Notre Dame Embraces Harvey AI Norma Harris, LawFuel contributor Notre Dame Law claims bragging rights as the inaugural law school to integrate Harvey AI into their curriculum—while Stanford, NYU, Michigan, UCLA, and Texas quietly passed pilot phase. Students get to craft prompts, faculty get gen-AI lesson plans, and the industry… well, is still trying to […]
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Law School Ranking Debate Do law school rankings still matter in 2025? Ask a dean, and you’ll hear the usual spin about prestige. Ask a student drowning in debt, and you’ll get the truth: they can be like a rigged casino designed to keep U.S. News in business while turning students into debt-slaves dressed in
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Above the Law reports that LSAC—administrator of the LSAT and the centralized application platform—is being sued for allegedly running an anticompetitive, “pay-to-play” operation that generates tens of millions annually from applicants. Plaintiffs claim LSAC’s arrangements with member law schools suppress competing platforms and keep prices high. The Lawsuit & Where It Was Filed According to
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LawFuel Power Brief: Pond Lehocky Giordano LLP Image credits: AI-generated by Gemini The legal profession’s highest aspirations have long been narrowly defined by the gleaming towers of BigLaw, where a partner track in M&A or private equity is seen as the ultimate goal. The traditional path has been clear for ambitious law students and junior
LawFuel Power Brief: Sanchez Garrison & Associates LLC, Baltimore MD Image generated by Gemini The economic cycle turns with an indifference that can be brutal to the unprepared. While private equity attorneys might still be riding a wave of cautious optimism, the early warning signs of a tightening market are impossible for the rest of
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More Big Law associates and partners are choosing to leave than ever before—citing burnout, lack of advancement and remote-era disconnection sparking a seismic exodus toward in-house, startups and boutique law career paths.
The Big Law conveyor belt, once seen as the golden escalator to prestige and partnership, is creaking under the weight of its own expectations.
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The Golden Handcuffs Paradox: When Partnership Dreams Become Nightmare Reality Here’s a subversive thought that’s been bubbling up in law firm corridors and anonymous message boards: what if the brass ring we’re all reaching for is actually fool’s gold? A recent Fishbowl discussion has lawyers questioning whether the partnership track is really the yellow brick
How Top Law Firms Really Choose Their Graduates (And What They’re Paying for Them) Top law firms are shifting away from traditional grades-focused hiring. Instead, they’re quietly testing soft skills—like how grads treat receptionists and whether they can hold a decent conversation at a cocktail event. EQ is the new IQ in legal hiring. Every
Artificial intelligence may be rewriting the rulebook for lawyering—but it’s not rewriting what makes a lawyer indispensable. So says Kate Barton, global CEO of Dentons and leader of the world’s largest law firm, in a compelling Fortune piece that urges lawyers to double down not on data—but on emotional intelligence (EQ). Forget chatbots and contract
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A Snapshot of the UK Legal Market – What Young Lawyers Need to Know John Bowie, LawFuel Publisher For younger lawyers in the UK—or those from fellow common law jurisdictions like Australia and New Zealand eyeing the British legal market—the current landscape is a mix of opportunity, upheaval, and old-school prestige still clinging on for
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