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sullat posted:Sure, it's nice to get away from the job for a while, but it's also nice to get away from the family and deal with adult problems and people who don't break down and start screaming because the other kid looked at one of his toys funny. When did you quit being a laywer?
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nm posted:When did you quit being a laywer? Never started 
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Apr 17, 2018 14:59
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Mr. Nice! posted:He hasn’t responded back to my email asking about his scores. DID YOU MAKE SURE TO ASK IF HE WSA A JEW
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Apr 17, 2018 15:12
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I think part of being in a small practice (10 attorneys) is that work load ebbs and flows, like some months I'll be gangbusters actually working 8-10 hours a day, and trial months are more like 12-16, and some months I've got shitall to do and kinda come and go as I please. Which suits me very well - I've always been able to switch between grinding my rear end off, and totally loving off but too much of one or the other makes me nuts.
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Apr 17, 2018 15:17
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blarzgh posted:DID YOU MAKE SURE TO ASK IF HE WSA A JEW I think he failed and is just drowning his sorrows in whatever is his vice of choice. I’m not hitting him up for a job. Just bullshitting with the guy. I’m still blown away by all of the older people taking the test and just how much they are all hating life.
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Apr 17, 2018 15:29
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Mr. Nice! posted:I think he failed and is just drowning his sorrows in whatever is his vice of choice. I’m not hitting him up for a job. Just bullshitting with the guy. In Texas they post the names of everyone who passed. [Ctrl +F] "Hey, alright Alice!" [Ctrl +F] "Oh Brett... oh noooo."
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Apr 17, 2018 15:32
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blarzgh posted:In Texas they post the names of everyone who passed. In Louisiana they post the names of everyone who passed...and also the fake names of everyone who failed. "James Bond" fails a lot. Fake edit: looks like now they just report failures by numbers, which is lame.
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Apr 17, 2018 15:46
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There is nothing more depressing than setting aside your bar card/number the night before results post so you can have it ready to check, just in case your name isn't listed. Iowa's Feb. rates came out today and they are . . . not good. 57% pass rate, 37 passes out of 65 takers. Yeesh. At least the guy who failed the July 2017 bar on his 9th time taking didn't make another attempt.
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Apr 17, 2018 16:21
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California’s November pass rates aren’t that high.
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Apr 17, 2018 17:03
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Florida lists your bar application file number and four columns after and that’s it. FL was at 57.9% passing for this exam.
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Apr 17, 2018 17:08
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Meatbag Esq. posted:California’s November pass rates aren’t that high. Is there a number for California passage that doesn't include the schools that are only accredited in California? I'd be interested to know what the passage rate is for people who went to ABA accredited schools.
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Apr 17, 2018 17:12
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Pook Good Mook posted:Is there a number for California passage that doesn't include the schools that are only accredited in California? I'd be interested to know what the passage rate is for people who went to ABA accredited schools. Florida breaks it down by each florida school and then lists non florida and already admitted elsewhere. The pass/fail stats are only for first time takers taking both parts, though.
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Apr 17, 2018 17:52
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Pook Good Mook posted:Is there a number for California passage that doesn't include the schools that are only accredited in California? I'd be interested to know what the passage rate is for people who went to ABA accredited schools. Yes, there is. Main page: http://www.calbar.ca.gov/Admissions/Law-School-Regulation/Exam-Statistics July 2017: http://www.calbar.ca.gov/Portals/0/documents/admissions/Statistics/JUL2017STATS.122617.pdf They break it down including CA ABA and Out-of-State ABA (recombine if you want all ABA).
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Apr 17, 2018 18:09
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CmdrSmirnoff posted:All of this is correct in Canada. A massive perk of getting hired for the provincial or federal government is that you're in an internal hire pool that gets first (or exclusive) dibs at future work. Is this a municipality that had some potential for upward growth (like Toronto) or a small town with two lawyers handling everything for the city? Is there even a potential for hireback at either of these places? Do you know anyone that you could talk to about the work environment? If there's any litigation involved, have you taken a look at canlii to see if any names pop up? The municipality is pretty big, a region of about 650k population that includes a bunch of smaller cities and close to toronto, seems to be growing pretty fast. About 8 lawyers on staff plus some prosecutors. I'd also be in a hireback pool with the municipality The firm is 3 partners and 1 associate, more like a very small general corporate office in toronto, founded by the 3 ex-biglaw guys in 2016. They were originally looking for another junior associate but would be interested in taking an attacking student instead, which suggests hireback potential there
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Apr 17, 2018 18:09
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ulmont posted:In Louisiana they post the names of everyone who passed...and also the fake names of everyone who failed. "James Bond" fails a lot. Every year Atticus Finch fails. You would think someone would tell him Civil law just isn't for him.
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Apr 17, 2018 19:08
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blarzgh posted:In Texas they post the names of everyone who passed. Was aggressively rooting for people I went to school with in CA to have failed the CA bar. Unfortunately, almost all of them passed. Everyone I knew who took the Tx bar passed. Including me and the girl whose computer crashed mid-way through the essays and never restarted.
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Apr 17, 2018 19:38
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You loving idiots now you have to be lawyers.
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Apr 17, 2018 20:03
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:You loving idiots now you have to be lawyers. No they don't, I graduated, passed the bar exam, and yet never became a lawyer. Now I work in a call center!
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Apr 17, 2018 22:28
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sullat posted:No they don't, I graduated, passed the bar exam, and yet never became a lawyer. Now I work in a call center! https://twitter.com/MorriganEris/status/985305349841235968
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Apr 17, 2018 22:31
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Arcturas posted:Hey SlyFrog, glad to see you post again. I was thinking about you the other week. How have things been the last few months? Any better? You are very kind to think of me. I’m not where I can get to a keyboard right now, but will try to update (assuming a periodical “the shambles of my life” update is okay) when I get to a real computer.
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Apr 17, 2018 22:35
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Gobbeldygook posted:A law degree opens so many doors. This is the page where we remind everyone that if you go to law school you don't have to double down on a law career
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Apr 17, 2018 22:36
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Gobbeldygook posted:A law degree opens so many doors. I do more reprehensible things at my job than she does at hers. sex work isn't reprehensible
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Apr 17, 2018 22:48
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sullat posted:No they don't, I graduated, passed the bar exam, and yet never became a lawyer. Now I work in a call center! Out of curiosity, why work in a call center instead of doc review?
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Apr 17, 2018 22:51
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Hoshi posted:This is the page where we remind everyone that if you go to law school you don't have to double down on a law career This feels great.
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Apr 17, 2018 23:16
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Gobbeldygook posted:A law degree opens so many doors. More like opens so many holes am i rite?  Is anyone else really paranoid of lawyers who have business longer than you've been alive, but from their pleadings seem incompetent? Like maybe they stay in business by "zealously advocating" for their clients by digging the unmarked graves of their opponents?
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Apr 17, 2018 23:58
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mastershakeman posted:Out of curiosity, why work in a call center instead of doc review? PSLF. Benefits. 40 hours, no more no less. I read your posts on doc review and that sounded like a real horror show.
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Apr 18, 2018 00:11
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sullat posted:PSLF. Benefits. 40 hours, no more no less. I read your posts on doc review and that sounded like a real horror show. How do you get pslf at call center? I actually worked a ton the last two months on a super mis managed project that resulted in a bunch of time and a half hours , which was very unusual. Kind of made up for the aggravation there. Tonight will be interesting because my "benefits" of ppaca might totally blow up in my face and I'm not really sure how to even input "offered health care" from various companies that lay you off entirely at random.
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Apr 18, 2018 00:31
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mastershakeman posted:How do you get pslf at call center? My state runs a few state employed call centers such as for unemployment. I would assume they're the best call center jobs ever.
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Apr 18, 2018 01:15
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mastershakeman posted:How do you get pslf at call center? Government call center counts for PSLF!
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Reading these Stormy pleadings, both sides seem to have intros where they summarize their arguments by saying First, blah blah blah. Second, blah blah blah. Third, so on et cetera. Is that a California thing?
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Apr 18, 2018 03:05
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Phil Moscowitz posted:Reading these Stormy pleadings On a related note, if you all aren't following https://twitter.com/big_cases you should start now - it scrapes PACER for any new filings in a host of nifty cases and automatically uploads them publicly.
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Apr 18, 2018 03:30
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Phil Moscowitz posted:Reading these Stormy pleadings, both sides seem to have intros where they summarize their arguments by saying First, blah blah blah. Second, blah blah blah. Third, so on et cetera. How do you address multiple claims or arguments in your intro? I think it’s a stylistic thing. Some people write long intros, some write really short
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Apr 18, 2018 03:40
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EwokEntourage posted:How do you address multiple claims or arguments in your intro? It’s more that they all seem to use that italic “first...second...third...” style.
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Apr 18, 2018 14:55
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Unamuno posted:More like opens so many holes am i rite? They're generally pretty good trial lawyers who skimp on things like pleadings and discovery because they've discovered over the years that riling up a jury is way more effective than paying attention to [[[[the law]]]] and get away with the minor stuff often enough to justify it.
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Apr 18, 2018 15:23
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first, nothing wrong with me second, nothing wrong with me third, nothing wrong with me fourth, nothing wrong with me
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Apr 18, 2018 15:23
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Lol I went back to the courtroom where I was in the venire pool and they were settling before closing. Plaintiff counsel hugged me and gave me his card.
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Apr 18, 2018 15:25
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CaptainScraps posted:Lol I went back to the courtroom where I was in the venire pool and they were settling before closing. Plaintiff counsel hugged me and gave me his card. You’re like Jon Cusack in Runaway Jury
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Apr 18, 2018 15:31
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CaptainScraps posted:Lol I went back to the courtroom where I was in the venire pool and they were settling before closing. Plaintiff counsel hugged me and gave me his card. Struck for cause or peremptory?
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Apr 18, 2018 15:54
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:Struck for cause or peremptory? The defense attorney didn't strike him at all and ate poo poo for it.
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Phil Moscowitz posted:It’s more that they all seem to use that italic “first...second...third...” style. Oh I missed that it was italics
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