Legal Market Insights
- "American Bar Association files suit to halt government intimidation of lawyers and law firms,” 06.16.25. The American Bar Association issued a press release announcing "a lawsuit against the U.S. government, more than two dozen federal departments and agencies, and the heads of those departments and agencies, asking a federal court to declare unconstitutional the Trump administration’s ongoing unlawful policy of intimidation against lawyers and law firms and to enjoin the government from enforcing the policy."
- "Big Law’s manufactured ’arms race’ for talent recruitment harms us all," 06.18.25. An American University law professor writing at ABA Journal argues that the trend toward early recruiting "harms legal education pedagogy, creates a logistics nightmare for students and educators, imposes psychological harms on students, and frays what should be synergistic relationships between legal education and law practice."
- "Justice Department to Lose 4,500 Staffers to Resignation Offers," 06.16.25. Bloomberg Law reports "The DOJ’s budget request to Congress for next fiscal year proposes eliminating 5,093 positions, which includes 4,500 that are already vacant as a result of the administration’s effort launched under Elon Musk to scale back the federal workforce and spending, according to a summary released by the Justice Management Division’s budget staff."
- "Gen Z Lawyers: Differentiating Yourselves From AI and Your Peers Will Lead to Success," 06.16.25. Writing at Daily Business Review, a managing partner discusses the future of AI and offers "five tips you can follow to add value and differentiate yourselves from AI and your peers."
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"GCs Hunt for New Talent Pools as Supply of Law Firm Associates Wanes," 06.12.25. Corporate Counsel reports on new research from Thomson Reuters and the Association of Corporate Counsel that shows "General counsel, many of whom rely on midlevel associates leaving firms to fill internal roles, are now facing a shrinking talent pool with rising compensation demands."
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"Creating Community For Trans Lawyers In A ’Terrifying Time,’" 06.17.25. At Law360, "Dru Levasseur, founder of the newly formed Trans Legal Professionals Networking Program, discusses the experiences of trans legal professionals today, what they need, and ways the industry can support them.”
