12 months in Evaluate
Prime 10 information tales of 2022
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Yearly, we like to have a look again on the information occasions and tales that almost all resonated with our on-line readers. This yr, the monetary state of the authorized trade dominated the checklist, accompanied by disciplinary instances, legislation faculty rankings and the bar examination.
(Jan. 20)
“Milbank introduced Thursday that it’s elevating affiliate pay by $10,000 to $20,000, relying on class yr, a transfer that cracks the size set simply final yr.”
(March 28)
“Yale Regulation College saved its No. 1 spot on the 2023 U.S. Information & World Report rankings, which had been launched Tuesday, and the College of Chicago Regulation College moved up—from No. 4 to No. 3 on the checklist.”
(Feb. 8)
“What helps legislation faculties garner better-than-expected bar passage charges? A excessive rating by U.S. Information & World Report isn’t essentially a part of the system, in response to a brand new examine.”
(Jan. 18)
“A high-profile prison protection lawyer plans to file an ethics grievance towards a Chicago decide who disparaged her final week throughout a livestreamed video.”
(April 26)
“A persistent legislation graduate who handed the bar examination practically 30 years after his 1985 commencement received’t be capable of be a part of the Massachusetts bar on account of a call by the state’s high courtroom.”
(June 7)
“A medical malpractice lawyer who bragged about acquiring a protection verdict, although a person ‘was in all probability negligently killed,’ didn’t know that his remarks to colleagues could be recorded.”
(Jan. 11)
“Regulation corporations ‘are spending enormous quantities of cash and placing their income at growing danger’ as they battle to carry on to their associates.”
(March 1)
“All eyes had been on Cravath, Swaine & Moore after Davis Polk & Wardwell introduced affiliate raises final week that set a brand new, greater normal.”
(Dec. 14)
“On Tuesday, the ABA posted discover that the Ave Maria College of Regulation, the College of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke College of Regulation and Vermont Regulation College are out of compliance with Customary 316, which requires a bar passage charge of a minimum of 75% inside a two-year time interval.”
(April 21)
“The U.S. Supreme Court docket dominated 8-1 Thursday that the USA doesn’t violate the equal safety clause by denying incapacity advantages to residents of Puerto Rico.”
