Host of Above the Law - Thinking Like a Lawyer
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, 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].
Elon's got some thoughts on the judicial system.
Get it? Combining two of the stories into one relevant title?
'Hey, please don't open this' is not a policy.
Also... Matt Gaetz as Attorney General is something we have to contemplate?
That Governing Document Can't Stop Me Because I Can't Read!
Also, Tiffany may be number 1 in his heart (she's not), but she's also not number 1 in her class.
The republican party of the 1990s must be turning over in its grave because the modern GOP is arguing teen pregnancy is a good thing. Equity partnership in Biglaw is a financial windfall, unless you’re...
From young attorneys to the Chief Justice, a lot of lawyers are dropping the ball.
The majority of the Supreme Court keeps diluting bribery laws and Eric Adams had best hope they aren't done yet.
This week’s episode of Thinking Like A Lawyer is all about the wild decisions made by federal judges. First up is a Trump judge doing Trump judge things — but don’t tell him that....
Just because you can make an argument, doesn't mean you should.
Milbank is leading the associate compensation charge — again — with summer bonuses. The associate there must be thrilled… Unlike DLA Piper’s associates. That firm changed course on office attendance and it’s going...
Talking Supreme Court term limits (they're good!), bar exams (they're bad!), and a law professor's conception of free speech (it's ugly!).
Catching up on the week that was.
J.D. Vance brought Yale Law back into the spotlight.
Textualism and Originalism evaporate in face of partisan objectives.
Also, the Supreme Court's really sticking it to the Fifth Circuit.
We talk about finding the right law school for you, and wonder how deep the SCOTUS drama goes.
Except ATM machines have limits.
The Trump conviction excuse tour is not going well for his attorneys.
Trump's attorneys seems as asleep at the switch as their client.
The New York courtroom where Donald Trump is on trial is apparently unpleasant. Is that the former president’s doing? The world may never know. Also, the fact that the racists are coming...
Let's see if it pays off as well as a billionaire covering up an affair.
From Elon Musk's deposition to law school protests, a lot of folks forgot to look up the actual law this week.
Haphazard ranking serves as a reminder that service hasn't quite found the right formula after law schools started withdrawing their data.
Conservative justices can't stop telling on themselves when it comes to forum shopping.
Parental leave and a bumbling Supreme Court highlight the week.
What is it they say about just a spoonful of sugar?
This week's podcast!
Even-keeled professionalism may pay off over time, but being a mercurial lunatic always pays off now.
'The only rules are there are no rules' apparently doesn't fly in Judge Kaplan's courtroom.
Who needs a judge's approval to start ranting in court? Every other person ever, you say?
Maybe GPT-5 will want a free RV?
There's never a good look for layoffs but there are definitely bad ones.
Payable sometime in 2024... of course.
Elon Musk files a facially ludicrous lawsuit and Trump argues that sexual assault doesn't count on airplanes.
We discuss Trump's failed motion, DeSantis racking up bills, and Biglaw whiners.
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