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Law Firms

Boutique law firm is talent pipeline for conservative lawyers

First Amendment

Law grad settles First Amendment suit against town that objected to her repurposed skeleton displays

Legal Marketing & Consulting

Magistrate judge is breathing fire over law firm’s dragon logo on legal pleadings

Law Firms

Billable hours at larger law firms ‘did not quite live up to expectations’ in first quarter

First Amendment

Chief justice appears to be ‘pivotal vote’ in challenge to state-funded religious school in Oklahoma

Judiciary

Judge who wanted parking discount should be ousted for faking document with colleague’s stamp, ethics board says

Immigration Law

Wisconsin judge suspended over charges she helped migrant evade arrest

Criminal Justice

Trump executive order calls for pro bono help for law enforcement officers; will BigLaw firms be tapped?

U.S. Supreme Court

Chemerinsky: Cases before SCOTUS challenge injunctions against executive orders to end birthright citizenship

Ethics

Lawyer disbarred for ‘shocking and outrageous’ conduct files $20M suit against ethics committee

Bar Exam

California delays releasing results from troubled February bar exam

Legal Education

Racial disparities in admissions, scholarships remain in law schools, AccessLex Institute study says

Trials & Litigation

Vacation, mistaken filing led to order to show cause, lawyers for MyPillow CEO say

Civil Rights

Civil rights lawyers leave en masse as Justice Dept. mission shifts

Law Schools

Harvard Law Review investigated for alleged ‘spoils system’ that uses race in article selection

Civic Education

9 in 10 Americans think government branches should be equal, ABA poll finds

Law Firms

Firm failed to honor exit package after retaliating for bias complaint, former BigLaw partner alleges

Careers

Attrition rate is ‘markedly higher’ for associates of color, NALP Foundation says

Layoffs

59 partners leave A&O Shearman outside Asia since decision to trim 10% of equity partnership

Judiciary

Insurance case is ‘but a speck in the recesses of interstellar space,’ high-profile appeals judge writes

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