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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]
Morning Docket: 10.13.15
* Zimbabwe officials won't charge Dr. Walter Palmer in the slaying of Cecil the lion since he had proper paperwork, but he likely won't be allowed to hunt if he ever returns. This will not stand. It's now time for the American vigilante animal-lover justice team to assemble. [Reuters] * Per the results of two new surveys, Biglaw firms can stop worrying about their work drying up thanks to in-house law departments keeping matters in-house. Outside spending on legal counsel is flat as opposed to in the negative, and that's apparently something to celebrate. [WSJ Law Blog] * This school puts the "duh" in Flori-duh: As we mentioned previously, Ave Maria School of Law was the caboose on the trainwreck that was the July 2015 administration of the Florida bar exam, and now people can't stop staring at the wreckage. [Naples Daily News] * The Cannabis Law and Policy Project, a new group at the University of Washington School of Law, will spend the next year researching existing and emerging markets for marijuana. We can't wait for them to puff, puff, pass on their knowledge. [UW Today] * If you're planning to take the LSAT with testing accommodations, there are a few things that you need to know. Find out what types of accommodations are available, and be sure to file your -- OMG, SQUIRREL! [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News & World Report]
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