We’ve made it to the top of the 12 months! And what do we have now to point out for it as a occupation? Our most elite law firms signed deals reasonably than stand up for themselves within the face of unlawful Trump bullying efforts. Others quietly tried to erase their history to keep away from the administration’s ire. However some corporations did battle again and achieved consistent success in court, whereas the dealmakers got heckled and derided by young lawyers. And, as anybody who has ever watched Star Wars is aware of, deals with authoritarians just get worse all the time. The New York Occasions even wrote a function on a certain publication covering this story.
We additionally ran headlong right into a constitutional disaster marked by DOJ lawyers lying to courts — when the DOJ even bothers to field lawyers legally — senior authorities officers declaring “war” on federal judges, and judges being arrested. As right-wing threats against federal judges escalated, the Supreme Court responded with disinterest, preferring to fan the flames with nakedly partisan shadow docket rulings to grease the wheels of Trump’s assault on the structure of government. And, lastly, we have a look at the 12 months of AI in authorized. Hallucinations dominated the dialog — from law firms and judges alike — however this was additionally the 12 months legal tech made huge bets on AI and folk began to understand that the profession can’t avoid the technology. The billable hour could finally be on the decline, however does AI risk making lawyers dumber?
