Legal Exchange: Insights & Commentary

Read the Top 5 Exclusive Jurisdiction Columns of 2025

Check out five must-read columns from Bloomberg Law columnist David Lat.

Insights Thought Leaders Shine in These 4 On the Merits Podcasts

In my first full year hosting the On the Merits podcast, I found the best guests were often the thought leaders who generously shared their expertise for our Insights articles. Here are a few highlights from when our writers appeared on air.

Read the Top 5 Insights for Early Career Lawyers

Check out Bloomberg Law’s roundup of the top Insights for lawyers who are early in their careers.

Here Are the Top 5 Insights to Optimize Legal Ops in 2026

In-house legal operations teams saw another year of big changes as leaders sought buy-in on artificial intelligence tools in the board room and in the rank-and-file. Some of our top Insights this year reveal how to identify and move beyond AI implementation obstacles—and explore next-level uses for AI and legal ops teams.

Read 5 Top 2025 Insights on AI’s Thumbprint in the Law

Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing the landscape for a diverse range of industries, especially for the practice of law. These pieces provide an overview of the current state and future trends in the AI, legal, and technology space.

Professional Perspectives give authors space to provide context about an area of law or take an in-depth look at a topic that could benefit their practice.

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ABA Accreditation Protects Law Students, Leaves Politics Aside

Debates over the value of a single national law school accreditor, and whether the ABA council should serve in this role, have cropped up at both the state and national level this year. What these debates often miss is the value of the council’s work to students, law schools, law firms, and the legal profession.

Everyone Hates Early Law School Recruiting, But Everyone Does It

It’s become common now for firms to recruit elite law students even before the end of their first semester of their first year of law school, something that would have been unheard of before the pandemic. It’s a trend that hurts everyone involved, according to the guests on today’s episode of our podcast, On The Merits: columnist David Lat and Nikia Gray, the head of the National Association for Law Placement.