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working on it!

― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Saturday, 30 July 2005 16:32 (twenty years ago)

they're all good law schools, caitlin! best ones are prob. u. mich. and berkeley (boalt hall).

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Saturday, 30 July 2005 16:36 (twenty years ago)

yes, but do they admit MORANS????

― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Saturday, 30 July 2005 16:44 (twenty years ago)

YES I WORK WITH SOME

― Dr. Glen Y. Abreu (dr g), Saturday, 30 July 2005 16:48 (twenty years ago)

i've told panhandling crackheads in NYC, philadelphia, and newark to "get lost," "go to hell," and to "fuck off." a few of them threatened me and some even charged at me. i'm lucky that i'm alive, i think.
-- Eisbär (llamasfu...), July 29th, 2005

― 2, Saturday, 30 July 2005 16:49 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

ok the test is in one week. i thought i'd have more time to study but school is kind of hard right now. it's ok, i just took a practice test and got 165. just 8 more questions right and i get 170. i think i can do that, i just got out of practice on the logic games in the past few weeks. and the people one floor down are listening to kansas or something, very loud.

i'm getting a very good recommendation from a former philosophy professor and she said i MUST apply to NYU. i tried telling her i am not smart enough but she said that's garbage and girls always say they aren't smart enough. hmm ok i think i will make it a mega-reach. oh i also don't have 37k a year or whatever.

― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Saturday, 24 September 2005 17:14 (twenty years ago)

Good luck with it all! You can become a lawyer representing NOIZE interests against the Man.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 24 September 2005 17:22 (twenty years ago)

mmm trial

― kurt broder (dr g), Saturday, 24 September 2005 17:37 (twenty years ago)

Good luck with it all! You can become a lawyer representing NOIZE interests against the Man.

i already do that.

― cutty (mcutt), Saturday, 24 September 2005 17:42 (twenty years ago)

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― kurt broder (dr g), Saturday, 24 September 2005 17:51 (twenty years ago)

i already do that.

Let's see some results.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 24 September 2005 17:56 (twenty years ago)

I'm now an LSAT teacher, which officially makes me one of the dumbest people who is smart enough to get into a top law school.

― Hurting (Hurting), Saturday, 24 September 2005 18:55 (twenty years ago)

this should be a mounta1n g0ats song

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Saturday, 24 September 2005 19:45 (twenty years ago)

Lately I've been working with a blind woman who is taking the LSAT on, what, next Saturday. Kaplan has been giving her a terrible time, and is next to useless (and seemingly proud of it) for blind people. That's sad but not surprising at all; what is surprising is that LSAC or whatever the group is that puts on the test has also been very difficult for her to work with. They are willing to pay so little to hire a qualified reader for the day of the test that she has been bumped around to several different schools now, and finally is taking the test at a school that is willing to take the financial hit and still administer the test properly and fairly. But that school is an hour away. Bah.

Anyway, so I've been reading for her, and it's been interesting, since I do very well at it -- I mean I'm not entirely sure, since she gets double time because she has to hear it instead of read it, and I keep forgetting that I'd have to work everything out twice as fast. Still, the fact that I'd probably do very well on the test makes me think I should take the test -- and yet I have no interest in going to law school.

Doing logic games when you have almost no eyesight and can't read your diagrams reliably is no fun at all.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Saturday, 24 September 2005 19:54 (twenty years ago)

Basically the same thing has happened to me -- not the reading to a blind woman part, of course. But my gf was preparing, and for fun I looked at the material myself. Turns out I'm a natural at it and I was able to get a 169 on a practice test without too much practice. So now even though lawyer is one of the last things I thought I want to be, I'm suddenly thinking I should go to law school -- you know, be financially set, have a stimulating job, and maybe even work for some kind of political or social change (though going into law school without full conviction you want to do that seems pretty much like facing Darth Vader without completing your Jedi training).

― Hurting (Hurting), Sunday, 25 September 2005 02:12 (twenty years ago)

i did fine on the practice lsats but i got a little panicky on test day and didn't do that well. also, i was hung over. i was concentrating on my nausea instead of the questions. i'd like to take it again sometime; i haven't completely given up on wanting to go to law school.

― the happy smile patrol (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 25 September 2005 02:18 (twenty years ago)

yeah everyone on the noize bored will eventually end up going. i'm applying to teach for america also, just in case. or if i get into that and i get into a school i want, i might defer. the future is wide open, you know.

― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Sunday, 25 September 2005 02:28 (twenty years ago)

ah, you kids. so innocent.

― cutty (mcutt), Sunday, 25 September 2005 03:22 (twenty years ago)

jon williams, esq.?

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Sunday, 25 September 2005 03:47 (twenty years ago)

As per Cozen, I'm constantly atonished at the gulf of difference b/w law school in the U.S and er any Imperial Dominion. Come to Australia! It's cheap and (comparatively) easy!

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Sunday, 25 September 2005 04:44 (twenty years ago)

Are you saying that Cozen isn't really all that?

― Casuistry (Chris P), Sunday, 25 September 2005 06:02 (twenty years ago)

i think we get paid more in the US, though?

― cutty (mcutt), Sunday, 25 September 2005 10:57 (twenty years ago)

£25k per week?

― cozen (Cozen), Sunday, 25 September 2005 11:06 (twenty years ago)

admittedly the top 80hr week lawyers!

― cozen (Cozen), Sunday, 25 September 2005 11:08 (twenty years ago)

I dread to think what lawyers earn in america

if only my knowledge were transferable, I'd maybe move

― cozen (Cozen), Sunday, 25 September 2005 11:09 (twenty years ago)

ok i took the LSAT this morning. it's very possible that i got a 170, but i feel like i'm jinxing it. when the score comes in 3 weeks i might be really sad and embarassed. but i actually finished the entire analytical reasoning section (only guessing on a few), which i didn't do on any practice test i took in the last week, and i got 165, 166, and 169 on them. so i guess now i have to write some personal statements. i don't know what to write about. i haven't encountered any adversity or anything...

for now i think i'm definitely applying to george washington, u. of washington, ohio state, boston university, and u. of michigan. i'm still thinking about this, though. if i did very well on the LSAT i will apply to NYU and berkeley, but i feel like my chances of getting into either of them are pretty bad. i'm also pretty worried about financing this venture. i want to do something public interest-y like human rights or poverty, but i might leave with a buttload of loans and have to defend fat rich guys for 10 years while i pay $1000/month. i don't mind at all being poor as long as i'm not in debt. this sucks.

sorry for making this my personal law school application diary, i just want the internet to know.

― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Saturday, 1 October 2005 22:39 (twenty years ago)

four months pass...

Oh lordy, I'm startin' to think about doing this next year, cause gosh I'm awful good at these standardized tests it turns out, and well ya see the band might not quite be workin' out wouldn'tcha know...

― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Monday, 6 February 2006 21:49 (twenty years ago)

five months pass...

i am getting scared guys

― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Friday, 7 July 2006 16:03 (nineteen years ago)

oh noes

― Arial Pink (account), Friday, 7 July 2006 16:34 (nineteen years ago)

DON'T DO IT

― RJG (RJG), Friday, 7 July 2006 16:36 (nineteen years ago)

ok thanks friends

― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Friday, 7 July 2006 17:46 (nineteen years ago)

am i the only one going to medical school around here??

― gbx (skowly), Friday, 7 July 2006 17:50 (nineteen years ago)

best advice i got the summer before law school - "go to the beach; have fun." you want to make sure you have all your practicalities locked down, but don't let that eat all your time.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 7 July 2006 17:56 (nineteen years ago)

so i'm considering law school down the line, but i really want to get a good look at the profession through paralegal work. I've submitted resumes/interviewed in the non-profit sector, but i think it might be worthwhile to see the ugly side of things (Big Law).

where do they usually list jobs (nyc). obv, i haven't seen any listings on idealist.org. any help would be greatly appreciated.

eisbar and others seemed to make it seem like the jobs aren't too hard to find.

― one six oh (one six oh), Friday, 14 July 2006 14:31 (nineteen years ago)

They're not. Don't look for a listing -- just send out resumes.

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Friday, 14 July 2006 15:01 (nineteen years ago)

thanks, i'll start researching the firms.

colin, from what you've posted it's sounds like the experience of paralegal work will turn me off the profession, but it seems worth a look.

i still can't quite wrap my head around why the big firms are so awful, but i don't doubt the claims

― one six oh (one six oh), Friday, 14 July 2006 15:11 (nineteen years ago)

Have you ever worked in corporate America? Just out of curiosity.

― Party Time Country Female (pullapartgirl), Friday, 14 July 2006 15:21 (nineteen years ago)

They're awful for a lot of reasons. For one, it's nearly impossible to do good legal work there because of time, financial, and social (to the extent that that word can apply to big firm lawyers) pressures; for another, you soon find you've entered a really sick pseudo-culture where standard rules of morality, efficiency, and reason do not apply.

But if you wanna check it out, go for it. The money's ok.

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Friday, 14 July 2006 15:22 (nineteen years ago)

all grad school is an analysis of cost benefit analysis - its an investment that will only pay off if your student loans are able to be managed by your post graduation salary - but then agin if you find you hate the work you are SCREWED!!!!!!!!

Have you been lobbying any lawmakers on this?

― Mr Jones (Mr Jones), Friday, 14 July 2006 15:23 (nineteen years ago)

Take a LONG, HARD, REALISTIC look before you sign that promissory note.

I don't necessarily dislike the nature of the work, but the profession itself and the money that most of us have to pay to gain entree thereto are both serious, serious downsides.

The tip about going to a law school where you want to live? Unless you go to UVa, G-town, Harvard, Stanford, Yale, et al., that is the absolute truth. I just moved to LA after going to Catholic in DC, and I am not looking forward to months of trying to find a job. Thank god I have a gainfully employed spouse.

― Big Loud Ape Mountain (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Friday, 14 July 2006 15:31 (nineteen years ago)

Apparently, I am down on the whole law school thing. Shocka!

― Big Loud Ape Mountain (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Friday, 14 July 2006 15:35 (nineteen years ago)

i haven't really come across too many who are "up" on it.

xpost i haven't worked in corporate america, i spent my last three yeare teaching in the south bronx in the new york city teaching fellows. i needed a change. i imagine this will be a schockingly drastic one.

― one six oh (one six oh), Friday, 14 July 2006 18:00 (nineteen years ago)

Good idea to check it out in a para position before committing the time and $$$ to something you may or may not care for. I came out of grad school (molecular bioscience stuff) thinking I'd just go to law school and be a patent lawyer. Had the good sense to actually listen to parents (for once) and work in the IP dept of a big pharma company before making a decision. HATED IT. Will never work in IP or big pharma again! So yeah really check it out.

My better half (Mr. Que) works in the library of a large DC firm. He likes it, but would never ever ever consider law as a career. Anyhow you might want to look into law library jobs--there seem to be a lot of them, even for newbies.

― quincie (quincie), Friday, 14 July 2006 18:44 (nineteen years ago)

What grade/subject did you teach? I applied to do that, but they didn't accept me. *sob*

Haha, Q, I never heard that story:)

― Mary (Mary), Friday, 14 July 2006 21:25 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, Q. What firm does he work for? You can give me a general area of the city, if you like...I used to be a legal assistant for one of the firms near Metro Center.

― Big Loud Ape Mountain (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Friday, 14 July 2006 22:30 (nineteen years ago)

Maybe the Mountain Goats should write a song called "Going to Law School" - ya know? (Bonfire of the Vanities influence - whaddaya, etc.)

― youn (youn), Friday, 14 July 2006 22:45 (nineteen years ago)

xpost-

8th grade english.

the first year was hell, but i really enjoyed the other two.

― one six oh (one six oh), Monday, 17 July 2006 04:20 (nineteen years ago)

one month passes...

guys i don't really like it there. it's full of barbies and proud swaggering guys in polo shirts. i don't think i'm going to make any friends. i don't even like following laws.

― nazi bikini (harbl), Thursday, 17 August 2006 19:57 (nineteen years ago)

TOLD YA SO!

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Thursday, 17 August 2006 19:59 (nineteen years ago)

also it was only the first day of orientation :((((((((

― nazi bikini (harbl), Thursday, 17 August 2006 20:01 (nineteen years ago)

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