Chris Williams

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. Before that, he wrote columns for an online magazine named The Muse Collaborative under the pen name Knehmo. He endured the great state of Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who cannot swim, interested in 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.

Posts by Chris Williams

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Trump Thinks Reporting The Truth Is A Punishable Offense — See Also

Accurate News Coverage Of Unilateral Iran Strike Angers Trump: He wants the Press to apologize. First Amendment, who?

So Long And Thanks For All The National Injunctions: Major blow to meaningfully stopping Trump from doing whatever he wants.

Do Women Wearing Pants Offend Your Religious Sensibilities?: This SCOTUS decision gives you permission to opt your kids out of class.

A Huge Merger Is On The Way!: McDermott Will & Emery and Schulte Roth & Zabel poised to sign merger agreement by July 1st!

Department Of Justice Investigates University of California For Racial Discrimination: The state hasn't had legally permissible affirmative action polices since 1996.

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Mind Your Gum, Please — See Also

Federal Judge Takes Court Room Littering Seriously: Bet they won't treat the table underside as a gum receptacle again.

Make Work-Life Balance A Little Easier!: Vault ran the numbers to see which firms are your best bet.

Much Ado About Two Days: Trump administration sues District of Maryland for not letting it disappear people immediately.

Sullivan & Cromwell Is Publicly Cozying Up With The President's People: Not a good look for the firm.

Remember The Fish Tank In The Yale Law Library?: It will soon be a memory come July 1st.

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Alito Doesn’t Think Trans Children Deserve The Strict Scrutiny Standard — See Also

The Majority Of The Supreme Court Gave The Okay To Discriminate Against Trans Children: That said, Alito's concurrence really goes the extra mile.

Want To Know The Best Law School Ranking?: Ours! Read ATL's Top 50 Law School Ranking fresh off the presses.

Vault Scored Law Firms By Prestige: The ranking seems unmarred by the major prestige hit the Cowering Nine suffered.

Paul Weiss Is A Poacher's Paradise!: Even more partners are leaving the firm for Dunn Isaacson Rhee.

Bad Luck For Willkie Farr: The firm just lost 13 attorneys to Cooley over kneeling to Trump.

Enjoy Your "National Security Risk"!: Trump plans to extend the window before the TikTok ban goes into effect. Again.

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Time To Step Up Those Proposals — See Also

Your Firm Needs To Step Up Their Pitches: Less time assembling proposals, more time improving how you propose.

Bribery?! In This Economy?!: American bribery gets a blessing. Bribing to another nation's benefit? Not so much.

NYC Comptrollers Gets Arrested For Asking ICE Agent For Judicial Warrant: Since when is asking procedural questions a criminal offense?

Does Your Firm Recognize Juneteenth?: Let's enjoy the holiday before Trump cancels it for being too woke.

Will The TikTok Ban Be Deferred Again?: It can't be that much of a security risk after being available for six months!

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Can The Damage Control At Least Be Realistic? — See Also

Paul Weiss Says Everything Is Okay: If you squint past the horrible PR and the firm hemorrhaging partners, it's a plausible narrative!

Threatening Like A Lawyer: Merely wishing great harm occasions your enemies still sounds like a threat!

Michael Avenatti Gets His Sentence Reduced: Takes some good lawyering to do that I tell you what.

The ABA Sues Trump Over Arbitrarily Retaliating Against Lawyers: They must have found a backbone!

No Calling Off For Protests!: Biglaw firms in Downtown LA roll out remote work to prevent protests from reducing billables.