Lawyer & Law School Megathread #12: Started Out Barrister, Ended Up Barista

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commish: Sep 17, 2009

_areaman posted:

I only read this thread now out of habit. I graduated with a computer science degree and decided programming wasn't for me, and worked at a PR firm while I prepared for law school. I did well on the LSAT (170) and applied to law schools and then retracted everything because of this thread. I then very quickly found a job as an entry level software engineer at a start-up that has subsequently exploded. Whether this counts as 'real' engineering or not is a matter of debate but it has similarities.

It's been the best decision of my life, and I realized I actually do love programming, which is why I got a CS degree in the first place. The hours are amazing and I can work from home whenever I feel like it. It is also high paying and extremely interesting... I can't remember who said it, but a piece of advice I heard once was, "Find a job you like to do and you'll never work a day in your life". That's really the truth, I come home from work and feel really happy and fulfilled, not tired at all.

Moral of the story? Don't go to law school. I have several friends who took this route (partly why I was applying) and they are now jobless, Panera Bread, and still in school with no hope. I have two friends at North Eastern, 3L and 2L, and they are totally hosed, no hope what-so-ever.

If you can do anything else do that, and if you like computers try giving programming a shot, at least in Boston good engineers are in high demand.

You forgot to mention your model wife.

# ? Jan 31, 2011 22:37

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# ? May 16, 2024 18:35

Elotana: Dec 12, 2003; and i'm putting it all on the goddamn expense account

Hooray I get to spend three days in New Orleans*

*on document review

# ? Jan 31, 2011 22:48

HiddenReplaced: Apr 21, 2007; Yeah...
it's wanking time.

I got my final grades for law school.

My GPA has moved .02 since first semester 1L year.

# ? Jan 31, 2011 23:01

Sulecrist: Apr 5, 2007; Better tear off this bar association logo.

HiddenReplaced posted:

I got my final grades for law school.

My GPA has moved .02 since first semester 1L year.

i'm below median

edit: but not as low as that guy that's doing fine and that we use as an example of below median

Sulecrist fucked around with this message at 23:07 on Jan 31, 2011

# ? Jan 31, 2011 23:04

Lilosh: Jul 13, 2001; I'm Lilosh with an OSHY

HiddenReplaced posted:

I got my final grades for law school.

My GPA has moved .02 since first semester 1L year.

If I can post this in 2-2.5 years, I will celebrate.

Alone, probably, and unemployed, but celebrate nonetheless.

# ? Jan 31, 2011 23:22

Stunt Rock: Jul 28, 2002; DEATH WISH AT 120 DECIBELS

Elotana posted:

Hooray I get to spend three days in New Orleans*

*on document review

You should meet Phil Moscowitz and I for drinks.

# ? Jan 31, 2011 23:59

BigHead: Jul 25, 2003; Huh?; Nap Ghost

For those of you who are unbelievably bored and/or are giant nerds, I would like to remind everyone that the world famous Shakespeare Center of LA is staging a Hamlet trial. It's presided by Anthony Kennedy, with Helen Hunt and Some Guy From Saving Grace on the jury!

http://twitter.com/shakescenterLA

http://www.lawlawlandblog.com/2011/01/to_be_or_not_to_becrazy_law_la.html

# ? Feb 1, 2011 00:29

Phil Moscowitz: Feb 19, 2007; If blood be the price of admiralty,
Lord God, we ha' paid in full!

Are Deathwing still considered like Navajo braves from Indian planet or did GW get legal counsel yet

# ? Feb 1, 2011 02:05

WhiskeyJuvenile: Feb 15, 2002; by Nyc_Tattoo

Phil Moscowitz posted:

Are Deathwing still considered like Navajo braves from Indian planet or did GW get legal counsel yet

I just read the codex and no

they're a bunch of space pussies worried that the rest of the imperium will find out that half of them went chaos

# ? Feb 1, 2011 02:51

Holland Oats: Oct 20, 2003; Only the dead have seen the end of war

I only have one grade so far

The one grade I have is an A- :smug:

# ? Feb 1, 2011 03:19

Blinkz0rz: May 27, 2001; MY CONTEMPT FOR MY OWN EMPLOYEES IS ONLY MATCHED BY MY LOVE FOR TOM BRADY'S SWEATY MAGA BALLS

http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/lgl/2190429044.html

# ? Feb 1, 2011 03:50

poofactory: May 6, 2003; by T. Finn

Blinkz0rz posted:

http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/lgl/2190429044.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7QtRCGQmrc

# ? Feb 1, 2011 04:03

Ainsley McTree: Feb 19, 2004

poofactory posted:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7QtRCGQmrc

Was that Bill Nye?

# ? Feb 1, 2011 04:58

MaximumBob: Jan 15, 2006; You're moving who to the bullpen?

Ainsley McTree posted:

Was that Bill Nye?

Yes, yes it is.

# ? Feb 1, 2011 04:59

Chakron: Mar 11, 2009

Ainsley McTree posted:

Was that Bill Nye?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e6h4zLC5U8

I'm Speedwalker.

# ? Feb 1, 2011 05:38

Soothing Vapors: Mar 26, 2006; Associate Justice Lena "Kegels" Dunham: An uncool thought to have: 'is that guy walking in the dark behind me a rapist? Never mind, he's Asian.

Holland Oats posted:

I only have one grade so far

The one grade I have is an A-

minus? heh. :smug:

# ? Feb 1, 2011 06:18

Petey: Nov 26, 2005; For who knows what is good for a person in life, during the few and meaningless days they pass through like a shadow? Who can tell them what will happen under the sun after they are gone?

digital short subject / screenshot + youtube ad combo

# ? Feb 1, 2011 06:33

Omerta: Feb 19, 2007; I thought short arms were good for benching

Petey posted:

digital short subject / screenshot + youtube ad combo

Great, so online law schools are only behind penis enlargement and 1 QUICK WEIRD TIP FOR LOSING BELLY FAT FOR USE ACAI BERRY ads in terms of volume.

# ? Feb 1, 2011 14:54

WhiskeyJuvenile: Feb 15, 2002; by Nyc_Tattoo

Any law student here with access to heinonline want to get an article for me in PDF?

# ? Feb 1, 2011 15:14

WhiskeyJuvenile: Feb 15, 2002; by Nyc_Tattoo

protip: no law students should be reading this thread because there should not be any law students if people took this thread seriously

# ? Feb 1, 2011 15:25

CmdrSmirnoff: Oct 27, 2005; happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy

Yeah what's up

# ? Feb 1, 2011 15:45

WhiskeyJuvenile: Feb 15, 2002; by Nyc_Tattoo

e: no content

WhiskeyJuvenile fucked around with this message at 16:54 on Feb 1, 2011

# ? Feb 1, 2011 15:49

CmdrSmirnoff: Oct 27, 2005; happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy

Senteded.

# ? Feb 1, 2011 16:02

GamingOdor: Jun 8, 2001; The stench of chips.

So I opted to pay off my car rather than the Barbri courses and I will be avoiding private loans like the plague. I'd rather live in my car down by the river than have Sallie Mae execute on its equity.

I will be paying cash for a Feb. 2011 barbri taker's books and filled in outline. What else do I need to pass? I can comfortably spend an additional $500 on study aids.

# ? Feb 1, 2011 16:32

commish: Sep 17, 2009

blar posted:

So I opted to pay off my car rather than the Barbri courses and I will be avoiding private loans like the plague. I'd rather live in my car down by the river than have Sallie Mae execute on its equity.

I will be paying cash for a Feb. 2011 barbri taker's books and filled in outline. What else do I need to pass? I can comfortably spend an additional $500 on study aids.

That's all you should need. I'd buy some practice MBA questions if you don't have any.

# ? Feb 1, 2011 16:34

TheImmigrant: Jan 18, 2011

blar posted:

So I opted to pay off my car rather than the Barbri courses and I will be avoiding private loans like the plague. I'd rather live in my car down by the river than have Sallie Mae execute on its equity.

I will be paying cash for a Feb. 2011 barbri taker's books and filled in outline. What else do I need to pass? I can comfortably spend an additional $500 on study aids.

I spent $150 for the BarBri and PMBR materials from the previous bar exam, and went to live in Mexico where I self-studied for the February bar a few years ago. Came back tan and relaxed and aced it.

# ? Feb 1, 2011 18:10

Business of Ferrets: Mar 2, 2008; Good to see that everything is back to normal.

Macunaima posted:

I spent $150 for the BarBri and PMBR materials from the previous bar exam, and went to live in Mexico where I self-studied for the February bar a few years ago. Came back tan and relaxed and aced it.

Excellent avatar-post combination.

# ? Feb 1, 2011 18:56

Petey: Nov 26, 2005; For who knows what is good for a person in life, during the few and meaningless days they pass through like a shadow? Who can tell them what will happen under the sun after they are gone?

luke. XI, 52, the bible, word of god, blessed be his name posted:

�Woe unto you, lawyers!
For ye have taken away the key of knowledge:
ye entered not in yourselves,
and them that were entering in ye hindered.�

# ? Feb 1, 2011 19:39

entris: Oct 22, 2008; by Y Kant Ozma Post

For you copyright-minded types:

Go to http://www.displays2go.com/

Right-click.

Laugh.

(Safe link, I promise, I just ordered some stuff off there for the office.)

# ? Feb 1, 2011 19:47

Sulecrist: Apr 5, 2007; Better tear off this bar association logo.

I got interviews with the AF and Army JAG for 1L internships. Should I tell them about my grandfathers' adventures in The Great World War Two (some of their stories are pretty cool) or should this really just be about how pretty cool I am?

(I have no military background, but both of my grandfathers flew planes and I, like everyone else, have always been interested in what they did.)

# ? Feb 1, 2011 20:50

evil_bunnY: Apr 2, 2003

Sid Meier Jr. posted:

"Why you leaving after only eight hours SMJ?"
"My brain's done."
"ah."

There's a pretty good correlation between the "time in shift" at which a line of code/script's been written the chances that it's going to have to get fixed/rewritten.

# ? Feb 1, 2011 21:16

prussian advisor: Jan 15, 2007; The day you see a camera come into our courtroom, its going to roll over my dead body.

Sulecrist posted:

I got interviews with the AF and Army JAG for 1L internships. Should I tell them about my grandfathers' adventures in The Great World War Two (some of their stories are pretty cool) or should this really just be about how pretty cool I am?

(I have no military background, but both of my grandfathers flew planes and I, like everyone else, have always been interested in what they did.)

This would probably be a pretty good explanation for the inevitable "why JAG/military" question but probably best make it too focal, especially since it's more than one generation removed from you.

# ? Feb 1, 2011 21:20

entris: Oct 22, 2008; by Y Kant Ozma Post

Sulecrist posted:

I got interviews with the AF and Army JAG for 1L internships. Should I tell them about my grandfathers' adventures in The Great World War Two (some of their stories are pretty cool) or should this really just be about how pretty cool I am?

(I have no military background, but both of my grandfathers flew planes and I, like everyone else, have always been interested in what they did.)

I think you can tell those stories if they ask if you have any military history in your family or something, but I wouldn't use those stories as evidence of your interest in JAG. In other words, they could be a fun icebreaker or something but you don't want to be "that guy" who appears to be grasping at any military connection in order to get the position. That would just come across wrong, I think.

# ? Feb 1, 2011 21:24

G-Mawwwwwww: Jan 31, 2003; My LPth are Hot Garbage; Biscuit Hider

Just got off the phone with a very old, venerable, war horse Texas attorney who's still trying cases.

Here're three things he told me.

"Law school ain't worth a handful of poo poo."

"Everyone who doesn't try cases is a loving sissy. gently caress litigation, go be a prosecutor for two years."

"You're useless now son. Get that goddamn degree and we'll talk."

Tick tock.

G-Mawwwwwww fucked around with this message at 21:43 on Feb 1, 2011

# ? Feb 1, 2011 21:36

Vander: Aug 16, 2004; I am my own hero.

entris posted:

For you copyright-minded types:

Go to http://www.displays2go.com/

Right-click.

Laugh.

(Safe link, I promise, I just ordered some stuff off there for the office.)

I lolled.

I get what they're getting at, but I think it's funnier to think that someone has copyrighted right clicking and sent them a subpoena.

# ? Feb 1, 2011 21:36

poofactory: May 6, 2003; by T. Finn

A potential client faxed my office 50 pages worth of documents today. That's not really out of the ordinary. What is strange is that it took 50 faxes to get the documents though. Apparently in this person's world you can only send one page per fax. Thank god it didn't come with 50 cover sheets.

# ? Feb 1, 2011 21:50

Roger_Mudd: Jul 18, 2003; Buglord

CaptainScraps posted:

Tick tock.

91 days till graduation.

# ? Feb 1, 2011 21:55

G-Mawwwwwww: Jan 31, 2003; My LPth are Hot Garbage; Biscuit Hider

Roger_Mudd posted:

91 days till graduation.

8 months until I have to live in my mom's house if I don't find a better-paying job.

# ? Feb 1, 2011 22:15

entris: Oct 22, 2008; by Y Kant Ozma Post

CaptainScraps posted:

"Everyone who doesn't try cases is a loving sissy. gently caress litigation, go be a prosecutor for two years."

Ah, Texas. One of the last vestiges of the American machismo culture.

# ? Feb 1, 2011 22:16

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# ? May 16, 2024 18:35

HiddenReplaced: Apr 21, 2007; Yeah...
it's wanking time.

CaptainScraps posted:

8 months until I have to live in my mom's house if I don't find a better-paying job.

I'm moving back in late May. Whenever Barbri starts. In re barbri, should I do online only or go to the class?

Should I even take barbri? It's $2,700 and I'm the one paying for it.

# ? Feb 1, 2011 22:32

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