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FizFashizzle posted:jumping in here and im sorry if this has been settled elsewhere but is there a dictation software worth a poo poo that isn't dragon? Uhm are you a doctor and a lawyer?
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FizFashizzle posted:jumping in here and im sorry if this has been settled elsewhere but is there a dictation software worth a poo poo that isn't dragon? Yes it's called "a secretary".
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Aug 12, 2023 10:31
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Can you not just . .type it out? The last thing I want to do at work is more talking
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Aug 12, 2023 12:03
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You have to be able to type one document while you dictate another one, otherwise you’ll never maximize the billable hour
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Aug 12, 2023 13:36
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The 'Dictate' feature in Microsoft word words perfectly for me.
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Aug 12, 2023 14:26
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I use a voice software thing during calls that gets it about 80 percent right. Is that good enough?
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Aug 12, 2023 14:53
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nm posted:Uhm are you a doctor and a lawyer? Don't know about OP but there was a guy a year behind me in law school who burnt out on being an ER doctor and decided law school sounded like a good idea.
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Aug 12, 2023 16:15
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There were a few docs in my law school class. They were mostly people who had already done a lot of expert testimony work and wanted to do even more, to the point that a law degree made sense.
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Aug 12, 2023 16:19
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:There were a few docs in my law school class. They were mostly people who had already done a lot of expert testimony work and wanted to do even more, to the point that a law degree made sense. This is perhaps an even dumber reason to go to law school than most of us had
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Aug 12, 2023 21:57
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Popero posted:This is perhaps an even dumber reason to go to law school than most of us had He already said they were doctors
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Aug 13, 2023 06:08
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Popero posted:This is perhaps an even dumber reason to go to law school than most of us had I know a formerly practicing PhD psych who decided to go to law school to become a sex crimes prosecutor Now she's prosecuting misdemeanor DV's and drug crimes with the other baby prosecutors because it's still a career change no matter how big your brain is Too much law and order rots your drat brain is the lesson here. Misdemeanor DV prosecutors always go in a cycle: they come in all Gung Ho about saving crimes victims then after about six months they realize the legal system is doing more damage to their clients than the alleged perps are and they quit Imagine she could be prescribing people actual medicine and she decided to put people in jail instead
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Aug 14, 2023 00:28
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Popero posted:This is perhaps an even dumber reason to go to law school than most of us had There's a market for expert witnesses that have both a JD and PhD. The reason for it is that firms that hire you will feel that you're less likely to get reamed on the stand if you know how what you say is going to be taken and turned around against you.
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Aug 14, 2023 00:46
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I'm a former lawyer working on a PhD, and I would love to be an expert witness. That was part of the goal going back to school. The school also pays me more than 2x what I made hourly as a lawyer.
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Aug 14, 2023 01:14
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Abugadu posted:There's a market for expert witnesses that have both a JD and PhD. The reason for it is that firms that hire you will feel that you're less likely to get reamed on the stand if you know how what you say is going to be taken and turned around against you. And in my experience with a sample size of one they are correct.
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Aug 14, 2023 01:15
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:I know a formerly practicing PhD psych who decided to go to law school to become a sex crimes prosecutor Degrees are like crack for some people. Not many, maybe like 5% of the population, but once they get those first two they absolutely cannot stop. Frankly I find admire their drive to avoid real work, if only for a few more years.
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Aug 15, 2023 06:44
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I’m working on my fifth degree at the moment. 
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Aug 15, 2023 12:33
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Jury is deliberating in the first trial I've done since covid lockdown and having two kids. I feel like absolute trash. I never want to do another one ever again. gently caress being a lawyer.
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Aug 18, 2023 00:10
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Tokelau All Star posted:Jury is deliberating in the first trial I've done since covid lockdown and having two kids. I feel like absolute trash. I never want to do another one ever again. gently caress being a lawyer. It's so tiring. Good luck.
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Aug 18, 2023 01:14
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Tokelau All Star posted:Jury is deliberating in the first trial I've done since covid lockdown and having two kids. I feel like absolute trash. I never want to do another one ever again. gently caress being a lawyer. I sympathize. I'm in the final days before my second trial since covid and I'm realizing that I'm really burnt out on litigation in general. Still thankful my practice doesn't involve jury trials, though.
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Aug 18, 2023 01:40
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Holy poo poo I won. Jury was out for 50 minutes. 1983 case, former prison guard went in for a year sentence, his theory was that because of his old job he should have automatically got protective custody. Said he hurt his shoulder getting beat up but I got the records of him falling off a ladder. I represented the warden. Case was total crap but my MSJ was unexpectedly denied. I still hate my job.
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Aug 18, 2023 02:08
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Aug 18, 2023 02:10
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Tokelau All Star posted:Holy poo poo I won. Jury was out for 50 minutes. Hell yeah, enjoy it and have a great weekend.
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Aug 18, 2023 02:10
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Tokelau All Star posted:Holy poo poo I won. Jury was out for 50 minutes. Nice
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Aug 18, 2023 14:43
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Time for the appeal !!
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Aug 18, 2023 16:03
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Law Megathread: I still hate my job.
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Aug 18, 2023 16:27
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Tokelau All Star posted:Holy poo poo I won. Jury was out for 50 minutes. Kick rear end, Sea Bass!
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Aug 18, 2023 17:40
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Never thought I’d be happy to see a warden win a 1983 case by here we are.
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Aug 19, 2023 08:24
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Ewok have you ever done anything with the peer crisis program or employee assistance program or anything like that? I signed up to volunteer for the program through the state bar and just got connected to my first new guy. It's like the opposite of anonymous, which I haven't really dealt with much. Any advice?
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Sep 20, 2023 19:57
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Not yet. I've looked into trying to volunteer/help out with TLAP but I can never seem to find out how to contact them to volunteer. what do you mean by "the opposite of anonymous"? like, they give the person your full name and contact info? or like its the opposite of what AA is? I did a peer support program through my insurance, in which once a week a person would call to check up on me, see if I needed anything or wanted to chat, etc. (until the insurance company shut it down lol). We mostly just chatted for 5-10 mins about how things were going, I have a sponsor (and the peers were almost all in AA) so it wasn't much to it but it was nice to chat with them. EwokEntourage fucked around with this message at 20:38 on Sep 20, 2023 |
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Sep 20, 2023 20:36
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Yeah I sponsor a bunch of guys so it can't be that unusual. It was just a little weird getting an email from the bar with another person cc'ed saying "this is Bighead Smith he's a drunk just like you!" Ha, I'm sure it'll be ok. Thanks for the response.
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Sep 20, 2023 21:21
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Lol I can imagine the bar association including a bunch of extra unnecessary details in the body about helping joe bob out with his alcoholism and womanizing and titling it like “substance abuse peer support introduction” or something that makes it very clear what it is instead of it just being a nondescript email with a phone number in it
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Sep 21, 2023 02:55
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We won the case I was a consultant for!  I’m getting paid, hell yeah. One of the lawyers took me and the other academics that consulted out for drinks. He told me I should consider going to law school after I finish my PhD because a lawyer with my other skillset would be very employable and goddamn if he didn’t make it sound appealing. Probably reached my limit with school though.
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Sep 24, 2023 23:01
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Fill Baptismal posted:We won the case I was a consultant for! You must have really pissed him off if he suggested you go to law school
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Sep 24, 2023 23:38
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Yeah do you wanna earn about the same but with 200k in school debt. Then law school is for you.
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Sep 24, 2023 23:50
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Fill Baptismal posted:We won the case I was a consultant for! You should have punched him.
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Sep 25, 2023 02:46
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Fill Baptismal posted:We won the case I was a consultant for! Well, would you like to earn 3-500 dollars/hour with your current skill set being a consultant for lawyers, or would you like to take on six figures of debt, end up earning less than that, and being responsible for all the boring non-subject-matter parts of the suit instead?
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Sep 25, 2023 06:33
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Fill Baptismal posted:We won the case I was a consultant for! Wow that guy hates you
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Sep 25, 2023 07:37
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The way he explained it, someone who could do the stuff that they're paying me to be consultant for who also had a law degree would mean that it would be pretty easy to get a stable gig that paid very well, since a firm that does the kind of work I was involved with would appreciate being able to bring that kind of stuff in house. He made a pretty persuasive case, and I'm thinking about it. Finish the PhD this year. I have some stats skills and am taking a shot at the academic job market, so I've got options. And the consulting stuff does pay pretty well hourly. I'll probably take the LSAT and then just seeing how things go from there. I'm not that concerned about student debt. I had some offers for data science type jobs that pay decently, so there's always that as a fallback if law school doesn't work out. lol jk, just loving with you guys (in the last paragraph I mean, the conversation with the lawyer did actually happen. but I'm very tapped out on school, not going to law school). I probably am going to do more of the consulting stuff in the future though
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Sep 26, 2023 09:24
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Jesus, you scared me
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Close call lol One I didn't avoid is my reregistration for the NY Bar. Anyone have any good resources for cheap/worthwhile ways for me to fill up my CLE hr requirements?
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