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General board for soon-to-be 1Ls / Re: Buying books from Amazon/ Half.com« on: August 01, 2009, 11:42:58 PM »
I can't speak to other websites, but sellers on Half.com are notorious for listing an item as a higher condition quality than the condition quality guide would allow (e.g., listing a book as "like new" when there is highlighting in the book). As others have said, read the description, and contact a seller who doesn't provide a description.
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2L job search / Re: Writing Sample Question...« on: August 01, 2009, 07:14:09 PM »
I'd probably stick with one sample if it is 5-10 pages. Use whichever is more well-written.
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General Off-Topic Board / Re: Can lawyers legally call themselves "doctor"?« on: July 28, 2009, 12:30:51 AM »For those with just the JD has anyone know anyone to call themselves Doctor with it? Is so with what result? Chuck Norris usually stops by for a swift roundhouse kick to the face. But seriously, I don't know anyone who would call himself or herself a doctor by virtue of the JD. Probably because nobody cares, and it doesn't matter. 94
General Board / Re: Just Learned 6 Firms Out of my OCI« on: July 18, 2009, 03:10:00 PM »Gulc [has] 475 offices this year I'm sure you're in a better position than most. 95
General Board / Re: Just Learned 6 Firms Out of my OCI« on: July 18, 2009, 10:05:31 AM »I'm curious what T20 school has so few vault firms coming? Is WUSTL still T20? 96
General Board / Re: Journal Choices« on: July 16, 2009, 09:51:53 PM »My question is does it really matter which I choose? Do future employers care about how prestigious the journal is or are they just happy you write for one? I also thought I should mention. One of them is law review the other is a specialty journal Most employers will view law review > other journal. I'd say go ahead and take it. If you have any desire to clerk or teach, definitely take law review. 97
Where should I go next fall? / Re: School in the mid-50's (Free tuition) vs. School in mid-30's ($40,000 tuition)« on: July 16, 2009, 06:27:41 PM »
You probably couldn't go wrong with either decision.
But this article has some decent advice. http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1207904889498 98
Distance Education Law Schools / Re: Online JD for legal writing?« on: July 13, 2009, 11:20:15 PM »
How do you plan to work in the "legal writing field" without practicing law? The only legal writing jobs (that I can think of) that don't require practicing are professor and law clerk, both of which would require an ABA-approved law school. Unless you would like to work as a paralegal... but then I'd suggest getting a paralegal certificate rather than a non-ABA-approved law degree. Firms do not often hire lawyers to work as paralegals.
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3L job search / Re: Studying for the BAR, huge DEBT, no JOB, WHAT DO DO?« on: July 05, 2009, 06:59:11 PM »you are not alone. there are hundreds of law students who are currently studying for the bar, without jobs and with thousands of $ in debt. the few jobs went to students at the tier 1 schools. they are not feeling it like we are at the tier 2 schools. most of the student loans can be deferred until employment, luckily. hang in there and try not to think about anything but the bar exam for now. then in August, think about getting a part-time job while still looking for full-time legal work. i also wish there was some statistics showing the number of unemployed recent law grads. More like "thousands" than hundreds. And it's not just tier 2 and below feeling the burn in this economy. Plenty of tier 1 students are entering (and will be leaving) their third year without a job. In an e-mail to its students, Georgetown recently warned that offer rates at firms would be drastically low this year, and even many offers would be for deferred employment to begin in 2011. http://abovethelaw.com/2009/06/advice_for_summers_from_george.php 100
Transferring / Re: Transferring from T4 - 27 credits as of this December« on: July 04, 2009, 02:39:45 PM »
I didn't transfer, so I don't have great advice for approaching profs/deans, but my guess is that you shouldn't worry too much about it. Cooley has about 12% of its 1L class transfer. http://officialguide.lsac.org/SearchResults/SchoolPage_PDFs/ABA_LawSchoolData/ABA1796.pdf That makes me think that profs/deans are not taking active steps to hinder the abilities of its students to transfer. But I dunno. You always hear stories about someone trying to transfer getting bad grades...
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. thanks.