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MN only wishes its system sucked as much as it did in CA (or WI, WI SOC is hilarious) So I have another 148 (resisting arrest/order of police officer) Guy didn't step out of his vehicle when ordered. He was then dragged out of the vehicle and tazed. I wasn't sure how legit this was until they rolled my client out into the court room. Yeah, he's missing a leg. Oh this trial will be fun. nm fucked around with this message at 05:31 on May 14, 2010 |
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BigHead posted:UMN Chat: Out newly super conservative Governor Pawlenty (who used to be intelligent until he wanted to be President) convinced his good friend Mr. Chief Justice of the MN Supreme Court to step down, at which point Pawlenty appointed his Whore of the Supreme Court to Chief Justice (she's a Whore because it has taker her literally less than a year to go from Assistant County Prosecutor --> County Attorney --> District Judge --> SCOMN --> CJ of SCOMN). As soon as she was appointed, Pawlenty somehow managed to nominate the loving UMN Professor Stras, who is about as dumb as a loving doornail and proudly clerked for loving Thomas to SCOMN. otoh they just ruled Pawlenty's unallotments to last year's budget illegal, and now federally funded services state-wide have carte blanche to sue for lost funding, which adds up to I think $3 billion in cuts lol I worked for the senate last year and we spent like 3 months fixing his godawful budget only to have him unilaterally gently caress it up at the 11th hour, so it was a nice ruling because I had been impotently fuming about it since last May and now... satisfaction
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There was a serious conflict of interests the day the decision got handed down because on one hand, study for finals, on the other hand, go out and get lovely with my ex-coworkers... I studied 
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May 14, 2010 05:32
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Does anyone know the proper format for a prayer to Tzeentch/Nyalothotep for an A on a law exam?
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May 14, 2010 05:44
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JudicialRestraints posted:Does anyone know the proper format for a prayer to Tzeentch/Nyalothotep for an A on a law exam? I believe that the preferred deity for these purposes is Shub-Niggurath. Try the following: "Ever Their praises, and abundance to the Black Goat of the Woods. Iä! Shub-Niggurath! Iä! Shub-Niggurath! The Black Goat of the Woods with a Thousand Young!" Of course, if you happen to be studying admiralty, you can't go wrong with: "Iä-R'lyeh! Cthulhu fhtagn! Iä! Iä!" The Iäs are important, be sure to get those right. Ersatz fucked around with this message at 05:53 on May 14, 2010 |
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May 14, 2010 05:49
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Ersatz posted:I believe that the preferred deity for these purposes is Shub-Niggurath. Try the following: "Ever Their praises, and abundance to the Black Goat of the Woods. Iä! Shub-Niggurath! Iä! Shub-Niggurath! The Black Goat of the Woods with a Thousand Young!" Why the gently caress would I pray to a fertility deity for criminal procedure? I feel like Yog Sothoth is the goto for law exams, but Nyalothotep probably personally crafted my state's criminal code so I figure his aid would be the most useful.
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May 14, 2010 06:01
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JudicialRestraints posted:Why the gently caress would I pray to a fertility deity for criminal procedure? I feel like Yog Sothoth is the goto for law exams, but Nyalothotep probably personally crafted my state's criminal code so I figure his aid would be the most useful. Well, you're looking for an abundance of points on the exam. That's Shubby's territory.
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May 14, 2010 06:09
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I graduate today. It's also expected to be rainy/stormy. This is somehow fitting.
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thread posted:quote questions. Something fun you will run into if you are a transactional attorney is periods outside of quotation marks. This is done (whether right or wrong) because a term is defined at the end of a sentence. I think it's a dumb practice, but fat lot of good that's done me. What usually happens: This Lawyer and Law School Megathread # 12: Started Out Barrister, Ended Up Barista, dated as of the date hereof, among Linguica, as Original Poster (the "OP"), and the posters posting therein (as hereinafter defined), as amended, modified, supplemented and updated by post from time to time (the "Thread") shall do a bunch of great stuff. What people do sometimes: TheBestDeception, Ersatz, Judicial Restraints, The Arsteia and nm, the foregoing being herein referred to as the "Posters". People do this because if you include the period you are including the period in the definition and you would have to type Posters. every time you wanted to use the defined term.
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We have a Swede reading the thread, he/she should be able to direct us in praying the dark and ancient gods forgotten by time. All the Scandinavians are blasphemous heathens.
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Ersatz posted:I had the same feeling. Happiness will come (if at all) when your grades are released. In the meantime, try to chill out like a human being until your summer obligations kick in (assuming you aren't writing on right now, in which case I feel for you). I was about to say that either happiness or extreme dismay will come once your 1L grades come out. It depends on your personality type. When my first semester 1L grades came out, I kind of knew the dream was over. When I got the second semester grades, I knew it was done for sure.
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1L grades coming back should be a win/win. You either do well enough to stay in law school or poorly enough to drop out.
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May 14, 2010 17:27
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does anyone ever actually drop out though
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May 14, 2010 17:32
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Secret Asian Man posted:does anyone ever actually drop out though I know a girl who dropped out to go to rehab, does that count?
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May 14, 2010 17:33
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Posting from my last exam. gently caress this poo poo.
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May 14, 2010 17:58
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Secret Asian Man posted:does anyone ever actually drop out though my 1L year I took my CivPro exam sitting next to a dude who reeked so bad of booze that I could barely concentrate. I never saw him again after that, hemust have either dropped out or transferred to Yale. (I got a B)
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You guys must have some really nutso civpro exams. Ours was 50 multiple choice 10 true false and a 5 mark short answer. What's the American one like?
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May 14, 2010 18:11
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soj89 posted:You guys must have some really nutso civpro exams. Ours was 50 multiple choice 10 true false and a 5 mark short answer. What's the American one like? What school are you at anyway? Our civpro was something like 30 short answers. Point-form acceptable. A fuckin' +
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soj89 posted:You guys must have some really nutso civpro exams. Ours was 50 multiple choice 10 true false and a 5 mark short answer. What's the American one like? 50 multiple choice questions. Open book, open notes, anything you want to bring. The year before us, a B+ was an 11/50.
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May 14, 2010 18:23
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Secret Asian Man posted:does anyone ever actually drop out though I was feeling really low during my 1L summer and almost did it, but the Dean of Student Affairs at my law school refused to give me the form and eventually talked me out of it.
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May 14, 2010 18:25
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TyChan posted:I was feeling really low during my 1L summer and almost did it, but the Dean of Student Affairs at my law school refused to give me the form and eventually talked me out of it. Now theres a school that really cares (about your money)
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May 14, 2010 18:44
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soj89 posted:You guys must have some really nutso civpro exams. Ours was 50 multiple choice 10 true false and a 5 mark short answer. What's the American one like? 3 hour closed book essay question
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May 14, 2010 18:47
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soj89 posted:You guys must have some really nutso civpro exams. Ours was 50 multiple choice 10 true false and a 5 mark short answer. What's the American one like? Two semesters with 8 hour take homes, three questions each, 12 page limit. Each exam had a question, and I quote, "How do you feel about the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure? Be sure to cite specifics." The other two questions were lovely issue spotting. 92% of the class got Bs.
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BigHead posted:Two semesters with 8 hour take homes, three questions each, 12 page limit. Each exam had a question, and I quote, "How do you feel about the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure? Be sure to cite specifics." The other two questions were lovely issue spotting. 92% of the class got Bs. You gotta be loving kidding me? Two semesters? We barely learned anything in our civpro class. Basically reciting rules from the Ontario Civpro book. We weren't allowed notes into the exam though, just your book. It turned into a contest of who could flip to the right Rule the fastest. (One semester, SECOND(!!!) year)
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May 14, 2010 19:52
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Someone I hate is working as a summer clerk for Army JAG (1L) Will this translate into a job for them?
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JudicialRestraints posted:Someone I hate is working as a summer clerk for Army JAG (1L) Think you should be more worried about the fact that they'll teach him to kill with his bare hands...
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May 14, 2010 20:24
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JudicialRestraints posted:Someone I hate is working as a summer clerk for Army JAG (1L) Worked for a law school friend of mine. I mean, he's a JAG now. That's pretty much the only job it could turn out to be for them.
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May 14, 2010 20:25
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Looks like a new low for salaries for new lawyers. According to abovethelaw some firms may move to offers of salaries of negative $42,000 a year. http://abovethelaw.com/2010/05/smu-will-pay-you-to-hire-their-graduates/
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OK, so NYU finally got back to me (the first letter got lost in the mail, apparently). I have been waitlisted! I know typical waitlist whatever is LOCI and extra recommendations - my issue is, I have already sent a LOCI and an extra recommendation. Would it be bad form to find even more recs and write even more LOCIs? Is there anything else I can do to claw my way in?
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Direwolf posted:OK, so NYU finally got back to me (the first letter got lost in the mail, apparently). I have been waitlisted! If you're waitlisted at this point you're probably not going
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May 14, 2010 21:49
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Incredulous Red posted:If you're waitlisted at this point you're probably not going That's kind of a silly thing to say. Anybody who's waitlisted at any point is "probably not going," but schools still pull off the waitlist well into the summer and he should do his best to get in if he wants to go. We're only a couple weeks past the deposit deadlines of most schools.
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Applebee123 posted:Looks like a new low for salaries for new lawyers. According to abovethelaw some firms may move to offers of salaries of negative $42,000 a year. If I can get them to allow part time students to dip into the sweet sweet sauce, I'll get to practice law and not take a pay cut!
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May 14, 2010 22:00
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I believe Daoloth, the Render of the Veils is perhaps the Mythos deity of choice for the ambitious lawgoon.
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Our school released grades from our first exam right after we were done with our last exam (B  ). How cruel. Any tips on writing a transfer personal statement? I'm looking to transfer from a current T2 to a T1 (not T14) mainly because of location purposes. My GPA is going to fall most likely somewhere in the top 20-25%.
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May 14, 2010 23:20
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Welp, after being held, re-reviewed, waitlisted, and reviewed again, I got into Harvard Law! Apparently it IS possible to get in as a boring white person with a <170 LSAT. Goons, take heart!
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Caligula Caesar posted:Welp, after being held, re-reviewed, waitlisted, and reviewed again, I got into Harvard Law! Apparently it IS possible to get in as a boring white person with a <170 LSAT. Goons, take heart! What was your GPA? Who did your mother used to blow?
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May 14, 2010 23:22
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Incredulous Red posted:What was your GPA? Who did your mother used to blow? 4.0, and presumably no one ...
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Caligula Caesar posted:Welp, after being held, re-reviewed, waitlisted, and reviewed again, I got into Harvard Law! Apparently it IS possible to get in as a boring white person with a <170 LSAT. Goons, take heart! Congrats!
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Is there a motion I can file where I can get a judicial order proclaiming opposing counsel is a fuckface?
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CaptainScraps posted:Is there a motion I can file where I can get a judicial order proclaiming opposing counsel is a fuckface? *checks rules book* You know I bet you could squeeze that under Rule 11 as a very colorable accusation.
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