GOODBYE TO ALL OF THIS

FOLLOWERS OF THE COSMOPOLITAN LAWYER WILL NOTICE THAT THERE WERE QUITE A FEW POSTS YESTERDAY (OR TODAY IN CERTAIN TIME ZONES). ALL OF THOSE POSTS WERE ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR LATER IN THE YEAR BUT, FOR REASONS STATED BELOW, WERE PUBLISHED YESTERDAY. WITH ONE OR TWO EXCEPTIONS, THE ORIGINAL TITLES WERE KEPT. THE ORIGINAL ORDERING HAS NOT BEEN MAINTAINED, SO THERE ARE A FEW ODDITIES.

THE COSMOPOLITAN LAWYER IS CLOSING DOWN. THERE WILL BE NO NEW POSTINGS.

WHAT PERSONAL BENEFIT THIS WRITER DERIVED FROM DOING THE COSMOPOLITAN LAWYER HAS DIMINISHED. AMERICA, INCLUDING THAT LITTLE ISLAND CALLED THE LEGAL PROFESSION, IS HELLBENT ON AN ANTI-INTELLECTUAL TURN, AND UNLIKELY TO TURN ITSELF AROUND IN MY LIFETIME. THE FEW STUDENTS OF LAW WHO WOULD BENEFIT FROM THE READING SUGGESTIONS OF THE COSMOPOLITAN LAWYER, IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, ARE ABLE TO FIND THESE OR OTHER READINGS ON THEIR OWN. THAT WHAT SERIOUS STUDENTS WHO ARE SERIOUS READERS DO. [CAN ONE BE A SERIOUS STUDENT OF, SAY, LAW WITHOUT BEING A SERIOUS READER? DOUBTFUL!!] THEY DO NOT NEED THE COSMOPOLITAN LAWYER'S GUIDANCE. NON-READERS MISS THE POINT ANYWAY.

MAINLY, THIS WRITER HAS COME TO APPRECIATE THAT, AT ITS CORE, THE COSMOPOLITAN LAWYER IS--AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN--A CONCEIT. A CONCEIT THAT NO LONGER SERVES THIS WRITER AND, LIKE MOST CONCEITS, NEVER REALLY DID. STILL, THE WRITER HOPES THAT A FEW STUDENTS HAVE BEEN PROMPTED TO READ A BOOK OR TWO THEY MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE HAVE. IF SO, THEN THE COSMOPOLITAN LAWYER AND THIS WRITER HAVE NOT BEEN COMPLETELY USELESS.

SO, WITH APOLOGIES TO ROBERT GRAVES . . . GOODBYE TO ALL OF THIS.