Practice Management

The University of Virginia School of Law is considered one of the finest law school in the country.  The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is derided by conservatives and embraced by liberals and libertarians alike in that it seeks to defend the individual rights and liberties of every person guaranteed by the Constitution even when those rights are unpopular.  Las Vegas is known as "sin city".  For lucky law school summer intern it now represents a very fortuitous combination.

According to On the Record, Leo Wolpert, on leave from UV Law and working as a summer intern for the ACLU in Las Vegas, pocketed $650,000 by winning a World Series of Poker event during his spare time in sin city.

Wolpert is 26-year-old and a native of Fairfax, Virginia.  He played poker professionally for a while before using his earnings to pay for law school. He said he became fascinated with law after reading a blog entry about a Fourth Amendment case.

I guess this proves the old adage that law school is a gamble.