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Jun 5, 2010 23:08
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Kase Im Licht posted:Isn't the 3rd day only a half day? All ABA is 67%
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Jun 5, 2010 23:10
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Are there many Canadian lawyers here? It's odd reading all the doom and gloom from the Americans in this thread, things don't seem so bad here. Then again I guess we don't have a law school for every 2 or 3 people in the country
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Jun 5, 2010 23:17
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Mr. Fictitious posted:Hello I have missed the past 500 posts. What tragedies have befallen you all I just got a terrible grade. E-mailed the professor. He basically admitted that the curve was so tight it was random. Looks like I'm gonna end up working in Green County or something.
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Jun 5, 2010 23:50
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quotison posted:I think every state is two days except California and Louisiana. There are a ton of states with three days exams - Texas is a big one, but a lot of the south does like South Carolina, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Alabama. Washington has a three day exam because there's a day of professional responsibility and no MMPRE. And there are other states too... Delaware, Ohio and probably more. Montana manages to have a three day bar and no reciprocity just like California.
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Jun 5, 2010 23:58
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Mr. Fictitious posted:Hello I have missed the past 500 posts. What tragedies have befallen you all I'm fighting with a Yale grad with 50 years of experience over how a case is decided. I'm going to lose this fight and it's going to cost us a LOT of money.
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Jun 6, 2010 00:00
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Kase Im Licht posted:Isn't the 3rd day only a half day? Not for CA...full three days. I had thought that about WA too, but wasn't sure. Mr. Fictitious posted:Hello I have missed the past 500 posts. What tragedies have befallen you all Graduation, miserably dismal job market, below average chance at passing the bar. So, the usual.
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Jun 6, 2010 00:12
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HooKars posted:There are a ton of states with three days exams - Texas is a big one, but a lot of the south does like South Carolina, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Alabama. Washington has a three day exam because there's a day of professional responsibility and no MMPRE. And there are other states too... Delaware, Ohio and probably more. Haha, whoops, I had no idea. Must be my northeastern bias showing.
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Jun 6, 2010 00:22
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Mr. Fictitious posted:Hello I have missed the past 500 posts. What tragedies have befallen you all Law school.
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Jun 6, 2010 01:51
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Torpor posted:Well I'm more than happy to drink Ainsley's milkshake, so I was looking at Guam jobs. It's going to the desk at the local court and having them certify that you don't have a massive criminal record, or a ton of unpaid parking tickets. If you are going to apply, PM me or give me an email address. Right now there's only prosecution jobs available in GovGuam, and I can get your info to the right person far more quickly.
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Jun 6, 2010 03:00
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quotison posted:I think every state is two days except California and Louisiana. Ohio was three days when I took it back in the stone age.
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Jun 6, 2010 03:40
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Mr. Fictitious posted:Hello I have missed the past 500 posts. What tragedies have befallen you all I got the same grade on an exam I didn't study for and legit thought I failed as I do on all the others.
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Jun 6, 2010 03:57
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I graduated today and am legitimately worried this will be the highest point of my life. Talked to a classmate of mine who narrowly beat me for a paid internship-possibly-leading-to-job with a government agency. He's considering leaving it to try for private practice. I wanted to shake him and tell him he was crazy...but I said "cool, good luck, let me know what you decide, I might be interested." Who knows, maybe I'll luck out!
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Jun 6, 2010 04:19
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Goons be suin their parents http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3313177
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Jun 6, 2010 06:12
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quotison posted:I think every state is two days except California and Louisiana. Alaska is three days! Hooray! Also, I was reading up on U.S. Territories today, and I learned that the Northern Mariana Islands a) has a 100% bar passage rate, and b) is in the Guinness Book of World Records for being the most equitable climate on the planet. Therefore, their bar exam is easy and their climate is breezy. And they're right next to Guam, so you can hang out with all the cool kids who have jobs on the big island.
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Jun 6, 2010 07:14
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evilweasel posted:I got the same grade on an exam I didn't study for and legit thought I failed as I do on all the others.
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Jun 6, 2010 11:42
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BigHead posted:Also, I was reading up on U.S. Territories today, and I learned that the Northern Mariana Islands a) has a 100% bar passage rate, and b) is in the Guinness Book of World Records for being the most equitable climate on the planet. Therefore, their bar exam is easy and their climate is breezy. And they're right next to Guam, so you can hang out with all the cool kids who have jobs on the big island. Trick to passing the CNMI bar exam: take it when some local kids are taking it, they'll pass everyone just to make sure the local kid makes it. The time I took it? 6 for 6.  However, the CNMI is currently turning into a 3rd world country, and is probably not the most hospitable place to be practicing. See, e.g., https://www.saipansucks.com - not updated since 2006, but just use your imagination to project what would happen to such a place once the garment industry dissolves and they've chased away all the tourism/military $$. On the other hand, there are job opportunities there.
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Jun 6, 2010 13:08
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So, hypothetical. A judge dislikes us and dislikes our case. Said case involves a matter of pure law to be decided- a contractual interpretation. But it's not a contractual interpretation between the two parties at hand- it's between our client and another party. Would it really piss the judge off if I filed a dec action against that other party in another venue and tried to use that judgment via collateral estoppel?
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Jun 6, 2010 19:23
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J Miracle posted:Goons be suin their parents http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3313177 (The history of DV convictions didn't help him.)
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Jun 6, 2010 19:37
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Hey abugadu, how does the job market in Guam look for non-lawyers? Say in some basic office work, or maybe a teaching position? Guam's looking pretty good lately. Hopefully my husband passes the CA bar this time.
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Jun 6, 2010 21:20
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CaptainScraps posted:So, hypothetical. Why are you asking a question you should already know the answer to?
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Jun 6, 2010 22:23
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More bar exam chat: How much preparing do you really need to do for the MPT? I'm taking New York, so we have one and it is worth 10% of your score. Barbri has assigned us like four practice MPTs so far, and I think I get the general gist of the thing by now.
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Jun 7, 2010 00:13
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Save me jeebus posted:Hey abugadu, how does the job market in Guam look for non-lawyers? Say in some basic office work, or maybe a teaching position? Guam's looking pretty good lately. Hopefully my husband passes the CA bar this time. Pretty good, they're always hiring teachers, although you want to get into the private school market if you can, because the administration for the public schools will make you want to pull your own head off. And there's always places looking for office work as well. Double bonus points if you can speak Japanese/Korean/Chinese.
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Jun 7, 2010 00:26
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quotison posted:More bar exam chat: How much preparing do you really need to do for the MPT? I'm taking New York, so we have one and it is worth 10% of your score. Barbri has assigned us like four practice MPTs so far, and I think I get the general gist of the thing by now. The MPT is so loving easy that you shouldn't waste much time on it. If you've done 4 practice ones, you should be set.
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Jun 7, 2010 01:13
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Abugadu posted:It's going to the desk at the local court and having them certify that you don't have a massive criminal record, or a ton of unpaid parking tickets. How are the pay and living conditions there? I need something and maybe, just maybe, this could be my ticket. The sticking points would be my wife and 4-year-old.
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Jun 7, 2010 01:15
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ManiacClown posted:How are the pay and living conditions there? I need something and maybe, just maybe, this could be my ticket. The sticking points would be my wife and 4-year-old. Gov. pay for attorneys starts at 40k/year, private is starting 50-60k/year, but you'd have to pass the local bar first for that. Gov. attorneys get 5 years of temporary admission if they've passed the bar elsewhere. Living conditions are fine, though wives/kids tend to not like it here unless your wife likes the outdoors and you can afford a private school for your kid. The government jobs have filled up quite rapidly over the last year, there's only a couple spots left in the prosecution office, since all the people who would traditionally come here and work for a year or two before leaving are all sticking around due to the job market in the states.
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Jun 7, 2010 01:43
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JudicialRestraints posted:I just got a terrible grade. E-mailed the professor. He basically admitted that the curve was so tight it was random. WHY DO YOU EVEN HAVE A "CURVE" WHY DO YOU RANDOMLY ASSIGN GRADES WHY ARE PROFESSORS SO SHAMELESSLY HONEST ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE ENTIRE SYSTEM IS A PRETENTIOUS loving FARCE Law school is the worst. I feel strongly about this and I don't even live in the US.
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Jun 7, 2010 03:23
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I'm hoping to win the lotto (on my grades).
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Jun 7, 2010 04:32
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Anyone know how to make superscript numbers automatically sequential in Word?
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Jun 7, 2010 07:55
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Abugadu posted:Gov. pay for attorneys starts at 40k/year, private is starting 50-60k/year, but you'd have to pass the local bar first for that. Gov. attorneys get 5 years of temporary admission if they've passed the bar elsewhere. I'd probably want to get my SCUBA license but I've been wanting to do that anyway, don't care if I'm a borderline fatty. No kids so don't give a rat's rear end as far as that. I'd care about job conditions if I began teaching. Unfortunately no Korean/Chinese/Japanese. Gonna send my husband to the Guam saltmines if the LA County hiring freeze doesn't lift soon it won't
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Jun 7, 2010 08:29
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CaptainScraps posted:So, hypothetical. 2) A judgment in the other case could only be used for collateral estoppel against you if you lose. It may have some evidentiary value if it's in your favor though. Look up collateral estoppel again.
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Jun 7, 2010 16:48
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gvibes posted:1) Probably wouldn't be pissed, but the cases may end up being consolidated. Roger. Welp, the summary judgment I wrote isn't going to be filed. I have no idea how the gently caress they think a jury is qualified to settle a loving lease interpretation (matter of law)  Edit: New plan. Piss off opposing counsel enough so that HE files a motion for summary judgment on this issue. It's not going to be hard. G-Mawwwwwww fucked around with this message at 18:04 on Jun 7, 2010 |
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Jun 7, 2010 17:06
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Goddamn, Builds Character should work for the Guam tourism board or the employement recruiting office.
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Jun 7, 2010 18:49
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Days of internship: 1 Number of issues unsuccessfully researched: 3-4
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Jun 8, 2010 00:11
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CaptainScraps posted:Roger. Welp, the summary judgment I wrote isn't going to be filed. I have no idea how the gently caress they think a jury is qualified to settle a loving lease interpretation (matter of law) That's funny, I got to look at porn today. I love government work.
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Jun 8, 2010 00:11
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JudicialRestraints posted:That's funny, I got to look at porn today. How are things at the SEC anyways?
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Jun 8, 2010 00:41
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I took the LSAT today in Atlanta. I thought I did well except for the fact that I ran out of time on the last 4-5 logic game questions. gently caress me for not studying those enough to get fast at them. Also the whole production seemed hilariously disorganized. They held it at a hotel and it seemed like they used hotel staff to do a lot of the work. That would have been alright except it appeared like the staff couldn't read, and they were painfully slow getting anything done in a room full of a couple hundred test takers. What should have lasted 3 hours took nearly 6.
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Jun 8, 2010 01:25
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Finally finished that drat petition. My year is officially over. Jesus, you guys weren't kidding... that was hell. I hope to god it somehow gets better next year.
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Jun 8, 2010 01:32
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Hired Gun posted:I took the LSAT today in Atlanta. I thought I did well except for the fact that I ran out of time on the last 4-5 logic game questions. gently caress me for not studying those enough to get fast at them. This is completely par for the course, as far as my limited June 09 experience with the LSAT goes.
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Jun 8, 2010 01:57
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The Warszawa posted:This is completely par for the course, as far as my limited June 09 experience with the LSAT goes. Happened at the Boneventure in Los Angeles as well. Started 3 hours late. Some bitch complained because the lighting wasn't right. They stood up half the room, and we waited while maintenance went and got desk lamps for us.
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Jun 8, 2010 01:59
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