Law School Discussion

Are you talking about during the school year, or over the summer?

I got one during the school year through my school's externship application program.  Though only one of the seven district judges in the city took applications, so-- I'd imagine it's rare.

If you're looking for a summer internship, focus on your home market in a big way; mail.

Bulleit

I've got a buddy who works for Diageo in NYC.  He swims in this stuff.  It's pretty good.

Ah, figured it out.

Why, exactly, are you stressed?

Already covered. We did Twombly and Iqbal both. I definitely spaced out in Iqbal because my notes say as much. "Missed a shitload; get this from someone else."

They're the same thing (i.e., nothing, because plausibility is meaningless).  Only thing to know from Iqbal:

Two working principles underlie our decision in Twombly. First, the tenet that a court must accept as true all of the allegations contained in a complaint is inapplicable to legal conclusions . . . . Rule 8 marks a notable and generous departure from the hyper-technical, code-pleading regime of a prior era, but it does not unlock the doors of discovery for a plaintiff armed with nothing more than conclusions. Second, only a complaint that states a plausible claim for relief survives a motion to dismiss . . . . Determining whether a complaint states a plausible claim for relief will . . . be a context-specific task that requires the reviewing court to draw on its judicial experience and common sense . . . . But where the well-pleaded facts do not permit the court to infer more than the mere possibility of misconduct, the complaint has alleged--but it has not “show[n]”--“that the pleader is entitled to relief.”

Basically, it's a two-pronged approach.  Drop all the complaint's legal conclusions, then judge the leftover allegations under the plausibility standard (with the "common sense"/"judicial experience" gloss).

This is a low point for me, just so we're clear.

I would make some sort of IIED joke about you mentioning Iqbal in my presence, but I lack the energy after completing a draft of the open memo today.

Also because I need to be the change I wish to see in this world.

You're covering Iqbal in Civ Pro?

Glad to hear my legal education is already obsolete.  I was a 1L in the heady, innocent days of Conley, when Twombly was just a sui generis hiccup in antitrust practice.  We had to plead uphill both ways and so forth.