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The Best Law Schools In The World (2025)

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The government may be coming after some of the most successful law firms in the country, but weve got just what every member of the legal profession wants to see to get their minds off this dystopian nightmare: a ranking of the best law schools in the world. More than half of the worlds top 10 law schools are in America!

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Time’s Up: Will Law Firms Say Goodbye To Billable Hour In The (Gen)AI Era?

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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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Over 50 Bar Organizations Stand Up For The Rule Of Law

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So far we’ve seen Perkins Coie and Williams & Connolly take their stands in court, Rachel Cohen stake her employment at Skadden , and the American Constitution Society call on law school deans to take a public stand for the rule of law. When it comes to outspoken advocates for the rule of law, the more the merrier.

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Former Justice Breyer Speaks At Harvard Panel On Legal Interpretation

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(Photo by Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images) One of the quickest lessons you pick up in law school is that the path to knowing the law doesn’t end at finding a line in the Constitution or a statute and reading it aloud to anyone who would hear it. Moderated by Andrew T.

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Luigi Mangione Pulls $300K From Grassroots Funds To Bolster His Case

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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. He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law.

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Washington State Faces Defense Attorney Shortages

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Franklin County in Washington state is facing a lawyer shortage as newly booked inmates are not being assigned defense attorneys for the last two months, Cameron Probert reports for Tri-City Herald. Judges also have the power to assign private law firm attorneys, with the counties having to foot the bill.

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Healthcare Companies Screwed Over So Many People That It’s Hard To Find Luigi Mangione A Neutral Jury

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ABA Journal] Earlier : Theres Fresh Interest In Informing Potential Jurors About Jury Nullification Luigi Mangione Pulls $300K From Grassroots Funds To Bolster His Case Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St.