Interesting BYU Law hire

[Applejack]

Yeah, I read a little of this.

http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/201305/confessions-sociopath

The elevator anecdote with the symphony buffs...there's no way that happened in real life. I think she has a really active fantasy life.

I think her anecdotes are rather dull. Manipulating a rival by kissing her boyfriend? (So 1980s). Discussing Rachmaninoff symphonies with Wall Street types? (Snoozefest). Fantasizing about killing a D.C. Metro employee? (Who hasn't?).

[YOhio]

I think her anecdotes are rather dull. Manipulating a rival by kissing her boyfriend? (So 1980s). Discussing Rachmaninoff symphonies with Wall Street types? (Snoozefest). Fantasizing about killing a D.C. Metro employee? (Who hasn't?).

Spoken like a true sociopath. No wonder you've taken such an interest in this story.

[Applejack]

Spoken like a true sociopath. No wonder you've taken such an interest in this story.

I'm sending in my resume to BYU law as we speak!

[SandYFan]

"Open up! Open up!" He knocked a hole in the door, and I could see that his hand was bloody and swollen. I wasn't concerned about his hand, and I wasn't glad that he was hurt either, because I knew that it gave him satisfaction to be stricken by such passion that he could disregard his own pain and suffering. He kept working at the jagged hole until it was big enough for him to stick his face through; he was smiling so widely that his teeth showed.

http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/201305/confessions-sociopath

[Jeff Lebowski]

Of course many of her stories are fake. She already admitted that sociopaths routinely lie without regret.

[SeattleUte]

What is a B.M.?

[MarkGrace]

She looks hotter as a blonde.

[Blueintheface]

What is a B.M.?

Her career.

[myboynoah]

She looks hotter as a blonde.

Kinda weird, isn't it.

[Donuthole]

She looks hotter as a blonde.

Kinda weird, isn't it.

I think she just looks better with makeup. She's wearing it for TV, she's not for the classroom candid. Nothing weird about that.

[All-American]

What is a B.o.M.?

A book of scripture written by ancient prophets on this continent for our day. Would you like to know more?

[frank ryan]

This is a pretty crazy story. I'm surprised this hasn't been picked up by the local rags yet. It's got some great juicy bits.

1. It all begins with the pseudonymous publication of "Confessions of a Sociopath" by M.E. Thomas, a book that receives little initial buzz. In the book, the author gives out a host of identifiable biographical details, which by themselves likely could have outed the author, namely:
- LDS
- Law Professor
- Female
- BYU grad
- Worked at a prosecutor's office working in misdemeanors.

2. The book describes the author's sociopathy, how she committed petty crimes while at BYU, how she worries she might kill someone one day, how she sees people as objects to be used in achieving her goals. She also writes this pithy line of prose: Here's an excerpt from her book: http://www.psychologytoday.com/artic...ions-sociopath

3. Not content to simply write a pseudo-pseudonymous book, the author decides to go on Dr. Phil!!!! Best of all, she wears a "disguise" that consists of nothing but a blond wig. Here is M.E. Thomas disguised for the cameras:

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4. After all of this, Abovethelaw.com--a gossip blog for law students--tracks down M.E. Thomas to St. Mary's Law School (it's in Texas). Professor Jamie Lund matches all the biographical details in the book and, as the cherry on top, she looks exactly like the person on Dr. Phil, minus the wig.

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5. The day that Abovethelaw outs Professor Lund, she is no longer listed on the faculty page for St. Mary's Law. After some inquiry, St. Mary's says that Professor Lund has left St. Mary's for...

6. BYU LAW!

So, now it looks like Dean Rasband is trying to fire Professor Lund before he hires her. Query for you employment law experts: can you fire someone for being diagnosed as a sociopath, without anything more? (I presume that Lund's comments about the LDS church being the ideal place for sociopaths will be enough to get her fired from a church-owned school).

Pretty crazy story. BYU ends up looking pretty bad, but not as bad as Professor M.E. Thomas.

Diagnosed mental illnesses can keep people from being pilots (even just depression) and other jobs. Sociopath isn't a diagnoses it is jargon used to designate someone who has no remorse and sees people as objects. I'd be shocked if they can't dump her ass.

[Goatnapper'96]

Diagnosed mental illnesses can keep people from being pilots (even just depression) and other jobs. Sociopath isn't a diagnoses it is jargon used to designate someone who has no remorse and sees people as objects. I'd be shocked if they can't dump her ass.

EVEN BILLY IDOL GETS IT!

[Applejack]

She is DOA. No question.

I am friends with Dean Rasband. I will return and report.

I'm buds with the ranking female law professor at the school. We should be able to triangulate and get the full scoop.

Bump. Any update from our insiders?

[edward777]

Be honest now, if you were taken to family court by your ex wife or husband would you hire a regular lawyer or a psychopath?