Former media hoaxer
Stephen Glass, whose exploits were depicted in the movie
Shattered Glass, is back in the news. It seems that his career since getting fired from the
New Republic has been a bit rocky. He made $140,000 from his 2003 semi-autobiographical novel,
The Fabulist, but that money didn't last too long. In recent years, he's been trying to become a lawyer. According to
SFGate.com, he passed the bar exam and applied for an attorney's license in 2007, but the State Bar of California turned him down on the grounds that he was morally unfit to practice law. He appealed the decision, and the California Supreme Court has agreed to hear his case.
Morally unfit to practice law? That seems like a contradiction in terms. Given his past, Glass should fit right in to the legal profession.
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