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'Can we just go back and pretend we didn't commit the unauthorized practice of law?'

Oopsie doesn't quite cover it.

Are any exciting legal celebrities speaking at your law school's commencement ceremony?

With no doubt, our federal appeals courts are populated with legal thinkers and writers of the highest caliber. As such, it is a treat to see their skills applied to an area of law that some of us grapple with daily.

* Supreme Court authorizes Idaho's anti-trans care law with Justice Gorsuch writing that the decision might abuse the standard notion of the Court's shadow docket power, but all the justices who created those precedents are dead now and we have a supermajority so YOLO (you'd be shocked at how lightly paraphrased that is too). [Law360]

* Rudy tried to get his defamation verdict reversed. It went as well as the rest of his election legal work. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Armorer in the Alec Baldwin case sentenced to 18 months. [Reuters]

* Over in the UK, Kaplan apologizes after incorrectly informed a bunch of grads that they'd failed the Solicitor's Qualification Exam, leading at least some to lose their job offers. [LegalCheek]

* Biglaw partner alleges that another lawyer filed an inflammatory affidavit for the purpose of serving as the basis of a negative NY Post article. [ABA Journal]

* A&O makes a withdrawal from the (Mil)bank. [Law.com International]

* Eriq Gardner chats with David Boies about a wide range of topics, but especially the firm's contingency work and the billions in value it generates. [Puck]

Will Taylor Be The New Star On A JD Track?: The signs are there.

Sure Is Refreshing To See A Loss On A Monday:Ken Paxton Probably Thinks Differently.

Miss A Deadline And See What Happens: How's withholding information doing for your school's ranking?

Law Schools Are Behind On Studying The Green: Your alma mater should probably be offering classes on weed.

High profile cases are nothing new.