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Leaving Work At Work: Five Steps To Disconnect
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How Paragon Opened New Career Paths For Lawyers
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 08.10.17
* Anthony Scaramucci may be out of the White House, but he isn’t off Twitter. [Slate]
* A GOP donor has filed a lawsuit over the party’s inability to repeal Obamacare. Shocker — Trump agrees with the suit. [Salon]
* Interesting podcast exploring career options in the law. [Legal Executive Institute]
* Money is the big downside for lawyers considering a career in politics. [Law and More]
* Assessing the threats to constitutional democracy. [Dorf on Law]
* More justifications for going to law school. [TaxProf Blog]
* The new normal: the horrors never stop. [The Hill]
* Which countries have blasphemy laws on the books? [Volokh Conspiracy]
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From Studying For the LSAT To Running Elle.com
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What 'Can't' You Do With a Law Degree?
There's a really funny post up on Constitutional Daily, in which the protagonist -- who holds a J.D. from NYU Law and was laid off from Biglaw during the recession -- recounts his inability to secure a job at Target. It got us thinking of that other great lie that law schools tell incoming law students: "Yada yada, you can do anything with a law degree... also, I'd like to interest you in partial ownership of the Brooklyn Bridge." But many J.D. holders have found out the hard way that holding a law degree only opens doors to "law" jobs. They aren't degrees of general utility. If anything, they close more doors than they open....