Above the Law

Interim Counsel Placements: A Cost-Effective, Flexible Solution

If you lead an in-house legal department, you know that some periods are busier than others and your needs for certain types of expertise will vary over time. Interim-counsels can be a cost-effective, flexible option.

Biglaw Firm Raises Salaries For The THIRD Time This Year… Still Doesn’t Hit The Market Standard

At least they tried.

Mandatory Retirement Policy Sends Skadden’s First Female M&A Partner To Mayer Brown

The thorny question of mandatory retirement policies.

Real Property: El Toro’s Michelle Browning Coughlin

Go behind the videoconference with the advertising technology GC, children's book author, and ATL contributor.

Bonzo Goes To Budapest

Tucker Carlson’s fascism is now beyond deniability.

The Am Law A-List: Ranking The Most Elite Law Firms In America (2021)

Your firm may be elite, but is it among the best of the best? Find out here.

Man Who Sued Apple For Failing To Save Him From Porn Now Suing US Attorney General To Strike Down Section 230

Sounds about right.

Gary Gensler Guesses He Has To Do Everything Around Here

Thanks for nothing, Congress.

Morning Docket: 08.06.21

* Boogeyman of “CRT” being used to devalue disparate impact claims. If only there were some legal discipline that looked at how race impacts the legal system. [ABA Journal]

* Firms like Cravath and Paul Weiss are enacting COVID-sensitive return policies. Maybe old dogs can learn new tricks. [Reuters]

* Protestor arrested while protecting her people’s land and burial site given trial date. [Arizona Public Media]

* Four for life: Biden nominates four new judges for the federal bench. [White House]

* Don’t you know that he’s toxic? Brittney’s lawyer wants her father ousted. [NBC News]

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].

The Problems With Law Profs — See Also

NYU Law Prof Caught Up In Cuomo Mess: Not a great look generally, but even more so for an ethics professor.

Law Prof Suing Over Vaccine Mandate: Truly, this is the dumbest timeline.

Bonuses For Counsel: At Troutman Pepper.

Raises Ahoy! At boutique law firm.

You Get This Round: How do you decide?

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Oof, The Gap Between Earnings And Student Debt At This Law School Is Alarming

With earnings like these, servicing your loans can be a real challenge.

Woman-Led Remote Litigation Startup Raises $1 Million Seed Round

Founded by Seattle trial lawyer Alisa Brodkowitz, the startup is developing an end-to-end platform for remote testimony, mediations and legal proceedings. The company describes its mission as 'to facilitate online justice.'

Examining The Bar Exam, Again

There's not much, if any, disagreement (except from the National Conference of Bar Examiners) that the current bar exam format sucks. 

ABA Survey: Lawyers Are Stressed Out

The survey results indicated that despite the high stress levels, many law firms fail to provide adequate mental health support for their employees.