Morning Docket: 03.03.22

* Share the road, or else! Jersey law is a win for cyclists and pedestrians. [North Jersey] * Rhode Island’s Supreme Court just overturned a law that considered those serving lifetime sentences civilly dead. [AP] * Allow me to shamelessly advertise: Elie Mystal’s new book just dropped — buy it to impress your friends and lovers. May have to settle for the audiobook for a bit though. [Above the Law] * Put your money where your school is: Florida mayor commits $5M to soon-to-be law school. [ABA Journal] * Stop cutting me off! Churches are recharacterizing their charitable efforts as free speech to work around governments preventing them from helping the homeless. [Vice]

Woman Cyclist* Share the road, or else! Jersey law is a win for cyclists and pedestrians. [North Jersey]

* Rhode Island’s Supreme Court just overturned a law that considered those serving lifetime sentences civilly dead. [AP]

* Allow me to shamelessly advertise: Elie Mystal’s new book just dropped — buy it to impress your friends and lovers. May have to settle for the audiobook for a bit though. [Above the Law]

* Put your money where your school is: Florida mayor commits $5M to soon-to-be law school. [ABA Journal]

* Stop cutting me off! Churches are recharacterizing their charitable efforts as free speech to work around governments preventing them from helping the homeless. [Vice]

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 cwilliams@abovethelaw.com and by tweet at @WritesForRent.