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Legal Education

Political climate motivates prelaw students to apply, new Kaplan survey shows

Law Firms

US suspends security clearances for two lawyers at WilmerHale as it challenges Trump’s executive order

Supreme Court Report

Supreme Court justices weigh in—cautiously—on Trump’s attacks on the judiciary

Artificial Intelligence & Robotics

Sanctions imposed for ‘collective debacle’ involving AI hallucinations and 2 firms, including K&L Gates

Law in Popular Culture

Book detailing 5 fights for democracy is among 2025 Silver Gavel Award winners

Legal Marketing & Consulting

Is lawyer advertising a good thing?

Legal Education

Provisional licenses considered as another California bar exam remedy

Diversity

Pipeline internship program used by prestigious law firms discriminates based on race, group contends

Indigent Defense

These attorneys defend clients in need; their pay is being frozen for months

Legal Rebels Podcast

To buy or not to buy? For Cleary Gottlieb, acquiring an AI company was a no-brainer

Constitutional Law

Does Qatar’s gift of a luxury plane to US violate the emoluments clause?

Ethics

Lawyer with huge social media following is accused of performing ‘no legal work of value’ for several clients

Judiciary

Florida judge is accused of sharing ‘objectively unrealistic’ fake recording with editorial board

Law Firms

6 firms resolved EEOC probes with pro bono deals, they told state attorneys general

Accreditation & Standards

Should law schools have more hands-on learning requirements?

Death Penalty

Firing squad mostly missed South Carolina inmate’s heart, causing him to ‘scream and groan,’ lawyers say

ABA Leadership

Nominations for 2025-2026 term announced by ABA Legal Ed Section

Civil Rights

Court’s religious training order for attorneys ‘plainly exceeded remedial bounds,’ 5th Circuit says

Law Firms

These major law firms are ‘actively finalizing’ a merger deal

ABA

ABA objects to proposed changes in Public Service Loan Forgiveness program

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