Legal industry news

Headlines that affect legal careers and pay, picked automatically from public legal news feeds. Each item links to the publisher's original article.

Law firms and the market

Law Firm Leaks — See Generally
Forwarding Fail: Freshfields global managing partner accidentally forwarded a thread about spinning off the firm's AI unit. AI keeps exposing cyber vulnerabilities... even when they're between the keyboard and the…
Above the Law2026-10-25
Law Student Pulls A 4.0, Makes Law Review, Summers In Biglaw… And Walks On To The Football Team
Most of us were proud just to make it to Civ Pro on…
Above the Law2026-10-23
Weil’s Merger With Willkie Is Dead, But Its Partner Exodus Is Very Much Alive
Willkie or won’t they? Won’t, as it turns…
Above the Law2026-10-23
Nearly all in-house teams send less work to outside counsel, new report shows
ABA Journal2026-10-21
August Applies Agents to Law Firm Productization
Legal AI platform August has launched Products, a new feature that helps law firms turn their legal services into…well….products. The idea often has been tried…
Artificial Lawyer2026-10-21
Weil in merger talks with mystery law firm, report claims
Unnamed rival in frame for potential…
Legal Cheek2026-10-21
Womble Bond Dickinson Launches ‘AI Labs’
Transatlantic law firm Womble Bond Dickinson has launched ‘Womble AI Labs’, which will build AI solutions for the firm and its clients. It is led…
Artificial Lawyer2026-10-20

AI and technology

Florida appeals court refers lawyer for possible discipline over ‘AI slop’
ABA Journal2026-10-23
Microsoft Launches Copilot For Legal, Becoming The Fourth AI Giant In Five Months To Build Out A Legal Vertical
What sets Microsoft’s offering apart is the obvious, which is that lawyers already live in…
Above the Law2026-10-22
AI is no substitute for junior lawyers, Law Society warns
Overreliance on tech could create skills…
Legal Cheek2026-10-22
Ex-state deputy attorney general accused of making AI-generated child porn
ABA Journal2026-10-19

Bar, law schools and careers

Hofstra Claims It Has No Duty To Help Bar Examinees Suffering Cardiac Arrest
When an emergency hits the bar exam, Hofstra doesn't think that's on the entity renting out the…
Above the Law2026-10-22
Vivek Ramaswamy Spent $4 Million Proving Yale Law School Can’t Buy You Class
When you’ve lost Scott…
Above the Law2026-10-22
SCOTUS allows Hastings name change to remain at University of California law school
ABA Journal2026-10-20

Courts and regulation

Missouri Supreme Court disbars attorney for repeatedly failing to appear in court
ABA Journal2026-10-21

Pay and hiring

Weil Starts Special AI Program for Summer Associates
Weil Gotshal & Manges has launched a new training program for some of its summer associates, who will spend their 1L stint working on the…
Artificial Lawyer2026-10-21
Too rich to quit? Top lawyers reveal how £100k private school fees, hefty mortgages and first-class flights keep them in City law
High salaries, even higher…
Legal Cheek2026-10-19
OPEN THREAD: What are law firms REALLY paying their junior lawyers?
Share your salary below the line 💬…
Legal Cheek2026-10-15

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