Two things I learned in the past two days

1. Vermouth is wine! All this time I thought it was nonalcoholic.

2. You can graduate from an unaccredited law school and still become a lawyer in certain jurisdictions. (Did I say I went to Harvard Law? I meant Herbert Law.)

I learned this after looking up the Massachusetts School of Law. I kept hearing its president, Lawrence Velvel, quoted in the media. He wrote a letter on behalf of his group of Madoff victims, arguing that the "little people" like him, individuals who had put their life savings in Bernie Madoff's hands, deserved restitution. And all I could think of was, sure, I sympathize (although I question their judgment in putting their entire life savings in one place), but you run an unaccredited law school. Isn't that basically a scam too? But it turns out that Mass Law graduates do get a J.D. and are eligible to take the bar in Massachusetts or Connecticut after they graduate. The school is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, even though it's not accredited by the ABA. At $15K a year, less than half the price of all the ABA-accredited schools in the state, I can understand the appeal.