Jennifer Romig
@jennifermromig.bsky.social
Veteran legal writing professor; still positive, eclectic, and pragmatic
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I wrote a bit for McSweeney's about Isaac Chotiner interviewing Santa Claus. Just a little something for the holiday season. Enjoy!
The New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner Interviews Santa Claus
For several centuries, Santa Claus has been one of the most prolific mythical gift-givers in the world. Formerly known as Saint Nicholas of Myra, a...
www.mcsweeneys.net
December 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I wrote a bit for McSweeney's about Isaac Chotiner interviewing Santa Claus. Just a little something for the holiday season. Enjoy!
Walking out of the law school and see a 3L coming in to take a final
Me: “How are you?”
Her: “Living the dream.“
no need for her to take the bar exam, she’s practice ready now
Me: “How are you?”
Her: “Living the dream.“
no need for her to take the bar exam, she’s practice ready now
December 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Walking out of the law school and see a 3L coming in to take a final
Me: “How are you?”
Her: “Living the dream.“
no need for her to take the bar exam, she’s practice ready now
Me: “How are you?”
Her: “Living the dream.“
no need for her to take the bar exam, she’s practice ready now
The Gala Pie from Great British Bake Off #ithauntsme
I don't want your spotify wrapped I want to know what were your top 5 intrusive thoughts this year
December 4, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The Gala Pie from Great British Bake Off #ithauntsme
Faculty meeting today with brown bag lunch policy - everyone was breaking out bags and tupperwares of turkey and dressing, it was so wholesome
December 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Faculty meeting today with brown bag lunch policy - everyone was breaking out bags and tupperwares of turkey and dressing, it was so wholesome
Contains a great example of human reasoning about what’s NOT there and answering “un-confidently” but with a range of correct answers
ready, set, go:
real schools seeing real market advantage in real classes with real brains
“Artificial Intelligence may be able to write you a song, develop a presentation or help you write a script...But MSU is real experts with real answers. No AI needed.”
bridgemi.com/quality-life...
real schools seeing real market advantage in real classes with real brains
“Artificial Intelligence may be able to write you a song, develop a presentation or help you write a script...But MSU is real experts with real answers. No AI needed.”
bridgemi.com/quality-life...
In world of AI, Michigan State University Extension bets on human expertise - Bridge Michigan
For 118 years, Michigan State University Extension has existed to serve the public with programs ranging from canning classes to soil testing and financial literacy workshops. Now, it aims to bill its...
bridgemi.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Contains a great example of human reasoning about what’s NOT there and answering “un-confidently” but with a range of correct answers
Every year the Atlanta improv theater Dad’s Garage does a run of A Christmas Carol where some unexpected character interrupts the show and they have to continue the basic storyline with the new character. Every night is different -the one I saw featured Macho Man Randy Savage
"You will be visited by three spirits."
November 25, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Every year the Atlanta improv theater Dad’s Garage does a run of A Christmas Carol where some unexpected character interrupts the show and they have to continue the basic storyline with the new character. Every night is different -the one I saw featured Macho Man Randy Savage
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
I published a Thanksgiving essay about this turkey problem right after watching Battlestar Galactica “33” - the essay now lost to 404 land but a good frame at that moment
November 24, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I published a Thanksgiving essay about this turkey problem right after watching Battlestar Galactica “33” - the essay now lost to 404 land but a good frame at that moment
Didn’t think internal emails could ever be worse than the employee messages around Boeing 737 Max … until now
Instagram’s former head of safety and well-being Vaishnavi Jayakumar testified the company had a “17x” strike policy for accounts that engaged in the trafficking of humans for sex.
“You could incur 16 violations and upon the 17th violation, your account would be suspended"
time.com/7336204/meta...
“You could incur 16 violations and upon the 17th violation, your account would be suspended"
time.com/7336204/meta...
7 Allegations Against Meta in Newly Unsealed Filings
Court filings allege Meta tolerated sex trafficking, hid harms to teens, and prioritized growth over user safety for years.
time.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Didn’t think internal emails could ever be worse than the employee messages around Boeing 737 Max … until now
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I have been looking at Black Friday sales for a week but I do not actually need anything so instead I closed all those tabs and bought a Polaroid for a foster kid in Florida who uses photography to deal with big feelings. Perhaps you would like to do the same for one of the kids at the link below?
🧵 We are, in fact, doing the thing again for @onesimplewish.bsky.social. In 2024, the kind people of this community put the money cannon on blast to help grant $75K in wishes for children in foster care. Toys, tech, a suit for job interviews. Here we go again! 👇
www.onesimplewish.org/giving/megwa...
www.onesimplewish.org/giving/megwa...
November 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I have been looking at Black Friday sales for a week but I do not actually need anything so instead I closed all those tabs and bought a Polaroid for a foster kid in Florida who uses photography to deal with big feelings. Perhaps you would like to do the same for one of the kids at the link below?
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A summar of the legal news today (re: Comey and the Texas redistricting): Bad lawyers are bad, and they're worse if you chase out every good lawyer who could possibly help them be ok.
November 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
A summar of the legal news today (re: Comey and the Texas redistricting): Bad lawyers are bad, and they're worse if you chase out every good lawyer who could possibly help them be ok.
I’m a writing coach and love working with attorneys 1-on-1 on advanced skills, but am seriously thinking of offering a big shaming group class for AI hallucinations—like mandatory defensive driving after a reckless driving ticket. It’s punitive and annoying CLE for attys caught submitting fake cases
Are lawyers heeding warnings about hallucinated citations? There were at least 3 hallucinated citation cases JUST YESTERDAY 🤖😵
Cojom v. Roblen digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/cgi/viewcont...
Schlichter v. Kennedy cases.justia.com/california/c...
Neal v. Frayer digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/cgi/viewcont...
Cojom v. Roblen digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/cgi/viewcont...
Schlichter v. Kennedy cases.justia.com/california/c...
Neal v. Frayer digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/cgi/viewcont...
cases.justia.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I’m a writing coach and love working with attorneys 1-on-1 on advanced skills, but am seriously thinking of offering a big shaming group class for AI hallucinations—like mandatory defensive driving after a reckless driving ticket. It’s punitive and annoying CLE for attys caught submitting fake cases
I really liked Barton Swaim’s Book The Speechwriter—loosely labeled “fiction” about a young speechwriter from a southern state working for a mysterious disappearing governor—and wonder what he’s thinking right now
November 18, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I really liked Barton Swaim’s Book The Speechwriter—loosely labeled “fiction” about a young speechwriter from a southern state working for a mysterious disappearing governor—and wonder what he’s thinking right now
Great job AI overview - thanks for this cutting-edge info that my favorite college football team did not play yesterday (they did) but will play today (they will not)
November 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Great job AI overview - thanks for this cutting-edge info that my favorite college football team did not play yesterday (they did) but will play today (they will not)
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"The Cavalier Daily corresponded with former Rector Robert Hardie, whose term ended June 30, regarding the two accounts. He confirmed that he agreed with Ryan’s account.
'I concur fully with President Ryan’s recollection of events,' Hardie said."
Welp
www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
'I concur fully with President Ryan’s recollection of events,' Hardie said."
Welp
www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
Ryan and Sheridan provide full accounts of Ryan’s resignation. They differ significantly
“I concur fully with President Ryan’s recollection of events,” former Board Rector Robert Hardie said.
www.cavalierdaily.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
"The Cavalier Daily corresponded with former Rector Robert Hardie, whose term ended June 30, regarding the two accounts. He confirmed that he agreed with Ryan’s account.
'I concur fully with President Ryan’s recollection of events,' Hardie said."
Welp
www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
'I concur fully with President Ryan’s recollection of events,' Hardie said."
Welp
www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
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Ya gotta love a lawyer
November 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Ya gotta love a lawyer
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Related to this, I have a pending FOIA request with UVA for the retainer agreement and billing records/invoices from McGuireWoods regarding UVA’s interactions with DOJ. It was filed on *July 2* and I still haven’t received a substantive reply. (The deadline is a maximum of 12 working days.)
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
November 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Related to this, I have a pending FOIA request with UVA for the retainer agreement and billing records/invoices from McGuireWoods regarding UVA’s interactions with DOJ. It was filed on *July 2* and I still haven’t received a substantive reply. (The deadline is a maximum of 12 working days.)
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Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
November 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
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Jim Ryan's letter is not just surreal and troubling; it provides a series of deeply sobering lessons—about the perils facing public universities today; about what it means to "work with" this Department of Justice; & about what leadership does (and doesn't) entail at this especially fraught moment.
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
November 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Jim Ryan's letter is not just surreal and troubling; it provides a series of deeply sobering lessons—about the perils facing public universities today; about what it means to "work with" this Department of Justice; & about what leadership does (and doesn't) entail at this especially fraught moment.
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Joyce Carol Oates sitting across a desk from Kendrick Lamar:
"So I'm putting a team together..."
Isaac Chotiner knocks on the open door.
"So I'm putting a team together..."
Isaac Chotiner knocks on the open door.
Personally, I will be trying to avoid the notice of Joyce Carol Oates and Kendrick Lamar for the rest of my natural life
I need Joyce Carol Oates to be mean to me online so I can get my life together
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Joyce Carol Oates sitting across a desk from Kendrick Lamar:
"So I'm putting a team together..."
Isaac Chotiner knocks on the open door.
"So I'm putting a team together..."
Isaac Chotiner knocks on the open door.
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He did not have the requisite mens rye-a
November 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
He did not have the requisite mens rye-a
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Dolly Parton releases “9 to 5” 45 yrs ago today.
“I knew what it was like to be a working woman trying to make a decent living, trying to be taken seriously. .. I wanted a song that sounded playful on the surface but spoke to that frustration .. A song about women .. saying, ‘We deserve better.’”
“I knew what it was like to be a working woman trying to make a decent living, trying to be taken seriously. .. I wanted a song that sounded playful on the surface but spoke to that frustration .. A song about women .. saying, ‘We deserve better.’”
November 3, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Dolly Parton releases “9 to 5” 45 yrs ago today.
“I knew what it was like to be a working woman trying to make a decent living, trying to be taken seriously. .. I wanted a song that sounded playful on the surface but spoke to that frustration .. A song about women .. saying, ‘We deserve better.’”
“I knew what it was like to be a working woman trying to make a decent living, trying to be taken seriously. .. I wanted a song that sounded playful on the surface but spoke to that frustration .. A song about women .. saying, ‘We deserve better.’”
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November 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Game 7 is over, concluded after 11 innings - how is this still the “AI Overview”?
November 2, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Game 7 is over, concluded after 11 innings - how is this still the “AI Overview”?