Let's Get Personal with David Lat, Lawyer turned Writer and Commentator on the Legal Profession

David Lat is a lawyer turned writer and commentator on the legal profession. David is a graduate of Harvard College (1996) and Yale Law School (1999). He clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1999-2000), worked as a litigation associate at the New York law firm of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen, & Katz, and served as an Assistant United States Attorney in Newark, New Jersey. David is the voice of Underneath Their Robes, a blog he started in 2004 about the federal judiciary. David is also the founder of Above the Law, the legal news website we all know and love for its transparency about law schools, law firms, and the legal profession. After leaving Above the Law in 2019, David worked with Lateral Link, a legal recruiting firm. David created Original Jurisdiction in 2020 and now dedicates himself to writing full-time via that platform.  Learn more about David Lat here. Check out David's website and subscribe to his newsletter, Original Jurisdiction. Follow David on Twitter. Connect with David on LinkedIn. Find us online at https://www.personaljxpod.comOn Twitter @PersonalJxPodAnd on Instagram @PersonalJxPodcastPersonal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with Simplecast. Our logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor.Personal Jurisdiction is edited by Scott Donnell at Run and Drum Media https://www.runanddrummedia.comOur Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod.Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7614-pleasant-porridgeLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Get new episodes by email by subscribing to our Substack! Thank you to our sponsor, Themis Bar Review! Find us online at https://www.personaljxpod.comFind us on LinkedIn on our new page and subscribe to our LinkedIn newsletterFind us on Twitter @PersonalJxPodWe couldn't do this alone! So...Personal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with Simplecast. We use Riverside.FM to record our episodes. Our episodes are edited by Scott Donnell at Run and Drum Media https://www.runanddrummedia.comOur new logo/branding was designed by Ellie Mejia, a graphic designer and illustrator located in Chicago, Illinois. Check out Ellie's work here. Our previous logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor.Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Show Less