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Stephen Glass, a former The New Republic reporter who gained notoriety for fabricating dozens of stories in the mid-90s, is making headlines once again. This time, it's because California's Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments on whether Glass is morally fit to be a lawyer in the state. After being tarnished with the plagiarism brush, you probably won't be hired as a journalist again. But you can go down other avenues and be successful. So why has Glass chosen to go into law, a field where his past moral ambiguity is clearly going to be questioned?For almost a decade, Glass has been fighting a steep uphill battle to become a practicing lawyer. After graduating from Georgetown University with a law degree in 2000, Glass has unsuccessfully lobbied to gain admission to first the bar in New York state and later, California.