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I'm going to teach a course called "Go gently caress Yourself: A Practical Approach to Civil Procedure." Also: "Legal Research, Adv: It's Called Westlaw, You Dumb Bastard."
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I'll teach the following classes: "Using advanced StarCraft 2 techniques in trial" "The laws of Civilization 4"
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# ? Aug 31, 2010 15:14 |
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"Internet Law" The entire class will just be about regulations on the porn industry.
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# ? Aug 31, 2010 16:24 |
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Draile posted:That's not what I mean. If I can continue my membership for free until they cancel for me, without any consequences for doing so, then I get more out of my membership than if I just cancel right now. So why do you think the Internet will give you a better answer to that question than just calling them and asking?
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# ? Aug 31, 2010 16:28 |
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Phil Moscowitz posted:So why do you think the Internet will give you a better answer to that question than just calling them and asking? But then they'll be on to him!
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I think we need more practical classes. The problem with law school is that it does not prepare students for the real world. Modest proposals: 1. Advanced Doc Review. Teaching students how to milk every possible penny from contract doc review 2. Unemployment Law. Teaching students exactly when and how they can collect unemployment. Bonus primer to bullshit social security disability claims. 3. Food Law. When dumpster driving, who gets the bread that is till in the bag and who gets the lettuce covered in spoiled meat. 4. Housing Law. How to drag out the eviction process long enough that you can move back in with mom and dad.1 5. Starbucks Law. How to make a perfect half-caf caramel macchiato. Students who do well in this course will get an unpaid internship at the starbucks in the basement. If they get hired fulltime they will be our only alums with health insurance.
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# ? Aug 31, 2010 16:40 |
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Gaming timesheet entries: the art of making up for lost time Management 115 - Billing for your secretary's work (without being subjected to her personal life) The Liquor Drawer Planning your Escape - how to avoid getting shot at your desk by a disgruntled former client
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HooKars posted:First day of being employed! Welcome back to the working world! My classes started a couple of weeks ago, and this non-law firm life is pretty awesome. Yesterday, I got up at 10 and today I got up at 9. I teach until 9pm, so that kinda sucks, but I'm not going to complain.
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entris posted:This is a joke, right? You think the course selections at Goon Law are a joke? I should report you to... whoever is in charge of the honor code!
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Day two of the new semester and I'm pretty much completely done with the work I need to do on insolvency for the entire year. That's half the courseload I have. Which means that for the next twenty or so socratic lessons I'm going to be working on completely unrelated assignments or (more likely) just play minecraft. Feels good man. Edit: Actually, I probably could do better than minecraft. What's the perfect game to play on boring lessons about useless poo poo (ie every lesson in law school ). I need a game that is 1) old as hell and runs on my lovely EePC, 2) not too reliant on sound, 3) fun to play. I'm thinking Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri if I can get it to run, but suggestions are welcome. lipstick thespian fucked around with this message at 17:38 on Aug 31, 2010 |
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Alaemon posted:the honor code! There is no honor at our school sir!
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Alaemon posted:You think the course selections at Goon Law are a joke? I should report you to... whoever is in charge of the honor code! I hereby nominate myself. code:
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quote:That Guy Who Never Shows Up But Gets A's I literally lost my best law school friend after my 3L year over this but w/r/t the bar exam
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Konstantin posted:I think our new law school should offer a specialization in Internet Law. That ought to get a lot of the 0Ls to register. JudicialRestraints posted:"Internet Law" callin dis
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entris posted:I hereby nominate myself. second
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# ? Aug 31, 2010 17:52 |
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How has no one called creepy professor that sleeps with all the easily impressed 1L girls? Dibs. Motherfucking dibs. All I need is an important sounding 1L class.
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Kase Im Licht posted:How has no one called creepy professor that sleeps with all the easily impressed 1L girls? You can just make poo poo up and sound smart. Though property has its advantages because people want As without having to learn that bullshit no one uses.
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Would "Pathological Self Entitlement" be a course or a prerequisite? And drat that Grundy whipper-snapper for snatching the emeritus spot from my soft but gnarled hands. If only I weren't so slow on this confounded electronical amusement-box! I even had my Trial Advocacy text picked out: 1. Ambition of Young Lawyers.- Every newly admitted lawyer has an ambition to become a famous trial lawyer. He looks forward to the time, in his career, when he will cause those in attendance at court to marvel at his ability and enquire who the talented attorney is. 5. Young lawyer is handicapped.- The novice who begins the practice of law is handicapped. He lacks clients, practice and experience. He is timid and has no confidence in his ability of judgment. Those who come for advice, or to employ him, inevitably have no money, because those with money retain an experienced lawyer. Thus, the rising lawyer must virtually starve while attempting to give the best that is in him, and often to a charity client. CHAPTER XXI. THE FEMALE WITNESS 239. Cross-examination.- The advocate who is to cross-examine the female witness is confronted with a grave and intricate situation, for no man has yet lived who could fathom the depths of a woman's mind. From the prophets of old, to those of the present day, all have been extremely silent in stating rules of psychology that particularly refer or relate to women. ... She is not a natural born reasoner, is not logical, but relies almost entirely upon intuition, and when you consider how often she is right, it is remarkable. A beautiful female, shapely, vivacious, with fascinating and hypnotic eye, well-groomed and attractively dressed, is a dangerous witness to cross-examine before a jury. Some say "it can't be done" because she will flirt with the elder juror and at the proper time weep for the younger, and play for sympathy and preferment from the judge. CHAPTER XXIX. THE UNFORTUNATE TYPES OF WITNESSES 294. The unsuccessful. The unsuccessful man finds fault with conditions in general and complains that everything and everyone is against him. He changes from one vocation to the other and continually criticizes the way of the world; if he is a dependent and in an institution, which is frequently the case, the institution is not run properly. He is a chronic kicker because he is a failure. ... He is pessimistic, sarcastic, bitter and envious of the success of others. He lives in the past and takes pleasure in having a good listener, such as a wife, relative or a friend, but seldom more than one person, to pour out his narrow view of life and complain of things in general. ... (b)Direct examination.- The lawyer who calls such a witness has a difficult task before him for this type of witness is narrow in his views, ignorant, exacting, technical and stubborn. ... (c)Cross-examination.-...He will, under proper questioning, show his bitterness toward the world, his envy of the successful man, and forget all the caution given him before the trial, for he is an egoist, and a pessimist. Lawyer & Law School Megathread #13: The unsuccessful
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# ? Aug 31, 2010 17:58 |
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Oh my god joat man I want a copy of that book. That is gold.
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# ? Aug 31, 2010 18:01 |
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entris posted:Oh my god joat man I want a copy of that book. There is a 1995 reprint for sale on amazon. Well there was, then I bought it Some used copies http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0899419763/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used
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Solomon Grundy posted:I would like to reserve a spot as the doddering old professor emeritus. I will teach two classes a semester, admiralty law and personal tax, even though I have never practiced in either area. I don't even do my own taxes. Due to my age, I will add some gravitas to you whipper-snappers. I will wear old guy hats and drive a 1985 Chrysler New Yorker to campus. I will call students by wrong names all year long. I will not allow students to "pass" in class, because that is not how we did it when I was a student. Not only will laptops be banned, cell phones will be collected at the door. I will teach with lecture and socratic method only, no powerpoint or other fancy teaching aids. The books I assign will have last been printed in the mid 1960's. I had a civ pro professor who, in order to get our participation credits, required us to write it down on an index card whenever we spoke up in class and file it with his secretary so he'd remember it. wish i were kidding about that
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nm posted:There is a 1995 reprint for sale on amazon. Well there was, then I bought it 1995? Uh, no. If I'm going to by a book that brazenly misogynistic and classist, then I'm getting one that is authentic. Not some lame reprint.
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quote:The unsuccessful. The unsuccessful man finds fault with conditions in general and complains that everything and everyone is against him...continually criticizes the way of the world...He is pessimistic, sarcastic, bitter and envious of the success of others. He lives in the past and takes pleasure in having a good listener, such as a wife, relative or a friend, but seldom more than one person, to pour out his narrow view of life and complain of things in general. Well that's just....hmm
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entris posted:1995? Uh, no. If I'm going to by a book that brazenly misogynistic and classist, then I'm getting one that is authentic. Not some lame reprint. I'm going to antique it.
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Konstantin posted:I think our new law school should offer a specialization in Internet Law. That ought to get a lot of the 0Ls to register. I'm literally already writing a chapter of the textbook on this. No, really.
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SWATJester posted:I'm literally already writing a chapter of the textbook on this. No, really. Isn't that what Lessig is for?
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Neon Belly fucked around with this message at 22:50 on Aug 1, 2016 |
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poo poo they're on to us
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Gadamer posted:What should be taken from this thread, I guess, is if you're not a miserable human being before law school, don't expect that to be the case when you graduate. Unless you go to Goon Law School. At Goon Law School, we care about your professional and human development.* *As long as the $50k checks don't bounce
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# ? Aug 31, 2010 19:17 |
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instead of classes and curricula and concentrations we should just have tech trees
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Petey posted:Isn't that what Lessig is for? Lessig is general; my book is specific to MMORPGs and Virtual Worlds.
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SWATJester posted:Lessig is general; my book is specific to MMORPGs and Virtual Worlds. yesssss You'll upstage Julian Dibbell, who - let's not forget - is YLS '13.
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Petey posted:yesssss I bounced some ideas off him when I was a 3L.
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Question: can we make select students eligible to work as strippers as part of our law school work/study program?
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Incredulous Red posted:Question: can we make select students eligible to work as strippers as part of our law school work/study program? They can be dean's fellows in the office of career development, doing a joint degree in hospitality industry.
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Incredulous Red posted:Question: can we make select students eligible to work as strippers as part of our law school work/study program? Now you're just being ridiculous
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Ainsley McTree posted:Now you're just being ridiculous I'm the dean of students, and I'm rubber stamping this despite your petty incredulity E: they can get their financial aid paid for in dollar bills
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Incredulous Red posted:Question: can we make select students eligible to work as strippers as part of our law school work/study program? A lap dance is so much better when the stripper is paying your salary. But really, I think stripping should be reserved for graduates, so that Goon Law School can boast 100% post-graduation employment. Also, the Environmental Law prof needs to have a lawn care business on the side for the same purpose. CHAPTER XXIX. THE UNFORTUNATE TYPES OF WITNESSES 291. The prostitute.- To be compelled to call this type of witness, for direct examination, is indeed unfortunate, when her reputation is known, for it casts a doubt upon the truth of her statements. ... The method of examination and the treatment is the same as an ordinary female, with the following few additions. It is dangerous to call such a witness for if the opponent should probe her past he will throw doubt upon her veracity, except insofar as it may be corroborated by other witnesses, so the first rule is not to call such a type if you can prove your case by any other means. e:late 90's song names joat mon fucked around with this message at 21:18 on Aug 31, 2010 |
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Get this bullshit. My boss hired his daughter to help the two other clerks on medical records. Oh, and to make a business plan. ... HE'S A loving PLAINTIFF'S ATTORNEY. Step 1. Get cases. Step 2. Put up with bullshit. Step 3. Settle cases. Step 4. If not settled, win cases. JESUS. As soon as my January arbitration is over I'm jumping ship to the first legal mal firm who'll take me. She actually asked me, "So wait, what is it you do here? I never see you helping with medical records."
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CaptainScraps posted:Get this bullshit. Huh. Is the firm not doing well? Perhaps he does need more focused efforts on getting good cases through his door.
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