by HolAdmin | Apr 9, 2026 | American Legal News
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to a new study by Yale economics professor Joseph Altonji and Vassar economics professor Zhengren Zhu, on average, how much does a graduate’s earnings increase when they get a J.D.? Hint:...
by HolAdmin | Apr 9, 2026 | American Legal News
(Photo by Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post via Getty Images) I don’t know how closely you look at those few paper bills floating around in your wallet. Cash hasn’t been the most convenient payment option for a long time, and it’s even less favorable these days...
by HolAdmin | Apr 9, 2026 | American Legal News
The Supreme Court heard oral argument on Trump’s effort to erase birthright citizenship from the Constitution via executive order, and it went as poorly for the administration as expected. But that didn’t deter Trump from taking the unprecedented step of attending the...
by HolAdmin | Apr 9, 2026 | American Legal News
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. The change in our ranking is a result of shifts in the U.S. News formula, not any meaningful change in Berkeley Law. — Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, in comments given to Reuters, concerning UC Berkeley School of...
by HolAdmin | Apr 9, 2026 | American Legal News
Pam Bondi is reportedly trying to spin her unceremonious journey into the dustbin of history into an excuse to *not* testify before Congress. The now-former Attorney General was subpoenaed to appear before the House Oversight Committee last month. In a rare bipartisan...
by HolAdmin | Apr 9, 2026 | American Legal News
Michael Avenatti managed to speedrun the full Above the Law experience. He spent 2018 as the most visible lawyer in America while representing Stormy Daniels and appearing on CNN approximately seven thousand times as a thorn in Donald Trump’s side. He even floated a...
by HolAdmin | Apr 9, 2026 | American Legal News
Because having the highest score requirement to pass isn’t enough of a challenge, the California bar has also boasted its fair share of tech mishaps. AI-generated questions, grading screw-ups, and faulty software made it seem like test takers were sleuthing out...
by HolAdmin | Apr 9, 2026 | American Legal News
Last year, when news broke that Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison was inking a deal with the Trump administration — and, more to the point, capitulating — it landed like a thunderclap. Not just because a major law firm’s whole deal is supposed to be...
by HolAdmin | Apr 9, 2026 | American Legal News
In 2023, Judge Roger Benitez of the Southern District of California ordered his marshals to handcuff a crying child attending her father’s hearing and place her in the jury box. Then he asked the 13-year-old girl if she liked the cuffs and told her she was “an awfully...
by HolAdmin | Apr 9, 2026 | African Golf News
One South African was named in the Investec Champions Cup Team of the Week after the round-of-16 playoffs. Stormers lock Adré Smith cracked the nod, based on data from Oval Insights. The Cape side suffered a one-point defeat to Toulon, with Smith denied a late...
