Above The Law - Thinking Like A Lawyer

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Sinopsis

Thinking Like A Lawyer is a podcast featuring Above the Laws Elie Mystal and Joe Patrice. Each episode, the hosts will take a topic experienced and enjoyed by regular people, and shine it through the prism of a legal framework. This will either reveal an awesome rainbow of thought, or a disorienting kaleidoscope of issues. Either way, it should be fun.

Episodios

  • Clients Need To Mind Their Own Business About Returning To The Office

    21/07/2021 Duración: 28min

    Jones Day continues to be a black box -- let's break that open. Morgan Stanley is urging its outside counsel to get back to the office. To what extent do clients get to dictate how law firms run their business? And we talk about cruise lines suing Florida and a Catholic school suing Michigan claiming that making schoolchildren wear masks is sacrilegious, which seems like a stretch. Special thanks to our sponsors, Lexicon and Nota.

  • The Greatest Legal Research Hack

    14/07/2021 Duración: 26min

    What can you do if you don't have the law on your side? Have you considered telling the judge that legal research is an insult to you both? Because that's what one of the lawyers in the various Trump election suits tried. The judge didn't go for it. Meanwhile, the big man himself is searching for lawyers around Mar-a-Lago and this gets Joe wondering how regular folks find lawyers these days. Kathryn fills us in on a reality TV personality turned lawyer who has joined the Biden administration. And apparently everyone is still attacking Joe in other publications. Special thanks to our sponsors, Lexicon and Nota.

  • Supremely Disappointing

    07/07/2021 Duración: 28min

    The SCOTUS Term is over and so is any remotely text-based interpretation of the Voting Rights Act. Justice Alito pulled off a smooth rewriting of the statute with nary a peep from his textualist colleagues. It looks like this is going to be our future for a while. And it's a future that will apparently include Justice Breyer who appears to have locked in to staying on the Court, all common sense aside. Speaking of common sense, how much money might you sacrifice to have work from home flexibility? For most of you out there, it's a lot. Special thanks to our sponsors, Lexicon and Nota.

  • So, You're Saying Billing To Non-Existent Matters Is Frowned Upon?

    30/06/2021 Duración: 27min

    Joe and Kathryn welcome Chris Williams, the newest writer to the Above the Law staff, to discuss the latest Above the Law law school rankings. Chris's alma mater tied with Harvard this year and we discuss the ATL model and how it comes up with these numbers. We also discuss last week's biggest story: an associate who billed for over a year to a closed matter. Yikes. Special thanks to our sponsors, Lexicon and Nota.

  • Supreme Court Treats NCAA Like Amateurs

    23/06/2021 Duración: 26min

    The NCAA's amateurism model got obliterated 9-0 by the Supreme Court, with a concurrence inviting more lawsuits to tear the whole thing down. Meanwhile raises continue throughout the legal world and we grapple with whether or not we're contributing to a culture of greed. Finally, the Kraken lawyers face a reckoning not seen since Perseus pulled out Medusa's head. Special thanks to our sponsors, Lexicon and Nota.

  • Associate Pay Jumps To $205K

    16/06/2021 Duración: 30min

    Biglaw firms are furiously matching salary increases this week, and Joe and Kathryn walk through the latest announcements, how we got here, the impact across the country, and the fate of the whiny corporate clients out there. This episode doesn't have a cash register sound effect, which is really a shame and Joe takes full responsibility for this oversight. Special thanks to our sponsors, Lexicon and Nota.

  • FedSoc Babies Won't Stop Whining

    09/06/2021 Duración: 28min

    Stanford responded swiftly to the outcry over threatening a law student's graduation because he made jokes about Josh Hawley, but what's not funny is the fact that the people who targeted him will all have high profile clerkships next year. We also discuss Harvard's insistence that students on need-based aid hand over all their summer associate earnings. And there's way more conversation about the phrase "Wet and Wild" than anyone wants. Special thanks to our sponsors, Lexicon and Nota.

  • No One's Where They Expected To Be

    02/06/2021 Duración: 26min

    More law firms announce that they aren't expecting associates to be back full-time in the office in the fall. More law schools announce that they aren't expecting enrolled law students to be in class at all. And more Kardashians announce that they aren't lawyers yet. Special thanks to our sponsors, LexisNexis® InterAction®, Lexicon and Nota.

  • Summer Vacations? Maybe Not For Lawyers

    26/05/2021 Duración: 28min

    Infinite vacation time sounds great until you place yourself inside the passive-aggressive crucible of a law firm. Management is probably genuinely trying to give associates more flexibility with their vacations but ultimately freaking out their lawyers in the process. Meanwhile, summer associates are heading to work and very worried about the level of mentoring they're going to get in a remote work environment. And we check in on a judge at the center of an epic set of allegations. Special thanks to our sponsors, LexisNexis® InterAction®, Lexicon and Nota.

  • Yes, You Still Need To Check Your Zoom Name Before Logging In

    19/05/2021 Duración: 25min

    Joe and Kathryn discuss the latest legal Zoom fail as a defendant flirts with contempt after his sister changed his Zoom moniker to some sort of sci-fi sex machine. The pair also talk about Ropes & Gray's decision to transition to a four-day office work week and the latest insulting, dubious rant from the National Conference of Bar Examiners declaring that poor test results for minority applicants is... probably because minorities aren't cut out to be lawyers in the first place. Yikes! Special thanks to our sponsors, LexisNexis® InterAction®, Lexicon and Nota.

  • Law School Professor Just Won't Stop Begging To Use Racial Slurs

    12/05/2021 Duración: 27min

    Eugene Volokh used his blog to whine some more about how his constant demands to be respected for throwing around racial epithets in class keep getting him clowned. This time he tries to pull a "gotcha" that two years ago, a single Above the Law article had an unedited slur in a block quote... which is so unhelpful to his argument that you have to wonder if he's suffered a concussion or something. We also talk about Judge Lynn Hughes finding himself the subject of another benchslap and revisit the old Above the Law story that has taken center stage in the Philadelphia DA race. Special thanks to our sponsors, LexisNexis® InterAction®, Lexicon and Nota.

  • Rudy Giuliani Is The Dumbest Lawyer Ever, Right?

    05/05/2021 Duración: 27min

    Obviously, we're not advocating for spoliation of evidence or obstruction of justice, but... shouldn't Rudy Giuliani of all people known not to keep evidence of crimes around? He used to run the DOJ office that's investigating his buddies! Meanwhile, the California bar exam gets caught breaking its own rules and the Pennsylvania bar president gets caught trying to protect himself from extortion. Special thanks to our sponsors, LexisNexis® InterAction®, Lexicon and Nota.

  • Don't Throw Clients Under The Bus, Unless They're Protesters

    28/04/2021 Duración: 28min

    A couple of stories out of Littler Mendelson this week, as one partner disappears from the website after pointing the finger at his client in federal court while the firm itself ducks special bonuses for associates by handing out hats. By contrast, Kirkland went over the top on associate appreciation with free food. Joe and Kathryn unsurprisingly think the latter is a better approach. The team also discusses new anti-riot legislation legalizing running over protesters.   Special thanks to our sponsors, LexisNexis® InterAction®, Lexicon and Nota.

  • Are Billing Rates Too Darn High?

    21/04/2021 Duración: 29min

    A Supreme Court expansion proposal is officially out there. It's not going to pass, it's not a particularly good idea, but might proposing it be a smart tactic? Meanwhile, as we get new insights into Biglaw finances from the Am Law 100 release, we got a hefty clue into Covington & Burling's business plan when we learned Eric Holder's hourly rate. Is this too much to bill a client or are people overreacting? Finally, the bonus wars continue, but are counsel and income partners getting left out? Special thanks to our sponsors, LexisNexis® InterAction®, Lexicon and Nota.

  • The First As Tragedy, Then As Farce

    14/04/2021 Duración: 23min

    When Yale suspended one of its high profile professors for two years citing a pattern of sexual harassment, one wondered if the penalty went far enough considering former students believed Rubenfeld's wife Amy Chua bore some responsibility for the events and remained on the faculty. Fast forward and now Chua is publicly battling with the administration after students told the school that Chua was breaching the alleged terms of the agreement she reached with them over Rubenfeld's suspension. We also talk about the Supreme Court's full embrace of theocracy in a shadow docket assault on decades of religious freedom jurisprudence and we talk about Jones Day's continuing Supreme Court clerkship hiring dominance. Special thanks to our sponsors, LexisNexis® InterAction®, Lexicon and Nota.

  • Does The T14 Even Matter? Asking For Some Hoyas.

    07/04/2021 Duración: 29min

    Not since the NCAA tournament has Georgetown been so hyped and so disappointed. The GULC fell out of the vaunted "T14" in the US News Law School Rankings to be replaced by UCLA. But why do we persist in a "14" ranking? And what else did the new US News formula bring us? Joe and Kathryn also chat about vaccine appointments and the (potentially) coming work from home revolution. Special thanks to our sponsors, LexisNexis® InterAction®, Lexicon and Nota.

  • What Does It Mean To Be A Market Leader?

    31/03/2021 Duración: 31min

    As special bonus season intensifies, Kathryn muses about compensation leadership and what the value of going big. Joe talks about vaccines and returning to in-person events and we recap the goings on at CUNY and Michigan where the deans faced pressure over past incidents. Special thanks to our sponsors, LexisNexis® InterAction®, Lexicon and Nota.

  • Springtime For Biglaw Bonuses

    24/03/2021 Duración: 26min

    After Willkie Farr announced another round of seasonal bonuses, Davis Polk went over the top and announced another two rounds of bonuses. The good times keep rolling in Biglaw. Joe and Kathryn also discuss the impending release of the US News and World Report Law School rankings -- could there be a big change this year? And a disturbing study from a few years ago started making the rounds showing the gross sentencing disparity caused by unexpected college football losses. Special thanks to our sponsors, LexisNexis® InterAction®, Lexicon and Nota.

  • Are We Still Citing Judge Kozinski As An Expert?

    17/03/2021 Duración: 32min

    Kathryn is not pleased with the mainstream press continuing to cite Judge Kozinski as an ethics authority. Joe and Kathryn talk Zoom netiquette and the recent controversy at Georgetown Law where professors were captured on video making disparaging remarks about Black students. It's yet another incident driving home the racism -- conscious and unconscious -- within the law school system. Special thanks to our sponsors, LexisNexis® InterAction®, Lexicon and Nota.

  • Who Wins The Jingle War: Cellino Or Barnes?

    10/03/2021 Duración: 29min

    Quick, what was the phone number for Cellino & Barnes? A lot of you probably got that right immediately. But the firm split up a few years ago and the two entities it spawned have dueling jingles now. Which came out on top? Joe and Kathryn also discuss Davis Polk's extra bonus program and what it means for Biglaw and attorney wellness generally. Also, Texas AG Ken Paxton may want to take a break from social media for awhile and attorneys still need to hit mute on Zoom more often. Special thanks to our sponsors, LexisNexis® InterAction®, Lexicon and Nota.

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