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The Converge conference was the perfect blend of academia and audaciousness that our audience expects from Above the Law.

* You betta work… on those C&D letters! The viral picture of Cindy Crawford’s “unretouched” midsection is allegedly fake, and a lawyer for the photographer who took the original picture is threatening publishers with legal action if the supposedly doctored photos aren’t taken down immediately. [CBS News]

* You know that law school graduates from the Lost Generation are screwed when the first vignette from an article about the sad state of financial affairs for “recession millennials” is about a 2011 law grad who’s drowning in law school debt. [FiveThirtyEight]

* Folks are going crazy over King v. Burwell, so it’s a great time to run the odds on which justices will give ACA the axe. FYI, Justice Alito is “more likely to be struck by lightning while committing in-person voter fraud” than uphold Obamacare. [ThinkProgress]

* If you’re going to be in Washington, D.C., next weekend, why not stop by the Politics & Prose Bookstore to see David Lat have a chat with Adam Liptak of the New York Times? OMG, you can even get your copy of Supreme Ambitions (affiliate link) signed. [Facebook]

* With oral arguments in the King v. Burwell case slated to be heard on Wednesday, the Supreme Court is going to have a busy week — but most Americans won’t know about it. Below is a new TV ad pushing SCOTUS to allow cameras in the courtroom. [Fix the Court]

http://youtu.be/jA8B80fy0OM

Why do people assume all lawyers are wealthy when some of them are struggling to make ends meet?

Law school is so tough that students have to study all the time -- even when it's embarrassing to be caught doing so.

Basketball game? Can’t, studying — actually… what if you study while “watching” the game? It just might work.

Who designed this supremely awesome Notorious R.B.G. tattoo, and where can you get one just like it?

In this SCOTUS showdown, Justice Ginsburg clearly approves of the right to bare arms.

Could this possibly be my favorite justice’s number-one fan?

"Oooooo I'm bad!" Which law school did this controversial Snapchat come from?

Your law school bans undergrads from sitting in reserved areas for law students, but they keep sitting there anyway. Why can't these dopey Millennials follow the rules?

Who stole your seat this time? Lo and behold, it’s one of those goddamn undergrads.

Be vewwy vewwy quiet… We’re hunting for owiginal intent!

What happens when Supreme Court justices exercise their Second Amendment rights?

Quack, quack, quack!

Thanks for coming to the ATL holiday party! Here's what you missed if you couldn't attend.

If you're doing any of these things, you're doing it wrong.

The fate of the billable hour, how small firms can compete with large ones, the evil of profits per partner, and more.

* Want to see a group of assistant district attorneys from the Bronx throwing up gang signs in their holiday photo? Of course you do! How seriously is the Bronx DA’s office taking the picture even though local defense attorneys are pissed? Not very! [New York Daily News]

* “What he did was out of line, inappropriate, unnecessary, and hurtful.” There’s a scandal brewing over at Mercer Law, where a professor apparently thought it would be prudent to use the “N-word” during his constitutional law class. [Macon Telegraph]

* Gilberto “Cannibal Cop” Valle wants his conviction for illegally accessing NYPD databases to be overturned to improve his chances of getting into law school. He shouldn’t be worried — some schools accept convicted murderers. [New York Post]

* Thelen LLP’s bankruptcy case, first filed way back in 2009, is finally moving towards its conclusion. The last holdout partners who refused to settle must now pay back their monthly draws from the firm’s final year. Too bad, so sad. [National Law Journal]

* Ladies, have a pudding pop: Martin D. Singer of Lavely & Singer, better known these days as Bill Cosby’s lawyer, wants the media to stop publishing “unsubstantiated, fantastical stories” about the comedian’s alleged rape victims. [Chicago Tribune]

* The grand jury in the Michael Brown shooting is still undecided on the case. Perhaps they’ll have a decision before Thanksgiving so everyone in Ferguson can enjoy their turkey in peace (or in protest, depending on how it comes out). [CNN]

What more could you ask for from a small firm aside from the promise of cold drinks?

What more could you ask for from a small firm aside from the promise of cold drinks?