Law Schools

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 •

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 •

‘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 •

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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 •

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 •

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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 •

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

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

Mar 13 •

SCOTUS Clerk Hiring Watch: All Done?

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

Feb 20 •

Congratulations To The 2025 Skadden Fellows

Many of these young lawyers will be unusually busy during their fellowships.

Feb 6 •

Big-City Mayors In The New Trump Era: Quinton Lucas

Listen now (47 mins) | As the mayor of Kansas City, ‘Mayor Q’ must pick his battles with federal and state governments—and sometimes collaborate with…

Feb 5 •

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Lawless: The Miseducation Of America’s Elites, With Ilya Shapiro

The ‘illiberal takeover of legal education,’ as well as how to deal with it, takes center stage in a new book from a prominent legal commentator.

Jan 22 •

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The Top 10 Stories Of 2024

Familiar topics—law-clerk controversies, free-speech fracases, and the future of FedSoc—dominated these pages in the past year.

Dec 29, 2024 •

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