Biglaw remains one of the largest single employers of new law school graduates, but associate class sizes are getting noticeably smaller across the industry.
The trend raises serious questions about the long-term pipeline of talent entering large commercial law firms from top-tier and mid-tier schools alike.
Nearly 70 percent of law schools are now facing financial uncertainty after institutions ran up significant debts in pursuit of higher rankings over recent years.
The bill for that aggressive expansion strategy has finally come due, leaving many law schools in a precarious financial position with few easy options to stabilise their balance sheets.
Senator Schiff took an unconventional approach when questioning one of Trump’s election-denying judicial nominees, beginning with questions about the election results of 2008, 2012, and 2016.
The nominee answered each of those questions without hesitation, but the line of questioning took a sharp turn when Senator Schiff arrived at the 2020 election.
Reed Smith is facing difficulties extricating itself from a claim that the firm participated in fraud, with a RICO allegation proving far harder to shake than the firm may have anticipated.
The case adds to a growing number of legal challenges facing major law firms, putting reputational and financial pressure on an already turbulent sector.
A woman who suffered cardiac arrest during the bar examination has filed a lawsuit against the site where the exam was held, bringing renewed attention to a troubling incident that shook the legal community.
Bar examiners have still not changed the rules that critics say contributed to the situation, leaving candidates who sit future exams exposed to the same conditions that led to the tragedy.
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez has filed suit against Todd Blanche in an effort to gain access to files from Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch property in the state.
Torrez had been seeking access to those documents through other means before deciding that legal action was the only remaining route to obtain the material.
The lawsuits, financial pressures, and shrinking job prospects for new graduates together paint a complex and challenging picture for the legal profession heading further into 2026.