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If you’re like me, you’ve been reading Howard Bashman’s excellent appellate litigation blog, How Appealing, for years. When I started to write online more than a decade ago, Howard, a pione...

https://breakingmedia.com/2014/09/a-most-appealing-announcement/

“Our catering service requires a credit card; client matter numbers no longer accepted. Seamless food ordering requires a credit card or a corporate card.” “It’s not clear that we still h...

https://breakingmedia.com/2012/05/abovethelaw-story-of-the-week-dewey-know-what%E2%80%99s-going-to-happen-next-lawyers-and-staff-face-uncertain-future/

The newest U.S. News law school rankings are out. The timing is not ideal for us here at Above the Law, since we just launched our latest Law School March Madness contest with seeding based on la...

https://breakingmedia.com/2012/03/abovethelaw-story-of-the-week-the-u-s-news-law-school-rankings-are-out/

The rumor mill has been churning nonstop over the past week about Dewey & LeBoeuf. In our recent stories about the firm, we’ve discussed reports of financial difficulties, partner departures, a...

https://breakingmedia.com/2012/03/abovethelaw-story-of-the-week-dewey-have-comment-on-recent-developments-yes-%E2%80%94-firm-is-cutting-5-to-6-percent-of-personnel/

Last night, a dramatic scene unfolded in the parking lot of a movie theater. A suspected drunk driver allegedly took off without his headlights on, hit two police cruisers, terrified several witn...

https://breakingmedia.com/2012/02/abovethelaw-story-of-the-week-associate-killed-in-dramatic-drunken-car-crash/

In 2008, we profiled celebrity law professor Philip Bobbitt. Professor Bobbitt has a breathtaking résumé, featuring degrees from Princeton (A.B.), Yale (J.D.), and Oxford (Ph.D.); distinguished...

https://breakingmedia.com/2012/02/abovethelaw-story-of-the-week-a-law-school-love-story-prominent-professor-marries-columbia-3l/

In a few weeks, we’ll start hearing from prospective law students — i.e., 0Ls — who are already reading Above the Law (smart kids!), and who consult us for advice when choosing between law ...

https://breakingmedia.com/2012/01/abovethelaw-story-of-the-week-on-the-real-differences-between-law-schools/

If you look back at the great law firm departure memos of years past, you’ll see that almost all of them were written by associates. When partners leave Biglaw, they tend to do so in rather sta...

https://breakingmedia.com/2012/01/abovethelaw-story-of-the-week-a-farewell-to-remember-one-partner%E2%80%99s-dramatic-departure-memo/

Be careful about what you say in the airport, or on a crowded train, or on the subway. Above the Law’s spies are everywhere. And be careful about what you place in the trash. Law firms have pap...

https://breakingmedia.com/2011/09/abovethelaw-story-of-the-week-an-inside-look-at-sullivan-cromwell%E2%80%99s-recruiting-process/

This afternoon we wrote about a blog entitled Confessions of an (Aspiring) Yalie. In this blog, Tammy Hsu, a 1L at Wake Forest University School of Law, chronicles her journey through the first y...

https://breakingmedia.com/2011/08/abovethelaw-story-of-the-week-confessions-of-an-aspiring-yale-transfer-student/