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, 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] and by tweet at @WritesForRent. Posts by Chris Williams
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New Milbank Matches: Glenn Agre, Ross Aronstam & Moritz.
Donald Trump Isn’t As Pro-Choice As Folks Thought: Of course Elon had something to do with it.
Think Twice About Protesting: California’s Bar gives a weak answer on how character and fitness will be evaluated.
Development In The Foley Job Revocation Suit: In short, at will means at will.
Bring Out Those Cards!: Send your entries to our 16th Annual Holiday Card Contest!
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Law SchoolsWill Protesting Cost Students Their Ability To Practice Law? California Shrugs Off A Clear Answer
Really could use a bright line here. 
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Other Firms Pay Out Bigly Too!: Here’s to Morgan Lewis!
Climate Activists Come For Biglaw: A&O Shearman did a lot of work for fossil fuel companies over the last few years.
Judge Dies On Hill That Diversity And Merit Are At Odds With Each Other: Reed O’Conner, everybody.
We Do The Enforcing Here!: Gorsuch really doesn’t seem to want the Court to be held accountable.
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BiglawBiglaw Firm Beats The Market For Associate Bonuses. Again.
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Today’s Bonus Round-Up: Norton Rose Fulbright, Kramer Levin.
Doors Closed: Paul Weiss shuts their Beijing office.
Watch Out, Perkins Coie: Kash Patel isn’t the biggest fan.
You Aren’t The Only One Wishing PACER Kept The Pace Up: We know who to blame.
Only McConnell Is Allowed To Play The Game: The retirement rescinding has him frustrated.
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These Are The Firms That Have Matched: Should yours be on there? Let us know!
Pays To Practice At A Boutique!: Wilkinson Stekloff’s base bonuses are above market!
California Knows How To Litigate: And they’re preparing for Trump.
Networking Can Be Fun!: Read about the Kirkland & Ellis “I Know Her” event for proof.
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Boutique Law FirmsBoutique Trial Firm Pays Out Above-Market Bonuses!
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Biglaw Firm, Biglaw Money!: Check out Seward & Kissel!
They Aren’t The Only Ones Handing Out Cash!: Enjoy those bonuses, Fish & Richardson!
Associates Aren’t The Only Lawyers Looking Like Money!: Brian Steel debuts as Young Thug’s streetwear model.
Signs Nobody In His Circle Gives Meaningful Feedback For $300: Elon Musk’s plan to replace all judges is more half baked than usual.
About That Retirement…: Trump’s win makes judges renege on retiring.
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CourtsOhio Lawyer Disbarred After Stealing Nearly A Million Dollars From Clients
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Small Law FirmsModel Lawyer Brian Steel Models Client's New Clothing Merch
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Meet The Gavel: Drake realizes his only recourse left is to sue Kendrick for being popular.
Odd Way To Spend Campaign Funds: Sean Duffy should have paid more attention to the paper trail.
Litera Moves To Be Headmaster: They’ve recently acquired Office & Dragons.
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These Checks Have A Little Extra In Them!: Cadwalader, Proskauer, Schulte Roth & Zabel, Covington, Simpson Thacher, Sidley, and Baker Botts.
No Proper Responses: NPR did a bang-up job of lobbing easy balls at Leonard Leo.
Peer Pressure Does Work!: Georgetown Law finally caves and gives reasonable accommodations to a pregnant student.
Being Wrong Won’t Stop Turley!: Joe responds to law professor’s ad homs with data and clear reasoning.
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Boutique Firms Take Care Of Their Associates Too!: Check out Holwell Shuster & Goldberg!
Unlimited Doesn’t Mean What You Thought It Meant: Apparently it refers to a real number south of 25,000 miles.
We Have A Winner!: Congratulations to the victor of our 15th annual Legally Themed Halloween Contest!
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Bonuses Are In At Cleary Gottlieb: Look at the scale!
Bonuses Are In At Paul Weiss: Check out their scale too!
Third Time’s The Charm: Big money being made at Dechert!
More The Merrier!: Bonuses have been announced at O’Melveny and Myers!
Keep The Info Flowing!: Did your firm share some of the extra wealth?
LSAT Alternative Goes To Alternate Hands: What’s next for JD-Next?
