Law Megathread: the stunner off the top rope that everyone but the defense saw coming

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Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
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Looks like this will be the year when I'll start applying to US and Canadian law schools, because my bar association membership and 9 years of PQE were both earned in a second world country.

Am I correct in the assumption that work experience and LSAT will have to do the heavy lifting in my case, and that GPA will be pretty much irrelevant?

# ¿ Mar 5, 2019 15:34

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# ¿ May 16, 2024 12:24

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
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Roger_Mudd posted:

Both LSAT score and GPA matter. Work experience not so much.

I see, thank you.

Is it just the undergrad GPA that is taken into account? (Mine is as bad as it is ancient, but I did get an LLM and an MBA since then.)

# ¿ Mar 5, 2019 15:59

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
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Discendo Vox posted:

thread question:describe yourself as a mixed drink recipe

If you're off the sauce, tell us your virgin form

Five liters of espresso.

# ¿ Mar 26, 2019 09:43

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
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terrorist ambulance posted:

I just mean what do people actually do to dissipate bathing in other people's misery. Mindfulness is not it

I name my Darkest Dungeon characters after my clients and coworkers.

# ¿ Mar 28, 2019 16:45

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
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Made rookie mistake on my LSAT: got stuck solving a logic game instead of moving on, so by the time the 5 minutes call went out, I was still on question 9.

I'll definitely be retaking it in June, but now I wonder whether I should cancel Saturday's score altogether.

# ¿ Apr 1, 2019 17:41

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
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While that's a great idea in general, I fear that it might be too late to make that pivot in my case, seeing as how I've been practicing law for nine years now (not in a common law jurisdiction, though, hence the need for LSAT and extra years of schooling). As for substance abuse and suicide risks, I hope that getting out of Russia will help with both.

# ¿ Apr 1, 2019 19:26

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
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nm posted:

Did you change your name or did we get another Russian lawyer?

The latter!

(Hi, I'm Eph. I mostly do IP-related stuff.)

# ¿ Apr 1, 2019 20:06

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
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Thank you for answering my question. If that's what passes for logic in the heathen West these days, I will do just fine.

# ¿ Apr 1, 2019 21:06

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
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So I have retaken LSAT after cancelling the spring results and got 171, which should be enough for my purposes.

# ¿ Jul 10, 2019 14:53

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
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Mr. Nice! posted:

Nice job. Downside is now you�re going to be come a lawyer.

Not much of a downside, really. I've been lawyering for over a decade, and now I'll get to do that in a jurisdiction that doesn't consistently feature in "worst countries to live in if you're LGBT+" lists and will likely do so for the rest of my lifetime.

It's still uncertain whether it will be Canada or the US, but I expect to nail that choice down by the end of this year.

Rogue AI Goddess fucked around with this message at 19:37 on Jul 10, 2019

# ¿ Jul 10, 2019 19:34

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
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ActusRhesus posted:

Lol people thinking you can just up and move to Canada like they don�t have an immigration policy.

If the current trend with Express Entry cutoff thresholds holds, a one-year program in Canada should give me just enough points for permanent residence (not just eligibility, I've had that for years, but actually getting selected).

# ¿ Jul 11, 2019 14:42

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
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It appears that my choice now is between WashU St. Louis with a nice fat no-strings-attached scholarship and Georgetown without one. Given my complicated circumstances, it's not an easy one.

# ¿ Apr 10, 2020 08:19

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
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Fuzzie Dunlop posted:

Don't you already have practice experience in your country in some form and like almost a decade long career?

Yes, that's one of the circumstances I've mentioned. I'll be 40 by the time I graduate, so there aren't all that many productive years left ahead.

The other side of the equation is that if I fail to get a good enough job (i.e. one that comes with a work visa, pays sufficiently to sustain a family of three and is stable enough to make us eligible for eventual immigration) lined up for me by graduation time, I'll die (not an exaggeration, that's what going back to my shithole country and detransitioning will amount to). That's why it's very tempting to go for the Georgetown option, because I want to stack my deck as much as possible to avert that possibility.

The final thing is that there's a small but nonzero chance that I might be able to get funds for this mad venture from a rich relative rather than the bank (effectively getting my inheritance upfront instead of being saddled with massive debt), but I won't be able to have that discussion with them until the epidemic crisis winds down, and the clock for making the decision keeps ticking.

So yes, it's kind of complicated.

Rogue AI Goddess fucked around with this message at 09:00 on Apr 11, 2020

# ¿ Apr 11, 2020 08:53

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
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Started my first week at Georgetown. All is well so far.

# ¿ Aug 27, 2020 11:16

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
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nm posted:

Are you in person or remote?

Also, every day is an opportunity to not become a lawyer.

It's all remote for now.

As for the "don't become a lawyer", it's still ten years too late for that.

# ¿ Aug 27, 2020 22:13

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
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Vox Nihili posted:

Are you doing an LLM?

Nope, a J.D.

# ¿ Aug 28, 2020 15:56

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
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I'm an IP lawyer and I would appreciate a discord invite link.

# ¿ Oct 31, 2020 20:20

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
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Thank you.

# ¿ Oct 31, 2020 21:01

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
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As an over-educated degree chaser who has done a bunch of career pivots and had most of them fail, I would generally advise caution.

That said, getting a JD literally saved my life, so if you are in a position where it will save yours, go for it.

# ¿ Dec 14, 2023 17:59

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
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euphronius posted:

Law school is a real school with a curriculum. It�s not an MBA

As someone who did both, I can attest that this is 200% correct.

# ¿ Dec 14, 2023 21:05

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
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B33rChiller posted:

Also do not create documents from fictional governments, ie Moorish American passports. The crooked USA system will not recognize them.

Next you'll be telling me that Cobrastan is not a real country.

# ¿ Jan 25, 2024 20:44

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
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I think that one's an edit.

# ¿ Feb 10, 2024 14:45

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# ¿ May 16, 2024 12:24

Rogue AI Goddess: May 10, 2012; I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees.
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As someone who went to her third law school at 38, I would highly recommend doing that if it would literally save you and your loved ones from death or worse, and if someone else was paying for it too.

# ¿ Apr 16, 2024 13:35

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