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Defleshed posted:Sorry there is only one liquor that is I'm going to a "retreat/boot camp" next month that offers all the single malt scotch I can drink (the scotch has to be old enough to vote). The best part is, I don't drink. Want me to fill up some milk jugs for you?
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enough for me as an attorney. It is Scotch, and single malt only; none of that blended garbage. You kids run along and pay with your tequila, us grown ups have serious drinking to do. It's the only way to forget what a terrible mistake we've made.
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Roger_Mudd posted:I'm going to a "retreat/boot camp" next month that offers all the single malt scotch I can drink (the scotch has to be old enough to vote). Holy christ that is expensive. Talk about liquid gold...
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Another article to hand out to those thinking of going to law school. Some choice quotes. quote:Between 1996 and 2008 private law schools’ median tuition fees almost doubled, to just under $34,000 a year. quote:biggest firms cut their numbers of attorneys by 4% in 2009 and were projected to cut by another 1.1% in 2010, making for the worst two-year period in the 33 years of the journal’s surveys. quote:morale is dismal at many firms...grim market has given rise to a situations-vacant website, shitlawjobs.com And to take the cake: quote:Law schools, of course, disagree that they offer students a bad deal. And it even gave a new graph to look at! 
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Holy poo poo that shitlaw jobs site. There's literally a call center job posted. edit: Employment lawyer in Hawaii (okay sounds good so far) In Need Of A Lawyer A Case Against My Employer. At Work Place There Is a Non Violent Policy. My Employer constantly turns the Work Place into A Hostile Enviroment. I Need A Lawyer To Look Over My Report. Please I Need Help. Compensation: I don't have any money.  CmdrSmirnoff fucked around with this message at 22:46 on Nov 16, 2010 |
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quote:My sister and I need a Connecticut-licensed attorney to probate our father's estate and to transfer the ownership of an empty lot he owned in Danbury to ourselves. The lot is worth less than $50,000 and my father's estate had little else. We can pay $400 total for the legal work. Uh, $400 total for a probate case? Wow.
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Hey hypocrite lecteur, I just saw in LF that you got the job. Congrats buddy. US duders, the job is here: 
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poofactory posted:gently caress USCIS and their price increases. Every single one of my clients is pushing me to file before the 23rd to avoid the new fees. Just wait until Friday - most people aren't going to hear about the price increases until then. I'm looking forward to filing I-140's and L-1 visas in 24 hours.
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CmdrSmirnoff posted:Hey hypocrite lecteur, I just saw in LF that you got the job. Congrats buddy. thanks I tried to look at it in streetview but I guess the google car hasn't made it to baffin island yet
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blar posted:Just wait until Friday - most people aren't going to hear about the price increases until then. I'm looking forward to filing I-140's and L-1 visas in 24 hours. A rushed job is just going to lead to an RFE. So... more money for us then.
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Roger_Mudd posted:Want me to fill up some milk jugs for you? Man I am picturing you just pouring glass after glass down a funnel and into a milk jug with my name written on it in Sharpie. This seems like the culmination of all that I have worked for in my life.
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HooKars posted:I'm in a smaller practice group where the bills are watched. There's some leeway but I can't turn my 10 hours of real billable time into the 16 hours of time I was actually in the office tonight (the last two of which I did absolutely nothing. At least I have bar studying that can get done while I sit around and wait). Well if you want to take the MS bar I can hire you and we can found the Ask/Tell Boutique Firm.
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Roger_Mudd posted:I'm going to a "retreat/boot camp" next month that offers all the single malt scotch I can drink (the scotch has to be old enough to vote). Is that the foreclosure defense one mentioned in the ABA Journal? I wanted to go as soon as I read about that but my work won't pay $7700 for me to get blasted on high end scotch. Or are there multiple legal boot camps around the country that offer unlimited alcohol? 
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atlas of bugs posted:New Orleans Hey man, you writing a novel? I'll give it a good read. Charge you 10% less than Romper Billson too. hahaha
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Phil Moscowitz posted:Hey man, you writing a novel? I'll give it a good read. Charge you 10% less than Romper Billson too. Phil I come to New Orleans a lot more now and keep forgetting to call you. You could have been my date to OK Go at Tipitina's 
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If you come on a weekday call me and I will treat you to lunch at a place of my choosing. I still owe somebody here lunch for my avatar. And Scraps the offer for Cochon is still open if you give me tortillas.
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Phil Moscowitz posted:If you come on a weekday call me and I will treat you to lunch at a place of my choosing. If I win this MSJ that is due in 13 days then I'm sure I'll be over there during at least one weekday!
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No love for my Meatholes trvia? 
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I was a little weirded out that you knew about that site, about the guy, about the guy's real name, and who his brother is. Is this what you were looking for?
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Mookie posted:No love for my Meatholes trvia? Does he pay you in porn stars? Is that what you use instead of clown hookers or whatever shenanigans Phil debases himself with?
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billion dollar bitch posted:I was a little weirded out that you knew about that site, about the guy, about the guy's real name, and who his brother is. Is this what you were looking for? YES 
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GamingHyena posted:Is that the foreclosure defense one mentioned in the ABA Journal? I wanted to go as soon as I read about that but my work won't pay $7700 for me to get blasted on high end scotch. You know my secret! 
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Oh awesome. I finally got the disease that is making my kids barf and crap themselves. On the Tuesday night before a Thursday trial. That my client has already flown in for.
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Solomon Grundy posted:Oh awesome. I finally got the disease that is making my kids barf and crap themselves. On the Tuesday night before a Thursday trial. That my client has already flown in for. The Help can't take care of them? You're a lawyer, buy better Help.
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BigHead posted:The Help can't take care of them? You're a lawyer, buy better Help. Hola? Is Rosa still alive? No? This is not my day...
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Ainsley McTree posted:Hola? Is Rosa still alive? No? This is not my day... I guess you have to comb your own hair.
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Defleshed posted:Sorry there is only one liquor that is Tequila, on the other hand, makes everything awesome
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how can anyone have avoided knowing khan tusion whether you like it or not the internet is his meathole
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cakefarts dot com e: a friend of mine dated Aria Giovanni his 2L summer instead of trying to get a job. He still had a job after the bar. WhiskeyJuvenile fucked around with this message at 15:20 on Nov 17, 2010 |
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Baruch Obamawitz posted:cakefarts dot com Did he put it on his resume?
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gently caress mediation. gently caress crazy clients on the other side who refuse to call their insurance adjuster. gently caress getting hometowned. Why am I even doing this poo poo again?
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CaptainScraps posted:gently caress mediation. gently caress crazy clients on the other side who refuse to call their insurance adjuster. gently caress getting hometowned. Why am I even doing this poo poo again? Because oral argument or a reversal or a closing or a good cross is better than a date with Aria Giovanni. OK, a really good cross. Besides, welders don't date Aria Giovanni and they're dead from cancer by the time they're 45.
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Baruch Obamawitz posted:a friend of mine dated Aria Giovanni his 2L summer instead of trying to get a job. He still had a job after the bar.
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Solomon Grundy posted:Oh awesome. I finally got the disease that is making my kids barf and crap themselves. On the Tuesday night before a Thursday trial. That my client has already flown in for.
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Law thread what is the best plan to study for the patent bar. I have a month left to take it and I don't want to spend a lot of money on a self-prep course (I'll buy secondhand materials off eBay if someone recommends their books specifically but that's about it).
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Baruch Obamawitz posted:cakefarts dot com now that's a soft
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Elotana posted:Law thread what is the best plan to study for the patent bar. I have a month left to take it and I don't want to spend a lot of money on a self-prep course (I'll buy secondhand materials off eBay if someone recommends their books specifically but that's about it). 
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Phil Moscowitz posted:Hey man, you writing a novel? I'll give it a good read. Charge you 10% less than Romper Billson too. grad school application essays don't be mean 
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Don'tgonojobsdiealone story hits locally. I went to school with this girl and she worked in our office. http://www.news10.net/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=106260&catid=2&GID=xbnknwelvYtY8la8feObgB/op4Knf9dkvCl1RlW1CGQ%3D Link includes 4 minute video news story. quote:Volunteer attorneys fill in for Sacramento public defender after budget cuts
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Elotana posted:Law thread what is the best plan to study for the patent bar. I have a month left to take it and I don't want to spend a lot of money on a self-prep course (I'll buy secondhand materials off eBay if someone recommends their books specifically but that's about it). The partners at my firm recently got a bug up their rear end about having all of the associates finish their USPTO registration. Of the four of us studying to take it right now, three of us are using the PLI program (one of us bought the materials on eBay and saved a couple grand, I and another guy paid full sticker price, minus a partial reimbursement from the firm), and one is using Omniprep. Here was the prevailing wisdom when we were each deciding what course to take: PLI: The "cadillac" of patent bar prep, or at least it sure is priced like one. This is the one most big firms send their associates to for prep, but it costs around 3 grand. The lectures have been alright, and the material seems pretty decently organized. However, it also tracks the MPEP pretty closely, so it's hard to quantify the value added from the organization provided by the course materials. If you have no background in patent law, this is probably the way to go, but I find myself skimming through a lot of the lectures since I've been doing this for a couple of years already. Definitely worth it if you can find a set of used materials on Ebay or wherever, but I'm not sure about paying full price. If you do decide to buy the retail version, make sure to mention you're an IP Watchdog reader for a 10% discount. I primarily chose PLI because my firm is tying our bonuses and raises this year to how many tries it takes us to pass the exam, so I didn't want to take any chances with a "lesser" set of materials. Also, don't worry if you can only find the audio cds. The DVDs are just John White standing in front of a blue background speaking - there's no benefit to watching the videos over listening to the audio on cd or MP3. PRG/Kayton: Almost as expensive as PLI, and probably about as highly regarded. I didn't consider this program as fully as PLI, so I don't know as much about it, but seems to be in the "upper" tier of prep materials. Patbar.com: A friend of mine used this program, as did one of the partners at my firm. They each said it was horribly boring and was basically a dude reading out of the MPEP for hours on end. However, they also both passed the first time. The advantage is that it's considerably cheaper than PLI or PRG, but the tradeoff is that it supposedly isn't organized as well. Omniprep: The cheapest of all, and they offer some kind of pass guarantee. The materials are entirely online, and they verify that you've been through all of the lectures and answered the practice questions. If you do, then they'll give you a 110% refund if you fail the exam. In practice, I'm not sure how worthwhile this guarantee is. I used Micromash to study for the bar exam, and they had a similar guarantee. In order to qualify for the guarantee though, you had to do so much studying and so many practice questions that you'd almost certainly end up studying way more than you needed. I imagine the Omniprep guarantee is similar. My coworker says it's pretty dry/boring, but that's may be more related to the subject matter than the quality of the program. In short, I think it boils down to how much you're looking to spend and how badly you need to pass the test the first time. PLI is the most highly regarded, possibly swapping with PRG depending upon who you ask, but it'll cost you. Patbar and Omniprep are budget alternatives, but if you need to pass the first time you probably want to skip them unless you already know your way around a file wrapper pretty well. Also, I hope you've mailed in your application to the PTO, because they take at least a couple of weeks (longer if you're a CS grad from a non-ABET college) to process, and then you have to schedule time at a ProMetric facility (which can be annoyingly difficult if you don't want to drive hours to a remote facility on exam day). The patent bar is no joke, so if you haven't started to study, you need to get on it immediately. Most of the home study programs are about 50 hours of lecture and a ton of sample questions, so if you're going to get through one before the end of the year, you're running out of time. Ideally, you want to be able to take the old exams listed on the uspto.gov website and get a passing score before you sit for the test itself. I've heard stories of just studying using the free materials provided by the PTO and reading the MPEP, but the failure rate on this test is high enough that you really need to take it seriously. NJ Deac fucked around with this message at 19:55 on Nov 17, 2010 |
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Adar posted:
FYI, this is how I ended up telling two Dorsey partners that their business model was dead. It really does feel good to take a parting jab sometimes.
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