Podcast Episodes

At Least The Robots In The Coming War Against Humans Will Understand War Crimes

Season 1 Episode 445

If you want 2025 in a nutshell, it doesn't get much better than a blundering Secretary of Defense bragging that the Pentagon bought an expensive, bes…

5 months ago

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This Is Why We Have Bar Exams

Season 1 Episode 444

And the DOJ continues to be a hot mess.

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Kim Kardashian is trying to enter the legal profession without a law school education. The bar exam is …

5 months, 1 week ago

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A Bad Week For Trump's Fake U.S. Attorneys

Season 1 Episode 443

And a shorter summer associate program.

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While most of us celebrated Thanksgiving, some of Trump's phony U.S. Attorneys were the real turkeys. F…

5 months, 2 weeks ago

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Bonus Season Begins In Earnest

Season 1 Episode 442

Bonuses and botched prosecutions.

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Bonus season is underway, and Biglaw firms are lining up to reward associates for a year's worth of effort. T…

5 months, 3 weeks ago

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Maybe The Legal Industry Has Just Lost All Sense Of Shame

Season 1 Episode 441

But seriously, what would be a good legal dominatrix name?

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Biglaw recruiting director out after racist rant goes public. A squabble between la…

6 months ago

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If The DOJ Fails Another Time, They Win A Free Sandwich

Season 1 Episode 440

And Kirkland tries a little tenderness. FedSoc does not.

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The news that Kirkland had to teach its lawyers how to stop being mean to the private …

6 months, 1 week ago

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A Riot By Any Other Name...

Season 1 Episode 439

DOJ punishing lawyers, the future of the billable hour, and dark times for public interest work.

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We talk about the DOJ lawyers suspended by the…

6 months, 2 weeks ago

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Dispatches From The Collapse Of The Rule Of Law

Season 1 Episode 438

And a Biglaw firm seeks help while an in-house attorney blows up her career.

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Catching up with the slice of the conservative legal movement who …

6 months, 3 weeks ago

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No, Your Honor, I Didn't Call You That, I Was Talking About, Um, Bundt Cake

Season 1 Episode 437

Also frivolous lawsuits and the insidiousness of dishonest analysis.

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Appeals court decides that some things are best left unsaid. And among tho…

6 months, 4 weeks ago

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On Campus Hiring Is Broken, And This Isn't Helping

Season 1 Episode 434

Just in time for the AI slop to take over.

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Some law firms are handing out recruiting entertainment budgets to law students. While we don't faul…

7 months ago

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