Liz Gil
@lizcgil.bsky.social
founding senior attorney @ optimal counsel. startup lawyer. biglaw escapee. dog momager, @adamstasiw.com’s #1 fan. advocate for a healthier legal profession. she/her. formerly lizcgil on twitter, not there anymore. views my own, not legal advice, etc. 🇨🇺🗽🦎
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I’m starting to feel some hope again. A better country and world is possible.
November 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I’m starting to feel some hope again. A better country and world is possible.
I think that the rise of AI demands that we be *radically conscious* of the difference between interacting w it & interacting w actual humans.
This sounds basic. But as society gets more accustomed to instant answers, constant availability, & unfailing affirmation, I do worry lines will blur.
This sounds basic. But as society gets more accustomed to instant answers, constant availability, & unfailing affirmation, I do worry lines will blur.
November 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I think that the rise of AI demands that we be *radically conscious* of the difference between interacting w it & interacting w actual humans.
This sounds basic. But as society gets more accustomed to instant answers, constant availability, & unfailing affirmation, I do worry lines will blur.
This sounds basic. But as society gets more accustomed to instant answers, constant availability, & unfailing affirmation, I do worry lines will blur.
this….feels like a horseman of the apocalypse
November 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
this….feels like a horseman of the apocalypse
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SCOTUS was never going to come for queer rights via a cert petition asking for an Obergefell repeal—they were always going to come for the LGBTQ community by targeting trans people. and they literally are doing that, this session. protect trans people.
open.substack.com/pub/cohen489...
open.substack.com/pub/cohen489...
Kim Davis is a Distraction
The real fight for queer rights is already in front of the Court, and people aren’t paying attention.
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
SCOTUS was never going to come for queer rights via a cert petition asking for an Obergefell repeal—they were always going to come for the LGBTQ community by targeting trans people. and they literally are doing that, this session. protect trans people.
open.substack.com/pub/cohen489...
open.substack.com/pub/cohen489...
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What a terrible day to know how to read
November 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
What a terrible day to know how to read
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When you realize everyone is healing from something, it's a lot easier to just be kind to people.
~ Lewis Howes
~ Lewis Howes
November 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
When you realize everyone is healing from something, it's a lot easier to just be kind to people.
~ Lewis Howes
~ Lewis Howes
Look!! Even biglaw partners agree!!! ⬇️⬇️
I agree and will also just add that you're generally pretty good at being yourself and pretty bad at being someone else. So it is unlikely you will even win much work by pretending to be someone other than who you are.
November 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Look!! Even biglaw partners agree!!! ⬇️⬇️
I say this often to new attorneys: one of the most important things to remember is that you will NOT be a fit for every client, and that’s okay. We are human beings first, attorneys second - not the other way around. If you prioritize appealing to everyone and lose yourself, you’ve lost.
November 14, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I say this often to new attorneys: one of the most important things to remember is that you will NOT be a fit for every client, and that’s okay. We are human beings first, attorneys second - not the other way around. If you prioritize appealing to everyone and lose yourself, you’ve lost.
A necessary reminder.
November 14, 2025 at 12:31 PM
A necessary reminder.
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My least favorite but most consistent habit as a New Yorker when I travel: Try to walk thru a city and end up needing to cross or walk alongside a highway.
November 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
My least favorite but most consistent habit as a New Yorker when I travel: Try to walk thru a city and end up needing to cross or walk alongside a highway.
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If you need it, even if you just want it, every day can be Emergency Bagel Day.
November 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
If you need it, even if you just want it, every day can be Emergency Bagel Day.
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Me as a BigLaw summer associate: Being a lawyer is great! You eat lunch at amazing restaurants every day!
Me 30+ years later: The structural integrity of these Hot Pockets has suffered since they stopped including the microwave heat-focus sleeve. [Slurps approx. 8000 MG of sodium from CupONoodles]
Me 30+ years later: The structural integrity of these Hot Pockets has suffered since they stopped including the microwave heat-focus sleeve. [Slurps approx. 8000 MG of sodium from CupONoodles]
November 13, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Me as a BigLaw summer associate: Being a lawyer is great! You eat lunch at amazing restaurants every day!
Me 30+ years later: The structural integrity of these Hot Pockets has suffered since they stopped including the microwave heat-focus sleeve. [Slurps approx. 8000 MG of sodium from CupONoodles]
Me 30+ years later: The structural integrity of these Hot Pockets has suffered since they stopped including the microwave heat-focus sleeve. [Slurps approx. 8000 MG of sodium from CupONoodles]
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seeing how many people show up in jeffery epstein's emails makes me happy i never reply to anyone's email
November 13, 2025 at 4:08 AM
seeing how many people show up in jeffery epstein's emails makes me happy i never reply to anyone's email
ok, catholic bishops! I was not familiar with your game (in this specific respect)
BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
NEW: At Pope Leo’s Urging, Bishops Issue Historic Rebuke of Trump’s Raids
Nearly all U.S. Catholic bishops united in Baltimore to denounce the Trump administration’s “inhumane” deportation campaign — a near-unanimous, unprecedented moral stand against a sitting president.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
ok, catholic bishops! I was not familiar with your game (in this specific respect)
Me in my backyard waiting for the alleged aurora borealis
a man with a mustache is sitting on a swing in a park
Alt: Montage of man sitting and waiting
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Me in my backyard waiting for the alleged aurora borealis
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Haunted house for introverts: people pop out and try to make small talk. Final room is a networking event where everyone asks for your info at once
October 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Haunted house for introverts: people pop out and try to make small talk. Final room is a networking event where everyone asks for your info at once
When a deal slack channel is blowing up but I’m not on the deal
a woman in a pink dress holding a wand says i 'm gonna go
Alt: Glinda from wicked saying “I’m….gonna go”
media.tenor.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
When a deal slack channel is blowing up but I’m not on the deal
“Wow you’re so firm with your boundaries” no actually I hate setting them and have been putting them off for months and months which is why I’m basically screaming now
November 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
“Wow you’re so firm with your boundaries” no actually I hate setting them and have been putting them off for months and months which is why I’m basically screaming now
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"In Media Borough, Pennsylvania, Joi Washington became the first woman and Black person to be elected mayor in her town’s 175-year history." capitalbnews.org/rural-electi...
Black Women Sweep Local Elections in Small Towns
Millennial candidates made sweeping gains in rural towns and small cities — making history and achieving several firsts.
capitalbnews.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"In Media Borough, Pennsylvania, Joi Washington became the first woman and Black person to be elected mayor in her town’s 175-year history." capitalbnews.org/rural-electi...
Still thinking about how the NYPost was like “MEGA CRINGE!!! Mamdani made a rap about being nice to his grandmother 🤮🤮”
November 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Still thinking about how the NYPost was like “MEGA CRINGE!!! Mamdani made a rap about being nice to his grandmother 🤮🤮”
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Kendrick Lamar ft. Joyce Carol Oates "Not Like Us REMIX"
November 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Kendrick Lamar ft. Joyce Carol Oates "Not Like Us REMIX"
Major casualty of AI - *even more* people saying “screw it, guess I’ll go be a lawyer”
November 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Major casualty of AI - *even more* people saying “screw it, guess I’ll go be a lawyer”
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Apropos of theonion.com/democrats-si...
Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
WASHINGTON—Having thus far caved on eliminating the filibuster, advancing an adequate climate change agenda, and protecting voting rights, congressional Democrats told reporters Wednesday they were si...
theonion.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Apropos of theonion.com/democrats-si...
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Interesting that NY gov Kathy Hochul felt compelled to put out a statement against Dems' deal to end the shutdown
November 10, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Interesting that NY gov Kathy Hochul felt compelled to put out a statement against Dems' deal to end the shutdown
Welp, I tried. I tried with all my might. And yet, I fell short. I could not, despite making every possible effort, finish the pilot of All’s Fair
November 10, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Welp, I tried. I tried with all my might. And yet, I fell short. I could not, despite making every possible effort, finish the pilot of All’s Fair