Background: From Diversity Mandate to Suspension For decades, ABA Standard 206 required law schools to demonstrate good-faith efforts to increase diversity among students and faculty. The standard ...

Introduction: Legal Showdown Between Trump Administration and Major Law Firms In an unprecedented legal battle, former President Donald Trump’s controversial executive orders targeting leading U ...

Perkins Coie’s response? A surgically precise amended complaint. The firm revised its filing to name virtually every relevant federal agency that could possibly enforce the executive order ...

The start of 2025 has brought a paradox for large law firms: soaring revenues despite declining demand. According to new data from Wells Fargo Private Bank’s Legal Specialty Group, U.S.-based ...

Hunter Biden — whom Lowell defended against criminal gun and tax charges before his pardon in December 2024 Former U.S. Senator Bob Menendez Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner New York Attorney ...

After a sluggish start to the year, U.S. law firms rebounded in March 2025, propelled by an unexpected surge in demand tied to President Donald Trump’s escalating global trade war, according to ...

Biglaw firms that pledged $125 million in pro bono work to the Trump administration now deny the deals amid backlash from clients, law students, and Congress. In a stunning reversal, several of ...

The California Supreme Court is considering a major shift that could see the state’s recently overhauled bar exam abandoned as early as July 2025. The move follows widespread criticism of the ...

Harvard Law School is the latest elite institution to face targeted harassment from the self-described “Faculty, Alumni, and Students Opposed to Racial Preferences” (FASORP). The group ...

The California Bar’s already embattled reputation has taken another dramatic turn. After a disastrous rollout of a new bar exam format earlier this year, the State Bar of California has filed a ...

In a dramatic and controversial move, former President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at expanding federal control over immigration enforcement by penalizing sanctuary cities and ...

The State Bar of Georgia has released its February 2025 bar exam results, revealing a noticeable dip in the pass rate compared to recent years. Only 48.5% of test-takers passed the exam this ...