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Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 04.27.16

* Amal Clooney lays the smackdown on Donald Trump, all without even uttering his name. Classy. [Vanity Fair] * If you're convicted of a felony in connection with the murder of your mother, then you should probably expect to lose your law license. [Law Profession Blog] * Yes, Ted Cruz is making a fool of himself, running a Sisyphean race for president. But does that mean the founding fathers were right about that natural born citizen crap? (If someone born in Canada to an American mother is even what they meant by the phrase.) [Lawyers, Guns and Money] * BYU's Title IX problem: Are they making sexual assault more likely by linking honor code investigations to reports of rape? [Slate] * Hooah! Army Captain Kristen Griest, one of the first women to earn a Rangers tab, will be transferring branches, becoming the first female infantry officer. Combat arms branches were recently opened to women for the first time, and Captain Griest's move is part of the Army's effort to integrate those branches. [Army Times] * Encounter with Ted Bundy! A victim of the notorious serial killer recalls the experience. [Huffington Post] * Should a settlement deal with a federal agency include a clause to prevent people from speaking negatively about the agency to Congress and the press? [Volokh Conspiracy] * The robots are coming for our jobs, but maybe, if we are lucky, some of us can survive. [Speechwriter Ghostwriter]

Banking Law

Things You Can Do With a Law Degree: Bank Teller

Last week, Elie derisively noted that legal blogs were pushing a silly story in U.S. News about great careers that you can pursue with a law degree. No matter how bad legal hiring gets, law schools like pushing the "you can do anything with a law degree" angle, based on the anecdotal evidence of those who were lucky enough to parlay their J.D. degrees into something non-legal. Obviously, Elie's got some anecdotes of his own. But here's a job, a real live job, that's actually being offered to law students as we speak (or type). If you really want to know "what you can do with a law degree," take a freaking look....

Biglaw

At Brigham Young, OCI Is A Laughing Matter

On-campus interview season has started at law schools all across the land, and it appears that the wild and crazy kids from BYU Law are taking the stress of OCI in stride. Given the economy, there aren't really enough OCI slots to go around. Some BYU Law students decided to have a little fun with that fact....