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Take Care Of Yourself When Running Your Law Firm

Lawyer mental health and wellness is integral to your success.

Lawyers’ Mental Health Suffers When They’re Viewed Only As Billing Machines By Their Firms

How can law firms improve attorney wellness? By valuing associates as more than profit centers.

Turns Out Peter Navarro May Be Ever So Slightly Full Of Sh*t

Gambling at Rick's? Shocked, shocked!

How To Protect Law Clerks From Harassment

The Legal Accountability Project aims to ensure that as many law clerks as possible have positive clerkship experiences, while extending support and resources to those who do not.

Supreme Court Financial Disclosures Reveal You Too Can Vacation In A Justice’s House!

A lot of side hustles in the Supreme Court's gig economy.

Top 50 Biglaw Firm Tells Partners Not To Interrupt Associate Vacations With Work Demands

Do partners at your Biglaw firm respect associates' vacations and time off?

US Copyright Small Claims Court Opens Its Doors Next Week. Two Questions Remain: Will Anyone Use It… And Is It Constitutional?

Probably no to both.

California Market Update: Plentiful Office Openings, Strong Associate Demand

In the midst of the pandemic-fueled narrative about an exodus from California, a funny thing happened: several Biglaw firms took the opportunity to enter the California market for the first time.

Biglaw Partner On The Red Flags Of Toxic Workplaces

Partner track and parenthood are not mutually exclusive.

5 Takeaways From The 2022 Law School Rankings

A deeper look.

Ex-Citadel COVID Scammer’s Lockdown Extended By Four Years

And relocated to bucolic, barbed-wired surroundings.

Morning Docket: 06.10.22

* There may be some turbulence for JetBlue — an antitrust suit was just given the green light. [Reuters]

* Massachusetts just made it easier for immigrants to drive to work. [AP]

* Planning on getting that JD to find Mx. Right? Women share stories of what it’s like dating as a lawyer. At least they try to. There are a lot of men in the comments. [Reddit]

* A congressional candidate from South Carolina is calling for treason executions and imprisoning the parents of LGBTQ children. Gotta love our lax hate speech jurisprudence! [LGBTQ Nation]

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.

Judge Misses The Memo On Juneteenth — See Also

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Judge Woefully Ignorant On The Meaning Of Juneteenth: This is why we need to invest more money in schools.

Biglaw Firm Knows If You’ve Been In The Office Or Not: It’s like Santa Claus but with billable hours instead of magical elves.

Law Firms Phasing Out Remote Positions: You’d best be ready to come into the office.

Big News In The World Of Legal Tech: MyCase gets acquired.

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The Impact — In Dollars — Of A Top Law School On Your In-House Salary

Employers love a prestigious law school.