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evilweasel posted:[ask] me about my strict rule on diamond carat size for my prospective fiance to not get turned down flat! So in what circumstances is it not greater than 2 And whatever happened to the two months' income rule?
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Mookie posted:So in what circumstances is it not greater than 2 Age is less than 28.
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# ? Jan 19, 2011 15:47 |
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Have we gotten to IBR for law serfs yet? Praise Allah for IBR!
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# ? Jan 19, 2011 15:56 |
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CaptainScraps posted:Fun fact: Today I found out through the old boy's network that Texas is probably going through another tort reform and everyone's FREAKING OUT. Wait, what?
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evilweasel posted:Age is less than 28. Oh duh. Was reading that as simply .5 * Age, which seemed insane.
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# ? Jan 19, 2011 16:00 |
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Macunaima posted:Have we gotten to IBR for law serfs yet? IBR is awesome. Basically if it were not for IBR my entire paycheck would go to student loan payments and I would be broke and unable to provide for my family. Declaring bankruptcy would do nothing as it doesn't free you from your student loans. So yes, IBR loving owns and I praise Odin daily for the fact that PLUS Loans for law students debuted the same year I started law school, effectively allowing me to consolidate my entire law school loan package into one big-rear end loan and pay reasonable payments on it.
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Defleshed posted:IBR is awesome. Basically if it were not for IBR my entire paycheck would go to student loan payments and I would be broke and unable to provide for my family. Declaring bankruptcy would do nothing as it doesn't free you from your student loans. So yes, IBR loving owns and I praise Odin daily for the fact that PLUS Loans for law students debuted the same year I started law school, effectively allowing me to consolidate my entire law school loan package into one big-rear end loan and pay reasonable payments on it. IBR allowed me to move from full-time doc-review serfdom to hanging my shingle. Am debating setting up a 501(c)(3) company so that I can get my principal discharged after 10, rather than 25 years. Not sure if it'll work, but haven't found anything that indicates it wouldn't yet.
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Macunaima posted:IBR allowed me to move from full-time doc-review serfdom to hanging my shingle. Am debating setting up a 501(c)(3) company so that I can get my principal discharged after 10, rather than 25 years. Not sure if it'll work, but haven't found anything that indicates it wouldn't yet. You have to work full-time at your 501(c)(3) during your 10 years of repayment. Also, you have to remember that the 25 year discharge is counted as taxable income. I believe federal tax liens are just as bad as non-dischargeable student loans.
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Roger_Mudd posted:Wait, what? I think he's talking about the vote that is coming up for the new Disciplinary Rules. The changes to the conflict of interest rules are really confusing, and it's turned into a battle between a lot of highly respected attorneys and the State Bar. The Bar is sending out an email a day campaigning for a yes vote, and the partners at my firm (who are all voting no) are constantly forwarding us emails campaigning against it. If anyone who is a member of the Texas Bar cares, I can email them the various pro and con emails I've gotten. Cortina fucked around with this message at 17:42 on Jan 19, 2011 |
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blar posted:You have to work full-time at your 501(c)(3) during your 10 years of repayment. Also, you have to remember that the 25 year discharge is counted as taxable income. I believe federal tax liens are just as bad as non-dischargeable student loans. Discharged debt is not taxed to the extent it had made you insolvent. So for example, if you had X amount of debt forgiven, but only Y for assets, only Y of the discharged debt is subject to tax. Form 982 covers this. Alternatively, the federal tax lien would only be about 25% of the non-dischargeable student loan.
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Cortina posted:I think he's talking about the vote that is coming up for the new Disciplinary Rules. The changes to the conflict of interest rules are really confusing, and it's turned into a battle between a lot of highly respected attorneys and the State Bar. The Bar is sending out an email a day campaigning for a yes vote, and the partners at my firm (who are all voting no) are constantly forwarding us emails campaigning against it. All your toxic tort stuff is heading to Los Angeles these days. I can't believe there's a six hour deposition cap in Texas. SIX HOURS!
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# ? Jan 19, 2011 18:20 |
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anyone have a decent crim pro (bail to jail) outline that they can send me? I've got PM
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# ? Jan 19, 2011 18:32 |
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antwizzle posted:I was re-watching that "Don't Talk to Cops" video that gets linked on SA pretty often. The best lawyers fight on the record: 5 MR. T: Let the record reflect we 6 are making a contemporaneous account of what just 7 occurred. * * * 22 He said be was going to find me in 23 contempt. 24 I said how can you find me in contempt 25 at which point he came at me, started choking me. 1 Pushed me against the wall. So in defense of 2 myself. I pushed him to the ground. He continued 3 to hit me - attempted to hit me while he was on 4 the ground, and ultimately I held him to the ground 5 till someone came and stopped everything from going 6 any further. * * * 19 MR. A: l want this on the 20 record. 21 He attacked me. and I was defending 22 myself. This is the second time he has come at me 23 in depositions. We have records from the last time 24 at a deposition in * * * where he threatened to 25 beat me up in front of witnesses * * * 1 in front of the 2 court reporter at other depositions. 3 This one here he was making moves to 4 come at me and I was defending myself. He came at S me in some kind of karate or judo fashion and 6 started hitting me and had his knee in my chest 7 with his knee. I think I'm somewhat injured here 8 because of his activities. and I want to let you 9 know I was defending myself. 10 I don't know if some of these people 11 saw him come at me. Clearly he was coming at me 12 and from his past tactics I really believe he was 13 going to hurt me, and I was defending myself and 14 that's my position. 15 Mr. W, what did you see? 16 MR. W: I had my head turned- 17 MR. T: This is what I get. 18 MR. W: I was looking for a 19 restroom and turned back around and I saw both of 20 you at each other's throats and then I saw Mr. T 21 * * * throw Mr. A to the ground, and that's all I 22 saw. 23 MR. T: Thank you, Mr. W. You'll 24 sleep well, I'm sure, with that great honesty. * * * 7 MR. T: And did I ever touch him at 8 all before he touched me? 9 MS. H: No, you did not. 10 MR. T: Were the words how can you 11 find me in contempt said by me? 12 MS. H: I heard someone say 13 mother fucker or something like that I heard that 14 word, and it all happened fast. Next thing I knew 15 you were tussling on the floor. 16 MR. T: You never saw me touch him 17 before he went to my throat? 18 MS. H: No, I did not. 19 MR. T: The mother fucker comment 20 was made by Mr. A to me.
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# ? Jan 19, 2011 18:44 |
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Someone tell me what office chair to tell my firm to buy. Up to $1k. Also a friend sent me this. You should enjoy quote:Join Matt Taibbi's Supreme rear end in a top hat Court!
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Cortina posted:I think he's talking about the vote that is coming up for the new Disciplinary Rules. The changes to the conflict of interest rules are really confusing, and it's turned into a battle between a lot of highly respected attorneys and the State Bar. The Bar is sending out an email a day campaigning for a yes vote, and the partners at my firm (who are all voting no) are constantly forwarding us emails campaigning against it. Ahh, I've been getting those drat e-mails and deleting on sight since I don't get a vote yet
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Macunaima posted:Discharged debt is not taxed to the extent it had made you insolvent. So for example, if you had X amount of debt forgiven, but only Y for assets, only Y of the discharged debt is subject to tax. Thanks for the clarification! Looks like I'll be leasing cars and renting apartments for the next 25 years.
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# ? Jan 19, 2011 18:57 |
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Mr Gentleman posted:anyone have a decent crim pro (bail to jail) outline that they can send me? I've got PM I have one from 2007. Don't know whether it's decent, but I can send it to you. Send me a PM with contact info to remind me. I'm wrapping up work here to head to Mexico in a few hours, and will be forgetful.
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# ? Jan 19, 2011 19:04 |
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Anyone have tips or advice for an Army JAG FSO interview?
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# ? Jan 19, 2011 19:06 |
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Apologies if this has been posted. Have any of you seen teh Assclown Petition?
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Macunaima posted:Apologies if this has been posted. Have any of you seen teh Assclown Petition? quote:The notion that ANYONE would resort to filing bankruptcy over a $6,400 loan is a loving joke. Poor fella, I can empathize with his frustration.
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Phil Moscowitz posted:Someone tell me what office chair to tell my firm to buy. Up to $1k. I wonder if Taibbi will be subjecting himself to the court. He's one of the most loudmouth assholes in print. Dantu posted:Anyone have tips or advice for an Army JAG FSO interview? Don't treat it like a law firm interview. That legal robot poo poo is not really wanted in the Army. He or she does not care about how awesome you were when you burned your professor on a point of law in Torts or how many notes you did for Law Review. They're looking for human beings they would enjoy working with and being around all the time (since you're all around each other all the time). Dress professionally, but be relaxed. If you have no military experience, don't talk about how you had an uncle in Vietnam that inspired you, FSO's can see through that bullshit a mile away. Focus on your strengths as an attorney and a person, and how you think you can use those to contribute to the mission. It helps to have shown an interest early on in military legal work (e.g. a paper on UCMJ aspects of a legal point for a class or something... I did a poo poo-ton of these) but don't stress if you didn't. Just bring a couple examples of your best work to show. Bring a few copies of your resume of course. Be prepared with a good answer not only "why the military?" but specifically "why the Army?". Mine was a bit different because as a former military guy it just turned into one big bullshit session with the FSO and he ended up ranking me #1 on his list of people he talked to that semester. But I give you these tips based on what he has told me (he and I have since become e-buddies).
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Defleshed posted:Solid tips and helpful information. I'm a former military guy also, so hopefully my experience will be similar to yours. So I should bring more than one writing sample? I've been out of school since May so I set this up on my own at another law school, kind of feel like I'm flying blind. Thanks for the info.
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I love the poo poo out of Taibbi but yeah he would be sentenced to death by his own tribunal
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# ? Jan 19, 2011 21:35 |
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Phil Moscowitz posted:Someone tell me what office chair to tell my firm to buy. Up to $1k. http://www.amazon.com/Aeron-Chair-Herman-Graphite-Classic/dp/B000W6IQK8
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Defleshed posted:I wonder if Taibbi will be subjecting himself to the court. He's one of the most loudmouth assholes in print. Hey, defleshed, I have a friend who's applying for a 1L summer position with JAG - she's kinda worried about how selective it is but is going to go ahead and take her best shot. Any advice on how she should approach the interview, other than what you said here? Do they tend to emphasize GPA for the 1L summer or are there other things they focus on?
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Defleshed posted:Don't treat it like a law firm interview. That legal robot poo poo is not really wanted in the Army. He or she does not care about how awesome you were when you burned your professor on a point of law in Torts or how many notes you did for Law Review.
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Direwolf posted:Hey, defleshed, I have a friend who's applying for a 1L summer position with JAG - she's kinda worried about how selective it is but is going to go ahead and take her best shot. Any advice on how she should approach the interview, other than what you said here? Do they tend to emphasize GPA for the 1L summer or are there other things they focus on? I'm curious about this too. Army and AF are coming on-campus for 1L OCI and I bid as high as possible on them, but I was wondering how impossible positions are.
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Dantu posted:I'm a former military guy also, so hopefully my experience will be similar to yours. So I should bring more than one writing sample? I've been out of school since May so I set this up on my own at another law school, kind of feel like I'm flying blind. Thanks for the info. Bring a couple samples that showcase your research skills. As a former military you're going to have a much easier go of it since you won't be intimidated by the uniform or the perceived air of authority or anything like that, plus you already know the vast majority of things that people with no experience are going to ask about in an FSO interview. My advice is to see how open your FSO is to shaping the interview as more of a "bullshit session", and sort of ingratiate yourself that way. Really play up your prior military experience and your desire to return to that lifestyle. Most of the people they interview (85% or more) have no prior military experience so it is a nice relief for them to "talk shop" (regardless of how unrelated Army JAG is to your prior service). Not having to answer silly questions like "will I have to sleep with a gun" and "will I have to live in an open barracks" will put the FSO at ease and the interview will go a lot smoother. Direwolf posted:Hey, defleshed, I have a friend who's applying for a 1L summer position with JAG - she's kinda worried about how selective it is but is going to go ahead and take her best shot. Any advice on how she should approach the interview, other than what you said here? Do they tend to emphasize GPA for the 1L summer or are there other things they focus on? I really only know one guy who did this. He had no prior military experience and was making GBS threads it trying to find anything to do over 1L summer so he threw down on the JAG Summer as a last ditch try to find something to do (this was summer 07 when things were still peachy keen and 1Ls were not stabbing each other for unpaid internships). He had a great time and is now an active duty Army JAG at Ft. Hood in Texas. He was far (FAR) from the top of our class but is a very friendly and outgoing guy, the kind you instantly like when you meet him. I think that had a lot to do with him getting the gig. Other than that I honestly do not know much about the criteria for those 1L positions. Knowing the Army, they are probably chosen like you see lotto balls picked out of a tumbler at 7:10 PM on WGN. As far as the impossibility of attaining those positions (or any JAG spot) it is definitely harder than it used to be. Like everywhere else, the military can afford to be a lot more selective these days, and the secret is sort of out about what a secure and pretty well-paid gig the JAG actually is. I'm hearing the selection rate on average hovers around 5% of applicants, with the Air Force being the most selective and the Army the least. For the actual JAG spots (as opposed to the 1L summers which you really only have one shot at), persistence is key. It took me 4 tries and I know people who applied 6 or more times. Soothing Vapors posted:Defleshed I'm not sure you have a realistic view of what law firm interviewers are looking for This is where I go all GBS racist and say "but some of my best friends work in law firms" right? I knew that comment would rub people the wrong way, but honestly the OP (and all prestigious law firms) care only about your GPA, where you went to school, and how uncomplainingly you'll work 14 hour days + weekends. You can say that, just like Army FSO's, law firm recruiters at OCI *also* want to hire people they would like to work with and I guess you wouldn't be lying but the truth is you'll never even get a chance to be seen by them if you don't meet the aforementioned criteria so really you're going to be working with people who are mostly the same and approach work in the same way anyway. The "law robot" thing was an intentional dig, I admit it. And you're also right that I voluntarily disengaged from our weak rear end OCI, my school's career services, and the traditional law school-to-legal job path (yay 2008) so maybe I don't have the best insight into that area. I have a huge hate-on for the salaries though and am admittedly jealous of the few friends I have who managed to sneak in under the wire to that kind of money. My point I guess was more that you need to distinguish yourself in some other way when talking to an Army JAG FSO since they literally will talk to anyone with a law degree.
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Defenestration posted:I have an Aeron, it's pretty fantastic. Maybe not tall enough for a partner chair though.
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Linguica posted:<--- me irl right now Same. Law review hosed me over on the application; still got the job I wanted, and haven't used westlaw or lexis since August. Napoleon I fucked around with this message at 05:03 on Jan 20, 2011 |
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Phil Moscowitz posted:Someone tell me what office chair to tell my firm to buy. Up to $1k. this and $981.50 of liquor
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Got a semester-long internship with UNICEF. Will actually be doing panda law work!
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I'm 33 on this waitlist and I don't think I'm getting in but I desperately need this class. Options? Solutions?
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billion dollar bitch posted:I'm 33 on this waitlist and I don't think I'm getting in but I desperately need this class. Options? Solutions? Talking to the professor is pretty much your only good shot. That said, you can move a surprising amount.
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# ? Jan 20, 2011 21:09 |
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Suitchat! Tiebar collars: hot, or douchey? Or douchey-hot?
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billion dollar bitch posted:Suitchat! Not sure what a tiebar collar is, exactly, but tiebars are incredibly douchey. I bought a three-piece suit recently, and wore it on New Years Eve, and I think every suit I buy from now on is going to include a vest because vests are awesome.
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entris posted:Not sure what a tiebar collar is, exactly, but tiebars are incredibly douchey. How can you call tiebars douchey and advocate for three pieces in the same sentence? I think both are awesome actually, but I'm not gonna lie both are pretty loving fancy as well.
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# ? Jan 20, 2011 21:38 |
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Defleshed posted:How can you call tiebars douchey and advocate for three pieces in the same sentence? Two separate sentences, actually, but I see your point. ...which is that you agree with me that vests are awesome. Tiebars lift the knot of the tie, and I've only ever seen them used twice in real life, and both times it just looked really odd. Vests, on the other hand, make you look like a cool motherfucker.
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entris posted:Tiebars lift the knot of the tie, and I've only ever seen them used twice in real life, and both times it just looked really odd. They're both old-fashioned which is, ironically, actually in fashion for men's business attire due to the popularity of Mad Men. I only have one three-piece and though I think it is sharp I feel out of place when I wear it most of the time unless it is at a work event where there will be a lot of older lawyers. Tie bars are just a sharp accessory which in my opinion give a nice "pop" to some kinds of materials that seem to have knots that lay too flat. I'm not a tie-tying virtuoso and I only know two knots so tie bars can make a nice tie stand out a little more. Just my opinion.
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Defleshed posted:They're both old-fashioned which is, ironically, actually in fashion for men's business attire due to the popularity of Mad Men. I only have one three-piece and though I think it is sharp I feel out of place when I wear it most of the time unless it is at a work event where there will be a lot of older lawyers. Tie bars are just a sharp accessory which in my opinion give a nice "pop" to some kinds of materials that seem to have knots that lay too flat. I'm not a tie-tying virtuoso and I only know two knots so tie bars can make a nice tie stand out a little more. Just my opinion. I take back my earlier mockery. I can see your point about tiebars being useful for the flatter knots, and I guess a tiebar could be useful for a tie made out of a really thin material. But man, the ones I've seen just looked stoooopid.
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