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Early law school applicants hit record number, new LSAC data shows

The competition to get into law school keeps getting tougher as the number of applicants to date increased 12% over last year, according to new data from the Law School Admission Council. That increase in applicants follows a 33% increase at this time last year—on top of a 26% increase in 2024.

Oct 16, 2026 1:48 PM CDT

Katie Zacharia out as White House press secretary

The new White House press secretary, Katie Zacharia, is out of her role just five days into the job, according to people familiar with the situation, after President Donald Trump said publicly that she should think about leaving.

Oct 16, 2026 1:29 PM CDT

Hiring disparities among new lawyers grew wider for 2025 graduating class

White law school graduates found jobs at a higher rate than their Black, Hispanic and Asian classmates in 2025, widening a long-standing employment gap, according to new figures from the National Association for Law Placement.

Oct 15, 2026 12:12 PM CDT

Finding right fit is more important in judicial clerkship hiring than politics, new study says

Law students often assume that politics decide who wins a judicial clerkship, but judges say otherwise, according to a new study based on interviews with 194 federal and state judges.

Oct 14, 2026 11:55 AM CDT

Judge censured following ‘little experiment’ in court with gun, stapler

A “little experiment” involving a stapler and a handgun in court has led to a censure for a judge in the New York City Criminal Court.

Oct 14, 2026 11:13 AM CDT

Law firm announces new policy for employees with NICU babies

Lowenstein Sandler has announced a new paid parental leave policy for employees whose newborns require extended stays in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Oct 14, 2026 10:46 AM CDT

Is she or isn’t she? Trump’s new press secretary claims she took the bar—in China

President Donald Trump’s new press secretary lists on her LinkedIn profile that she is a 2011 graduate of the Pepperdine University Rick J. Caruso School of Law. But is she a member of the bar?

Oct 14, 2026 10:31 AM CDT

Stress, drinking, gambling among problems lawyers report in new mental health study

More than half of lawyers responding to an Illinois survey on mental health report having stress, excessive workloads and feeling unappreciated, along with problem gambling and substance abuse.

Oct 14, 2026 9:54 AM CDT

Quinn Emanuel adds new caveats to its ‘work from anywhere’ policy

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, known across BigLaw for its “work from anywhere” policy, is now focusing on bringing its attorneys back to the office.

Oct 14, 2026 9:38 AM CDT

Lawyer sober since 2020 asks discipline board to lift suspension

A Pennsylvania lawyer trying to lift his suspension recently told a discipline panel that he became addicted to drugs in law school, and if reinstated, he would continue working at a clinical research group.

Oct 9, 2026 1:44 PM CDT

Legal hiring continues to increase, despite slowdown across broader economy, new government data shows

Hiring in the legal sector outpaced hiring across the broader U.S. economy in September, according to seasonally adjusted data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released Friday.

Oct 5, 2026 10:39 AM CDT

Justice Alito says he considers retirement each year

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said in excerpts of an interview released Friday he “thought about” retiring at the end the high court’s last term, but he decided to continue in his role because he thought that he was making “a valuable contribution.”

Oct 5, 2026 9:49 AM CDT

NCBE will use staggered start times for NextGen UBE administrations

Updated: After technical issues scrapped the inaugural administration of the NextGen Uniform Bar Exam in Washington in July, the National Conference of Bar Examiners says it will start staggering times at testing locations for future exams.

Oct 5, 2026 9:16 AM CDT

Judge reinstates US attorney in Washington fired by Trump

In the tug of war over whether Roger Rogoff can serve as the U.S. attorney for the Western District of Washington, a federal judge reinstated him Thursday.

Oct 2, 2026 9:39 AM CDT

Melissa Hart, the chair of the ABA Legal Ed council, dies

Updated: Melissa Hart, the chair of the council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, died Thursday. Hart, who retired from the Colorado Supreme Court in January, previously was a professor at the University of Colorado Law School and directed the Byron R. White Center for the Study of American Constitutional Law, assumed the council chair position in August.

Oct 2, 2026 9:26 AM CDT