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gvibes posted:A judge said that he has never seen an attorney work through source code with an expert like I did. Take that nerds. Meanwhile I get called a magician for just showing olds how to set up dual monitors.
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gvibes posted:A judge said that he has never seen an attorney work through source code with an expert like I did. Take that nerds. I did an extensive voir dire on horde vs alliance. Confused defense counsel into using a preempt. I was going to cut him anyway. >  blarzgh posted:Meanwhile I get called a magician for just showing olds how to set up dual monitors. Show them PowerPoint animations for showing travel paths on maps. They will think you are a powerful wizard from the future.
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ActusRhesus posted:That’s horse poo poo. Also. VA job offices IMO are useless. Jobs for unskilled labor for the guys that get out after one tour. Nothing for skilled tradesmen (sr enlisted) nothing for mid career management (junior officers) loads of SES jobs for senior officers who a. Have a pension that’s a liveable wage and b. Should have enough of a network to not need a job office. This is through vocrehab since that's how I paid for my school and they're giving me a two month stipend while I'm job hunting. I have to show them I'm actually applying places to get said stipend. They farm out job hunting services to an actual career center, but you are right they mostly work with no-skill jobs. There are a few legal postings in their system, but most of them are identical to posts in the state system or in others. I'm not going to pretend like I'm a perfect candidate. I was middle of my class and my legal experience is the year and a half I've been volunteering at a pro-bono clinic. I mostly just sit back and laugh at how absurd it all is that I'm going through all of this for a sub 50k/yr job. I had assumed when I decided to sell my truck that it wouldn't be more than a month or two and I would hear back at least about a dull state job.  I'm about fed up with it and just gonna get some money coming in to pay the bills while I sort out whether or not I'm going to end up actually practicing law or going back to school for something else. Just gonna spend today celebrating instead of anything too stressful, though. Mr. Nice! fucked around with this message at 17:17 on Jun 22, 2018 |
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Jun 22, 2018 17:11
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Get the taco truck back, you dumbass. You were living the dream!
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Jun 22, 2018 17:19
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ActusRhesus posted:Get the taco truck back, you dumbass. You were living the dream! If the taco truck made me more money without having to do things that were destroying my body, I would have gladly kept running it. As it was, the majority of my money came from drunk college kids three nights a week, and I was tired of wrecking myself to barely scrape by while also dealing with such an exhausting customer base. The FSU frat ban back last fall kneecapped me hard, and the sudden and unexpected drop in revenue I had as a direct result of that event put me in a tight spot. Had I kept the truck, I would still be behind on some bills today and just barely getting out of the hole that put me in last year. I want something semi-stable at least if I'm going to be killing myself for it. I spent far too much on that truck to keep it afloat for four years. I never got close to breaking even, and it was never really my passion. I still get calls/emails about catering requests, though. I also drink for free basically anytime I want at a few college bars, but I'm 34 now and a bit too old for that kind of crowd. E: And I'm not completely hopeless. There are future job openings out there that I can probably fill via networking I've done, but man just trying to apply and get an entry level lawyer job is ridiculous. Mr. Nice! fucked around with this message at 17:37 on Jun 22, 2018 |
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Jun 22, 2018 17:33
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Counterpoint. Tacos. 🌮
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Mr. Nice! posted:There are future job openings out there that I can probably fill via networking I've done, but man just trying to apply and get an entry level lawyer job is ridiculous. Keep grinding, it'll happen for you. Try to do things you haven't thought of before. Spend some time brainstorming. Invite attorneys you've met or would like to meet out to lunch. Maybe, for tacos? Edit: There are several attorneys in this very thread who've hung out their own shingle, either while waiting for a firm gig or just because its what they decided to do, who have made legitimate practices out of their book, and maybe just throwing a firm website up, and making some business cards will be the kickstart you need? There is plenty of drat good advice from them to go around here. blarzgh fucked around with this message at 17:47 on Jun 22, 2018 |
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Jun 22, 2018 17:44
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That's possible, but I won't have my bar card until september. I'm mostly just venting and bored. This thread is arguably one of the best resources I've had.
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I went to the protest for the shooting death of a black kid here where the cop was sworn in literally just an hour before the shooting. Easiest “insufficient training” 1983 case ever.
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Toona the Cat posted:I went to the protest for the shooting death of a black kid here where the cop was sworn in literally just an hour before the shooting. Easiest “insufficient training” 1983 case ever. All I saw was the video of two kids running away from pitt police and getting shot in the back. What happened?
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OK which one of you is this? "Divorcing Chronically Unemployed JD-Holding Spouse" https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/8t0p3v/xpost_divorcing_chronically_unemployed_jdholding/
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Vox Nihili posted:OK which one of you is this? My second ex-wife in 3-4 years. Mr. Nice! posted:All I saw was the video of two kids running away from pitt police and getting shot in the back. What happened? Technically it’s East Pittsburgh which is a small borough about 10 miles east of Pittsburgh. And that’s really it. The kid was in a jitney with a friend. The car matched one from a drive-by. The cop-for-an-hour pulled it over, kids ran, cop shot him in the back. Absolutely disgusting.
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Those spoiled millionaires need to stand up for are troops, though.
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Vox Nihili posted:OK which one of you is this? We all know who it is.
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Toona the Cat posted:Easiest “insufficient training” 1983 case ever. As someone who spent the last little while opposing summary judgment against a Monell failure to train claim, all i have to say is "if only." Unamuno fucked around with this message at 21:28 on Jun 22, 2018 |
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Discendo Vox posted:I...are you serious? I think after 'ex-wife' there's supposed to be a comma?
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Discendo Vox posted:I...are you serious? It's not him, he hasn't been out long enough.
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ActusRhesus posted:We all know who it is. honestly i got a bit nervous clicking the link
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ActusRhesus posted:I did an extensive voir dire on horde vs alliance. Confused defense counsel into using a preempt. I was going to cut him anyway. > So I'm deeply curious -- which one is pro-prosecution?
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ActusRhesus posted:I did an extensive voir dire on horde vs alliance. Confused defense counsel into using a preempt. I was going to cut him anyway. > That's awesome now I'm going to go to law school
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Alaemon posted:So I'm deeply curious -- which one is pro-prosecution? Lol if you don't automatically know the horde is a lawless terrorist organization.
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Roger_Mudd posted:Lol if you don't automatically know the horde is a lawless terrorist organization. Hey, I work for the court. I don't actually care if someone is Alliance or Horde, so long as they show up for jury duty. (It's been a while since I read Batson, but since it prohibits use of peremptory challenges for race-based reasons, it could probably be extended to excluding orcs, etc.)
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Well, got an AUSA interview for the civil division. I actually don’t know anyone in the civil division, so any thoughts on interview questions to ask and why to emphasize would be appreciated. I had a whole bunch of stuff planned if I got a criminal interview, but I’m not really sure how much the points I planned to highlight for a criminal division spot apply. Like, does the emphasis on trial experience really matter as much? I have no idea how often civil division lawyers go to trial.
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Omerta posted:Well, got an AUSA interview for the civil division. I actually don’t know anyone in the civil division, so any thoughts on interview questions to ask and why to emphasize would be appreciated. I had a whole bunch of stuff planned if I got a criminal interview, but I’m not really sure how much the points I planned to highlight for a criminal division spot apply. Ask them if you can choose which border state you'll get assigned to cover deportation hearings.
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I might ask questions about the work environment that you'll be in, the people you'll be working with, and show them that you want to fit in and that you're a cool dude that wants to get along with everybody.
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Omerta posted:Well, got an AUSA interview for the civil division. I actually don’t know anyone in the civil division, so any thoughts on interview questions to ask and why to emphasize would be appreciated. I had a whole bunch of stuff planned if I got a criminal interview, but I’m not really sure how much the points I planned to highlight for a criminal division spot apply. yeeeeeaaaaaaah... all the sudden AUSA openings that have popped are probably for immigration.... I saw our local office pop and went WOO HOO CLUB FED PAY INCREASE. Then I read between the lines in the description and decided sticking with my state gig was probably the wiser move. Not trying to poo poo on your opportunity here... just be sure it is what you think it is. Alaemon posted:So I'm deeply curious -- which one is pro-prosecution? Neither. Anyone who didn't bail after Mists of Pandaria shows severe judgment issues.
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For what its worth, fortnite has 10x the active players wow had at its peak. So your voir dire game needs an update
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blarzgh posted:I might ask questions about the work environment that you'll be in, the people you'll be working with, and show them that you want to fit in and that you're a cool dude that wants to get along with everybody. This is good poo poo and will be my new life philosophy. ActusRhesus posted:yeeeeeaaaaaaah... More likely that I’d send my time making sure student debt isn’t discharged in BK, discrimination claims, and maybe some cool FCA stuff.
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Guess who represents ICE agents when they get sued for shooting unarmed minorities/beating up children/crashing into people in their govt issued tauruses
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I hope you like defending the local social security office in a slip and fall
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I mean... I suppose it's just a coincidence that after all these years of hiring freezes and overreliance on unpaid "special assistant us attorneys" paid gigs are suddenly opening up en masse the same time Trumpy decides to go all gangbusters on immigration.... but I find that unlikely.
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I said I didn’t know how often civil AUSAs went to trial. I know what they do. Fortunately, a guy in the crim division agreed to talk to me before my interview, so that will hopefully stop me from asking stupid questions or emphasizing things that matter more for the crim division.
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If you’re a prosecutor, you have the option to decline to prosecute right? You have the choice of what evidence to present.
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Lote posted:If you’re a prosecutor, you have the option to decline to prosecute right? You have the choice of what evidence to present. Technically yes - unless your boss disagrees. And yes - unless your boss thinks you didn't choose the right evidence.
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Lote posted:If you’re a prosecutor, you have the option to decline to prosecute right? You have the choice of what evidence to present. Depends very much on the office. Our office gives a lot of discretion to the individual prosecutors, especially where plea bargains are concerned. And we tend to defer to the judicial branch social workers if they think a person can benefit from an AR or diversionary program. As for what evidence to present... I mean... yes. Trial strategy. I don't have my both breathing down my neck telling me what witnesses to call etc.
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Lote posted:If you’re a prosecutor, you have the option to decline to prosecute right? You have the choice of what evidence to present. Depends on whether the case will be in the newspaper.
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Abugadu posted:Depends on whether the case will be in the newspaper. I've helpfully found that as a prosecutor the public will be against whatever I do whatever it is so it doesn't matter. Every cop is crooked and yet every defendant is guilty and everyone needs to go to jail for longer than they did. In reality you just have to muddle through and do the best you can.
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Lote posted:If you’re a prosecutor, you have the option to decline to prosecute right? You have the choice of what evidence to present. Yeah, once. I've meet that guy.
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