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Recent Law School Graduates Set 'Record-High' Employment Rate

1 day ago | abovethelaw.com | Staci Zaretsky

Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. Despite initial concerns that the Class of 2024 employment outcomes might be impacted by an anticipated contraction in the market and increased size of the graduating class, the percentage of recent law school graduates employed in full-time, long-term Bar Admission Required/Anticipated or JD Advantage jobs has reached another record-high–which is good news for the graduates.
California Bar Reveals It Used AI For Exam Questions, Because Of Course It Did

1 day ago | abovethelaw.com | Joe Patrice

Unaware that you’re supposed to rip the band-aid off all at once, the embattled officials behind the California Bar Exam decided they hadn’t had enough of the non-stop cavalcade of disastrous headlines about February’s exam, so they just casually threw out there that they used AI to come up with some of the questions. Everyone’s going to be chill about this, right? I mean, “bar exams” and “artificial intelligence” are two topics that famously elicit only only rational, measured reactions.
Biglaw Brings In Big Bucks

1 day ago | abovethelaw.com | Joe Patrice

We’ve got key financial data from the top law firms and the takeaway is that it’s good to be a big firm. The Am Law 100 this year revealed that more and more firms have joined the super rich and things look bright for Biglaw. Unless someone triggers a global depression or something. We also discuss what it means to be “bipartisan” in an environment where the intellectual stars of the conservative legal movement are ALSO lining up to call out the Trump administration as a threat to the rule of law.
U.S. News Ranks The Best Law Schools For Getting Biglaw Jobs (2025)

1 day ago | abovethelaw.com | Staci Zaretsky

Rankings season is officially upon us, and this time around, even U.S. News & World Report has rolled out additional rankings on top of their influential law school rankings. Given that a legal education can land the average law school graduate in up to six figures of debt, it makes sense that would-be lawyers are eager to snag Biglaw jobs, where salaries at leading firms begin at $225,000. But which law schools offer graduates the greatest opportunity to work in Biglaw?
Law Students Signing Pledge To Refuse Offers From Collaborating Biglaw Firms

1 day ago | abovethelaw.com | Joe Patrice

As more Biglaw firms sell out their integrity in exchange for relief from illegal retaliation from the Trump administration, lawyers and clients are distancing themselves from the settling firms. Some law students have already walked away from recruiting efforts by these firms.
'There Are A Lot Of Fears': Law Schools Are Getting Really Anxious About Trump's Stranglehold On The Rule Of Law

2 days ago | abovethelaw.com | Staci Zaretsky

Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. I think [the legal community is] worried that there’s going to be a loss of independence. People worry that they won’t be able to say certain things, that lawyers won’t be able to represent certain people, that judges will be intimidated for doing certain things. There are a lot of fears.
DOJ Makes Up Fake Supreme Court Quote About Deportation Hoping No One Notices

2 days ago | abovethelaw.com | Joe Patrice

The United States Department of Justice continues its effort to keep Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia in an El Salvadoran slave camp even though they’ve already admitted in front of multiple tribunals up to and including the Supreme Court that he was deported in error. The DOJ’s most recent contribution to their oeuvre of excrement is a set of interrogatory responses filed in the district court proceeding.
Biglaw Captured Almost Half Of All Legal Spend Last Year

2 days ago | abovethelaw.com | Joe Patrice

While everyone was busy doomscrolling… everything, Biglaw quietly tightened its grip on the legal market. Again. If you were wondering how almost half the Am Law 100 now qualify as “super rich”, look no further than the newly dropped 2025 CounselLink Trends Report. The annual deep dive into client spending reveals that law firms with 750+ lawyers account for 49.3 percent of all legal spend. That’s a healthy amount since the report clocked $67 billion in total legal spend last year.
Rachel Cohen, Former Skadden Associate, To Be Honored For Condemning Trump's Assault On The Rule Of Law

2 days ago | abovethelaw.com | Staci Zaretsky

With the rule of law being bent to its maximum capacity under the Trump administration, many lawyers find themselves unable to do anything but watch the situation unfold, slack jawed with confusion about how this could possibly be happening in America. Other lawyers, however, have found the courage and resolve to stand up and do what is right — regardless of the fact that they may have been standing alone in their quest to protect the legal profession from harm.
Money v. Morals: Which Will Law Students Choose When It Comes To Job Offers From Biglaw Firms That Made Deals With Trump?

3 days ago | abovethelaw.com | Staci Zaretsky

Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. Folks are very concerned about their loans. Those who don’t have choices, I don’t know how it’s going to affect them. I know for the students who have options, very few are going to consider these firms anymore. — Bryce Tuttle, a second-year student at Stanford Law School, in comments given to Bloomberg Law, on how law students are navigating their job offers with firms that have made deals with the Trump administration.