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.

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The NRA Sees A Lot Of Targets — See Also

Stop Hitting Your (Former) Self: The NRA will be suing the 1791 Foundation in three courts!

John Roberts Is Not As Clever As He Thinks He Is: Releasing two contradictory opinions at the same time is what happens when hubris meets madness meets being a shameless hack.

SCOTUS Justices Take Shots At A Free Press: Guess who? Hint -- it isn't Sotomayor or Jackson.

An Ounce Of Prevention...: The NY Bar calls for clearer emergency protocol.

Hope You're Ready For The PACER Shakedown: Your favorite court records site is bumping up the costs.

Legal AI Is Getting Better: Unfortunately, the progress is a little difficult to put into words.

Bringing Out The A-Team!: These firms are at the top of client service.

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No Points For Held Tongues — See Also

Alito Whines He Could Have Said More In Disagreement With Sotomayor: Reserve what you should have argued for the shower, bub.

Who Needs Milbank When You Have Groombridge?!: The boutique firm is compensating their associates handsomely!

Sen. Whitehouse Still Waiting On Blanche's Explanation: We'd all like to hear the deets of Ghislaine Maxwell's prison transfer, actually.

This Law Review Article Is A Joke: If it hits its mark, you may find more humor in your job.

Responsible AI Use Cases: They exist! Read this and make the most of them.

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Arrests And AI — See Also

FBI Arrests Eric Adams's Former Chief Of Staff: Frank Carone arrested on federal bribery charges.

Computer For Counsel?: Perplexity has a fix for the administrative grunt work you didn't go to law school to do.

Winston Taylor: New (merged) firm, fewer Texas partners.

Welcome To Miami: Retired Biglaw partner helped bring the World Cup to the city.

Mind Your Taxes, Mencia: Failure to file is no laughing matter.

On This Week Of Thinking Like A Lawyer: The Supreme Court passes up on McBryde, AI resume gender discrepancies, and pool management.

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Boutique Firm Pays More Than Where They Broke Off From — See Also

Dunn Isaacson Rhee Matches Milbank: Paul, Weiss needs to take notes!

Glenn Agre Bergman & Fuentes Pays Out The Big Bucks: Boutiques are sharing the wealth!

The Axinn Scale?: This boutique firm has been paying above the new Milbank rates since 2025!

What Reuters, CBS And NPR Get Wrong About Pauline Newman's Case: This is about due process, not her age.

Nothing Says ANTIFA Like Poor Pool Management: Everyone knows you can just remove paint with a knife. Right? That's how it works, right?

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The Other Side Of The Partner Pay Gap — See Also

Mid-Year Check Ins Are Coming: Time for some partners to double down or expect a pay cut.

Mistaken AI Stenographer Almost Got A Suspect An Attorney: He came close to invoking the right to an attorney, yet landed so far.

Attorney Turns In License After AI Errors: Kind of impressive how little he seemed to care about it all.

Quinn Emmanuel Puts Their Money Where Their Pro-Bono Is: Up to 200 hours of pro bono work will count toward associates’ bonus hour totals!

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Happy Juneteenth! — See Also

Is Your Firm Observing The Holiday?: Be sure to let us know!

Trump Nominates His Own Lawyer To Be A Top Federal Prosecutor: The Sullivan & Cromwell partner's cozying up with Trump is paying off.

SCOTUS Term Limit Discourse Goes Mainstream?: Progressives favor limiting terms a lot more now than they did a decade ago. Wonder why?

Clerkship Stacking Has Become The New Meta: Why? One component rhymes with Slerkship Sonuses.

Listen To This Hearing Advice: Preparation is the key to getting the ruling you want.

Reputation Matters: There are ways to get ahead of bad reviews from disgruntled clients.

Arbitration Isn't Always The Cheaper Option: Small businesses may actually prefer to litigate.

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More Raises! — See Also

Warren LLP Matches The Milbank Salary Scale: The firm is rewarding their associates handsomely!

Yetter Coleman Milbank Matches And Is Looking For Clerks: The judicial clerkship bonus is up to $145,000!

Using AI To Work On Your Biglaw Resume?: LLM black boxes may spit out different resumes because of your sex.

Commuting Because Of Cyber Criminals: Lewis Brisbois calls remote and hybrid associates back in the office following a cyberattack.

Quickly Dwindling Time: Diddy is on track to be released earlier than usual.

They're Still Pressing The Need For That Ballroom: It’s the only thing that could prevent the kind of attacks they already prevented!

On This Week Of Thinking Like A Lawyer: We discuss our customizable law school rankings and what counts as a judicial "apology."