Nancy Rapoport
@nancyrapoport.bsky.social
Law professor and ballroom dancer.
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."
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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
creditorcoalition.org
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....
cdn.prod.website-files.com
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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lnkd.in
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...
www.thecrimson.com
March 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Bravo, Harvard Law faculty: www.thecrimson.com/article/2025....
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/b...
Trump’s Not-So-Subtle Purpose in Fighting Big Law Firms (Gift Article)
The president has attacked law firms for “frivolous” litigation. But his actions could undermine the basic right of Americans to sue their government.
www.nytimes.com
March 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/b...
abovethelaw.com/2025/03/not-... I signed the letter. Will you?
Not One, But Two, George W. Bush-Appointed Judges Grant Restraining Orders Against Trump's Biglaw Executive Orders - Above the Law
Jenner & Block and WilmerHale get victories in court.
abovethelaw.com
March 29, 2025 at 12:16 PM
abovethelaw.com/2025/03/not-... I signed the letter. Will you?
Meet Jenner & Block, WilmerHale's Attys In Trump Order Suits www.law360.com/pulse/small-...
Meet Jenner & Block, WilmerHale's Attys In Trump Order Suits - Law360 Pulse
A slew of experienced litigators and appellate advocates from Cooley LLP and Clement & Murphy PLLC signed on Friday to represent Jenner & Block LLP and WilmerHale in the BigLaw firms' respecti...
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March 28, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Meet Jenner & Block, WilmerHale's Attys In Trump Order Suits www.law360.com/pulse/small-...
Today, on my "bravo" list: Perkins Coie, Jenner & Block, WilmerHale, Williams & Connolly, Cooley, and Clement & Murphy.
March 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Today, on my "bravo" list: Perkins Coie, Jenner & Block, WilmerHale, Williams & Connolly, Cooley, and Clement & Murphy.