[2] The site has been sourced by GQ, The American Lawyer, Forbes, Washingtonian, and Gawker, among others.

[8] The site began publishing an annual law school ranking in 2013.

[10] As of 2019, Elie Mystal leads the publication, producing regular content along with Staci Zaretsky, Joe Patrice, and Kathryn Rubino, joined by a number of columnists from across the legal landscape.

[2] In 2011, Above the Law was sued for $50 million for an erroneous story about a rape to which one of its articles linked.

[11][12] In 2016, Above the Law received criticism from many publications when its Breaking Media Editor at Large, Elie Mystal, wrote an article[13] suggesting that jury nullification of crimes by blacks against whites could be used by jurors as a form of protest.