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U.S. law firms are increasingly prioritizing experience over entry-level hiring, with lateral associates outpacing law school graduates in 2025, according to a new Firm Prospects report. The study found that the overall associate hiring was down 5% from 2024, with firms making 24,441 associate hires last year. Of those hires, just 38% were law graduates coming straight out of school — down from 46% in both of the previous two years. Lateral associates comprised 49% of 2025’s hires — up from 43% in 2024 and 42% in 2023.
Karen Sloan has more on the hiring shift here. |
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Followup: Yesterday I flagged a slew of redistricting cases in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s April decision gutting the Voting Rights Act, including a district court ruling blocking Alabama’s new electoral map. The state has appealed that decision to the Supreme Court. Read more about it here. |
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SCOTUS: The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to issue rulings in pending, argued cases.
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Civil rights: The 2nd Circuit will hear arguments over whether a former Thompson Hine partner’s sex bias lawsuit should remain in federal court or be sent to arbitration. The lower court allowed several claims to stay in federal court.
- Government: A hearing is scheduled before U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman in Manhattan in Maurene Comey's lawsuit against the Trump administration over her firing from the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's office.
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Immigration: U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss in D.C. will hold a motion hearing in a FOIA lawsuit filed by American Oversight against ICE seeking documents regarding immigration enforcement priorities and policy changes. Read the complaint.
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Investor class action: U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes in D.C. will hold a motion hearing in an investor class action accusing Steve Bannon, Boris Epshteyn and others of selling unregistered cryptocurrency to thousands of people while concealing facts about the conservative-coded digital token’s risks and governance. Read the complaint.
- Environment: U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy in Boston will hold a status conference after he in January allowed Vineyard Wind to resume work on its Massachusetts offshore wind project, which the Trump administration halted along with four other projects due to national security concerns.
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Court calendars are subject to last-minute docket changes. |
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- Private law firms in recent months have been picking up some of the high-ranking attorneys who have left the DOJ's antitrust division this year, as the Trump administration wrestles with how it policies anti-competitive conduct. Read more here.
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President Trump said he is nominating an Ohio state appeals court judge recommended by Vice President Vance to serve as a federal district court judge in the state.
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