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calvus posted:Does it really matter that much for top schools? It seems people end up all over With T14, less and less as you go up the ranks. No one in California had heard of University of Minnesota, despite being a T20 law school (at the time). People do end up all over, true, but it is way easier to get a job with that degree in a local market.
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nm posted:With T14, less and less as you go up the ranks. No one in California had heard of University of Minnesota, despite being a T20 law school (at the time). Yep, if you're top 5 it absolutely doesn't matter, top 10 not terribly important, t14 geography starts to matter (e.g. Cornell has no traction in my neck of the woods despite being t14, though Georgetown/UVA would be alright). T14-20 geography starts to matter more and more, below that your school's name has only regional value.
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calvus posted:Being a tenured professor seems insanely hard to get but the easy life Also, their student loans pay off yours, it's like getting in on the ground floor of a Ponzi scheme.
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sullat posted:Also, their student loans pay off yours, it's like getting in on the ground floor of a Ponzi scheme. It's always better to be further up on the chain
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I'll have to settle for being the Keith Haring inspired infographic because I never had any classes in how "to work harder, play harder, and assume the role of a tough, capable and aggressive professional without personal weaknesses or deficiencies." 
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Student loan interest question. I paid down a ton of principal this year to get myself around the $2500 cap. Next year I'll definitely be under it in terms of actual interest paid. I never paid much attention to my 1098-E because the amount reported there didn't matter. I was definitely over. But for tax year 2015, I added everything up and I paid around $2750 in interest. My 1098-E for 2015 says my lender received $4300. The 2014 form, when I had a much higher principal, only reports $3750 (which was also higher than the interest I paid that year, but not by much). Is there a carry forward for student loan interest? If so, I was not aware.
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I no poo poo just got an adverse possession case in. "We've lived on the land for ten years since my uncle died and the aunt wants to probate the will as muniment of title." "Ok so it's so many years on color of title and with the taxes paid and..you know what? I'm going to send you to someone else."
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CaptainScraps posted:I no poo poo just got an adverse possession case in. they're not that hard. we do them all the time.
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blarzgh posted:they're not that hard. we do them all the time. What's the context? It seems like such a rare thing
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Discendo Vox posted:More than 20 percent of licensed attorneys drink at levels that are considered "hazardous, harmful, and potentially alcohol-dependent." That's three times higher than the rate of problem drinking among the general public.
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Mar 23, 2016 00:24
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Both the introductory lecture and first class of law school emphasised the higher rates of depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and suicide among lawyers and law students. lol
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calvus posted:What's the context? It seems like such a rare thing You'd be surprised at the number of surveyors in the late 1800's that liked to drink on the job. Also, 85% of adverse possession claims are boundary disputes and/or incongruities in the chain of title. Sometimes I deal with adverse possession of minerals, too. Sometimes its because Pepaw built a fence a foot too far west back in '37 and now those dag nabbed fools o'r at the title company want some flippity floppity boundary line agreement, and its mah lamd!!!!
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blarzgh posted:You'd be surprised at the number of surveyors in the late 1800's that liked to drink on the job. That makes a lot more sense.
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West Texas and south Texas real estate is a nightmare.
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:West Texas
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calvus posted:That makes a lot more sense. Same issue in newfoundland. Nothing like bringing in a dozen old people to say such and such lived and farmed that land for the past 30 years and their neighbours kid is a snot who should get nothing.
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Texas is not that bad, so long as you're a white male farmer.
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Newfie posted:Same issue in newfoundland. Nothing like bringing in a dozen old people to say such and such lived and farmed that land for the past 30 years and their neighbours kid is a snot who should get nothing. My grandparents live in Nova Scotia and the added fun with property disputes in the maritimes is that nearly every parcel worth a drat is on the ocean and typically access rights and easements are thrown in for fun.
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:Texas is not that bad, so long as you're a white male farmer. Or a studly young Traffic Ticket Lawyer.
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Hot drat, I actually got a 'no thanks' response to a job application within 24 hours. Maybe things are looking up in this economy!
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mastershakeman posted:Hot drat, I actually got a 'no thanks' response to a job application within 24 hours. Maybe things are looking up in this economy! Have you had any luck with recruiters?
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I accepted a summer internship with the county PD's office. 
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Toona the Cat posted:I accepted a summer internship with the county PD's office. Extra time on your hands, what with the separation and all?
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Toona the Cat posted:I accepted a summer internship with the county PD's office. If it is anything like mine you are going to fall off that wagon again something fierce.
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Toona the Cat posted:I accepted a summer internship with the county PD's office. Annoying self involved stupid jerkoff social retard who talks about himself non stop to anyone who will listen is going to be a defense lawyer
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terrorist ambulance posted:Annoying self involved stupid jerkoff social retard who talks about himself non stop to anyone who will listen is going to be a defense lawyer Please stop talking about me.
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Toona the Cat posted:I accepted a summer internship with the county PD's office. Hope you enjoy people getting in your face screaming gently caress YOU. I had a guy in his underwear sing the Love Boat theme song to me in cell block today.
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Tokelau All Star posted:Hope you enjoy people getting in your face screaming gently caress YOU. Is he your boyfriend now?
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Being a public defender actually seems like the best possible job with low hours and no pressure to win
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mastershakeman posted:Being a public defender actually seems like the best possible job with low hours and no pressure to win Don't forget the great pay.
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Kalman posted:Don't forget the great pay. It's more than a lot of private sector jobs these days, without accounting for a pension option
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mastershakeman posted:Being a public defender actually seems like the best possible job with low hours and no pressure to win No pressure to win? Are you loving kidding me?
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nm posted:No pressure to win? Are you loving kidding me? I'm just going off what I hear from my pd friends but yeah, no pressure on them for the most part. Aren't prosecutors expected to win 99% of their cases?
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nm posted:No pressure to win? Are you loving kidding me? Oh for the love of god I thought he was making a joke. Hence the "great pay" crack. Apparently not.
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mastershakeman posted:Being a public defender actually seems like the best possible job with low hours and no pressure to win Every job is this if you don't care about it and do it badly.
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PD pay is, last I heard, slightly better than prosecutor pay. To make up for all the losing. And yeah, it's competitive with non-Big law jobs starting out. It shouldn't be, but legal industry being what it is.
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Kalman posted:Oh for the love of god I thought he was making a joke. Hence the "great pay" crack. Maybe its a cook county thing where all the cops/prosecutors/judges are in cahoots? I mean I'm sure pds personally want to win cases but I can't imagine them having performance evaluations based on it. Or am I just getting a totally weird viewpoint from the select group of twentyish pds I know who are all stoners all the time ?
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