Ellie Margolis
@elliemargolis.bsky.social
Law professor @TempleLaw, suburban gardener, avid reader. Happy to nerd out about legal writing anytime.
Nooooo
Yes, Dear Reader, a federal judge, in the ABA's magazine, recommends first to generate orders with AI, then to use AI to check for errors in that order. Does anyone have any idea how anything works at all? Do they even care?
January 7, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Nooooo
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My sole quibble with this great summary of the dangers of cognitive offloading of legal work is that the tools are not, actually, more reliable for the research step than for the drafting step or the synthesis step in between
www.slaw.ca/2026/01/07/t...
www.slaw.ca/2026/01/07/t...
The Real Problem in Hallucination Cases Is Not the Failure to Verify - Slaw
Cases keep cropping up where counsel has used AI to create a court submission containing made-up cases. The common response on the part of courts and the profession has been: ‘prompt, but verify.’ It’...
www.slaw.ca
January 7, 2026 at 5:46 PM
My sole quibble with this great summary of the dangers of cognitive offloading of legal work is that the tools are not, actually, more reliable for the research step than for the drafting step or the synthesis step in between
www.slaw.ca/2026/01/07/t...
www.slaw.ca/2026/01/07/t...
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It’s very important to women in the legal profession that men take their full parental leave.
They don’t call it “mommy track” for nothing.
#LadyLawyerDiaries
They don’t call it “mommy track” for nothing.
#LadyLawyerDiaries
Dads in BigLaw, I want to talk to you! I have questions -- how did becoming a dad change your relationship to RTO/hybrid work? Were you "allowed" to take the allotted parental leave? Do you/can you leave early/come late to do pick up/drop off? How did becoming a dad impact importance of your comp?
January 7, 2026 at 1:35 AM
It’s very important to women in the legal profession that men take their full parental leave.
They don’t call it “mommy track” for nothing.
#LadyLawyerDiaries
They don’t call it “mommy track” for nothing.
#LadyLawyerDiaries
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Here we go 😒
The Texas Supreme Court has ended the state’s reliance on the American Bar Association to accredit its law schools, finalizing a rule that places the state high court in charge of that certification.
Texas Supreme Court Takes Over Law School Accreditation From ABA
The Texas Supreme Court has ended the state’s reliance on the American Bar Association to accredit its law schools, finalizing a rule that places the state high court in charge of that certification.
bit.ly
January 7, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Here we go 😒
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New year, new set of state oral arguments to watch -- including several this week! Check out @statecourtreport.org's oral argument previews by @erings.bsky.social & @skess108.bsky.social. statecourtreport.org/our-work/ana...
State Court Oral Arguments to Watch for in January
Issues on the dockets include legislative responses to Missouri’s voter-approved reproductive rights amendment, Utah’s execution methods, and Idaho’s school-choice program.
statecourtreport.org
January 7, 2026 at 3:08 PM
New year, new set of state oral arguments to watch -- including several this week! Check out @statecourtreport.org's oral argument previews by @erings.bsky.social & @skess108.bsky.social. statecourtreport.org/our-work/ana...
New grift unlocked
Professor Fired for Charlie Kirk Post Gets $500,000 From School, Is Reinstated
Professor Fired for Charlie Kirk Post Gets $500,000 From School, Is Reinstated
Professor Darren Michael has reportedly been reinstated and given $50,000 after being fired over posts about assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
The post Professor Fired for Charlie Kirk Post Gets $500,000 From School, Is Reinstated first appeared on Mediaite.
dlvr.it
January 7, 2026 at 3:08 PM
New grift unlocked
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It's good to use the resources at hand to fight because sometimes you win. Also, I keep thinking of the period after this man was killed and how a group of people tried to impose a new social reality. It didn't work. This too is a lesson.
Professor Fired for Charlie Kirk Post Gets $500,000 From School, Is Reinstated
Professor Fired for Charlie Kirk Post Gets $500,000 From School, Is Reinstated
Professor Darren Michael has reportedly been reinstated and given $50,000 after being fired over posts about assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
The post Professor Fired for Charlie Kirk Post Gets $500,000 From School, Is Reinstated first appeared on Mediaite.
dlvr.it
January 7, 2026 at 12:31 PM
It's good to use the resources at hand to fight because sometimes you win. Also, I keep thinking of the period after this man was killed and how a group of people tried to impose a new social reality. It didn't work. This too is a lesson.
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New in PN: Corporation for Public Broadcasting's patriotic goodbye
"We’re in thrall to a con man who denigrates the very idea of truth and uses media only to distract and divide. And so the CPB board members broke their plowshares lest they be beaten into swords by a deranged demagogue."
"We’re in thrall to a con man who denigrates the very idea of truth and uses media only to distract and divide. And so the CPB board members broke their plowshares lest they be beaten into swords by a deranged demagogue."
Corporation for Public Broadcasting's patriotic goodbye
Better nothing than a MAGA mouthpiece.
www.publicnotice.co
January 7, 2026 at 12:43 PM
New in PN: Corporation for Public Broadcasting's patriotic goodbye
"We’re in thrall to a con man who denigrates the very idea of truth and uses media only to distract and divide. And so the CPB board members broke their plowshares lest they be beaten into swords by a deranged demagogue."
"We’re in thrall to a con man who denigrates the very idea of truth and uses media only to distract and divide. And so the CPB board members broke their plowshares lest they be beaten into swords by a deranged demagogue."
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Many excellent points in this piece, including "The entire world is not legible to the Internet, and thus, the entire world is not legible to LLMs."
little-flying-robots.ghost.io/rejecting-re...
We live in an age where the Internet and LLMs are encouraging ever more people to reject reality entirely.
Here's my thoughts on why this is happening, and why the Terminally Online turn amongst the powerful is so dangerous.
We live in an age where the Internet and LLMs are encouraging ever more people to reject reality entirely.
Here's my thoughts on why this is happening, and why the Terminally Online turn amongst the powerful is so dangerous.
Rejecting Reality in the Age of AI
The Internet and AI are encouraging more and more people to deny reality itself. Here's why that's bad.
little-flying-robots.ghost.io
January 6, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Many excellent points in this piece, including "The entire world is not legible to the Internet, and thus, the entire world is not legible to LLMs."
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There we go. That there’s a headline.
Who’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter
A look inside Elon Musk’s big tent
www.ft.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:08 PM
There we go. That there’s a headline.
Another win for state constitutions!
✅⚖️👩💼
BREAKING: Abortion will remain legal in Wyoming after the state Supreme Court struck down laws, including the first U.S. ban on pill abortions.
January 6, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Another win for state constitutions!
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RT'ing for the folks in the back. I thought this was pretty fascinating.
This is an interesting argument that has weird parallels for trends under way (but way less far along, less well-consolidated, perhaps always out of reach) in the United States. online.ucpress.edu/currenthisto...
How Sanctions Led to Authoritarian Capitalism in Venezuela
After a deterioration of democratic conditions in Venezuela, in 2017 the United States intensified its sanctions imposed on the regime of Nicolás Maduro. The sanctions failed to topple the regime, but...
online.ucpress.edu
January 6, 2026 at 6:27 PM
RT'ing for the folks in the back. I thought this was pretty fascinating.
Thanks I hate it
Microsoft is so fucking stupid.
Microsoft renamed Microsoft Office to Microsoft 365 Copilot App
I'm not joking
Microsoft renamed Microsoft Office to Microsoft 365 Copilot App
I'm not joking
January 6, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Thanks I hate it
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Someone asked me to comment on the anniversary of Jan 6. I will consider having comments on it….should it ever end. We are very much still reaching for the nadir of this reclamation. No time yet for historicizing it. Still trying to survive it.
January 6, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Someone asked me to comment on the anniversary of Jan 6. I will consider having comments on it….should it ever end. We are very much still reaching for the nadir of this reclamation. No time yet for historicizing it. Still trying to survive it.
I’ve been excited for this for days. If anyone wants to walk over from the hotel, let me know.
Are you going to be at #AALS2026 this evening? My suggestion…skip the boring evening school sponsored parties at the hotel and go to the Joan of Arc parade, which marks the start of Carnival. It starts at 7:30 and is in walking distance of the conference hotel. joanofarcparade.org
- Krewe de Jeanne d'Arc
NEW ROUTE AND EARLIER 7:30 START TIME!!! Details News from our Facebook feed.... Site editor log-in
joanofarcparade.org
January 6, 2026 at 12:47 PM
I’ve been excited for this for days. If anyone wants to walk over from the hotel, let me know.
Am I the only one that sees FedSoc on the AALS schedule and gets mad?
January 6, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Am I the only one that sees FedSoc on the AALS schedule and gets mad?
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Can we get the old #AppellateTwitter band back together & get everyone to post how they pack for oral argument?
January 6, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Can we get the old #AppellateTwitter band back together & get everyone to post how they pack for oral argument?
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What are the great, unsung deals that you know about, in Philadelphia or elsewhere?
not enough people seem to be talking about what a great deal it is to get a hoagie from the acme for $6
January 6, 2026 at 3:14 AM
What are the great, unsung deals that you know about, in Philadelphia or elsewhere?
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I wrote a piece about two years ago that feels scarily relevant to today. Sometimes you just want to be wrong.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Aggression in Law’s Clothing: Does Might Still Make Right?
According to a well known fable, a wolf cloaked itself in sheep’s clothing to hide amongst a shepherd's flock, so that it could slowly eat the shepherd’s sheep
papers.ssrn.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:25 AM
I wrote a piece about two years ago that feels scarily relevant to today. Sometimes you just want to be wrong.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Flu rates are high in Louisiana, so be careful AALSers
The current flu out there is seriously brutal. Everybody needs to be vaccinated against flu and COVID-19 too—no matter what propaganda is being spread by RFK Jr. When the health secretary gives medical advice, get a second opinion.
Flu is rising rapidly, driven by a new variant. Here's what to know
Flu is rising rapidly across the U.S., driven by a new variant of the virus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday that after a slow start to flu season in early December, mu...
apnews.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:38 AM
Flu rates are high in Louisiana, so be careful AALSers
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Diseases for all, a novel midterm strategy
Copy Editing Matters, from HHS's release on the new childhood vaccine schedule: All the diseases will still be available to anyone who wants them
January 6, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Diseases for all, a novel midterm strategy
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"I will not be quiet about the dishonorable efforts of Hegseth, nor should any of you.
We are in this fight with you, Senator Kelly, and we’re not backing down.
It’s the very least we can do for someone who has so consistently done the same for us."
Words from @charlotteclymer.bsky.social
We are in this fight with you, Senator Kelly, and we’re not backing down.
It’s the very least we can do for someone who has so consistently done the same for us."
Words from @charlotteclymer.bsky.social
The Extraordinary Military Career of Mark Kelly
Good lord, has this man done a lot.
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:31 AM
"I will not be quiet about the dishonorable efforts of Hegseth, nor should any of you.
We are in this fight with you, Senator Kelly, and we’re not backing down.
It’s the very least we can do for someone who has so consistently done the same for us."
Words from @charlotteclymer.bsky.social
We are in this fight with you, Senator Kelly, and we’re not backing down.
It’s the very least we can do for someone who has so consistently done the same for us."
Words from @charlotteclymer.bsky.social
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"It seems that Republican lawmakers in Ohio can’t take no for an answer. Despite a 2023 ballot measure codifying reproductive freedom in the state constitution, Republicans are still trying everything they can to make abortion inaccessible." - Susan Rinkunas www.democracydocket.com/opinion/ohio...
Ohio Republicans are defying voters to pursue a backdoor abortion ban
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:52 AM
"It seems that Republican lawmakers in Ohio can’t take no for an answer. Despite a 2023 ballot measure codifying reproductive freedom in the state constitution, Republicans are still trying everything they can to make abortion inaccessible." - Susan Rinkunas www.democracydocket.com/opinion/ohio...
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1. Third Circuit litigants: the court sent out a notice overnight that the court is implementing a new automated program on the CM/ECF electronic filing system that checks briefs as they're filed for compliance with federal and local rules.
January 5, 2026 at 8:18 PM
1. Third Circuit litigants: the court sent out a notice overnight that the court is implementing a new automated program on the CM/ECF electronic filing system that checks briefs as they're filed for compliance with federal and local rules.
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January 5, 2026 at 7:42 PM