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Direwolf posted:Is it unhealthy to develop an immediate allegiance to Westlaw over Lexis, or should I be more open minded? No, Westlaw is loving awesome.
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Direwolf posted:Is it unhealthy to develop an immediate allegiance to Westlaw over Lexis, or should I be more open minded? depends, in minnesota most firms only really have westlaw but thats because its headquartered here. i alternate semesters with them just in case
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Oct 27, 2010 03:31
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Direwolf posted:Is it unhealthy to develop an immediate allegiance to Westlaw over Lexis, or should I be more open minded? Everyone in my 1L class seems to prefer westlaw. I realize this statement doesn't really help determine mental health.
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Oct 27, 2010 03:47
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do they let you law students use westlaw next? it kicks westlaw's rear end
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Oct 27, 2010 04:03
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Phil Moscowitz posted:do they let you law students use westlaw next? No  Also I can't believe anyone is debating the merits of westlaw v. lexis. Lexis is horrible, end of discussion.
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Oct 27, 2010 04:46
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Direwolf posted:Is it unhealthy to develop an immediate allegiance to Westlaw over Lexis, or should I be more open minded? Feel free to have a preference, but know them both equally well because once you're in the real world, you may be stuck with one but not the other.
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Ainsley McTree posted:That was my first reaction when I started law school, but then I had an internship that only had Lexis available and I decided I actually liked it better than westlaw. This really is a question of maturity. 1Ls generally do fall in love with Westlaw, possibly because of its watery, weak-blue colour design. However, as students start to think like a lawyer, the superior qualities of Lexis become increasingly apparent. Ultimately, the red-colour design kindles a fire in the lawyer's soul that cannot be doused. Westlaw is then reduced to a general access account on the law library PC, where it is only visited by the elderly and infirm
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Oct 27, 2010 04:53
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I've heard the bloomberg one is actually much better than either. Never used it though.
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Oct 27, 2010 04:54
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lexis has some advantages if you're actually paying. Notably that Lexus doesn't completely lock you out of poo poo you aren't paying for. They make it hard to get (you can't search for it), but if you need a certain TX statute and you're in CA, you can get it. West is much, much better in law school though because you can get everything and the interface is so much better.
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Oct 27, 2010 05:07
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Phil Moscowitz posted:do they let you law students use westlaw next? We've got it but my Legal Practice professor doesn't want us using it on things for him, so I mostly use the original. Don't like Lexis as much but it does seem easier to get points on so far. (Also hi, Mich 1L here, long time lurker but I apparently can't read since I still decided to come to law school.)
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Oct 27, 2010 05:09
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_areaman posted:Won't sampling from this population severely skew her research?
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Oct 27, 2010 06:05
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Spider Chipmunk posted:We've got it but my Legal Practice professor doesn't want us using it on things for him, so I mostly use the original. Don't like Lexis as much but it does seem easier to get points on so far. kick susan guindi for me
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Oct 27, 2010 06:40
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Phil Moscowitz posted:do they let you law students use westlaw next? Yes. God how I love Westlaw Next. True Story: tonight my civ pro prof emailed us an extra 200 pages of reading for our 9 am, 3 hour session tomorrow. At midnight. Apparently some other sections just have a research assignment and a memo. Somehow we've had a motion/filing and accompanying memo every week. And yet no matter what I do I will receive the same grade at the end of this semester. Edit: Upon reflection, I have learned to think like a lawyer. It's just that thinking like a lawyer entails a constantly alternating barrage of "War...war never changes" and "BORN TO KILL" consuming all other rational thought. The Warszawa fucked around with this message at 13:43 on Oct 27, 2010 |
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Oct 27, 2010 09:31
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The Warszawa posted:Yes. God how I love Westlaw Next. There's no way he can reasonably expect enough people to still be awake at midnight for that assignment to be read by enough people for class discussion.
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Oct 27, 2010 13:44
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Bud Manstrong posted:Honestly I should just be a park ranger. I'd I think there's a judge whose only job is to hear cases in Yosemite and, as I recall, they get a free house in the park. That is the best law job you can currently hope for. evilweasel posted:I've heard the bloomberg one is actually much better than either. Never used it though. For a transactional attorney Bloomberg law is absurdly better than either Westlaw or Lexis. It's particularly good if you're doing any M&A or bankruptcy work because it allows you to track companies and then gives you everything related to them. edit: anything that lets you easily search no-action letters is even better. Lilosh posted:There's no way he can reasonably expect enough people to still be awake at midnight for that assignment to be read by enough people for class discussion. Your expectations will change dramatically when you begin work. Unfortunately they will also depend more on which partner you work for than on which firm you work for so you will have no control over whether you are expected to sleep with your blackberry or whether you can stop checking at ten when the partner goes to sleep. builds character fucked around with this message at 15:27 on Oct 27, 2010 |
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Oct 27, 2010 15:25
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Opposing counsel failed to respond to a no-evidence summary judgment by the deadline. We are completely what-the-gently caress. 
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Oct 27, 2010 16:45
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Roger_Mudd posted:No I refuse to use lexis on the grounds that it has a disgustingly cutesy name... On the other hand, our Lexis rep is fairly attractive, but our Westlaw rep wears suit jackets with jeans and has a faux-hawk. They do give us Westlaw Next, though.
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Oct 27, 2010 16:57
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Abugadu posted:kick susan guindi for me What'd she do?
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CaptainScraps posted:Opposing counsel failed to respond to a no-evidence summary judgment by the deadline. Whoops. Turned out he did respond. He responded late and didn't give us a copy.
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Oct 27, 2010 18:25
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evilweasel posted:I've heard the bloomberg one is actually much better than either. Never used it though. It's not. I think they're all equally useful. However, I do have an awesome Bloomberg Law tshirt that is great for the gym!
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Oct 27, 2010 18:50
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Lilosh posted:There's no way he can reasonably expect enough people to still be awake at midnight for that assignment to be read by enough people for class discussion. She did. It was a central focus of the first third of class. I was not the only one who stayed up to read it. We are enablers, all of us.
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Oct 27, 2010 18:51
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CaptainScraps posted:Whoops. Turned out he did respond. This is pretty SOP in state courts around here. They don't even file an opposition and just show up and argue "material facts in dispute." And if they're plaintiffs, they often win. Until appeal.
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Oct 27, 2010 19:13
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builds character posted:Your expectations will change dramatically when you begin work. Unfortunately they will also depend more on which partner you work for than on which firm you work for so you will have no control over whether you are expected to sleep with your blackberry or whether you can stop checking at ten when the partner goes to sleep. The Warszawa posted:She did. It was a central focus of the first third of class. builds character: I fully realize that work-life is different and that associates are at the beck and call of partners. I meant that in law school there's less of a "WE OWN YOU, DO THIS OR DIE" mentality. Warszawa: Our law school constantly tells us to make sure we get 7-8 hours of sleep, and not to pull all nighters, and try to stay healthy. (We all ignore it, but it would make a great reason not to have read that poo poo)
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Oct 27, 2010 20:08
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Napoleon I posted:
All right, but does he look good? Does he pull it off? Are they ugly prefaded jeans or are they dark? Does everything fit? Assuming the Westlaw rep is a guy. If it's a woman, that sounds pretty cool. Also I guess I should say that despite my name I've never had a fauxhawk.
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Oct 27, 2010 20:08
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Pretty entertaining petition for rehearing to the Ninth Circuit. Here are samples:Crazy Dude posted:Thank you Judge Bowie for violating F.R.C.P. Rule 26, as well as every other discovery rule you cock sucking mother fucker. Crazy Dude posted:Plaintiff wants the three (3) little bitches who are referring to themselves as judges on this case to be on notice that allowing criminal and civil fraud to take place with the blessing and straight up support of the Court (which is supposed to protect people in these situations) is going to result in civil unrest. http://db.tt/bF1Lrl2
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Oct 27, 2010 20:26
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Plaintiff has news for these slime ball, piece of poo poo, rear end clown judges...You cock suckers are now on notice.
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Oct 27, 2010 20:33
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quote:"To put in bluntly, Darrell must be in San Francisco to attend to Very Important Baseball matters and really, really needs to not be obligated to attend the hearing scheduled for October 27th, 2010 as he has no one to cover for him so that he can see to his business in San Francisco," Cook writes in the motion. http://pdfserver.amlaw.com/tx/irving_motion.pdf
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Oct 27, 2010 21:09
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HiddenReplaced posted:http://db.tt/bF1Lrl2 Responding "[w]rong bitches" to a legal argument isn't really an effective persuasive argument - it is really more gainsay or rejoinder.
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Oct 27, 2010 21:10
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"Defendant Huggle" awwwww huggles 
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Oct 27, 2010 22:12
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Abugadu posted:kick susan guindi for me all you ever had to do was ask, man
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HiddenReplaced posted:Pretty entertaining petition for rehearing to the Ninth Circuit. Here are samples: Plaintiff posted:...the 9th Circuit is adjudicating the case with three (3) rear end clowns acting as judges.... Well it's good he didn't leave that ambiguous. Torpor fucked around with this message at 23:13 on Oct 27, 2010 |
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Oct 27, 2010 23:10
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HiddenReplaced posted:Pretty entertaining petition for rehearing to the Ninth Circuit. Here are samples: Has this man been arrested yet?
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Oct 27, 2010 23:40
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Incredulous Red posted:Has this man been arrested yet? He's running on the Tea Party ticket and is ahead in the polls.
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Oct 27, 2010 23:56
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CaptainScraps posted:Whoops. Turned out he did respond. The U.S. Assistant Attorney in my criminal case didn't timely submit post-trial briefing or a reply to our post-trial brief. Then we got a filing blaming the gaffe on his student law clerk, who 'missed' the ECF filing in his inbox somehow, and asking for permission to file late. Then he just filed the post-trial brief anyways.
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Oct 28, 2010 00:01
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Phil Moscowitz posted:do they let you law students use westlaw next? yes, but i don't know what it does or why i should care. Also, I have to write a memo on something which I haven't done in about three years. Can someone point me to some good examples of real world memos that aren't all goofy exercises in LRW incrementalism?
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Oct 28, 2010 02:01
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dividebyzero posted:yes, but i don't know what it does or why i should care. You didn't save any of your old ones? Sometimes I look back at things I wrote while weeping about the salad days I'd give you one but confidentiality and all that and I don't feel like changing names or asking my old bosses' permission
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Oct 28, 2010 03:00
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Can't wait to hang this up in the office tomorrow:
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Oct 28, 2010 03:45
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Just in case any of you guys Reddit this demand an upvote: http://www.reddit.com/r/law/comments/dxenw/law_schools_are_manufacturing_more_lawyers_than/ Think of all the lives you can save. I literally view this mission as akin to an amnesty international report or something.
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Lemonus posted:Just in case any of you guys Reddit this demand an upvote: I, and several others, reposted this on facebook book with "THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO TELL YOU" comments.
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Building my schedule and I'm looking for some classes that'll up my stock for clerkships. Besides Federal Courts is there anything I should be making sure I get on my transcript come time to apply?
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