Think of it as a meeting place for tech-curious lawyers who hate conferences.
https://abovethelaw.com/2020/11/introducing-the-atl-legal-technology-non-event/
White-shoe? Prestige? Why do we rank law firms like we’re sitting in a country club during the Eisenhower Administration? The ATL Power 100 Firms are the ones that move the market. Today. These...
http://abovethelaw.com/careers/2017-power-100-law-firm-rankings/
Go f@ck yourself and die. — Steven M. Regan, a partner at Reed Smith, telling the folks at SCOTUSblog how he really feels, via Twitter. (What on earth could have inspired Regan to act this way?...
Ed. note: This post is sponsored by NexFirm. These days, getting a Biglaw job is the golden ticket you need in order to make law school pay off. Thousands of students are paying grossly inflated ...
https://breakingmedia.com/2013/10/abovethelaw-story-of-the-week-10-reasons-to-leave-biglaw/
Have you been meaning to read Don’t Go To Law School (Unless) by Professor Paul Campos (affiliate link), but prefer consuming your information via infographic? Well, you’re in luck. Connectic...
There’s no better way to introduce this story than by reprinting the opening paragraph of the Sixth Circuit opinion by Judge Raymond Kethledge (citation omitted): There are good reasons not to ...
On Wednesday, the Cleveland Browns traded running back Trent Richardson to the Indianapolis Colts for a 2014 first-round pick. This move, which amounts to Cleveland announcing to the world, “we...
There’s just something about riding on crowded Amtrak trains that causes Biglaw attorneys to lose all of their inhibitions. From fondling one another to making $300,000 partnership offers to ca...
https://breakingmedia.com/2013/09/biglaw-blind-item-this-firms-summer-associates-are-idiots/
Back in June, we got a chance to see an absolutely great response to a cease and desist letter. The author of that response letter, Stephen B. Kaplitt, is an Above the Law folk hero for kicking o...
If you’re stuck sitting in your office until all hours of the night wondering (a) how you’ll ever meet someone and (b) how you’ll convince them to take a chance on someone who routinely wor...