Above the Law

This Brand New Firm Hasn’t Even Reached Its One-Year Birthday And It’s Offering Cravath Bonuses To Associates

Small firm, big bonuses. Congratulations!

Kirkland Shortens Partnership Track… Will Anyone Else Follow?

Nine years for equity partnership at this Biglaw behemoth.

How You Can Banish Billing Dread And Speed Up Client Payments

With MyCase, the tools to conquer all of your billing hurdles are right where you manage matters — at no extra cost. Here’s how this solution can bolster your business.

Ninth Circuit Judge Has Had It With Trump Judge’s Insulting Dissents

Don't worry, there's only several more decades of this to come.

$4.3M In Grants To 36 Legal Services Programs Underscore Role Of Tech In Driving Access To Justice

Woefully little gets spent on technology designed to enhance access to justice for low-income Americans. That makes the Technology Initiative Grants awarded annually by the Legal Services Corporation all the more significant.

Hertz Now The Only Thing Willing To Buy Hertz Shares

Turns out when you’re not calling yourself worthless, no one else is interested.

Matterly: Bring The Power Of Salesforce CRM To The Practice Of Law

With Matterly in your arsenal, you can finally capitalize on the power of Salesforce in a way that works with the day-to-day practice of law.

Biglaw Firm Called Out For ‘Calculated Sabotage’ In Epic Benchslap

This is an order you really must read.

Morning Docket: 12.02.21

* The first action under Tennessee’s anti-CRT law is accusing MLK of being un-American. Who would have dreamed of this? [Insider]

* A clean conscience: Law that protects donors from civil and criminal liability finds it easier to donate female sanitary products. [AP News]

* Yale student who claims they were blackballed ends up getting the prestigious scholarship anyway. [Yale Daily News]

* For a lot of people, the current push against abortion rights doesn’t make sense. Here’s a look for how forcing birth will impact Mississippians trying to make cents. [NYT]

* A thinner blue line: A new North Carolina law makes it so that police have to report their co-workers within 3 days if they see them using excessive force. Sounds like this should have been a duh rule, but I’m glad it’s a law now. [WITN]

Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s. Before that, he wrote columns for an online magazine named The Muse Collaborative under the pen name Knehmo. He endured the great state of Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who cannot swim, a published author on critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at [email protected] and by tweet at @WritesForRent.

Will Bonuses Follow The Piper? — See Also

Hey, Some Bonuses!: After a long silence, we get some movement from DLA Piper and Cohen Ziffer.

Bigger And Better: Biglaw firms announce merger rumors will come to pass.

Executive Privilegish: Mark Meadows claims he can only talk about Trump in hardcover form.

Issue Spotter: It seems the FedSoc folks missed the point.

2021’s Been Very Good To Biglaw

No wonder bonuses are so generous.

Parents Prevail In ‘Savior Sibling’ IVF Mix-Up Lawsuit

Putting aside the ethical question of conceiving a child specifically designed to save another, count this judgment as a significant win for IVF patients across the world.

My EdUp Legal Podcast Interview: Lawyer Jobs, Law School Debt, And Sweet, Sweet Whale Oil

I’m fairly confident I am not becoming a one-trick pony by pounding the drum so much on law school debt and the avoidance thereof.

It’s Easy To Set Up A Plan That Provides Employees With Tax-Free Income For Student Loan Repayments

Right now, student loan repayment perks are the new hotness when it comes to employee hiring.

Lawyers Can Make Great Clients

Lawyers who are clients are more likely to empathize with lawyers and make a representation flow smoother.