Weird News Thread Part III

NYPD finds abandoned dirt bike in Harlem. Decides to "take it in" for questioning. Doesn't end well:

https://nypost.com/2019/04/08/nypd-officer-wipes-out-on-dirt-bike-in-harlem/

 

Also not wearing a helmet.

 

And ran a red light.

 

I'm pretty sure I saw that on Reno 911

 

Give him some credit. He ran 2 miles to the ER and got his badly injured leg treated. He will be on the disabled list for 6 Mos when he will be able to retire with full compensation. It's the least we could do!

 

Ahhh - didn't think of the disability angle. It was all planned!

 

Not really weird but amazing news. Using multiple telescopes around the world, scientists have the first picture of a black hole. Looks a bit like Trump's MouthAnus

 

first picture of a black hole

 

Since we don’t have an apocalypse now thread, the news that Kim Kardashian is studying for the bar exam fits best here.

 

I think there are a few states where you can take and pass the bar the old-fashioned way, without going to law school. Abe Lincoln took that route. My guess is that California is one of them.

 

Good article in slate on the way to practice law without a J.D. or even a bachelor's degree, like Abraham Lincoln and potentially Kim Kardashian

https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/04/kim-kardashian-lawyer-no-college-legal-explainer.html

In a Vogue profile published on Wednesday, Kim Kardashian revealed she’s studying to become a lawyer and aims to take the California bar in 2022. She will not go to law school. This plan, the magazine notes, is not a unique Kardashian scheme but rather a perfectly legal alternative to the typical American lawyer’s career path in some states. But is skipping law school actually something that noncelebrities do? And, more important, is it a good idea?

The short answer is that very few people forgo a JD on their path to the law—but, in my view, more should. California, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington allow aspiring lawyers to study under an apprentice for several years, then take the bar exam alongside law school graduates. If they pass, they can work as fully credentialed lawyers in the state. Individuals who choose this route in California must study in a law office for four years, at least 18 hours a week, and pass a “baby bar” after the first year. They must pay a $150 fee to start, followed by a biannual payment to the California bar of $30. The full cost rarely exceeds more than a few thousand dollars, compared with more than $150,000 for three years at many California law schools.​

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And the most interesting part (i.e. the part without Kim Kardashian)

Why does this program exist? It’s actually a carryover from an earlier period in American history, when all aspiring lawyers “read law” rather than attend school, then took an exam to gain admission to the bar. Many celebrated attorneys of the 18th century, including John Adams, John Marshall, and Abraham Lincoln, followed this route. In fact, the first Supreme Court justice to hold a law degree was Benjamin Robbins Curtis, who joined in 1851 (and was not one of its leading lights). The practice of “reading law” began to fade in the 1870s when law schools emerged as a more standardized alternative. The last justice to join the Supreme Court without holding a JD, the widely respected Robert H. Jackson, was appointed in 1941.

Even though “reading law” remains a possibility in some states today, this route does have some major drawbacks. First, it can be difficult for would-be apprentices to find a mentor willing to work with them closely over several years. Second, the bar exam pass rate for apprentices is quite low—28 percent in 2013, compared with a 73 percent pass rate for graduates of an American Bar Association–accredited law school. Third, those apprentices who do pass the bar won’t be able to practice in most other states. If you graduate from law school, take the bar in one state, then move somewhere else, you can usually either transfer your exam scores or, at worst, take the bar in your new state of residence. But if you do not hold a JD, most states won’t let you practice, even if you take the bar. Put simply, if you “read law” in California, you’d better intend to practice in California exclusively.​

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I managed to get a photo of the black hole today with my mobile..

 

Huh. I was always under the impression that anyone was allowed to try to pass any state's bar and then practice, if the score was successful. So much so that I never bothered to look it up.

Does the writer actually mean "study under an apprentice"? Seems to me one would study AS an apprentice.

It's interesting that this profession is treating itself like a guild of cabinetmakers, the difference being that somebody who wants cabinets can buy cabinets from anyone willing to make them. Of course there's usually a lot more at stake with law...

 

I meant to note that with a (sic) but I forgot. That's what happens when you have writers self-editing things they publish.

Another ******** up is the line, "Many celebrated attorneys of the 18th century, including John Adams, John Marshall, and Abraham Lincoln, followed this route. "

Lincoln was born in ... 1808? 1809? Can't remember, but it wasn't the 18th century.

 

Wow,this is some seriously stupid justification for Kim Kardashian trying this.

1) As you point out, Lincoln was not an 18th century anything.

2) The first law school program in the US was a bachelor's program at College of William and Mary in 1793, so it was about the only way "celebrated attorneys" of the 18th Century" would become lawyers.
Apprenticeships were common throughout the 19th Century.
The major universities began adding law school and legal study programs slowly.
There were only 8 in the nation as of 1840.
In the 1870's the ABA came in and part of the mission in promoting the profession including looking at rapidly formalizing and standardizing the education curriculum.

3) The Juris Doctor program was not introduced until after 1900. The University of Chicago was first.

Also, only a few people successfully pass the bar without graduating from Law School. The passage rate is less than 30% for those who try it in the states that allow it.

 

Masturbating robots.

Just to clarify, they masturbate you, not themselves.

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I bet you a dollar if you put one of those into a busy men's restroom, it would be used. Oh yes it would.

— Mistress Matisse (@mistressmatisse) April 9, 2019

 

In public bathrooms, huh? It may be very Idiocracy, but I smell a money making opportunity!

 

You, sir, are a blessed job creator.

Someone will have to clean them.

 

"Donors reluctant to masturbate in a hospital setting"... If they were that reluctant, they wouldn't be donating. I mean, this tech didn't exist until fairly recently. Have the numbers gone up because you can now put your dick into a mechanical device instead of using your hand?

"Those jobs even Black folks don't want to do"...