WOOT!
― Hurting 2, Friday, 4 April 2008 14:19 (sixteen years ago) link
you two will be able to live-blog together here
― cutty, Friday, 4 April 2008 15:26 (sixteen years ago) link
also please do not hesistate to let us know when the other of you two has been socratic method-ized and unable to answer your professor's query
― cutty, Friday, 4 April 2008 15:27 (sixteen years ago) link
Back row bingo anyone?
― felicity, Friday, 4 April 2008 15:44 (sixteen years ago) link
that sounds dirty
― Hurting 2, Friday, 4 April 2008 15:45 (sixteen years ago) link
also if one of you makes law review and the other doesn't, well there will be razzing
― cutty, Friday, 4 April 2008 15:48 (sixteen years ago) link
You keep track of who gets cold called by seating chart and -- in some variants -- who is absent, says something wrong, funny, or "very much in character." Supposedly people get so caught up in it they actually say "bingo" out loud but that may be legend.
Oh the fun you'll have.
― felicity, Friday, 4 April 2008 15:49 (sixteen years ago) link
I can't stop reading those law school horror story websites like "jdunderground" and "temp attorney hell". It makes me question this whole law school thing, not that writing/editing is that stable of a career.
― burt_stanton, Friday, 4 April 2008 17:48 (sixteen years ago) link
perhaps the population of those sites is self-selected and therefore unrepresentative
― gabbneb, Friday, 4 April 2008 18:23 (sixteen years ago) link
Stanton, I get into those same ruts sometimes, but my advice is to stop reading those sites. In every profession you're going to find people advising you against, telling you won't make enough money, the work sucks, the field is shrinking, it's not stable, blah blah. Nothing is completely safe, and there's no way to guarantee a good income for the rest of your life. If you want a career that's more of a sure bet right now, become a nurse.
― Hurting 2, Friday, 4 April 2008 18:35 (sixteen years ago) link
sorry for showing you that site. no really i'm not.
― cutty, Friday, 4 April 2008 19:22 (sixteen years ago) link
burt would be so lucky to have a friend like Hurting in law school.
My torts prof said, "Never trust your friends. They'll stab you in the back."
:D
― felicity, Friday, 4 April 2008 20:14 (sixteen years ago) link
How do you know I wouldn't stab him in the back?
― Hurting 2, Friday, 4 April 2008 20:15 (sixteen years ago) link
because then they'll talk about you in torts
― Mr. Que, Friday, 4 April 2008 20:16 (sixteen years ago) link
You mean because I didn't try to discourage him from going in order to increase my chances of getting a job by .00000000000001% like most law students do?
― Hurting 2, Friday, 4 April 2008 20:16 (sixteen years ago) link
Pretty much.
― felicity, Friday, 4 April 2008 20:24 (sixteen years ago) link
Extra Credit: being friends with "Hurting 2" constitutes assumption of the risk - Y/N/M?
― gabbneb, Friday, 4 April 2008 20:36 (sixteen years ago) link
Not an unreasonable one given the standards of the industry.
― felicity, Friday, 4 April 2008 20:39 (sixteen years ago) link
i can see burt in one of these
― gabbneb, Friday, 4 April 2008 20:43 (sixteen years ago) link
Why being a law clerk can be exciting.
I clerked for a year in that court.
― felicity, Tuesday, 8 April 2008 15:36 (sixteen years ago) link
Female Court Security Officer: 10-4 control, we need an ambulance. 10-4. In 10-C we need an ambulance to be called, please. Control: 10-4. Court Reporter: Is she all right, Carolyn? Female Court Security Officer: She wants an ambulance. Court Reporter: Good. All right. You will have to put this over. Courtroom Deputy Clerk: No shit, Sherlock.
― felicity, Tuesday, 8 April 2008 15:38 (sixteen years ago) link
You will have to put this over
what does this mean
― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 8 April 2008 15:38 (sixteen years ago) link
They need to continue it to another day.
― felicity, Tuesday, 8 April 2008 15:39 (sixteen years ago) link
http://idlewords.com/2008/04/seeking_bedbug_legal_aid.htm
Friend of a friend looking for a lawyer for their anti-bedbug website.
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 16:36 (sixteen years ago) link
This list looked like *fun* so I ordered a few of the books. Just started Discipline and Punish, which I've always wanted to read anyway.
http://www.amazon.com/Favorite-Pre-Law-School-Recommendations-Amazon/lm/3GJSC216GWISB
― Hurting 2, Friday, 11 April 2008 15:59 (sixteen years ago) link
read One L
― gabbneb, Friday, 11 April 2008 16:01 (sixteen years ago) link
already read it
― Hurting 2, Friday, 11 April 2008 16:01 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm also poking around in Law School Confidential, which honestly seems like a lot of filler : a little useful information. "Make sure you have housing arranged before law school. You want to find somewhere quiet. Get a big desk." GEE THANKS
― Hurting 2, Friday, 11 April 2008 16:05 (sixteen years ago) link
I guess I'm forgetting that a lot of entering OneLs have never lived anywhere outside their parents' home and a dorm room.
― Hurting 2, Friday, 11 April 2008 16:07 (sixteen years ago) link
hi dere
― Hurting 2, Monday, 12 May 2008 03:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Aaron did you get my e-mail? I couldn't tell if the webmail thing worked
Re: job market for Brooklyn Law School grads. Not too great at the moment, but Hurting and Burt will be in better shape in 3 years when the economy isn't in the shitter.
Looking back at Law School Confidential, 90% of his advice was wrong -- although I did the color-coded briefing through all of law school and that was actually kind of helpful.
Didn't get your email Hurting... Try this one: w@rsh@w.@@ron at g✧@i✧.c✧✧ -- @ = a
― Aaron W, Monday, 12 May 2008 03:05 (fifteen years ago) link
lolol
― elan, Monday, 12 May 2008 03:57 (fifteen years ago) link
I accepted at BLS today.
― Hurting 2, Monday, 12 May 2008 19:43 (fifteen years ago) link
Didn't re-e-mail you yet Aaron. Will do so soon.
― Hurting 2, Monday, 12 May 2008 19:44 (fifteen years ago) link
You chose BLS over Cardozo and/or American, is that right, Hurting? What prompted your decision? (if I may ask; feel free to tell me to f--k off)
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 12 May 2008 19:46 (fifteen years ago) link
My worry with Card0zo is the whole job thing ... I only got 20k/year. I'd like to do something in the government (family's in Big Law and it truly sounds like my idea of hell).
― burt_stanton, Monday, 12 May 2008 19:57 (fifteen years ago) link
I chose BLS because they gave me a full ride and Cardozo couldn't match it.
― Hurting 2, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 02:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Stanton, try to talk them into upping your offer next year if you do well.
― Hurting 2, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 02:22 (fifteen years ago) link
Brooklyn gave you a free ride after you accepted at Cardoza? Da-yum.
― felicity, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 17:39 (fifteen years ago) link
i no rite
― Hurting 2, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 17:50 (fifteen years ago) link
I think I get it though -- they must set aside some scholarship money and deliberately wait until their rival schools (Cardozo being the most obvious one) have likely doled out their financial aid. They probably knew that a student like me was either looking at Fordham with no money (actually I was waitlisted) or a Cardozo-level school with money
They made me a can't-refuse offer at a time when Cardozo couldn't match.
― Hurting 2, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 17:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Fordham's getting ridiculous with their standards lately. Everyone I talked to who applied was either rejected outright or waitlisted. Might as well just aim for Columbia or something.
― burt_stanton, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 18:06 (fifteen years ago) link
I sent you a g-mail, aaron, did you get it?
― Hurting 2, Friday, 16 May 2008 18:13 (fifteen years ago) link
The single worst time of a law student's life is waiting for the bar exam results. I have 5.5 hours more to wait.
― B.L.A.M., Friday, 16 May 2008 19:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Jeez, waiting for your test results is even stressing ME out. I remember that special flavor of torture very well.
I really hope you pass, for both our sakes.
― felicity, Friday, 16 May 2008 19:22 (fifteen years ago) link
You ain't kidding, girl.
This shit is not joke. I mean, I'm already resolved to take the thing again in July if don't pass - I really like what I do, and I think I could be pretty to very good at it some day.
But I gots to be licensed.
5.33 hours remain...
― B.L.A.M., Friday, 16 May 2008 19:39 (fifteen years ago) link
Is it normal to feel like you may be making a terrible terrible mistake, say, every other day as you approach OneL?
― Hurting 2, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 02:14 (fifteen years ago) link
Yes. I mean, what you're feeling is within a range of normal reactions. It could be fear of the unknown, knee-jerk buyer's remorse, or a real fear that you'll have to confront. You won't be able to tell until you actually go through a semester or two (I'd say two) and perhaps a summer internship. If, at that point, you feel the same way, maybe you should reconsider your career choice.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 28 May 2008 02:30 (fifteen years ago) link
So I've quit porn . . . .-- Hurting 2
-- Hurting 2
Or maybe your just reacting to this.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 28 May 2008 02:32 (fifteen years ago) link