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Court Dropkicks Trump Twitter LOLsuit For THAT’S NOT HOW ANY OF THIS WORKS

Go away, you troll!

The Only Thing Better Than A 180 On The LSAT Is A 187

Tucker Carlson was last seen sobbing uncontrollably after discovering a proxy he used to justify racial prejudice toward a SCOTUS candidate may be on the chopping block.

Law Firms Put A Lot Of Eggs In One Basket… And That Basket Is Looking Iffy

Thomson Reuters unveiled the Q1 Law Firm Financial Index and there are some potentially problematic findings.

A Different Take On Overruling Roe

Why were the conservatives deploring the leak, instead of celebrating the demise of Roe?

Law Revue Video Contest 2022: The Winner!

Congratulations to our most deserving winner!

Labor Department To Reiterate Its Feelings About Bitcoin In 401(k)s To Fidelity, Presumably Speaking Slowly And Deliberately As If To A Child

You know, just to make sure the brokerage giant really hears it this time.

Morning Docket: 05.09.22

No more Logic Games!

* Goodbye: ABA recommends dropping the LSAT as an admissions requirement. But how will we know who is the next Learned Hand? [NYT]

* Who cares about the 1st when you have a gun? Trump asked if it was okay to “Just shoot protestors” he didn’t like while he was in office. [NPR]

* Law school speed run sub 20: South Texas College of Law has just minted its youngest JD. Maybe they finally have the time to watch a few Elden Ring playthroughs. [KHOU]

* About 60% of Americans think that abortion should be legal federally. That’s larger than the percentage of people that approve of the SCOTUS. I wonder if they are related concepts? [The Hill]

* Senate will vote on if Roe ought be codified into law on Wednesday. Time to see where our leader’s allegiances lie. [Reuters]

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.  He endured 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.

Dropping The Whole ‘Church And State’ Pretense — See Also

State Legislatures Aren’t Even Trying Anymore: Post-Dobbs draft, states are just going ahead and inserting religion into legislation.

Staff Bonuses?: Paralegal accused of embezzling over $600K. Am I the only one who read this story and wondered how no one caught this sooner?

Not Exactly One Of Those MagicEye Pictures: Firms making comparatively good diversity efforts can show us just how far we still have to go as a profession.

Bunker Mentality: Everyone’s closing in on Texas AG Ken Paxton and he’s ready to melodramatically grandstand to the bitter end.

MO and LA Attorneys General Sue Anthony Fauci And Joe Biden For Censoring Them On Twitter

In 2020, obviously.

The Smallest In Biglaw

This is what we call small but mighty.

Frankfurt Police Making The Rounds Of All The Banks

It’s nice that they’re all so close together, and maybe also committing the same crimes.

Lawyers Can Be Sadistic Sometimes, Often To A Client’s Detriment

Most lawyers are regular people. ... Most.

First Impressions Matter

Client experiences can be contingent on whether a human is available to speak to callers.

Roe Could Soon Fall, And Jill Stein’s Supporters Made It Possible

Stop making excuses, and start making amends.

Biglaw Associates Threatening To Leave Their Firms If They Have To Return To The Office

They have no desire to do work at their firms after working remotely for so long.