Above the Law

The Supreme Court Fix We So Desperately Need

Maybe the answer to the counter-majoritarian difficulty was branding all along?

If Biglaw Firms Want Lawyers Back In The Office, They Better Make It Worth Their While

How can law firm leaders make the office a 'destination' for associates?

Hong Kong Residents Get U.S. Immigration Reprieve

Effective immediately, eligible Hong Kong residents are able to apply for employment authorization for 18 months, through February 5, 2023.

GOP Demands Justice Department Back Off Threat To Protect School Board Members From Violent Mobs

We wish it were a joke.

Lawyer Takes Day Off, Cuts Hair, Marries Princess

Pretty typical associate stuff.

Lawyer Disbarred After Asking Colleague To Lie About Sexual Assault

Not a good look for the profession.

Top 20 Biglaw Firm Encourages Associates To Bill For Diversity Work And Community Service

Plus, it's donating $5 million to public interest fellowships focused on addressing racial, social, and economic justice issues.

3 Questions For A Litigation Finance Chronicler (Part II)

Litigation finance is here to stay and has the potential to be very beneficial for the firms that embrace it in the right situations.

Grief And Loss: Why Pet Bereavement Is Very Real And Should Be Respected In The Workplace

The loss of a pet is one of the most deeply life-altering events, yet seldom acknowledged in the workplace. It's time for that to change.

Tesla Joins Trillion-Dollar Club As Electric Vehicles Advance

Hertz's big order demonstrates Tesla's mainstream appeal.

Temporary Win For Vermont Law School’s Right To Veil

If covering the mural isn't a modification, would painting over the cover of the mural be?

Biglaw’s Throwing Around $500,000 Signing Bonuses In Red Hot Lateral Market

The eye-popping signing bonuses for lateral associates.

Your ‘Liberal’ Law Professors?

We need more conservative law professors. But: What if we already have a lot of them?

Actually, That Information Wasn’t So Much Worthless As Worth $200 Million

The CFTC misspoke initially.

Morning Docket: 10.26.21

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* Some firms are incorporating “virtual internships” into their recruiting process. Interns deserve to do their grunt work under only the best simulated conditions. This better come with a company VR set! [Reuters]

* Oklahoma’s Supreme Court does not give the OK to anti-abortion laws scheduled to go in effect on Monday. [Fox News]

* Justice Sonia Sotomayor describes Court’s refusal to block SB8 as “catastrophic.” How long until people spin her defense of the rule of law as the true partisanship? [The Hill]

* Texas governor bases kids’ ability to play sports in high school strictly on what the first people to view their genitals say. [Texas Tribune]

* Anti-terrorism law used to sentence neo-Nazis heading to a pro-gun rally in Virginia. One of them was a U.S. Vet. Hoorah. [Military Times]

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.