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Useful things to do with old casebooks!

By Tung Yin

Thanks to "burned" CIA operative Michael Weston (from Burn Notice), I've discovered a new use for old casebooks!  In a recent episode, Weston had to go into prison to protect an inmate from being killed.  Knowing that the bad guys were heading over with shivs, Weston took his client into the law library, grabbed a bunch of old law reporters, and stripped the covers off.  He then explained that the hardcovers weren't strong enough to stop a bullet from a gun, but they were plenty strong enough to deflect small knives.

So, if you've finished a course and you can't sell the casebook because a new edition has just come out, well, think about it -- homemade body armor! 

Full post as published by The Yin Blog on August 16, 2010 (boomark / email).