Non-Sequiturs: 10.29.15

* "Coming to SCOTUS: Battle of the dueling interpretive canons." [LAWnLinguisitcs] * Fun fact: the highest scorer on the July 2015 Florida bar exam didn't even go to law school in Florida. [Daily Business Review] * What is "Lean Law," and how can it help you in your legal practice? [Law Reboot] * Additional information from Bob Ambrogi about the big announcement by Harvard Law and Ravel Law today. [LawSites] *" I felt kind of stupid." A Georgia man fled the courtroom just minutes before being acquitted. [New York Daily News] * Dahlia Lithwick on Dale Cox, the Louisiana prosecutor who wants to "cold cock" defense counsel. [Slate] * Are you "a Yuppie, professional or other generic dweeb between the ages of 22 and 82"? Here's an idea worth considering. [What About Paris?] * Former Wachtell Lipton lawyer Stephanie Lee and her Skybuds colleagues are 90 percent of the way to their Kickstarter goal -- and they still have 20 days left in the campaign. [Kickstarter] * I'll be speaking next week at the Los Angeles LMA chapter's Continuing Marketing Education Conference next week; I hope to see some of you there! [Legal Marketing Association]

By David Lat on October 29, 2015 5:02 pm

* “Coming to SCOTUS: Battle of the dueling interpretive canons.” [LAWnLinguisitcs]

* Fun fact: the highest scorer on the July 2015 Florida bar exam didn’t even go to law school in Florida. [Daily Business Review]

* What is “Lean Law,” and how can it help you in your legal practice? [Law Reboot]

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* Additional information from Bob Ambrogi about the big announcement by Harvard Law and Ravel Law today. [LawSites]

*” I felt kind of stupid.” A Georgia man fled the courtroom just minutes before being acquitted. [New York Daily News]

* Dahlia Lithwick on Dale Cox, the Louisiana prosecutor who wants to “cold cock” defense counsel. [Slate]

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* Are you “a Yuppie, professional or other generic dweeb between the ages of 22 and 82”? Here’s an idea worth considering. [What About Paris?]

* Former Wachtell Lipton lawyer Stephanie Lee and her Skybuds colleagues are 90 percent of the way to their Kickstarter goal — and they still have 20 days left in the campaign. [Kickstarter]

* I’ll be speaking next week at the Los Angeles LMA chapter’s Continuing Marketing Education Conference next week; I hope to see some of you there! [Legal Marketing Association]