Nancy Rapoport
@nancyrapoport.bsky.social
Law professor and ballroom dancer.
John E. Olson, Analyst Fired for Enron Skepticism, Dies at 83 nytimes.com/2025/12/18/bus… via @NYTimes. R. I. P., brave soul.
https://nytimes.com/2025/12/18/bus…
December 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
John E. Olson, Analyst Fired for Enron Skepticism, Dies at 83 nytimes.com/2025/12/18/bus… via @NYTimes. R. I. P., brave soul.
Our Petty, Hollow, Squalid Ogre in Chief www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/o...
Opinion | Our Petty, Hollow, Squalid Ogre in Chief
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Our Petty, Hollow, Squalid Ogre in Chief www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/o...
My buddy David Kuney has a new SCOTUS bankruptcy substack: davidkuney.substack.com/about.
About - SCOTUS Bankruptcy Watch
Analysis of key amicus briefs at the Supreme Court and Courts of Appeal. Click to read SCOTUS Bankruptcy Watch, by David R. Kuney, a Substack publication. Launched 14 days ago.
davidkuney.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:38 PM
My buddy David Kuney has a new SCOTUS bankruptcy substack: davidkuney.substack.com/about.
A friend just sent me a link to this animated short, and I loved it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6efz...
Address Is Approximate-(Short Film)
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November 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
A friend just sent me a link to this animated short, and I loved it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6efz...
The Outrageous False Equivalences That Prop Up President Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
Opinion | The Outrageous False Equivalences That Prop Up President Trump
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November 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The Outrageous False Equivalences That Prop Up President Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
Flattered as all get-out: legaltheoryblog.com/2025/10/29/r...
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legaltheoryblog.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Flattered as all get-out: legaltheoryblog.com/2025/10/29/r...
Want to see government shutdowns end quickly? Make Congress work w/o pay while the shutdown continues.
October 1, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Want to see government shutdowns end quickly? Make Congress work w/o pay while the shutdown continues.
Happy to report that my latest article has been accepted: Scrappy or Strategic? Law Firm Decision-Making in Light of Executive Orders, 13 Emory Corp. Gov. & Accountability Rev. ___ (2026) (draft posted at papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....).
Scrappy or Strategic? Law Firm Decision-Making in Light of Executive Orders
<span><span>Some of President Donald J. Trump’s early 2025 Executive Orders targeted specific law firms. These Executive Orders have created a stir within
papers.ssrn.com
August 30, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Happy to report that my latest article has been accepted: Scrappy or Strategic? Law Firm Decision-Making in Light of Executive Orders, 13 Emory Corp. Gov. & Accountability Rev. ___ (2026) (draft posted at papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....).
This Attack on a Federal Judge Is Preposterous www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/o...
Opinion | This Attack on a Federal Judge Is Preposterous
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August 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This Attack on a Federal Judge Is Preposterous www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/o...
I just bought this sign from Amazon (www.amazon.com/dp/B0D5B7BNG...) because it's the perfect expression of what happens when a client who isn't well-versed in the law brings a lawyer something that AI just generated and asks the lawyer to "just polish it up a bit."
Labor Rates Tin Sign Funny Mechanic Shop Metal Signs Mechanic Hourly Rate Sign Mechanic Shop Decor Garage Shop Rates Sign A Lot If You Worked On It First Signs 12"x16"
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June 27, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I just bought this sign from Amazon (www.amazon.com/dp/B0D5B7BNG...) because it's the perfect expression of what happens when a client who isn't well-versed in the law brings a lawyer something that AI just generated and asks the lawyer to "just polish it up a bit."
Violence Against Jews Is About More Than Left or Right
June 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Violence Against Jews Is About More Than Left or Right
Had a blast doing this podcast: www.americanbar.org/groups/busin....
The Billable Hour has Met Its Match in AI: Re-Thinking How Law Firm's Bill for Legal Services
Host Jordan L. Fischer interviews Nancy B. Rapoport and Joseph Tiano on the long term impact of Artificial Intelligence, and specifically Generative AI, on the billable hourly model.
www.americanbar.org
May 19, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Had a blast doing this podcast: www.americanbar.org/groups/busin....
The latest on Silvergate and conflicts of interest: creditorcoalition.org/weekly-news-...
Weekly News – May 16 – Creditor Rights Coalition
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May 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The latest on Silvergate and conflicts of interest: creditorcoalition.org/weekly-news-...
Jonah Perlin's How I Lawyer is fabulous: howilawyer.substack.com?utm_campaign...
How I Lawyer | Jonah Perlin | Substack
A podcast dedicated to sharing the stories of lawyers from across the profession: what they do, why they do it, and how they do it well. Click to read How I Lawyer, by Jonah Perlin, a Substack publica...
howilawyer.substack.com
May 1, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Jonah Perlin's How I Lawyer is fabulous: howilawyer.substack.com?utm_campaign...
The latest Stanford Law-driven law prof brief is out: law.stanford.edu/publications.... Proud to join 774 colleagues.
BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE 775 LAW PROFESSORS IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND DECLARATORY AND PERMANENT INJUNCTIVE RELIEF | Stanford Law School
Amici 775 law professors submit this brief in support of Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment and Declaratory and Permanent Injunctive Relief (th
law.stanford.edu
April 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The latest Stanford Law-driven law prof brief is out: law.stanford.edu/publications.... Proud to join 774 colleagues.
I was too late to join this amicus brief for Jenner & Block or WilmerHale, but I'm proud to have signed on to this brief for Perkins Coie: cdn.prod.website-files.com/67cf71f1f27e....
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April 15, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I was too late to join this amicus brief for Jenner & Block or WilmerHale, but I'm proud to have signed on to this brief for Perkins Coie: cdn.prod.website-files.com/67cf71f1f27e....
I'm proud to stand with 675 colleagues on these two amicus briefs: law.stanford.edu/wp-content/u... and law.stanford.edu/wp-content/u....
law.stanford.edu
April 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I'm proud to stand with 675 colleagues on these two amicus briefs: law.stanford.edu/wp-content/u... and law.stanford.edu/wp-content/u....
It's out: digitalcommons.law.uw.edu/wjlta/vol20/... (@LegalDecoder's Joe Tiano and I wrote a paper about the shape of law firms in the new world of GenAI).
FIGHTING THE HYPOTHETICAL: WHY LAW FIRMS SHOULD RETHINK THE BILLABLE HOUR IN THE GENERATIVE AI ERA
“Fighting the Hypothetical: Why Law Firms Should Rethink the Billable Hour in the Generative AI Era” analyzes how the emergence and adoption of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) will fundamen...
digitalcommons.law.uw.edu
April 10, 2025 at 12:22 PM
It's out: digitalcommons.law.uw.edu/wjlta/vol20/... (@LegalDecoder's Joe Tiano and I wrote a paper about the shape of law firms in the new world of GenAI).
abovethelaw.com/2025/04/seve... (And I'm one of them.)
Several Hundred Law Professors File Amicus Brief Against Trump's Attacks On Biglaw - Above the Law
From the classroom to the courtroom!
abovethelaw.com
April 4, 2025 at 12:22 PM
abovethelaw.com/2025/04/seve... (And I'm one of them.)
It's been a busy amicus-brief week. First, this one (lnkd.in/gpj8q-c3) (helped to edit), and then this one (lnkd.in/gXAiHCcg) in support of Perkins Coie's motion for summary judgment and permanent injunctive relief (signed on; no part in editing).
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April 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
It's been a busy amicus-brief week. First, this one (lnkd.in/gpj8q-c3) (helped to edit), and then this one (lnkd.in/gXAiHCcg) in support of Perkins Coie's motion for summary judgment and permanent injunctive relief (signed on; no part in editing).
Some intriguing points about the Harvard letter signed by many of the faculty members: reason.com/volokh/2025/....
Harvard Law School v. Vermeule
Yesterday, more than ninety members of the Harvard Law School faculty issued a statement concerning the rule of law: We are privileged to teach and learn
reason.com
March 31, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Some intriguing points about the Harvard letter signed by many of the faculty members: reason.com/volokh/2025/....
Bravo, Harvard Law faculty: www.thecrimson.com/article/2025....
More Than 80 HLS Professors Denounce Trump Admin Attacks on Law Firms in Letter to Students | News | The Harvard Crimson
Roughly 70 percent of Harvard Law School’s professors accused the federal government of exacting retribution on lawyers and law firms for representing clients opposed by President Donald Trump in a Sa...
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March 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Bravo, Harvard Law faculty: www.thecrimson.com/article/2025....