Above The Law

MARCH 3, 2025

What if instead you could get some hands-on lawyering experience and help others along the way? The Public Opinion has coverage: As many as 50 South Dakota law students will be able to bypass the bar exam over the next five years under a set of rules for alternative licensure recently approved by the state Supreme Court.

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Above The Law

APRIL 23, 2025

There was an earlier hiccup when Charlie Adelson decided to revoke his blessing for his mom to use his lawyer. 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.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 29, 2025

Charlie Adelson Earlier this month, Charlie Adelson’s lawyer argued that his client should be resentenced over a counting error. 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.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Much like when people are burdened with unconscionable medical bills over procedures and ambulance rides that can bankrupt them, people also turn to GoFundMe to raise money to pay for a good lawyer. Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Louis School of Law.

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Above The Law

MAY 1, 2025

The only time it is okay for a lawyer to work at a place where they’re regularly told by management that they’re family when they’re there is in-house at Olive Garden. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s. Louis School of Law.

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Above The Law

APRIL 15, 2025

Law360 has coverage: According to the suit, the scholarship program is run by the ABA’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Center and provides students with $15,000 over their three years of law school. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Vance’s book isn’t the only book lawyers with children may recognize on the nix list: “No Truth Without Ruth” by Kathleen Krull (affiliate link) also got tripped up in the censorship. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s.

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Above The Law

MAY 1, 2025

She had a conflict of interest with her son’s lawyer , then a different lawyer conflicted out soon after. ” For what it’s worth, it probably isn’t the best idea to have counsel listen to over 30 wiretapped calls at 4x speed like they’re cramming for a Crim Law final to be trial ready.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

As Elie Mystal mentioned on Thinking Like A Lawyer’s 400th episode , we’re still wading in the wake of what SFFA v. 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.

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Above The Law

APRIL 2, 2025

Dating a lawyer can be rough. Long hours, unnecessary Latin injected into conversations, complaints about the rule of law being in crisis when you really just want to re-watch Chelsea Handler’s “The Feeling” — the list goes on. A lawyer in Illinois committing fraud? Come on, man, Chicago is right there!

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Above The Law

APRIL 9, 2025

Steefel’s lawyer, Ethan Krasnoo, had this to say: “No employees who can fulfill the essential functions of their job should be terminated or find themselves facing discrimination because of a disability…Ms. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

It’s easy to get caught up in the fame and glitz, but on some level this was just a live streamed employee who, knowing that the audience heard about their legal troubles, decided to break the 4th wall and say “Lawyers, can’t live with ’em, can definitely live without em!” Louis School of Law.

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Above The Law

APRIL 17, 2025

(Photo by CHRISTIAN MONTERROSA/AFP via Getty Images) Celebrities — especially rappers — have a special way of showing love to their lawyers after a verdict in their favor. Kodak Black got his lawyer’s name tattooed on his hand. He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St.

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Above The Law

MARCH 6, 2025

Just think about the hesitancy many people felt upon realizing that the lawyers defending Ahmaud Arbery’s killers were really pushing for an all white jury or how worried people have been about flying since “gutting DEI” was quickly followed with planes kissing the ground prematurely: > "No more DEI air traffic controllers!

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

For all the discussion of how generative AI will impact the legal profession, maybe one answer is that it will weed out the lazy and incompetent lawyers. By now, in the wake of several cases in which lawyers have found themselves in hot water by citing hallucinated cases generated by ChatGPT, most notoriously Mata v. XYZ Corporation.

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Above The Law

APRIL 18, 2024

Since then, lawyer getting in trouble has been a consistent theme — Nicole Fegan faced some legal trouble over giving a non-client advice and Fani Willis — the lead prosecutor on the case — has been all over the news. Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021.

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Above The Law

APRIL 29, 2025

Good lawyers leave their mark on legal communities. Dragon Lawyers get asked to stop leaving their mark on each damned page of the complaint. See for yourself: This is awesome – law firm called Dragon Lawyers filed court papers with this watermark on EVERY PAGE until the judge ordered them to stop.

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Above The Law

APRIL 28, 2025

Reuters has coverage: On Monday, with his criminal trial on sex trafficking charges just weeks away, Combs’ lawyers will start their search for jurors who have not yet made up their minds about the artist and entrepreneur once known as “Puff Daddy.” Louis School of Law.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Law360 has coverage: A California state judge said Tuesday that he’s inclined to toss Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter’s extortion claims against personal injury lawyer Tony Buzbee and some, but not all, of the rapper’s defamation allegations stemming from a now-abandoned rape lawsuit. Louis School of Law.

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Above The Law

APRIL 25, 2025

Yesterday, her lawyer argued the claim that used to be taken as a given: Article III judges are pretty damned hard to get rid of without their consent, bad behavior or a death certificate. Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Louis School of Law.

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LegalTalkNetwork

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

From ABA President-Elect Judy Perry Martinez updating us on gun violence, lawyer wellness, and legal education to author Bill Burnett sharing his wisdom on “Designing Your Life” as well as detailed discussions on jury selection, socio-economic bias in the courts, ABA Blueprint, gatherings of federal judges, human trafficking, Tinker v.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The American Bar Association recently penned an open letter condemning the Executive’s preemptive disregard for the judiciary, asking lawyers to defend the rule of law and all they got was completely cutoff from executive agencies. The Association of American Law Schools recently joined the chorus.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Given his billionaire status, Sean Combs was able to retain some of the best lawyers money could buy. One of the high-profile lawyers representing Sean Combs hit a rock representing Diddy; now he wants out. Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Louis School of Law.

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Above The Law

MARCH 25, 2025

Lawyers, law schools and law firms have long been thought of as the people and places that love a good principled argument. Besides those two, most law firms and law schools appear to be biting their tongue to see how things pan out before they make a stand. Louis School of Law.

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Above The Law

MARCH 19, 2025

Finishing law school can be a challenge, but it’s the bumps on the road that really get you. John’s — they are running a peer-to-peer study program that will give you some institutional support with having the study sessions that help you think like a lawyer. Louis School of Law. I love that.

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Above The Law

APRIL 9, 2025

Jay-Z (Photo by Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images) Are you interested in powerful figures getting their comeuppance against hostile lawyers while also needing a break from Trump’s tirade against Biglaw ? But Carter is obviously really mad and determined to use his resources to send a message to lawyers and plaintiffs everywhere.”

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Above The Law

APRIL 24, 2025

(Photo via Getty Images) Before Kendrick Lamar gave everyone what they tuned in for and performed “Not Like Us” on one of the biggest stages on the globe, he performed a skit teasing that playing the song would set Drake’s lawyers in attack mode. Drake and his lawyers don’t think so. Louis School of Law.

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Above The Law

MARCH 27, 2025

2020 was a big year for lawyers and their burgeoning cannabis practices. Between consumer demand and the legal ambiguities of weed being legal in some states while also being a Schedule 1 drug federally, the clear legal ambiguity put dollar signs in many a lawyers eyes. Louis School of Law.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 30, 2025

The mature thing for Walz to do in this situation is to have a couple of lawyers on speed dial in case Musk takes him to court. Tim Walz Over Nazi Salute Accusation [NY Daily News] Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Louis School of Law.

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Above The Law

MAY 9, 2025

A lawyer recently got in trouble for watermarking his briefs with a purple-suited anthropomorphized dragon. Things may have fared better for the Dragon Lawyers if they submitted the complaint to Judge Gary M. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

When Above the Law usually talks about a group of over 2,000+ lawyers getting together to show support, it usually means that some big name went above and beyond for bonus season. In that letter, they called on lawyers to join in and speak out on the rule of law’s behalf and they’re doing so in droves.

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Above The Law

MARCH 24, 2025

When Donald Trump thought about what it took, he decided to appoint a lawyer who said “ veterans weren’t fit to work ” and is known for bending the truth past its breaking point. Donald Trump is promoting failed lawyer Alina Habba to act as the Interim U.S. Louis School of Law. Attorney for New Jersey.

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Above The Law

MARCH 31, 2025

Once norms are broken then youre shaking some of the foundation of the rule of law, she added. Unexpectedly, she placed some of the fault on law schools: The fact that some of our public leaders are lawyers advocating or making statements challenging the rule of law tells me that fundamentally our law schools are failing, she said.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

As ridiculous as this law school professor censorship saga has been, it is a much better beat that following up on every time Amy Wax gets in trouble for saying stuff in class that could be mistaken for Kanye Twitter rants. Ken Levy of LSU Law back in class. Louis School of Law.

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LegalTalkNetwork

JUNE 13, 2024

While law school teaches students the intricacies of the law and how to pass the bar exam, it often fails to provide practical knowledge. James Patterson: The #1 Lawyer James Patterson, known for his bestsellers in various genres, has always been intrigued by legal novels, crime thrillers, and courtroom dramas.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

MN Daily has coverage: The search for a new assistant dean of diversity, equity and inclusion at the University of Minnesota Law School is paused as the University reassesses its DEI programs, according to an email from Dean William McGeveran to Law School students, faculty and staff on Friday. Louis School of Law.

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JURIST

JANUARY 14, 2021

Thousands of US law students and of members of the Missouri, Texas and DC bars have signed a petition for the disbarment of Senators Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz for their objections to Congressional certification of the Electoral College’s votes. Nearly 3,000 of these were members of the Missouri, Texas, and DC bars.

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