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entris posted:Uh yeah, the Foreign Service is probably a terrible suggestion for Sly. He has kids and a wife. Working for the Foreign Service, while cool for younger people without kids or a spouse, would probably completely disrupt the lives of his family members. Could be the best thing he ever did for them. Or the worst, in all fairness. But probably the best. If everyone is on board or at least willing, it's a really great deal. Lots of people bring spouse and kids when they join; for some there are issues, but the great majority embrace it. Of course, I don't know SlyFrog from Adam, so who knows? Anyway, there's a megathread if anyone is interested. Wouldn't want to mess up the dirge-vibe of this one! 
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Business of Ferrets posted:Could be the best thing he ever did for them. I appreciate the ideas. It is not something that would work right now because of the aforementioned wife and children issue (everyone has different opinions on this, but for us it will not work at the stage of life where my children are). It is something I haven't thought of, however, and could be of interest five to ten years down the road (if I wouldn't be too old at that point - I don't know if there is an unspoken age limit for this type of thing that the Foreign Service applies).
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Slyfrog's posting is some serious ghost of Christmas yet to come stuff for me. Time to get cracking on some alternate plans.
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SlyFrog posted:It is something I haven't thought of, however, and could be of interest five to ten years down the road (if I wouldn't be too old at that point - I don't know if there is an unspoken age limit for this type of thing that the Foreign Service applies). There is an age maximum but if you are 40 I think you will be okay in 10 years. The other guys can correct me but for FSOs it's something like 60 by the time you finish A100 ( think they force retirement at 65).
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My last OCI interview is in an hour. Here's me at OCI today:  And here's a quick pre-enactment of all my interviews that I cut from an old episode of Nick Arcade: http://www.tubechop.com/watch/497517
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Aug 24, 2012 21:25
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OCI turned you into a worm vampire.
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Phil Moscowitz posted:There is an age maximum but if you are 40 I think you will be okay in 10 years. The other guys can correct me but for FSOs it's something like 60 by the time you finish A100 ( think they force retirement at 65). Yeah, I think it's 60 -- we had a 59 year old in my class who just got in under the wire.
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My in-laws spent their lives (back then it was officially a team job, even though the wife didn't get paid) in the Foreign Service. Although there were definitely downsides and homesickness, overall everybody loved it and wouldn't have it any other way. My spouse and I aren't suited to any jobs involving human interaction, but if we could have raised our kids abroad for at least part of the time, we would have. There's nothing quite like realizing that your country, superpower or not, isn't the way everybody does things everywhere. All my in-laws wound up with solid language skills, too.
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Hey guys, sorry to butt in here, but I'm applying to law schools this cycle and was wondering about specific T14 schools. I have to hammer out a few targeted addenda ("why" statements). What's the best way to learn about schools other than TLS or a school's website?
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Try talking to the students
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DongWangerLLC posted:Hey guys, sorry to butt in here, but I'm applying to law schools this cycle and was wondering about specific T14 schools. I have to hammer out a few targeted addenda ("why" statements). What's the best way to learn about schools other than TLS or a school's website? Just make poo poo up imo, that's what I did for the whys for Penn and Michigan (which at the time were the only schools that asked for it) and I ended up getting money from them.
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Talking to the students is a good idea but I also recommend visiting (now, in good weather, long before ASWs) both for statement guidance and for your own personal benefit. One such early visit was a big reason why I ended up where I am; another caused me to rethink what had been one of my top choices.
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http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/young-barack-obamas-genuinely-hilarious-self-paro#HTWF2quote:This article, written by Obama's fellow graduating seniors for him under the name “Baroque Yo' Mama,” was published in the “Harvard Law Revue,” a parody of the Review done by the law school's graduating class. The article gives a look into how young Obama's life narrative was already being cast during his time in law school and serves a preemptive send-up of Dreams From My Father.     
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Is that real? If so its hilarious. I especially like the running gag about how he says "folks" all the time.
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Phil Moscowitz posted:Is that real? If so its hilarious. I especially like the running gag about how he says "folks" all the time. All reports are it is real.
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Why do people still lie about their LSAT score after they're in law school?
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Petey posted:All reports are it is real. "... and the ladies love it."
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insanityv2 posted:Why do people still lie about their LSAT score after they're in law school? My 180 isn't a lie. (Honestly, I don't even remember my LSAT score anymore.)
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Finally got through law school, got a job, and now instead of worrying about marks and jobs I'm worried about billing time and developing a client base. Beginning to suspect the fear and anxiety never end
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terrorist ambulance posted:Finally got through law school, got a job, and now instead of worrying about marks and jobs I'm worried about billing time and developing a client base. Beginning to suspect the fear and anxiety never end No, it gets a lot better from this point forward.
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You have 2-4 years of "What the gently caress am I doing? Am I going to get sued/fired? What did that partner mean by sink or swim/baptism by fire/don't talk to me until the file is closed and final billed?" Then it starts getting better.
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Aug 27, 2012 02:11
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I think you guys mean better as a euphemism for numb.
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Please tell me this is a troll: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3503454#post406907452
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nm posted:Please tell me this is a troll: Probably not. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3052537&pagenumber=89&perpage=40#post361641323 quote:About me:
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Yes, he's a troll and he's been trolling us for a while. And even if he's not technically a troll, he should be seen as one.
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Oh good Izzy is back
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I miss you Izzy come back to us
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Soothing Vapors posted:I miss you Izzy come back to us So I can remind you I beat you by one on the LSAT 
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I'm interested in feedback from all lawyers of various jurisdictions. Basically all through law school and my legal practice training I've been told not to give free legal advice in any way shape or form. If a social situation arises or a friend or family member needs advice, I should refuse them any advice. For one, I can be sued to the relevant standard of negligence for the advice I give. And second, I'm freely giving of my wares for no monetary compensation when it's hard-earned knowledge. The thing is, I feel that a lot of people don't really have proper access to justice and to appropriate legal advice due to financial circumstances. At the very least, I'd like to help friends and family in trouble. Do you think it's appropriate for me to ignore the potential problems in giving legal advice for free and at the very least give a soothing word and a point in the right direction? What do you do in practice in these situations?
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Millennial posted:I'm interested in feedback from all lawyers of various jurisdictions. Basically all through law school and my legal practice training I've been told not to give free legal advice in any way shape or form. If a social situation arises or a friend or family member needs advice, I should refuse them any advice. For one, I can be sued to the relevant standard of negligence for the advice I give. And second, I'm freely giving of my wares for no monetary compensation when it's hard-earned knowledge. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3266659 - pretty good evidence that at least some of us think it's fine to give non-advice for free.
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entris posted:http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3266659 - pretty good evidence that at least some of us think it's fine to give non-advice for free. Right. I forgot that thread existed.
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I say go hog wild. There's a practical line of liability that you have to work to cross. And I think there's a net positive income to the profession if lawyers open up and give some informal suggestions. Many times that advice will end with "go find a local attorney ASAP".
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Why does this year even exist
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Solid Lizzie posted:Why does this year even exist So you get to be a doctor and your school gets more money.
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Solid Lizzie posted:Why does this year even exist Do you have an alternative that you'd like to suggest?
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entris posted:Do you have an alternative that you'd like to suggest? Make law undergrad like NEARLY EVERYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD
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Oh I thought Solid Lizzie was just referring to 2012 in general, and to "this year" as a referent to the temporal space that we conceptually define as 2012.
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entris posted:Oh I thought Solid Lizzie was just referring to 2012 in general, and to "this year" as a referent to the temporal space that we conceptually define as 2012. I was taking the fact that school has started to infer that 3L was meant, but who knows
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entris posted:Oh I thought Solid Lizzie was just referring to 2012 in general, and to "this year" as a referent to the temporal space that we conceptually define as 2012. yes entris, a normal human adult was complaining about the occurrence of a particularly numbered calendar year falling in relational sequence to other numbered years
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gently caress THE CONCEPT OF SATURDAY; IT IS BUTTHOLE AND DOESN'T EVEN EXISt
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