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Above the Law

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News, commentary, and opinion on lawyers and the legal profession. Covering the legal industry from law school to the Supreme Court.

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In this episode of “Adventures in Legal Tech,” David Arato, founder of @ContentLexicon, joins host Jared Correia to discuss how using AI in the legal realm could become an ethics crisis! For more: ow.ly/KblW5101RSp
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Todd Blanche’s Tears — See Also abovethelaw.com/2026/11/todd…
Todd Blanche's Tears - See Also - Above the Law

Todd Blanche's Tears - See Also - Above the Law

Todd Blanche Is So Sad Right Now: The Democrats are just being so mean to Trump and his allies. Legendary Litigator Passes Away: But not before saving the legal profession from Trump's unconstituti...

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Pete Hegseth Prepares To Join Elite Club (Of The Impeached) abovethelaw.com/2026/11/pete…
Pete Hegseth Prepares To Join Elite Club (Of The Impeached) - Above the Law

Pete Hegseth Prepares To Join Elite Club (Of The Impeached) - Above the Law

The Defense Secretary stares down a House vote.

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Legal Ethics Roundup: DOJ Ethics Probe, Bar Exam Tampering, AI Billing Limits, TX Reconsiders ABA Accreditation Council, Biglaw Shakeup, AI Privilege & More abovethelaw.com/2026/11/lega…
Legal Ethics Roundup: DOJ Ethics Probe, Bar Exam Tampering, AI Billing Limits, TX Reconsiders ABA...

Legal Ethics Roundup: DOJ Ethics Probe, Bar Exam Tampering, AI Billing Limits, TX Reconsiders ABA...

Your tour of all things related to lawyer and judicial ethics, with University of Houston law professor Renee Knake Jefferson.

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John Fetterman And Other Losers On Election Day abovethelaw.com/2026/11/john…
John Fetterman And Other Losers On Election Day - Above the Law

John Fetterman And Other Losers On Election Day - Above the Law

Quite a few groups chalked up an L.

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The Next Law School Admissions Crisis Could Be About Loans abovethelaw.com/2026/11/the-…
The Next Law School Admissions Crisis Could Be About Loans - Above the Law

The Next Law School Admissions Crisis Could Be About Loans - Above the Law

LSAC’s Sudha Setty warns that credit barriers may force some students to defer or rethink legal education.

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It All Hinges On Judgment: The Work Not Counted abovethelaw.com/2026/11/it-a…
It All Hinges On Judgment: The Work Not Counted - Above the Law

It All Hinges On Judgment: The Work Not Counted - Above the Law

The appropriate comparison is the total cost of producing an acceptable final product with and without AI.

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The Best Law Schools For Criminal Law (2026) abovethelaw.com/2026/11/the-…
The Best Law Schools For Criminal Law (2026) - Above the Law

The Best Law Schools For Criminal Law (2026) - Above the Law

If you're interested in criminal law, you need to see this list.

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Legendary Litigator Who Took On Trump Passes Away While Prepping For Trial abovethelaw.com/2026/11/lege…
Legendary Litigator Who Took On Trump Passes Away While Prepping For Trial - Above the Law

Legendary Litigator Who Took On Trump Passes Away While Prepping For Trial - Above the Law

Dane Butswinkas led Perkins Coie’s fight against the Trump administration’s executive order targeting the firm.

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For Access To Justice, The Perfect Lawyer Is The Enemy Of The Good Chatbot abovethelaw.com/2026/11/for-…
For Access To Justice, The Perfect Lawyer Is The Enemy Of The Good Chatbot - Above the Law

For Access To Justice, The Perfect Lawyer Is The Enemy Of The Good Chatbot - Above the Law

AI has a role to play on both sides of the access to justice crisis. It's not perfect, but perfect isn't necessarily the goal.

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A Proof Of Concept Is A Question, Not A Product abovethelaw.com/2026/11/a-pr…
A Proof Of Concept Is A Question, Not A Product - Above the Law

A Proof Of Concept Is A Question, Not A Product - Above the Law

A pilot should have an end date, a decision owner, and an agreed set of possible next steps.

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Private Equity Promised Better Healthcare. What Should Lawyers Learn From What Happened? abovethelaw.com/2026/11/priv…
Private Equity Promised Better Healthcare. What Should Lawyers Learn From What Happened? - Above...

Private Equity Promised Better Healthcare. What Should Lawyers Learn From What Happened? - Above...

Be careful not to confuse making a business more profitable with making its services better or more affordable.

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Todd Blanche Is The Real Victim. Just Ask Him, He’ll Tell You! abovethelaw.com/2026/11/todd…
Todd Blanche Is The Real Victim. Just Ask Him, He'll Tell You! - Above the Law

Todd Blanche Is The Real Victim. Just Ask Him, He'll Tell You! - Above the Law

Did that scary senator lady hurt your precious feelings?

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CVS Health Bids Goodbye To Vertical Integration But Not Conflict Of Interest medcitynews.com/2026/11/cvs-…
CVS Health Bids Goodbye to Vertical Integration But Not Conflict of Interest - MedCity News

CVS Health Bids Goodbye to Vertical Integration But Not Conflict of Interest - MedCity News

CVS Health plans to split into two companies by 2028, but experts say the move may not resolve conflicts of interest between its insurance and PBM businesses.

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In this episode of “Adventures in Legal Tech,” David Arato, founder of @ContentLexicon, joins host Jared Correia to discuss how AI content can create risk for legal dangers and malpractice lawsuits. For more: ow.ly/Ixit5101RJg
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Morning Docket: 11.09.26 abovethelaw.com/2026/11/morn…
Morning Docket: 11.09.26 - Above the Law

Morning Docket: 11.09.26 - Above the Law

* Weil's almost-chief Ramona Nee finally decides on landing spot, headlining a 40-lawyer pull for Kirkland. [Legal Cheek] * Judge Reyes looking to appoint one of Trump's first term U.S. Attorneys to...

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Midterms Have Biglaw Surrender Firms Feeling The Blues, Subpoenas — See Generally abovethelaw.com/2026/11/midt…
Midterms Have Biglaw Surrender Firms Feeling The Blues, Subpoenas - See Generally - Above the Law

Midterms Have Biglaw Surrender Firms Feeling The Blues, Subpoenas - See Generally - Above the Law

Capitol Punishment: With Democrats taking both chambers in the midterms, the nine firms that pledged almost $1 billion in free legal work to Trump's causes will soon see the strongly worded letters...

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Gettin’ Paid — See Also abovethelaw.com/2026/11/gett…
Gettin' Paid - See Also - Above the Law

Gettin' Paid - See Also - Above the Law

Biglaw's Best-Paid Partners Live Where? Say adios to the Big Apple, and hello to Silicon Valley! Whodunnit?: Trump DOJ suddenly very concerned about the Dobbs leak. Could they be trying to convince...

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First President To Attend Law School… Also Hated It abovethelaw.com/2026/11/firs…
First President To Attend Law School... Also Hated It - Above the Law

First President To Attend Law School... Also Hated It - Above the Law

He got to be a lawyer anyway.

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How You Can Grow Your Firm Without Burning Out Its Professionals abovethelaw.com/2026/11/how-…
How You Can Grow Your Firm Without Burning Out Its Professionals - Above the Law

How You Can Grow Your Firm Without Burning Out Its Professionals - Above the Law

A leader who has built a high-stakes trust, estate, and probate litigation practice through steady growth joins the ‘Be That Lawyer’ podcast.

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