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Justice Clarence Thomas: legal godfather of the Trump administration.

FYI, there are thousands of people with JDs who have never had a job as a lawyer that would kill for your “hated job.” Quit complaining.

A look at the findings of a survey of students currently studying for the LSAT regarding the legal education landscape.

I'm not going to debate the job numbers. I'm going to focus on the human cost of losing the law school lottery.

Above the Law v. Slate law school deathmatch, round 3.

* As I noted yesterday over at Redline, the defense in the NCAA trial is putting up some terrible witnesses. Here’s another example. The NCAA’s expert wrote a textbook. The NCAA might have wanted to check it out before bringing him on to help defend themselves IN AN ANTITRUST CASE. [Twitter / Stewart Mandel] * Elie and I got in a spirited discussion with Slate’s Jordan Weissmann over my edits to his piece on law schools. And it looks like some outside observers took notice. [Law and More] * The case for grade inflation. [The Atlantic] * In Wisconsin, a Scott Walker supporter allegedly voted for his boy 5 times. His defense is ripped from a Days of Our Lives script. [CBS News] * Our mates at Legal Cheek have the ideal follow-up to our World Cup guide: Which last 16 World Cup team is your law firm? As a QPR fan, I’ll tip my hat to their Harry Redknapp quote. [Legal Cheeks] * Overpreparing for a simple meeting. [What Should Law Bros Call Me] * An 11th Circuit PIP nightmare. [South Florida Lawyers] * Hong Kong lawyers protesting what they see as China meddling. Honestly can you blame China? Ever since Hong Kong let Batman just swoop in and grab that guy, you can’t really trust the Hong Kong legal system. [Reuters]

Slate sent us a draft copy of its "Apply to Law School Now!" article to edit, and darned if we forgot to email over the redlined copy.

A daughter makes the mistake of listening to her dad -- and pays for it, dearly.

People are trying desperately to perpetuate the lie that you can do anything with a law degree.

Supreme Court clerkships for October Term 2014 are going fast; see any names you know?

Elizabeth Wurtzel, the prominent writer and lawyer, shares relationship advice and talks about her next book.

Don't mess with people who argue tough cases for a living.

Two attorneys come up with fantastic problems and need some good advice to fix them.

If you're being treated to daily views of a naked woman, what should you do?

Now taking bets on which Supreme Court justice will be the first to bang the big gavel in the sky.

Dear Prudence sets the record straight for the wife of a future law student when it comes to student debt and entry-level jobs.

* Man, the economy is so bad, monks are having to go to court to fight for a new revenue stream. [WSJ Law Blog] * We have peace between a Texas auction house and the President of Mongolia over the ownership of a Tyrannosaur skeleton. While we’re here, should anybody wish to invite me to a pre-screening of their inventive dinosaur park, I’d like to note that I’m not the type of bloodsucking lawyer who leaves children behind. [Heritage Foundation] * Did you know Sullivan & Cromwell got involved in the birther controversy? The first one, the legitimate one with Mitt Romney’s father. Not the ridiculous one that Romney’s been embracing. [Reuters] * Speaking of Mittens, did you know he supports for-profit colleges? That’s like supporting people jumping off the Empire State Building, so long as they pay to get in. [Salon] * Could an accounting firm pull a Dewey? [Going Concern] * Have an idea for how to improve the Constitution? Share it with the good folks over at Slate. [The Hive / Slate]

How screwed up is legal education these days? One mainstream publication recently published an article suggesting law students should be paid to not go to law school, while the paper of record noted that nobody learns how to be a lawyer in law school anyway. Welcome to law school, the red-headed stepchild of American professional schools....

Lawyers, journalists, investment bankers — they are liabilities, not leaders, in the zombie-infested world…. In the zombie apocalypse, your J.D. is worthless — which is actually not so different from the real world of recent years. — Torie Bosch, in a thought-provoking Slate article entitled First, Eat All the Lawyers, arguing that the boom in […]

It makes sense for anyone contemplating law school to make sure he or she has a passion for the profession. Your friend would have to consciously be avoiding stories about unemployed law school graduates if she knows nothing about this. But perhaps, since you say she is a worrier, she doesn’t want to dwell on […]