• First Thing We Do, Let's Fire All The Lawyers

  • Jan 29 2025
  • Length: 39 mins
  • Podcast

First Thing We Do, Let's Fire All The Lawyers

  • Summary

  • Government lawyer purge creates chaos ----- Trump administration slashes jobs for young lawyers 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 not getting their full bonuses based on office attendance. While we're at it... should lawyers rely on law firm bonuses anyway? And a professor gets disciplined for political comments raising the debate: what exactly constitutes a violation of academic freedom?
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