Above The Law

APRIL 16, 2025

Diddy recently got a new lawyer to defend him — and he goes by the name Brian Steel. Heres something I didnt expect to write: Young Thugs lawyer Brian Steel has joined Sean Diddy Combs criminal defense team. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Before law school sucks their dreams away under a mountain of student debt, many students picture themselves getting into the entertainment industry. But SOME lawyers do make it into the entertainment game and those lawyers belong to the Association of Media and Entertainment Counsel (AMEC). Famous clients!

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Above The Law

MARCH 12, 2025

In fact, according to the National Association for Law Placement (NALP), this was the first time in decades that law firms have made the majority of their offers outside of traditional placement plans. NALP Executive Director Nikia Gray has the details: In total, law school interview programs (OCI and EIP) drove only 44% of offers.

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Above The Law

APRIL 17, 2025

We Belong is both a self-affirmation and a rallying cry for lawyer moms, as study after study has shown that women are much more likely than men to leave the profession due to childcare responsibilities. More than half of law school students in the U.S.

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Above The Law

MARCH 19, 2025

Law school clerkship advisors told me dismissively that, Harassment doesnt happen in clerkships; its just women adjusting to their first jobs; and Were blessed to work with only good judges — all our alumni have positive clerkship experiences; and I dont need your Project; I know about all the judges.

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LegalTalkNetwork

MARCH 12, 2025

PETALUMA, CA (March 12, 2025) Thinking Like A Lawyer , the popular podcast hosted by Above the Law and produced by Legal Talk Network, is celebrating its 10-year anniversary today. We try to make stories new and different year after year, said Kathryn Rubino, Co-Host of Thinking Like A Lawyer and Senior Editor at Above the Law.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

JD Vances book has been banned from DOD schools. Williams (@BHWilliamsMD) February 19, 2025 I’ve no clue why this book was banned. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s. Louis School of Law.

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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

MAY 5, 2025

In a decision announced late last week , the California Supreme Court ordered the state to ditch its newly independent exam and return to the NCBEs Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) for at least the July 2025 administration. Joe Patrice is a senior editor at Above the Law and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer.

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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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Above The Law

APRIL 17, 2025

(Photo by CHRISTIAN MONTERROSA/AFP via Getty Images) Celebrities — especially rappers — have a special way of showing love to their lawyers after a verdict in their favor. Kodak Black got his lawyer’s name tattooed on his hand. He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St.

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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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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 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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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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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 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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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 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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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

MAY 1, 2025

Ladies and gentlemen, its time to feast your eyes upon the best of the best in the 2025 law revue video contest. Not only were these law students able to carry a tune (for the most part), but they also had excellent comedic timing, and provided us with professional-grade production values. KATHRYN : Hot Ones, law school style!

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Above The Law

APRIL 29, 2025

Good lawyers leave their mark on legal communities. Dragon Lawyers get asked to stop leaving their mark on each damned page of the complaint. See for yourself: This is awesome – law firm called Dragon Lawyers filed court papers with this watermark on EVERY PAGE until the judge ordered them to stop.

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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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Connor Reporting

MARCH 19, 2025

Veritext [link] Delia Opekokew First First Nations woman lawyer to ever be admitted to the bar association in Ontario and in Saskatchewan. Delia Opekokew is a Cree lawyer and writer from the Canoe Lake First Nation in Saskatchewan, Canada. Bolin, a lawyer and the first black person to graduate from Williams College.

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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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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 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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JURIST

APRIL 18, 2025

A group of lawyers filed a lawsuit on Thursday before the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child against the Costa Rican government for allegedly violating the rights of minors deported from the United States. The Costa Rican and US governments agreed to collaborate on the repatriation of undocumented immigrants in February.

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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 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

MAY 21, 2025

Your firm can be found at the top of the search results for lawyers in your area. In fact, 68% of law firms cite collecting fees as a major hurdle , according to the 2025 Legal Industry Report from MyCase, suggesting an industrywide disconnect between billable hours and the bottom line. The first is that youre not alone.

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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

APRIL 24, 2025

(Photo via Getty Images) Before Kendrick Lamar gave everyone what they tuned in for and performed “Not Like Us” on one of the biggest stages on the globe, he performed a skit teasing that playing the song would set Drake’s lawyers in attack mode. Drake and his lawyers don’t think so. Louis School of Law.

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Above The Law

APRIL 8, 2025

For many lawyers, landing new business in a pitch meeting is the highlight of the week — or even the year, depending on the size of the client. Bringing in new business and becoming a successful rainmaker elevates your status at any law firm. So why do most lawyers avoid business development? What happens next?

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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

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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