Morning Docket: 08.12.21
* NJ Supreme Court rules Smith & Wesson has to disclose how they market their guns. If there are ANY promotional posters of Elmo with a Glock, please send them to cwilliams@abovethelaw.com [NJ.com] * Disgruntled client arrested after killing their former lawyer. [ABA Journal] * People who thought the 2020 election was a hoax are running for positions at the Holocaust Memorial. Are these really the people you want when it comes to historical events and numerical accuracy? [Insider] * Prepare your applications 2Ls! OCI is back with a vengeance. [Reuters] * Will do good work for food: Michigan Worker's Comp Lawyers is offering a scholarship for law students come 2022. [Legal Reader] * Violence isn't always the answer: Americans using threats to fight mask mandates inspired an interesting think piece. Talk about it at your (virtual?) water cooler. [Esquire]
* NJ Supreme Court rules Smith & Wesson has to disclose how they market their guns. If there are ANY promotional posters of Elmo with a Glock, please send them to cwilliams@abovethelaw.com. [NJ.com]
* Disgruntled client arrested after killing their former lawyer. [ABA Journal]
* People who thought the 2020 election was a hoax are running for positions at the Holocaust Memorial. Are these really the people you want when it comes to historical events and numerical accuracy? [Insider]
* Prepare your applications, 2Ls! OCI is back with a vengeance. [Reuters]
* Will do good work for food: Michigan Worker’s Comp Lawyers is offering a scholarship for law students come 2022. [Legal Reader]
* Violence isn’t always the answer: Americans using threats to fight mask mandates inspired an interesting think piece. Talk about it at your (virtual?) water cooler. [Esquire]
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 cwilliams@abovethelaw.com.
