Law Schools

The Top 10 Stories Of 2025

Trump v. Biglaw, AI fails, superstars of the SCOTUS bar, the top 17 law schools—the subjects of last year’s biggest stories shouldn’t surprise anyone.

Jan 2 • David Lat

Judicial Notice (12.21.25): Taking The Heat

Yale Law’s new dean, a judge’s felony conviction, the biggest Biglaw merger, and Sidley’s latest exciting hire.

Dec 22, 2025 • David Lat

Biglaw’s Accelerated Recruiting Is A Lose-Lose-Lose Situation

Recruiting 1Ls in their first semester is bad for law students, law schools, and law firms—but figuring out a solution to this collective-action problem…

Dec 18, 2025 • David Lat

New Skadden Fellows, First After Trump Deal, Remain Progressive

The Skadden Fellowship program has actually grown in the wake of the firm’s settlement with the Trump administration.

Dec 16, 2025 • David Lat

A Free-Speech Controversy At NYU Law

This is ‘a textbook heckler’s veto,’ according to the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE).

Oct 2, 2025 • David Lat

Trump (Rightly) Buttresses SCOTUS Ruling Against Racial Preferences

Trump’s crackdown on affirmative action in higher education has a lesson to teach about the interplay between law and politics.

Aug 14, 2025 • David Lat

‘A Period Of Great Constitutional Danger’: Pam Karlan

A longtime Stanford Law professor and seasoned Supreme Court advocate, Professor Karlan has strong views on the current constitutional moment.

Jul 9, 2025 • David Lat

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Judicial Notice (07.06.25): Diddy Or Didn’t He

Puff Daddy’s day of reckoning, Yale Law’s departing dean, an Am Law 200 firm in trouble, and the biggest case of the next SCOTUS Term (so far).

Jul 7, 2025 • David Lat

Paying It Forward: Sandra Leung

Listen now (49 mins) | The former general counsel of a Fortune 100 company, Sandy Leung discusses the executive orders targeting Biglaw, the attacks on…

May 14, 2025 • David Lat

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The 2025 U.S. News Rankings: All Hail The... T17?

And how on earth are Harvard and Cornell the #6 and #18 law schools, respectively?

Apr 9, 2025 • David Lat

Curbing DEI Excesses By Limiting Free Speech Is Dangerous—And Dumb

Georgetown Law Dean Bill Treanor stands up for the First Amendment.

Mar 13, 2025 • David Lat

SCOTUS Clerk Hiring Watch: All Done?

Plus interim rankings of law schools and feeder judges—and an update on the Bristow Fellows.

Feb 20, 2025 • David Lat

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