Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 6, 2024

On 56 December 2024, 18 private international lawyers from Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand and Singapore came together at the University of Melbourne for the 2024 Asia-Pacific Colloquium of the Journal of Private International Law (JPIL). It got me excited for the 2025 JPIL conference in London.

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Above The Law

MARCH 6, 2025

Just think about the hesitancy many people felt upon realizing that the lawyers defending Ahmaud Arbery’s killers were really pushing for an all white jury or how worried people have been about flying since “gutting DEI” was quickly followed with planes kissing the ground prematurely: > "No more DEI air traffic controllers!

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MyCase

OCTOBER 4, 2024

With generative AI settling into the legal tech space, law firms adopting more technology, and client expectations shifting, it can be tough to keep up with the latest changes. Understanding the state of the industry can help your law firm stay ahead of the curve. How many law firms are there in the U.S.? in 2023. ( in 2023. (

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FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 16, 2025

Hyman, Phelps & McNamara PC, (HPM), which will mark its 45thAnniversary on March 17, 2025, is pleased to announce that it is increasing its directors, counsel, and associates as it starts the year. Kalie is the quintessential HPM lawyer. Richardson has been promoted to Director. Esther is a natural fit at HPM given her background.

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Above The Law

APRIL 17, 2024

From Elon Musk's deposition to law school protests, a lot of folks forgot to look up the actual law this week. The post A Big Week For Not Knowing The Law appeared first on Above the Law.

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 26, 2024

The award will support a post – graduate student or graduate of an Australian law school to undertake an internship with The Hague Conference on Private International Law (The Hague Conference) in the Netherlands by providing funds to cover the cost of travel to the Netherlands and a contribution towards living expenses.

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ALPS

MAY 19, 2021

The National Taskforce on Lawyer Wellbeing, we had such a success with a report. Today, let’s delve a little bit more into another, I think, area of the wellbeing discussion that is a really important one, and that’s the intersection of wellbeing and the role of law schools. It is such an exciting time.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

How can lawyers harness AI and automation to scale their firms and optimize efficiency? “You have to create your own rules; if not, other people will make rules for you,” says Sam Mollaei, a lawyer and entrepreneur. Here, he breaks down why and how law firms should adjust their marketing strategies.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

— Sean Silverman: Silverman Bar Exam & LSAT Tutoring (@BarExamTutor) February 25, 2025 Knock it if you must, but Boeing has made a whole business out of this. Joe Patrice is a senior editor at Above the Law and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer. The plane crashes. At least there’s another day of this.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Its no secret that lawyers can be pretty bad with money management, and there are many reasons why. We know that law schools are very good at taking peoples money. But what about when the lawyers have to take peoples money? Ready for a 2025 miracle at your firm? The 3% processing fee.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

In our forthcoming Spring 2025 publication, Fighting the Hypothetical: Why Law Firms Should Rethink the Billable Hour in the Generative AI Era, [1] we hypothesize that Generative AI (GenAI) technology will change forever how legal services are delivered and will force law firms to re-engineer their legacy economic model.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

million in the budget to support fee waivers for the July 2025 bar exam to eligible February 2025 bar exam takers and authorized staff to develop the eligibility framework, with general parameters being those who withdrew from or fail the February 2025 bar exam, after good faith efforts.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 14, 2023

Foreign Judgments (Day 1, Panel 2) Tobias Lutzi The first panel dedicated to foreign judgments began with Aygun Mammadzada (Swansea Law School) making the case for the UK and Singapore ratifying the 2019 HCCH Judgments Convention. I will have to go away and read Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp v Merck KGaA (2021) 1 SLR 1102 properly.) .

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LawSites

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The substantial amount of time lawyers spend drafting documents during litigation. It also improves access to justice for society as lawyers can handle more cases, as well as remove some bias from the legal system through fact-first drafting. What problem do you solve? Plan for growth: Declined to publicly disclose. Anything else?

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

In a year that’s been full of surprises, what may be the biggest surprise of all is the sudden interest people now have in going to law school. Law school applicants arent just up, theyre way up. percent increase in law school applicants nationally (i.e., 70,000 more applications).

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Above The Law

APRIL 10, 2024

Haphazard ranking serves as a reminder that service hasn't quite found the right formula after law schools started withdrawing their data. News Rankings Continue Slide Into Bonkerstown appeared first on Above the Law. The post U.S.

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Above The Law

MARCH 4, 2025

At its February 21 meeting, the Board of Trustees received an update describing several of the challenges leading up to the administration of the February 2025 Bar Exam. Staff are instead recommending returning to the in-person administration method used prior to February 2025. BUT THEN WHAT?!?!? Higher costs for the examiners.

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Above The Law

MARCH 3, 2025

.* my dog when I ask whats in his mouth — Amy Ash (@lolennui.bsky.social) 2025-02-28T19:11:51.468Z Marco Rubio was Tragically Born Without A SpineProof: — Grant Stern (@grantstern.bsky.social) 2025-02-28T20:14:07.869Z — Joshua Erlich (@joshuaerlich.bsky.social) 2025-02-28T19:33:33.636Z Legal folks got in on the action too.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

.” It’s a subject he can certainly speak to based on his experience — even if the first Trump administration maintained the appearance of a Justice Department beholden to the government and the Constitution as opposed to its now explicit mission as Trump’s personal lawyers. Probably not. Like: I mean, come on!

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Above The Law

MARCH 24, 2025

When Donald Trump thought about what it took, he decided to appoint a lawyer who said “ veterans weren’t fit to work ” and is known for bending the truth past its breaking point. Donald Trump is promoting failed lawyer Alina Habba to act as the Interim U.S. Louis School of Law. Attorney for New Jersey.

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Above The Law

MARCH 28, 2025

Look At That, Lawyers Willing To Mount A Legal Defense! Law School Platforms Project 2025 Author And Calls It Free Speech : Hard to call it a free exchange of ideas when ICE is only arresting one side of the conversation. There’s still some fight in the industry ! They Aren’t The Only Ones!

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

When Kafka wrote Before the Law , he meant to describe the surreal hellscape of standing “before” the law, not the surreal hellscape of applicants “before” they become lawyers. ” We are extremely sorry for how the administration of the February 2025 Bar Exam has been rolling out.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 19, 2025

At a recent Columbia Law School colloquium, jointly sponsored by the Sabin Center and the Millstein Center, participants posed a foundational question: How do corporate law standards of fiduciary duty relate to what scientists call the climate emergency? [1] 2025, at 12 (forthcoming in Stanford Law Review ).

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Above The Law

JANUARY 24, 2025

Prelogar will teach the class for at least the spring 2025 semester, her faculty assistant, Laura Zeng, told Law360. One class is all that’s currently on Prelogar’s schedule. Kathryn Rubino is a Senior Editor at Above the Law, host of The Jabot podcast , and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Last week, AG Pam Bondi’s chief of staff Chad Mizelle fired off a nastygram to Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan at the DC Circuit complaining that Judge Reyes was mean to the lawyers defending the Trump administration’s anti-trans policy. Someday soon, the Supreme Court will barf out an opinion justifying this wanton bigotry.

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JURIST

MARCH 6, 2025

As President Trumps Canadian tariffs take effect , students in the University of Windsor and Detroit Mercy Law Schools Dual JD program find themselves unexpectedly on the front lines of international trade policy. While less than 1% of the fentanyl intercepted at the U.S. Legal experts question the US justification.

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Above The Law

MARCH 18, 2025

Yet, will this subterfuge even end up helping law firms avoid government retaliation? In yesterday’s attack on 20 Biglaw firms , Cooley’s letter included this gem: However, as of March 14, 2025, Cooleys DEI Action Plan landing page is no longer available to the public. Feel free to email any tips, questions, or comments.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

originalismblog.typepad.com/the-original… — Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a resolute floof (@evanbernick.bsky.social) 2025-02-18T15:37:02.315Z A more liberal law professor, Jed Shugerman, also has a lot to say about the Barnett/Wurman piece. "So I replied: — Jed H.

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Above The Law

MARCH 12, 2025

link] — Assal Rad (@AssalRad) March 11, 2025 The judge hearing Khalil’s case is none other than Jesse Furman, the same judge who presided over Michael Avenatti in 2022. Of all the Lawyer of the Year titles ATL has handed out over the years, that one has aged the worst. Louis School of Law. policy should be.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

But it’s 2025 and half the country already adjusted their schemas to accept hoarding nuclear codes by a toilet, so there’s a population already primed to get BIG MAD that the judiciary might not give our social security numbers to teenagers who’ve already lost jobs for being cybersecurity risks. He needs to be impeached NOW!

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

And he isn’t the only one undermining the two anchors — JD Vance took to X to show that he doesn’t have an even basic understanding of how judicial review works: JD Vance, a Yale-educated lawyer and sitting VP, claims judges cant check executive power. Louis School of Law. Thats literally their job.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Which law firms are pushing these anti-democratic cases to impede the will of the people? link] — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 11, 2025 As pointed out by Reuters: That lawsuit was brought in Boston by Democratic attorneys general from 22 U.S. ” But that isn’t the only legal institution Musk has taken to bashing.

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Above The Law

MARCH 17, 2025

Highlights from Last Week – Top Ten Headlines #1 Continued Attacks on Lawyers Federal Judge Says It Sends Little Chills Down My Spine. That action came after he revoked security clearances held by any lawyers at the firm Covington & Burling . 5 Threats Against Judges ‘Top Priority,’ Fed. Judiciary Says.

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The Estrin Report

MARCH 16, 2025

Trump isnt just going after his rivals as promised on the campaign trail, Trump is also going after lawyers of his rivals. Picking fights with lawyers is tricky. They know their rights, and fight battles in their home court in front of judges, also lawyers. They are smart. Theres a bigger issue in all this chaos.

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