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Teddybear posted:So far I've only heard back from Georgetown, who waitlisted me-- again, better than I expected. Still waiting on NYU, Chicago, Columbia, BC, BU, UWashington in Seattle, and UC Hastings. (The last two are shots in the dark; if I get rejected from the other schools and get accepted with good scholarships to either of those, they'd be in strong consideration. Otherwise, I'm not bothered.) Do you have ties to Seattle or was that one of those "this school sounds cool and is a T1 so go for it" decisions? I really don't know how well they do. I should given it's my UG. I'll talk to some people about it if/when you get in and help you assess the situation.
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sigmachiev posted:Do you have ties to Seattle or was that one of those "this school sounds cool and is a T1 so go for it" decisions? It's more that I've studied Seattle for a law and the city course in the past and have got a bit of a crush on the city as a result. (It's also a little of the latter, too.)
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Feb 14, 2012 22:52
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NJ Deac posted:Job alert: I just had an interview in video game law or something apparently today but send me info again via pm unless you're still in the middle of nowhere in new jersey still
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Feb 14, 2012 23:26
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Teddybear, take a year off. I'm not kidding. Will a certain Yale 2L back me up on this?
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Feb 14, 2012 23:49
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Sulecrist posted:Teddybear, take a year off. I'm not kidding. Also considering this. If I don't get solid offers, I'll take a year, get some work, and look into options again. I've not committed to anything yet, but we'll see.
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Feb 15, 2012 00:01
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Baruch Obamawitz posted:I just had an interview in video game law or something apparently today but send me info again via pm unless you're still in the middle of nowhere in new jersey still Still in the suburbs 30 minutes outside of the city, sorry. We just made a job offer to a patent examiner though so if he ends up accepting you could hang out with your own kind.
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Feb 15, 2012 00:39
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Teddybear posted:Also considering this. If I don't get solid offers, I'll take a year, get some work, and look into options again. I've not committed to anything yet, but we'll see. My considered opinion is that anyone who goes straight through from UG will likely regret it later. You can always defer.
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Feb 15, 2012 02:58
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sigmachiev posted:Do you have ties to Seattle or was that one of those "this school sounds cool and is a T1 so go for it" decisions? My understanding is that it is strong is Seattle but no where else. However, if you're from outside of Seattle and go to UW, you'll still be an outsider.
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Feb 15, 2012 03:23
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Teddybear posted:Also considering this. If I don't get solid offers, I'll take a year, get some work, and look into options again. I've not committed to anything yet, but we'll see. Take a loving year off. I went straight through - I graduated summa from an Ivy ugrad and my choices were "go back to the bumblefuck South and try to find work" or "go to Yale Law School" - and I regret it. Law school, even the wishy-washy pussy law school experience that Yale passes off as an education, will erode your sense of self and self-worth based upon their norms of what the Great White Hope of American Law looks like. It goes without saying that this may have nothing to do with you or what you want, and you will find yourself trapped in an endless cycle of things you "have to do" for goals you feel you should want but only contribute to the endless void where your self used to be. Go to law school if and only if you know why you're going and who you are when you're going in to a degree that you will not lose sight of the beginning or the end, because it's Gene Hunt's World in there and you're just living in it.
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Feb 15, 2012 03:33
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cry me a river you loving yalie
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Feb 15, 2012 03:39
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Soothing Vapors posted:cry me a river you loving yalie (go die.)
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Feb 15, 2012 03:52
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The Warszawa posted:(go die.) anyway teddybear the point is even if you should go (you shouldn't) you should take a break first (please). Sulecrist fucked around with this message at 03:56 on Feb 15, 2012 |
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Feb 15, 2012 03:53
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The Warszawa posted:(go die.) Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! You should try transferring to Harvard. I hear it is better. Also, not in CT.
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Feb 15, 2012 03:57
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Taking a year off was the best thing I ever did. Not only did I recharge by studying batteries, but I also learned how to work an 8 hour day AND my poo poo job gave me more motivation to not work in a pizzeria the rest of my life than anything.
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Soothing Vapors posted:cry me a river you loving yalie <----- See also K.N. Llewellyn, The Bramble Bush (1930)(comparing the removal of one's eyes and their replacement to the indoctrination that occurs during 1L). Ersatz fucked around with this message at 04:10 on Feb 15, 2012 |
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Feb 15, 2012 04:04
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Ersatz posted:He does make a great point though. But no, now I have to be a lawyer.
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Feb 15, 2012 04:26
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I took two years and it was great. Hung out with homies and worked a couple gigs. One of those gigs looks really good on the resume and was a big talking point during job interviews. I'm not sure if this tidbit is in the OP but it should be. I think there's consensus that waiting is good for a lot of reasons.
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Feb 15, 2012 05:30
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Stop posted:I see. Well if you do wind up going to NYU, it has a very strong PI community outside of the Root Program as well. The LRAP program is great as well, salary up to 80k covered and the excess handled incrementally. The NYU OUTLAW, a LGBTQ and ally group is pretty prominent as well. If you have any questions about NYU or its PI community, let me know. Similarly, if you want to discuss GULC and its PI community, send me a PM. We also have good LRAP (I think covered to 75k and incremental thereafter, I forget the exact breakpoint) and for the obvious DC reason a lot of links into the PI community. (Also, I agree with everyone else - take a year or two to do something else before law school. Straight throughs were absolutely terrible people who no one liked until at least 2L when they figured out a little more about being a human being. Go do something else, then if you're still interested in law school, go as the class of 2016 or whatever it'll be.)
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Feb 15, 2012 06:27
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Kalman posted:(Also, I agree with everyone else - take a year or two to do something else before law school. Straight throughs were absolutely terrible people who no one liked until at least 2L when they figured out a little more about being a human being. Go do something else, then if you're still interested in law school, go as the class of 2016 or whatever it'll be.)
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Feb 15, 2012 07:12
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Have you considered going straight from undergrad and doing a combined JD/MBA program?
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Feb 15, 2012 07:32
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Zarkov Cortez posted:Have you considered going straight from undergrad and doing a combined JD/MBA program? Even worse. Going straight into an MBA program is considered a pretty big faux pas.
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Feb 15, 2012 07:33
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nm posted:Even worse. Also JD/MBAs here have a pretty great reputation for being not so pretty great people Except Jesse, Jesse you're cool by me
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Feb 15, 2012 07:55
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NJ Deac posted:Still in the suburbs 30 minutes outside of the city, sorry. We just made a job offer to a patent examiner though so if he ends up accepting you could hang out with your own kind. At least subway-accessible?
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Feb 15, 2012 13:27
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The Warszawa posted:Take a loving year off. There's a new thread title in here, I just know it.
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Feb 15, 2012 15:45
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Do you still send thank you emails after an interview, or letters, or what? Difficulty: lateral
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Baruch Obamawitz posted:Do you still send thank you emails after an interview, or letters, or what? Send hand-calligraphed thank-you notes written by lawgoons you pay $5 per note.
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Feb 15, 2012 17:14
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As a person in the middle of their year off (going to be a 1L in September, woo), I agree with the above posters. Take a year off. It has definitely helped my recharge my studying/class taking muscles and prepared me for more school. I would have hated going straight through to law school.
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Baruch Obamawitz posted:Do you still send thank you emails after an interview, or letters, or what?
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MoFauxHawk posted:Send hand-calligraphed thank-you notes written by lawgoons you pay $5 per note. I know the person that posted this on facebook!!
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Zaleov posted:As a person in the middle of their year off (going to be a 1L in September, woo), I agree with the above posters. Take a year off. It has definitely helped my recharge my studying/class taking muscles and prepared me for more school. I would have hated going straight through to law school. I actually didn't mind going straight through for 1L year, though a lot of my K-JD compatriots were still stuck in undergrad mode. However, it's hit me like a ton of bricks this term and I haven't done anything even though I'm probably taking the easiest class load of any 2L at the school.
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Feb 15, 2012 18:05
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Colorblind Pilot posted:I know the person that posted this on facebook!! Tell her her fellow ATL pseudonym buddy says hi! 
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Feb 15, 2012 18:08
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Um you really don't need to post that in this thread anymore, although I do think it should be your avatar.
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Warszawa posted:it's Gene Hunt's World in there and you're just living in it. Truer words never spoken or put to page. PS don't take the elevator.
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Omerta posted:I actually didn't mind going straight through for 1L year, though a lot of my K-JD compatriots were still stuck in undergrad mode. However, it's hit me like a ton of bricks this term and I haven't done anything even though I'm probably taking the easiest class load of any 2L at the school. This, pretty much, although I'm not even technically K-JD. I took a year off after high school to work full time, and I still wish I'd taken a year or two or five after undergrad. Law school will probably still be there in a few years, unless the inevitable collapse of the country happens before then in which case being a lawyer won't help much, except to maybe make you a readier target for the cannibals.
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Baruch Obamawitz posted:Do you still send thank you emails after an interview, or letters, or what? I've been told that it's not necessary, at least for the places that I've interviewed at.
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Feb 15, 2012 19:37
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Ersatz posted:
You're missing a space between the parentheticals...
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Feb 15, 2012 19:59
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Ersatz posted:He does make a great point though. entris posted:Um you really don't need to post that in this thread anymore I emphatically disagree yadayadayada posted:You're missing a space between the parentheticals... This is what we become
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yadayadayada posted:You're missing a space between the parentheticals... Wait, what? You never put a space between the parenthetical with a date and an explanatory parenthetical. ...do you? I want a bluebook cite. 
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entris posted:Wait, what? You never put a space between the parenthetical with a date and an explanatory parenthetical. 1.5(a)(i) Look at this scrub not memorizin his blue book
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Soothing Vapors posted:1.5(a)(i) Maaaaan get the gently caress out of here. The rule says nothing about whether or not a space is required. Sure, the examples appear to include a space, but the examples do not carry the same weight as the written rules - if something isn't mentioned in the rule, then the example's treatment of that issue is non-binding. I had to go hunt down someone in my firm who still owns a bluebook so that I could look up 1.5(a)(i). Ugh. edit: Additionally, it is my position that a space between parentheticals is a violation of the natural law concerning parentheticals. Parenthetical phrases can be omitted or removed from the sentence without impacting the grammar of the sentence. Both the parentheses and the material contained therein do not impact the grammar of the sentence, and are not impacted by that grammar. In short, a parenthetical phrase is grammatical dark matter. But if you include a space between two parentheticals, you have now added an unnecessary space to the sentence. If you were to remove the parentheticals, you would have a glaring empty space for no reason at all, and this violates the natural rules concerning the usage of parentheses. So, to the extent that the Bluebook examples include a space between parentheticals (and I'm not entirely convinced that they do, because I've never seen the field codes), the examples are wrong. 
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