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Erin Carroll @erincarroll.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

This latest article by my @georgetownlaw.bsky.social colleague @ajgriffin.bsky.social is another fantastic installment in her project of investigating unwritten rules regarding precedent and norms of judicial decision-making. Nice to see it recognized with Larry Solum's coveted "high recommend."

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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

On LinkedIn, @jonahperlin.bsky.social has an excellent post about how when a senior lawyer asks for a draft, they mean a perfect fly-specked document. This is correct advice for the summer/junior associate. However, sometimes the senior lawyer *doesn't* want the perfect document. 1/

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SSRN @ssrn.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

How The Billable Hour Can Survive #GenerativeAI This article argues that the billable hour not only has a viable path to survive in the age of AI, it may well thrive as a result. Author: Jonah Perlin Read More: spkl.io/63320A6j9e

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Jonah Perlin @jonahperlin.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

👀 Not on Twitter much anymore but pleasantly surprised that SSRN posted my forthcoming article on Gen AI and the billable hour!

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Jen Fischell @jfischell.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Please join me Wednesday, June 25, at 12-1 PM ET for an engaging discussion on clerkships entitled “Behind the Robes: The Real-World Value of Judicial Clerkships.” If you’re a law student or recent grad contemplating clerking, this event is for you! Register here: form.jotform.com/251546085559...

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06.25.2025: Behind the Robes: The Real-World Value of Judicial Clerkships

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Really important. So many people die needlessly every year in the water. Please share.

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Jonah Perlin @jonahperlin.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Four weeks ago I started a free newsletter for summer associates and interns. I think my favorite paragraph so far is in today’s issue: open.substack.com/pub/standout...

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Jonah Perlin @jonahperlin.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

I have never eaten bacon in my entire life and was only a resident of NYC for 11 months and I know that ain’t what it called 😂

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Jonah Perlin @jonahperlin.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Step 1: How am I going to write 7,000 words. … Step 2: How am I going to cut this down to 17,000 words. This is normal, right?

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Jonah Perlin @jonahperlin.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

And the crazy part is that is the part of the job that has become the hardest to make more efficient over the last 80 years (i.e. the least subject to automation) (Can you tell I am finalizing my generative AI and attorney billing article draft this week)

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Jonah Perlin @jonahperlin.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

You haven’t lived until you’ve taken seven girls under ten to sing karaoke. I have no ear drums left.

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Jonah Perlin @jonahperlin.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Preheat before hand for as long as possible. I always have peel problems 😢 but when it works it SO works.

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Jonah Perlin @jonahperlin.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Today on Standout Summer Associate 👇 open.substack.com/pub/standout...

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Jonah Perlin @jonahperlin.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Friday issue of Standout Summer Associate is up! open.substack.com/pub/standout...

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Jonah Perlin @jonahperlin.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

I think its a really good questions. Another way of framing it might be that in the age of generative AI a bigger group of people can play the role of "senior partners" (e.g. the decisionmakers) but it also means that succeeding as a senior partner may require a new or refined set of skills.

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Jonah Perlin @jonahperlin.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Totally--but then how would we classify them? As senior lawyers or junior. I guess it requires more precision on my part between senior in terms of experience v. senior in terms of hierarchy.

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Jonah Perlin @jonahperlin.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

So you end up with a legal profession that is bi-modal (big firms and tiny firms). Not sure if thats where I'd bet but its certainly possible.

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Jonah Perlin @jonahperlin.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Of course another way to think about it which is an argument I plan to make is that if AI takes out some "junior lawyer" tasks then more people can be senior partners (aka more people can be solo and small-firm practitioners) which seems pretty consistent with what technology has done in past.

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Jonah Perlin @jonahperlin.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

I haven't seen that argument -- the reason I think is if its replacing senior partners (instead of supporting them) then the implication is that we don't need (human) lawyers at all (maybe).

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Ellie Margolis @elliemargolis.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

This is so important, and so hard for some students. I say it a lot, but often the ones who need help the most are the least likely to ask for it.

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Danny Wilf-Townsend @dannywt.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

In this blog post I discuss a new article in which Kevin Tobia and I examine how widespread AI texts are in legal institutions, initial policy responses some have made, and the concerns all of this raises alongside opportunities: www.wilftownsend.net/p/when-compu...

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When computers generate legal text, that matters for everyone—not just lawyers

Some thoughts on "generated legal texts"

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Jonah Perlin @jonahperlin.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

First episode of Standout Summer Associate is LIVE. Next issue drops tomorrow morning. Read here: standoutsummerassociate.substack.com/p/you-dont-k...

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Jonah Perlin @jonahperlin.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Appreciate anyone who can share this and anyone who wants to put together a quick guest post. I had planned to write once a week but I already have a full week of content ready to roll. Let’s help the next generation of lawyers together!

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Jonah Perlin @jonahperlin.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Haven’t watched that show in particular. May give it a try this summer!

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Jonah Perlin @jonahperlin.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Should I give it a try—love British mystery tv?

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Jonah Perlin @jonahperlin.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

That’s a combo I’d be very interested in trying!

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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

From Jeffrey Toobin's 2008 book THE NINE, this remains the greatest Justice Souter anecdote I can possibly share. RIP.

. . . It was, for example, a running joke at the Court that outsiders frequently mistook Souter and Breyer for each other. No one could really understand why this happened, because the two bore little resemblance. One day when Souter was making his usual solo drive from Washington to New Hampshire, he stopped for lunch in Massachusetts. A stranger and his wife came up to him and asked, "Aren't you on the Supreme Court?"

Souter said he was.

"You're Justice Breyer, right?" said the man.

Rather than embarrass the fellow, Souter simply nodded and exchanged pleasantries, until he was asked an unexpected question.

"Justice Breyer, what's the best thing about being on the Supreme Court?"

The justice thought for a while, then said, "Well, I'd have to say it's the privilege of serving with David Souter."

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Jonah Perlin @jonahperlin.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

It’s almost as if some firms took deals not because they were in the eye of the storm but rather so they could be seen as of the stature of a firm that needed to take a deal…

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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Look, I don't wanna say this was *all* Bill Treanor's doing, but ...

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Jonah Perlin @jonahperlin.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Remove a letter, ruin a movie Moan

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Anupam Chander @anupamchander.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Clever 2 factor authentication scam--using your bank's own app to fool you into giving a scammer the ability to access your bank account. Hat-tip @klonick.bsky.social

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Inject the second paragraph of this footnote directly into my veins. (And then send it to the nine firms that have bent the knee.)

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

For today's bonus "One First," @jonahperlin.bsky.social, @ksvesq.bsky.social, and I recorded a discussion about President Trump's attacks on law firms; how firms have responded; and the implications not just for the legal profession, but for the rule of law: www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-146-...

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Bonus 146: Trump vs. the Law Firms

A conversation about the Trump administration's novel attacks on law firms; the firms' (varying) responses; and the broader implications of these developments for legal practice and the rule of law.

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Jonah Perlin @jonahperlin.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

I wish we didn’t need this conversation but given the state of affairs with law firms it was great to sit down with my friends @stevevladeck.bsky.social & Karen to talk about what’s going on, why it’s troubling, and maybe where there is still room for hope 🙏. Thanks for having me!

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Bonus 146: Trump vs. the Law Firms

A conversation about the Trump administration's novel attacks on law firms; the firms' (varying) responses; and the broader implications of these developments for legal practice and the rule of law.

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 28/04/2025

Jenner's lawyer recognizes the "over 2000 individuals, organizations and law firms" who filed amicus briefs. They're a "breathtaking left, right, conservative, progressive constellation" of groups, sharing a common theme: The "deeply unconstitutional" EOs “undermine what it means to be a lawyer."

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Jonah Perlin @jonahperlin.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

A very telling example to be sure!

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Jonah Perlin @jonahperlin.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

You can throw 🍅 JP! And I am sure more will come the more I write about this topic. But you know me—good online vibes only!

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Jonah Perlin @jonahperlin.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Agreed. 100%. Lawyers were worried about using e-mail. Search engines. The cloud. Now if you don’t use them you are not doing your job. And the actual confidentiality risks of many AI tools are equal to or less than many of the technologies that lawyers use all the time. *Please don’t throw 🍅 *

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