If top investment banks, consulting and law firms care about a diverse entry-level recruiting pool, they’re going to have to develop a wider pipeline. As the University of Pennsylvania’s main ...

Increasingly, the elite Supreme Court practices at firms are led by rainmakers, lawyers who have parlayed their government service into private sector profit. These lawyers are advocates not lobbyists ...

The Supreme Court seems to have added a new criterion when deciding whether to take a case. It’s not just the merits of the case itself, but the lawyer who’s bringing it. According to a new ...

The Washington Post just had a big article on October 30 about racial and gender diversity among Supreme Court clerks, and followed it up with a smaller piece on November 1 about elite law-school ...

Michele Norris talks with Supreme Court historian David Garrow, a professor of law at Emory University Law School, about Supreme Court clerks. Justices choose up to four young lawyers each year to ...

The decision to disqualify former President Trump from the 2024 presidential ballot over the Jan. 6 Capitol riot split the Colorado Supreme Court not along party lines, but by law schools. The four ...

When it comes to the three branches of government, the U.S. Supreme Court probably carries the most mystery behind it. Sure, the court may seem like nine justices in wizard-like robes magically ...

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Increasingly, the elite Supreme Court practices at firms are led by rainmakers, lawyers who have parlayed their government service into private sector profit. These lawyers are advocates not lobbyists ...