Background: From Diversity Mandate to Suspension For decades, ABA Standard 206 required law schools to demonstrate good-faith efforts to increase diversity among students and faculty. The standard ...

Introduction: Legal Showdown Between Trump Administration and Major Law Firms In an unprecedented legal battle, former President Donald Trump’s controversial executive orders targeting leading U ...

Introduction: A Legal Battle with Constitutional Stakes In a bold move underscoring escalating tensions between the legal profession and the executive branch, the American Bar Association (ABA ...

Identify Your Needs: Whether you’re seeking a lateral move, an in-house position, or a transition to a new legal practice area, you need a recruiter that specializes in your field.Research firms ...

In a transformative move, the American Bar Association (ABA) has opened a pathway allowing law schools to experiment with test-optional admissions, bypassing the requirement for the Law School ...

In a strategic move to modernize its legal services, U.S.-based law firm Fennemore Craig announced its acquisition of Lucent Law, a boutique firm focused on technology-driven solutions. The merger ...

FAQs Why did BigLaw firms agree to the $600 million pro bono deal? Firms entered the agreement to avoid enforcement of executive orders that could have stripped them of federal clients and damaged ...

The legal industry’s lateral hiring landscape saw a sharp decline in 2024, a trend driven by a confluence of economic pressures, evolving market dynamics, and internal shifts within law firms.

1. Mark Twain in the lab of Nicola Tesla, 1894 Literary buffs and physics enthusiasts can get a charge out this photo taken long ago in the spring of 1894. It shows the literary giant of the 19th ...

Perkins Coie’s response? A surgically precise amended complaint. The firm revised its filing to name virtually every relevant federal agency that could possibly enforce the executive order ...

While the Early Alert service is not a solution to the mental health challenges faced by law students and lawyers, Lalli said that it was one of several tools that could be helpful. Every student ...

Major Takeaways: Winners, Losers, and WTF Moments The #1 Tie Lives On: Yale and Stanford Still Rule For the second year in a row, Stanford and Yale share the No. 1 spot. This isn’t a huge ...