Law Schools

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 •

Lat’s Legal Library: Crime, Courts, And The Constitution

From memoirs to mysteries, here are this season’s legal must-reads—just in time for your last-minute holiday shopping.

Dec 19, 2024 •

3 Tips For Having A Career As A Politically Engaged Lawyer

Lawyers can make a difference as well as a living—but it calls for a combination of patience, planning, and courage.

Nov 21, 2024 •

Protesters Disrupt An Event At A Top Law School

Although the event resumed over Zoom, the law school will ‘pursue accountability for any students involved.’

Sep 30, 2024 •

Asked And Answered: Should I Join FedSoc?

In this day and age, ambitious law students and young lawyers need to pick a ‘team’—which might be unfortunate, but is the reality.

Sep 20, 2024 •

A Life For Liberty: Randy Barnett

The noted libertarian and originalist scholar discusses working on landmark Supreme Court cases, serving as a Cook County prosecutor, and writing a…

Jul 10, 2024 •

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Winning The Freedom To Marry: Evan Wolfson

The architect of the marriage-equality movement explains how its victory was achieved—and what lessons it can offer to similar struggles.

Jun 26, 2024 •

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Make Law School Rankings Great Again

‘The prestige ranking, while maybe a bit gross, is the one really valuable thing that U.S. News still does,’ according to Professor Brian Frye.

Jun 6, 2024 •

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