Practice of Law

Some people know they want to be lawyers. Others go to law school because a BA in Philosophy isn’t exactly marketable in this economy (if it ever was). For countless college students, the decision to pursue law school can feel like standing at a crossroads — one path…

For decades, the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) has been the gatekeeper for aspiring lawyers in the United States. Introduced in 1948, the LSAT became a near-universal requirement for law school admissions, serving as a standardized measure of critical thinking skills. But recent years have seen a…

It's not likely that many attorneys would consider a plea deal that included the permanent surrender of their law license as getting off easy. Then again, none of them were Gary Guymon or facing the charges he was. On August 26, 2025, Guymon's long legal career…

What do you do when the only game in town hauls up stakes? Students in China looking to pursue a law degree in the United States will face that conundrum in the near future. The Law School Admission Council (LSAC) announced on August 18, 2025, that…

A federal judge has ruled that Alina Habba, former personal attorney to President Donald Trump, was unlawfully appointed as Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey. The ruling follows months of legal wrangling by the Trump Justice Department to extend Habba’s tenure beyond the statutory limit, despite opposition…

An unignorable warning from a whistleblower in the know, or the sour grapes of a disgruntled former staffer? That's the question after Roger Alford, the recently dismissed principal deputy assistant attorney general of the antitrust division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), blasted his former…