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Someone answer my ACTUAL LEGAL QUESTION thanks: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3266659&pagenumber=78&perpage=40#post388381846
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Feb 21, 2011 03:14
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I know a few health care attorneys. $275/hr mid-level associates
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Feb 21, 2011 03:50
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Phil Moscowitz posted:I know a few health care attorneys. $275/hr mid-level associates That low? Tough world.
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Feb 21, 2011 04:11
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atlas of bugs posted:I wish there was a one-sentence explanation for the everyday American that explains why law school is actually a terrible idea and doesn't lead to millions. As it is now, I can't be bothered to get into a long discussion about why law school is horrible for almost everyone at almost any price. I seem to remember these numbers coming up somewhere in the thread, and it's my default answer when I'm pressed for time: "Each year, about 44,000 JDs graduate and attempt to fill about 37,000 positions that require a JD. Of those 37,000, only about 6,000 or 7,000 are the six-figure jobs that can actually make law school debt worth it." Yeah, it's two sentences, the numbers are approximate, and it doesn't include the "die alone" part of the equation, but it's a quick answer and it has served me well.
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Feb 21, 2011 04:28
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Advance 30 hours and we can probably start taking a look at your problem.
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Feb 21, 2011 04:31
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Phil Moscowitz posted:Advance 30 hours and we can probably start taking a look at your problem. Crowd-sourcing legal advice would be so cool and also completely violative of the ethical rules. I wonder when the legal profession will update some of the more antiquated parts of the ethical rules.
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Feb 21, 2011 12:58
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I probably posted this last year and didn't get a response, but as evidenced by my continued attendance in law school, I don't mind a fruitless pursuit. TYLA/ACTL National Trial Competition Regionals were last weekend and I advanced to the Nationals for the second year in a row. Did anyone here compete in a Regional? If so, did you advance? If so, are you interested in a beer or something in Houston in April? For any 1Ls reading this, I have had three job offers (and accepted one of them) as a direct result of my participation in this trial competition. While it may be sad for a 32 year old man to be participating in a pretend trial, I recommend it because of the amazing breadth of evidentiary knowledge you can develop. This may be a derail for the Law Journal/Order of the Coif folks in this thread, but I think legal academia is terrible and didn't want to participate. If I got nothing else from trial competitions, I got great hands-on knowledge of the Federal Rules of Evidence.
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Feb 21, 2011 14:45
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Former Everything posted:This may be a derail for the Law Journal/Order of the Coif folks in this thread, but I think legal academia is terrible and didn't want to participate. I think this is true of most people on law journals though.
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Feb 21, 2011 17:14
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Former Everything posted:This may be a derail for the Law Journal/Order of the Coif folks in this thread, but I think legal academia is terrible and didn't want to participate. See, the thing is, legal academics don't have to, they basically show up less than their students.
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Feb 21, 2011 17:46
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February Bar Exam tomorrow... need wishes of luck from the internet to pass.
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Feb 21, 2011 19:47
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HooKars posted:February Bar Exam tomorrow... need wishes of luck from the internet to pass. Good luck!! Which state?
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Feb 21, 2011 20:22
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Good luck, HooKars! My husband is sitting the CA bar...again. 
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Feb 21, 2011 20:26
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Colorblind Pilot posted:Good luck!! Which state? PA. I was so spoiled with the Missouri bar - I didn't have to sit for the MBE portion and each MO essay only tests on one area of the law, there is non of this multi-part nonsense that allows a state to get in 20 different areas of law in 6 questions. Not feeling overly confident about where I stand in terms of knowing the material. Two weeks of time off from work really wasn't enough to make me feel good about this. I've got a grasp on most subjects but some I've had to skip completely, and I really didn't have a chance to do many practice problems. Save Me Jeebus posted:My husband is sitting the CA bar...again. Good luck to him! HooKars fucked around with this message at 20:35 on Feb 21, 2011 |
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Feb 21, 2011 20:32
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Good luck HooKars! The PA bar is really not that bad. At least it wasn't last summer. There was only one subtopic in one essay that I had no clue about and never would have gotten, everything else was pretty straightforward. SMJ, is your husband taking it in Ontario? Maybe I'll sit next to him. I'll be the morbidly obese smelly guy with the pasty, acne-ridden skin, long greasy hair, and anime dragon shirt.
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Feb 21, 2011 22:19
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This might be a stupid question, but would law schools look down on a Pass/Fail course? I know they don't count for the LSAC, but I was wondering if it would factor into a decision...
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Feb 22, 2011 00:22
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Linguica posted:Good luck HooKars! The PA bar is really not that bad. At least it wasn't last summer. There was only one subtopic in one essay that I had no clue about and never would have gotten, everything else was pretty straightforward. But...that could be any one of us...
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Feb 22, 2011 00:25
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Paramour posted:This might be a stupid question, but would law schools look down on a Pass/Fail course? I know they don't count for the LSAC, but I was wondering if it would factor into a decision... Short answer is no, longer answer is I suppose it's a remote possibility it could make the slightest of differences if the admission dean had a bug up their rear end and if it was some last resort tie breaker. Basically don't sweat it if your GPA is still good. sigmachiev fucked around with this message at 00:54 on Feb 22, 2011 |
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Feb 22, 2011 00:51
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Paramour posted:This might be a stupid question, but would law schools look down on a Pass/Fail course? I know they don't count for the LSAC, but I was wondering if it would factor into a decision... I had like three P/F at a tiny, lovely school and I got into Duke (where I am now) and piles of other places so I don't think so, no.
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Feb 22, 2011 02:46
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Linguica posted:
Yup, he's in Ontario. I'm bummed I'm not there this time. When he did it in Pasadena last summer I made a nice hobby of drunkenly tapping on the convention center windows and watching the test takers scatter like roaches. Anyways, good luck Linguica! And all other test takers this week. Although there are no jobs, I hope you all get barred regardless. And if anyone is selling, I'm buying CO bar study materials.
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Feb 22, 2011 03:11
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HooKars posted:Not feeling overly confident about where I stand in terms of knowing the material. You'll do fine HooKars. Everyone thinks they will fail. Until they pass. You've done this once before and passed. Just think of the poor saps who are taking it for the second or third time.
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Feb 22, 2011 03:13
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Superior Court of the District of Columbia posted:
Grand Juror - FAQ posted:Am I expected to report each day that is listed on my summons? Holy poo poo, I think I have to show up for grand jury duty every day for a month. How the gently caress am I supposed to work? /at least there's wi-fi access apparently?
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Feb 22, 2011 03:28
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wacko_- posted:You'll do fine HooKars. Everyone thinks they will fail. Until they pass. You've done this once before and passed. Just think of the poor saps who are taking it for the second or third time. I've done this twice before. But I definitely felt more confident before. 14 full days to study 15 PA subjects, the 7 MBE subjects and all the PA distinctions. There are certain subjects I legitimately haven't even looked at and other subjects that I never took in school and weren't on the other bars - namely federal income tax. I've done maybe 30 practice MBE questions and today was my first day looking over the past test essay questions, which predictably has caused me to freak out a bit since I seem to know nothing. It's namely a problem of issue spotting. I'm not familiar enough with the material to come up with it all on my own. Once I see the sample answer, I'm all "oh of course" but I really just don't have this poo poo down because I've given a cursory glance to everything. I really do think there is a greater than 50% chance I could fail. HooKars fucked around with this message at 04:36 on Feb 22, 2011 |
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Feb 22, 2011 04:33
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You'll do great. Good luck! 
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Feb 22, 2011 04:48
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So, I got a job at a real law firm, as a lawyer. I still have a massive amount of student loan debt, but my salary is decent for a city this size. I'm not posting this to brag, if anything I have some weird survivor guilt going on. I just wanted to post it to show things aren't 100% hopeless for someone in my shoes (middle of the pack in class standing, 3T school). So, yeah. Also, good luck to all bar takers.
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Feb 22, 2011 05:29
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Save me jeebus posted:Yup, he's in Ontario. I'm bummed I'm not there this time. When he did it in Pasadena last summer I made a nice hobby of drunkenly tapping on the convention center windows and watching the test takers scatter like roaches. Colorado bar study materials? I may be interested.
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Feb 22, 2011 06:02
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HooKars posted:February Bar Exam tomorrow... need wishes of luck from the internet to pass. Good luck!
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Feb 22, 2011 06:06
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I went to REBLaw at Yale this past weekend. What I am about to share is completely true and totally happened: I was at the asian panel and one of the attorneys talks about the importance of coalition building and mentions that when he shared his people's experience (he's South Asian and Muslim) of being targeted by police with the AFRICAN AMERICAN groups both groups saw that they had to deal with similar things and it helped them understand each other. LATER- During the QA session this large black woman stands up and says "I'm SHANEQUA and I'm a 1L at HOWARD UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL and I wanted to say that I don't think coalition building is really possible. The only interaction I have with asians is the ones that run the nail shops in my neighborhoods and takes money from the community and gives nothing back. They don't even speak ENGLISH! They just come in to my communities and take everyone's money and give nothing back and don't hire no black people." At this point everyone is shocked and jaws are on the floor...and then SHANEQUA continues: "and YOU people..." motioning to the South Asian attorney, "the only time I talk to you people is when I call a help line, I DON'T WANT TO TALK TO YOU PEOPLE, I WANT TO TALK TO AN AMERICAN." ps: Good luck HooK and other bar takers.
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Feb 22, 2011 06:07
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HiddenReplaced posted:I went to REBLaw at Yale this past weekend. Law school is way to easy to get into now.
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Feb 22, 2011 06:19
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My dad is thinking about becoming a patent agent and was looking into taking the patent bar this summer. What's the best way to prep for the patent bar? Is BarBri good for this? Second, I'm starting 1L in the Fall, and after I'm done traveling I have about a month to kill before school starts. My dad asked me to consider studying for it with him. If I take and pass the patent bar before 1L, will that improve my chances of landing a 1L SA position? Is doing this a gigantic waste of time and I should instead spend July reading trashy romance novels?
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Feb 22, 2011 06:43
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Heard a very sad story about a 2L at texas dying recently under massively suspicious circumstances. Anyone at texas able/willing to tell me what's going on?
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Feb 22, 2011 06:49
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Feces Starship posted:Heard a very sad story about a 2L at texas dying recently under massively suspicious circumstances. Anyone at texas able/willing to tell me what's going on? Haven't heard a peep.
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Feb 22, 2011 06:59
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entris posted:Holy poo poo, I think I have to show up for grand jury duty every day for a month. Don't worry about missing work. Your $5/day allowance will make up for it. Don't forget to report that income to the IRS!
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Feb 22, 2011 14:38
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Do they at least give you free lunch?
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Feb 22, 2011 14:43
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tau posted:Colorado bar study materials? I may be interested. queenbruin at gmail Yes I'm too cheap for plat.
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Feb 22, 2011 15:11
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Yeah, I'm not eligible for the juror fee bc I'm employed. I don't know if we get free lunch yet. On the other hand, posting from the courtroom on my droid is pretty cool.
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Feb 22, 2011 15:37
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Feces Starship posted:Heard a very sad story about a 2L at texas dying recently under massively suspicious circumstances. Anyone at texas able/willing to tell me what's going on? I haven't heard anything other than what's in the papers: http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/UPDATE-Family-member-says-Jessica-Fertitta-was-1022348.php She was in one of my classes this semester but I didn't know her at all.
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Feb 22, 2011 16:40
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Colorblind Pilot posted:My dad is thinking about becoming a patent agent and was looking into taking the patent bar this summer. BarBri et al are complete wastes of money with regards to the patent bar, since it's open-book and you can take it any time.
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Feb 22, 2011 17:56
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entris posted:Yeah, I'm not eligible for the juror fee bc I'm employed. I've been asked to go for jury duty 5 times and I always send them a fax stating that I don't want to do it and then I don't show up. No warrants for my arrest that I'm aware of.
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Feb 22, 2011 18:01
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I got a summons for grand jury duty in Arizona. I loved the idea of being away from my lovely job for four months so I could just hang out and exercise my subpoena powers. My luck, I was an alternate so far down the food chain I never saw the inside of a court room. Also, anyone interested in Colorado bar materials, I have someone who is looking to sell his. PM me with your info and I'll pass it on to him.
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Feb 22, 2011 18:48
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IrritationX posted:
several posts above posted:queenbruin at gmail
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Feb 22, 2011 20:03
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