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Make Your Predictions: 2021 Bonus Season Awaits

Share your thoughts in our annual bonus season survey.

More Biglaw Firms Set To Fully Reopen Their Offices In January 2022

The new year is looking like it's going to be full of newly repopulated law firm offices.

From Erie With Love

An annual tradition at NYU Law soars to new heights.

Don’t Let Rumors Guide Your Lateral Job Search

As you surely know by now, the lateral market has been exceptionally hot in 2021. But one side effect of the rapidly shifting market has been a cascade of misleading rumors.

Law Firms Should Be More Open To Office Closures In The Post-Pandemic World

The collective experience of the legal industry since the pandemic shows how foolish it is to keep offices open when the safety of employees is at stake.

WeWork’s Dream Of Going Public Is About To Come True

All it took was changing everything about itself, an 80% valuation haircut, and Shaq.

The Law Firms Where Associate Compensation Went Up, Up, Up In 2021

Where does your firm stand when it comes to salary increases? Get all the latest updates here.

LAPD Sees Your Reform Efforts, Raises You $20 Million In Bullets, Snacks, And Surveillance

The Los Angeles Police Department is reform-resistant. This isn’t the same as reform-proof, but more separates “resistant” from “proof” in this case than the misleading labels promising varying degrees of water resistance placed on watches and cellphones. The LAPD has endured decades of bad press with barely an uptick in performance or community orientation. The LAPD is best […]

Morning Docket: 10.22.21

* Moot Court Prof thinks she was terminated after she made comments about job insecurity. Sometimes professors give employment law hypos; sometimes they become them. [ABA Journal]

* New L.A. law bans homeless encampments in over 50 different places. Where are they supposed to go? [Los Angeles Times]

* Protest against SB8 numbering thousands takes place in downtown Los Angeles. Good to know that the Lone Star state is getting external support. [Daily Sundial]

* Some law firms are choosing real property over virtual workspaces. I guess it is harder to host team-building pizza parties over Zoom. [Law.com]

* CDC okays booster shots for the big 3 COVID vaccines. Can I mix and match? I’m in the mood for a Pfizer x JJ Arnold Palmer. [Law360]

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.

WTF, Yale? — See Also

Another Day, Another Scandal At Yale: The way the law school’s latest FedSoc controversy has been covered is enough to make you curse.

Should This Suspended Biglaw Associate Be Labeled A Terrorist? Absolutely not, says his former law professor.

The Lateral Market Is Hot Like Fire: So hot, in fact, that this Biglaw chairman’s never seen anything like it.

Strange Ruling In Nunes Case Makes For Even Stranger Media Bedfellows: When an appellate court’s legal interpretation is this hot of a mess, you’ll team up with any publication to fight it.

Sorry, AI, But There’s No Esq. After Your Name: Our supposed robot overlords are not allowed to practice law just yet — at least not in Florida.

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The Stark Employment Difference For Black And White Law School Graduates

The industry has to do better.

CMS Chief At HLTH: We Need To Stop Taking It For Granted That People Know They Are Eligible For Coverage

There are about 17 million people eligible for coverage through Medicaid or the Affordable Care Act marketplaces, and one of CMS' priorities is to make them aware of their insurance options, Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure said at this year's HLTH conference.

Is Judicial Feedback A No-No?

The California Supreme Court Commission on Judicial Ethics has published for comment a draft opinion on whether critiquing an attorney’s performance in trial violates various judicial canons of ethics.

Nomination Deadline Nears For Litera’s Changing Lawyer Awards; Will Include First ‘WFH Creative Award’

The awards recognize individuals, firms, and companies in the legal industry for their role in both embracing and driving change through new technology, service models, or behavior.