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* Only a few weeks before law school classes were to start, Alicia Vikander’s acting career took off. Now she has an Academy Award nomination, so I guess that was a good call. [KPCC]
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* Fans and/or opponents of Making a Murderer are have a hard time with nuance and the concept of “reasonable doubt.” [Gawker]
* As a native New Yorker, and decent human being on planet earth, let me just say to Ted Cruz: F*ck you. [New York Daily News]
* Spoiler alert: law school internships are still a terrible idea. [Lawyers, Guns and Money]
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* “[P]roof that that the holidays are finally over: avalanche of legal tech this week,” via Monica Bay. [CodeX]
* A law school parody from Australia — I guess law school nonsense is a universal language. [Australian Lawyer]
* A showdown is a brewing! 2016 is going to be a big year for reproductive freedom. [Pacific Standard]
* When would Supergirl be responsible for damages? [Legal Geeks]