Congratulations to the Fab Fifty: A Constellation of Young Legal Superstars
We love lists: the Forbes 400, the U.S. News college and law school rankings, or Washingtonian magazine’s list of 40 top lawyers under 40. We love lawyers — which is good, since we spend all day...
View ArticleMusical Chairs: Jim Ho Replaces Ted Cruz as Texas SG
Congratulations to our old friend James Ho. The good news first surfaced on Sophistic Miltonian Serbonian Blog: A quiet trickle of a rumor last week was that James C. Ho, currently of counsel with...
View ArticleA Hot New Trend: State Solicitors General
Former Supreme Court clerks, also known as the Elect, have no shortage of job opportunities. And a new development in state government is giving them even more. From the National Law Journal: A trend...
View ArticleMusical Chairs: Legal Celebrities on the Move(Including the energy lawyers...
A new year, a new job. That seems to be the thinking of many within the legal profession, based on the proliferation of professional moves we have to report (and not just out of Howrey). We’ll start...
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Benchslap of the Day: Judge Easterbrook Benchslaps Biglaw
Lately the Seventh Circuit has been laying down its pimp hand. Biglaw just got a big benchslap — from none other than Chief Judge Easterbrook. Which firm incurred His Honor’s wrath, and for what...
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Congratulations to Ted Cruz, Tea Party Favorite in Establishment Clothing
Congratulations to Ted Cruz, who just won a runoff election for the Republican Senate nomination in Texas. Let’s take a look at his amazing résumé…. Continue reading »Follow Above the Law on Twitter or...
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Non-Sequiturs: 08.01.12
* The ABA is gearing up for its annual meeting in Chicago. I’ll note (with a lack of surprise) that I was not invited. [ABA Journal] * At that meeting, the ABA will once again consider accrediting...
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What Will a Second Obama Term Mean for the Supreme Court?
Which justices might retire, and who might replace them? Continue reading »Follow Above the Law on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.Tags: Anthony Kennedy, Anthony M. Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Barack...
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The Return of the Lawyer-Politician
A review of the legal education and experience of the incoming freshman class of Congress Continue reading »Follow Above the Law on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.Tags: Alan Grayson, Andy Barr,...
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Ted Cruz Doubles Down On Idiotic, Incorrect Statement About Harvard Law
Ted Cruz is sticking to his guns about Commies at Harvard Law. Continue reading »Follow Above the Law on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.Tags: Catherine Frazier, Charles Fried, Communism, Critical...
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Marine Barracks or College Dorm: Senate Bill Raises False Alarm Over Where...
When Congress sends the message that a woman would be safer from rape if she went to the average university than if she served her country in our armed forces, it maligns the military and gives women a...
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Nothing Is Gained By Minimizing Rape — A Response
What is gained by saying that rape in the military is on par with rape in the civilian world? Continue reading »Follow Above the Law on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.Tags: Crime, Kirsten...
View ArticleHarvard Law Should Start Giving Out The ‘Ted Cruz Award’ To The Most Annoying...
HLS should crown its biggest jerk.
View ArticleMorning Docket: 11.11.13
* After months of gains, the legal industry lost 900 jobs in October, just as some of the big state bar exam results came out. We imagine the folks who rallied for the 10-months-after-graduation...
View ArticleAnd Boom Goes The (Nuclear) Dynamite: Previewing The Derptastic Sound Bytes...
Senator Harry Reid finally invokes the so-called "nuclear option" to get President Obama's nominees on the D.C. Circuit. Here comes the combative spin.
View ArticleCelebrate July 4th Like Our Founding Fathers Intended: By Questioning The...
Wouldn't it be great if the government didn’t spoliate -- er, “recycle” -- any more evidence in the investigation of the IRS?
View ArticleNon-Sequiturs: 07.30.14
* Court needed a Chinese language interpreter. Rather than find a professional legal interpreter, the judge just told the lawyer to head down to the local Chinese restaurant and grab somebody. [Legal...
View ArticleLegal Luminary Wonders If Ted Cruz Learned A Single Thing At Harvard Law
Did this presidential candidate skip his Constitutional Law classes?
View ArticleBirthers Beware: Why Court Challenges To Ted Cruz’s Citizenship Can’t Win
They can't win in federal court because they shouldn't even be heard in federal court, according to columnist Tamara Tabo.
View ArticleHere’s What Opposing Counsel Thinks Of Ted Cruz — It Isn’t What You’d Expect
Ted Cruz: still not a nice guy.
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