outs of being a lawyer that Biglaw firms would be...
Formal Law Firm Mentorship Programs Are At Death’s Door
Formal mentorship programs look good on paper, but in practice, they may not be so great.
Firm Matches Milbank’s New Salary Scale, Sealed With A Kiss…el
Seward & Kissel is not a firm to be outdone. This is a firm that built a 508-foot miniature golf hole across its Manhattan office and annually runs the wildest ugly sweater competition around. So it comes as...
Another Boutique Firm Beats Biglaw To The Punch On Associate Pay
While many large firms remain on the sidelines, elite boutiques are moving quickly on associate pay.
Boutique Firms Beat The Market — See Also
Wins In The Courtroom And The Salary Race: So much money! Kellogg Feeds Their Associates’ Wallets: They even included a special bonus! Boutique Starts Their First-Years At $255K!: Desmarais LLP is showing...
Even If Law Professors Are Self-Censoring, Let’s Not Rush To Any Conclusions About ‘Liberal Bias’
Yes, no one wants to hear you say you hate Asians. No, that doesn't mean they're silencing you.
GRRRRREAT News As Firm Announces Above-Market Salaries AND Special Bonuses
Today seems to be the day to announce over-the-top raises. One firm that prides itself on staying ahead of the market dropped a new updated pay scale that maintains it leading position, and threw in special...
Biglaw’s ‘Rising Tide’ Isn’t Lifting Every Partner’s Boat Anymore
As profits soar, Biglaw firms are becoming more selective about who gets equity.
‘Suffering Causes People To Make Mistakes,’ Says Prosecutor Who Used Cop Databases To Spy On Romantic R...
The attorney has nine months to complete an accelerated rehabilitation program. After that, it's like none of this ever happened.
Legal Ethics Roundup Supervising Clerks Scrutinized In Wake Of Sex Scandal High Profile Discipline Gifts Fo...
Legal Ethics Roundup Supervising Clerks Scrutinized In Wake Of Sex Scandal High Profile Discipline Gifts For Judges Lack Of Candor From Doj Lawyer Reprimanded For Faking Dementia More
Judge Eleanor Ross Impeachment Arrives Right On Schedule, Managing To Yet Again Botch The Standard
Judge Eleanor Ross Impeachment Arrives Right On Schedule, Managing To Yet Again Botch The Standard
Supreme Court Term Limits Are The Least Dangerous, Most Necessary Reform On The Menu
Life tenure may have been a shield to insulate the Supreme Court from politics, but it's a sword now and it's destroying the Court's legitimacy.
Booted From Kennedy Center, Trump Stomps Off In A Rage
On Friday, a federal judge in DC ordered Donald Trump to take John F. Kennedy’s name out of his filthy mouth. More or less.
Supreme Court Republicans Refuse To Explain Why Alabama Can Now Use Racist Election Maps (But PLEASE Don’...
The shadow docket means never having to say you're basing this on any law.