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Above the Law - Thinking Like a Lawyer

Above the Law - Thinking Like a Lawyer

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Thinking Like A Lawyer is a podcast featuring Above the Law's Joe Patrice, Kathryn Rubino, and Chris Williams. 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.
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Above the Law - Thinking Like a Lawyer - Biglaw Firm Offers Racy, Expensive Summer Event Before No-Offering Summers Anyway
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09/13/23 • 32 min

In our latest chat, we discuss Biglaw strip club outings, Jeff Clark taking time away from his indictment to be an idiot online, and associates unhappy with a law firm's office tracker.

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Gunderson Dettmer got a lot of flack on Reddit from folks accusing the firm of hosting a summer event at a strip club. It wasn't a strip club, but it was a nightclub with scantily clad go-go dancers, which doesn't make it much better from the perspective of a harassment-free work environment. And after making it rain at the club, the firm ended up no-offering a bunch of summers anayway. Jeff Clark took shots at Neal Katyal on social media. He missed. And Goodwin unveiled an office presence tool to let folks know who is in and out of the office at all times. Folks don't seem happy about it, but is it just the price we pay for hybrid work?

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Above the Law - Thinking Like a Lawyer - The Unbearable Lightness Of Being Rudy's Wallet

The Unbearable Lightness Of Being Rudy's Wallet

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12/20/23 • 31 min

Law firms may hem and haw about raises, but they're still doing more than all right for themselves. Rudy's defamation trial did not go well. Before the latest development in the case, we talked about Michael Cohen's fake case brief and the implications of legal technology on criminal justice.

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Above the Law - Thinking Like a Lawyer - Did Joe Biden Get More Standing Ovations At The State Of The Union Or On Cold Call
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03/20/24 • 33 min

Conservative justices can't stop telling on themselves when it comes to forum shopping.

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Joe Biden says he got a standing ovation for trying to BS his way through a law school cold call. We call BS on that. Also Cooley Law School finds itself at the bottom of the heap when it comes to bar passage rates again. At some point, the ABA has to step in... right? Finally, the nation's judges did something about politicized forum shopping and right-wingers can't stop help but crying about how they miss their cheat code.

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Above the Law - Thinking Like a Lawyer - What's Half A Million Dollars Among Friends And Easily Corruptible Government Figures?
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04/12/23 • 29 min

Clarence Thomas takes some me time.

An ethical quagmire surrounds Clarence Thomas. No, not that one. Not that one either. This one is about the gifts he's taken over the years without disclosures. Donald Trump took all of a couple hours after his indictment to start riling up his mob against the judge and prosecutor. And a Paul Hastings associate issues some bad advice.

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Above the Law - Thinking Like a Lawyer - Supreme Court, Disney, And Trump -- A Wild Week In Review

Supreme Court, Disney, And Trump -- A Wild Week In Review

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04/03/24 • 35 min

Breaking down the action-packed final week of March.

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Special guest Liz Dye joins us to talk about the week that was. First, we delve into the abortion pill oral argument where even most of the conservatives scoffed at the right-wing effort to let an Amarillo courthouse second-guess the FDA on science. Almost as though the Chief Justice just tried to crack down on that practice. But along the way Neil Gorsuch showed off his (lack of) research skills and Alito and Thomas sought to revive the legal legacy of a chronic self-pleasurer. Then we check out the end of the showdown between Ron DeSantis and Disney that looks like a major victory for DeSantis until you, ya know, actually read the settlement agreement. Finally, Trump's got another gag order and went straight to work setting up the inevitable contempt hearing over it.

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Above the Law - Thinking Like a Lawyer - Paging Rule 11

Paging Rule 11

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11/29/23 • 31 min

Elon Musk files a facially ludicrous lawsuit and Trump argues that sexual assault doesn't count on airplanes

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After promising a thermonuclear lawsuit against Media Matters, Elon Musk showed up to court with a string of claims that would fail under his own recitation of facts. Meanwhile, Donald Trump takes aim at the Federal Rules of Evidence in a bid to undermine the E. Jean Carroll case and Stephen Miller goes after Macy's in a cheap publicity stunt.

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Above the Law - Thinking Like a Lawyer - It Pays To Be A Delusional Hack

It Pays To Be A Delusional Hack

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02/14/24 • 32 min

Even-keeled professionalism may pay off over time, but being a mercurial lunatic always pays off now.

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Former Trump aide Stephen Miller used Super Bowl week to launch a stunt employment discrimination complaint against the NFL. The rule in question is the subject of a much better legal challenge that it doesn't do ENOUGH to address anti-Black discrimination, but nothing about Miller's legal moves have much connection to reality -- up to and including the fact that he IS NOT A LAWYER. The Supreme Court heard oral argument in the insurrection case and Chief John Roberts hasn't shown his complete ignorance of basic facts about American elections since Shelby County. Finally, Judge Aileen Cannon receives motion to reconsider, the boldest litigation move of all since it requires counsel so confident in their eventual success that they're willing to call the trial judge a moron.

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Above the Law - Thinking Like a Lawyer - Clarence Thomas Turned Supreme Court Service Into An ATM Machine
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06/12/24 • 33 min

Except ATM machines have limits.

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When ProPublica first reported that Clarence Thomas had taken half a million in gifts, it turns out they had only scratched the surface. New financial disclosures and some number-crunching from Fix the Court show that Thomas has taken over $5 million in gifts and likely gifts. Meanwhile, Ketanji Brown Jackson got roughly Beyonce tickets with a roughly $4000 face value. Meanwhile, there's a summer associate taking a horse and carriage to work and Columbia Law Review is finally back online after its board nuked the website over an article about Palestinian rights.

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Above the Law - Thinking Like a Lawyer - Some Supremely Useful Advice

Some Supremely Useful Advice

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10/06/20 • 27 min

Obviously Trump's biggest mistake with ACB involved causing a White House superspreader event, but we didn't know that when we recorded this week's show. So we spend some time talking about his other mistake -- nominating ACB before the election and giving "never Trumpers" everything they want and leaving them with zero incentive to reelect him. We also discuss the wave of Fall bonuses among Biglaw firms and more importantly, the firms that aren't joining the party and what it means for the legal landscape

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Above the Law - Thinking Like a Lawyer - Debbie Does The Dormant Commerce Clause

Debbie Does The Dormant Commerce Clause

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09/25/24 • 31 min

Why do professors think everyone has to personally experience the facts to understand the law?

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Hardcore porn shows up in a law school lecture. You know, the rest of us managed to learn the relevant standards for obscenity laws within the context of the First Amendment without visual aides. Also, Diddy's lawyers forgot how track changes works with embarrassing results. And Judge Aileen Cannon doesn't know her Founding Fathers... how a flubbed disclosure form speaks to Originalism's cynical lie.

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How many episodes does Above the Law - Thinking Like a Lawyer have?

Above the Law - Thinking Like a Lawyer currently has 376 episodes available.

What topics does Above the Law - Thinking Like a Lawyer cover?

The podcast is about News, Business News, Podcasts and Politics.

What is the most popular episode on Above the Law - Thinking Like a Lawyer?

The episode title 'It Pays To Be A Delusional Hack' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Above the Law - Thinking Like a Lawyer?

The average episode length on Above the Law - Thinking Like a Lawyer is 31 minutes.

How often are episodes of Above the Law - Thinking Like a Lawyer released?

Episodes of Above the Law - Thinking Like a Lawyer are typically released every 7 days.

When was the first episode of Above the Law - Thinking Like a Lawyer?

The first episode of Above the Law - Thinking Like a Lawyer was released on Mar 12, 2015.

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