Government lawyer purge creates chaos-----Trump administration <a href="https://abovethelaw.com/2025/01/trumps-b-s-efficiency-efforts-take-jobs-from-real-j-d-s/">slashes jobs for young lawyers</a> months before they officially start sparking a scramble for jobs. The Justice Department followed up that news by terminating career DOJ lawyers for the sin of having worked on Trump's criminal cases. One Biglaw firm informs its associates that they're <a href="https://abovethelaw.com/2025/01/biglaw-associates-find-their-bonuses-cut-by-25-because-they-didnt-go-to-the-office-enough/">not getting their full bonuses based on office attendance</a>. While we're at it... should lawyers rely on law firm bonuses anyway? And a <a href="https://abovethelaw.com/2025/01/tenured-law-professor-allegedly-removed-from-class-over-political-comments/">professor gets disciplined for political comments</a> raising the debate: what exactly constitutes a violation of academic freedom?

400th Episode Spectacular

Thinking Like A Lawyer is a podcast featuring Above the Law's Joe Patrice, Kathryn Rubino, and Chris Williams. Each episode, the hosts will take a topic experienced and enjoyed by regular people, and shine it through the prism of a legal framework. This will either reveal an awesome rainbow of thought, or a disorienting kaleidoscope of issues. Either way, it should be fun.