‘How dare she answer a lawyer’s highest calling!?’
* KBJ now under fire for literally just doing her job as a public defender. How dare she! [NYT]
* Turns out Major League Baseball fumbled by not paying their minor league trainees. In other news, I clearly know about the sports ball. [AP]
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* Reframing biodiversity discussions may play a key role in how litigants represent Nature. [The Guardian]
* Can’t do that! Ag-Gag law ruled unconstitutional. [Des Moines Register]
* Seeing double: Idaho is about to pass their version of the Texas Roe work-around. [Huffington Post]
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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.