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Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 01.20.15

* ♫If you wannabe happy for the rest of your life...♫ be a tax lawyer. After all, they're like rock stars. [Vault] * Possibly the world's most expensive sex. It doesn't involve Ashley Dupré, but it does involve the American health care system. [Daily Telegraph] * A possible preview of Justice Alito's upcoming dissent in the marriage equality decision. [The Onion] * Maybe on the more serious side, here's Elizabeth Wydra charting the course of the Supreme Court and matrimony in anticipation of the upcoming marriage equality case. [Tampa Tribune] * Why Best Value is a better alternative to LPTA. This is not a guide for prospective law students, but it could be. [Government Executive] * A wide-ranging talk with Professor Khiara Bridges of Boston University School of Law about law, reproductive rights, and classical ballet. [Hsu Untied] * Let the breakdown continue: California's out of state bar exam pass rates. [Bar Exam Stats] * The legal fiction that are Biglaw firms. [Think Outside the Bar] * Looking for some CLE in L.A.? On Thursday, Judge Alex Kozinski and our own David Lat will be chatting about judging, clerking, ethics, and ambition. [Supreme Ambitions]

By Joe Patrice
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 12.30.14

* In all the excitement of being back yesterday, I'd forgotten to note that TV's Screech was arrested for allegedly stabbing a guy in Wisconsin. Mr. Belding is reportedly pissed. [ABC News] * United Airlines is suing a 22-year-old for pointing out that they routinely rip-off passengers. Sounds... well, a lot like something United Airlines would do. [WGN] * Boston law schools lose over a third of their enrollment. Except Harvard. Harvard's doing just fine. [TaxProf Blog] * Following up on the release of the July 2014 California bar results, here's a breakdown that includes an examination of first-time vs. repeater results. [Bar Exam Stats] * President adopts a werewolf. There's one important reason you haven't seen this on Fox News yet. [Lowering the Bar] * Want to test yourself with a Con Law final exam about Ebola? [Dorf on Law]

By Joe Patrice
Non-Sequiturs

Non-Sequiturs: 12.22.14

* "Pay up or the cat gets it!" is an entirely acceptable means of collecting judgments in Russia. Because of course it is. [Lowering the Bar] * Conservative Teresa Wagner, the professor who sued the University of Iowa for discrimination, is now irked that she's been relegated to the library pending retrial. [TaxProf Blog] * Mayonnaise manufacturer has dropped its stupid lawsuit over the definition of "mayonnaise." Litigation dollars well spent. [Slate] * A new company, "Assholes on Demand," threatens to undercut the primary service lawyers provide. [The Irreverent Lawyer] * North Korea hacks finally hit trend-chasing lawyers where it hurts. [Twitter] * The California bar exam pass rate took a big hit. But big shifts in bar passage are not new in California historically. [Bar Exam Stats] * Number crunchers conclude that in the UK, people hire expensive lawyers more than successful lawyers. [Legal Futures]

By Joe Patrice
2nd Circuit

Non-Sequiturs: 01.04.13

* According to the Second Circuit, the long arm of the law doesn’t extend to the middle finger. You can’t just go around arresting dudes for flipping you the bird. [U.S. Second Circuit / FindLaw] * President Obama jetted off to Hawaii before he could sign the fiscal cliff bill, so he ordered it be signed by autopen. Of course, people are losing their minds over it. [Volokh Conspiracy] * Should we scrap the Constitution? Georgetown Law professor Louis Seidman continues to advocate for constitutional disobedience in this epic ConLaw throwdown. [HuffPost Live] * Don’t celebrate your increase in California bar passage points yet. The state bar changed its tune, and a 40% pass rate is the new standard. That shouldn’t be hard, eh TJSL? [California Bar Journal] * One of our former columnists, Jay Shepherd, has a great way to calculate what your actual hourly rate should be, if you don’t mind working for just pennies a day. Most lawyers would mind. [jayshep] * For the love of God, even Gawker knows that going to law school these days is a fool’s errand, or in their own words: “IT’S A SUCKER’S BET. A CLEAR SUCKER’S BET.” Come on, stop being suckers. :( [Gawker] * If you’d like to hear Dean Lawrence Mitchell of NYT op-ed fame sound off on why there isn’t a lawyer oversupply problem, and why it isn’t his job to get law students jobs, we’ve got a video for you to watch….

By Staci Zaretsky