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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Willkie Partners Are Walking Away! — See Also

To Cooley, That Is!: They are leaving in favor of a firm with a backbone.

Skadden De-Fangs Their Distinguished Fellows Program To Keep Trump Happy: How will they reconcile helping the poor and "conservative ideals"?

Back And Worse For You!: The injunction restriction in the "Big Beautiful Bill" is going to chill a lot of litigation if it gets through.

Florida Supreme Court Orders State Bar To Cut Ties With ABA: Who knew supporting the rule of law would be so controversial?

Second Circuit For The Win!: Trump takes another loss in the E. Jean Carroll department.

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Sitting U.S. Senators Aren’t Safe From Arrest — See Also

Senator Padilla Arrested For Doing His Job: "Agents" tried to stop recordings of the arrest, citing "FBI rights."

California Widens Door On Who Can Practice Law: Just get rid of the bar at this point.

Former Judges Call Out State Bar For Being Cowards: Wisconsin isn't known for its backbone.

Talking About The Environment Hurt The Governor's Feelings: Law school bans clinic for the dumbest reason you've ever read.

Cyber Scams Are Alive And Well At Latham: Mind your e-mails!

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So Long And Thanks For All The DEI — See Also

Kirkland Boots Their DEI Staff: Surprise surprise, everyone.

If It Looks Like An Arrest And Smells Like An Arrest: Call it something else! Then the Marines can do whatever they want!

Elon Musk Still Blames Collusion For Advertisers Wanting Nothing To Do With Twitter: Who wouldn't want their advertisement being ran next to footage of a sieg-heiling CEO?!

Mikie Sherrill Wins NJ Democratic Primary For Governor: Congratulations to the Georgetown Law grad!

This Week On Thinking Like A Lawyer: Dunn Isaacson Rhee are farming Paul Weiss for talent and the Harvard Law Review snitch is working with Stephen Miller.

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Hey, Third Amendment! Are You Ready For The Spotlight?! — See Also

How Much Longer Will The National Guard Sleep On The Floor?: And will hotels have to rely on the Third Amendment?

Business Insider Draws Attention On Bob Giuffra: We know the pro bono payola was bad business, but was it an ethical misstep to boot?

Scary Time To Be Innocent In Public: ICE crackdowns are stressing out citizens too.

Brad Bondi Broadcasted His Bruised Ego On LinkedIn: "Was this 9:1 loss my fault? No, it must be the voters that are wrong!"

A Picture Perfect Lawsuit: Getty's IP suit against AI company could change how both companies operate.

A Change Of Scenery. A Change In Talent: Axinn's new Rockefeller office should attract some talented attorneys!

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Another One Bites The Salaried Partner Tier — See Also

Times Are Changing At Debevoise: If there's a partner on your case, make sure to clarify which kind they are.

Paul Weiss Is Bleeding Talent Over Kneeling To Trump: Dunn Isaacson Rhee is making the most of it!

Low Approval Runs In The Family: Brad Bondi loses D.C. race by an order of magnitude.

Pete Hegseth Targets RBG And Thurgood Marshall's Legacies: File this in "Not Surprising But Still Newsworthy".

Law Review Grapples With Future Of AI-Influenced Legal Scholarship: The good news is that writing will still suck enough for it to net you prestige.

Harvard Receives Overwhelming Support As It Sues For Federal Funding: Cornell and Columbia were not among the ranks.


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We’re In The Folk Music Stage Of The #Resistance — See Also

WilmerHale Got A Musical Shout-Out For The Firm's Hard Work: As did Perkins Coie, Jenner & Block, and Susman Godfrey!

Did A Human CALI The Course?: AI is getting really good at answering law school exams.

Do You Know The Big 10?: These law firms have the biggest head counts!

It's A Description, Not An Insult: Judge allows for "Kafkaesque" conditions of Venezuelan deportees to continue.

Is Your Problem Marketing Or Intake?: Annette Choti clears up the confusion for you.

Morning Docket

Morning Docket 06.06.25

* Spat between America's richest and orangest man makes Steve Bannon talk about nationalizing SpaceX. [Wall Street Journal]

* Lawyers across the pond are getting in trouble for misusing AI in their work product. [Legal Futures]

* Judge threatens to kick Diddy out of the court room if he keeps emoting at the jury. [E Online]

* Open AI's newest model can ace law exams. Not too long before we see the Order of the Coif's first non-human member. [Reuters]

* Guy Fieri's nephew completed law school! Time to celebrate at a diner, drive-in or dive! [AOL]