3+ hour, 23+ min ago  (182+ words) A last minute pick me up going into the weekend. Donald Trump's favorite law firm keeps its bonuses firmly squirreled away in a black box, but historically follows the New York prevailing market when it comes to salaries. While most…...

4+ hour, 30+ min ago  (265+ words) Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord" in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s. Before that, he wrote…...

7+ hour, 4+ min ago  (1028+ words) On June 22, Thomson Reuters released its annual Future of Professionals Report that shows a continuing gap between what clients want from their law firms and what they are getting. Despite the continuing drumbeat of how AI is changing legal, the…...

6+ hour, 32+ min ago  (124+ words) Sir, that's not a defense of Nixon. I think Nixon's historical legacy is enjoying a bit of a renaissance, and deservedly so. I joked that if Watergate happened tomorrow, it would be like a 12 hours news story. The idea that…...

7+ hour, 32+ min ago  (1007+ words) Unintentional comedy at the highest level. Then I noticed that the link hadn't sent me to The Onion. Somehow, I was actually reading the opinion section of the Wall Street Journal. Had Sasse slipped a satire so dry past the…...

8+ hour, 2+ min ago  (571+ words) What if networking wasn't sales at all? In a recent conversation with Dillon Zwick, Steve Fretzin explored a question that sits at the core of every lasting legal career: What if networking wasn't sales at all, but a science of…...

9+ hour, 47+ min ago  (573+ words) It's another Stan Woodward special! Associate Attorney General Stan Woodward's genius gambit to tell a federal judge to get bent is paying off bigly! Legal work isn't slowing down, and the firms that win won't be the ones working harder…...

12+ hour, 45+ min ago  (129+ words) * Todd Blanche "conceded" to breaking Epstein file disclosure law. Judge gives DOJ a week to fix it. [Politico] * Republicans flail trying to explain how they oppose birthright citizenship and still root for a USA soccer team led by a beneficiary…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (700+ words) Within weeks, platforms like vibecode. law emerged to showcase vibe-coded legal tools. Case Mark launched its Thurgood platform to help turn prototypes into production-grade software, and conversations at legal tech conferences shifted from skeptical dismissal to spirited debate about whether…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (437+ words) Hopefully the lesson won't put you to sleep. While there is a standard amount of puffery " gotta hit those page minimums " it isn't all just smoke and mirrors: Law firms and legal departments are writing the future of the profession…...