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2015-09-01 19:20:27

#2551

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|7253

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
law schools prefer people who are smart and logical and can pony up the money. Law firms prefer people who are law school graduates. Doesn't really matter as far as the background goes. The reality is law schools get more humanities applicants than STEM. Most people don't go get a degree in engineering or a medical degree and then decide to go to law school. Some do, most don't.

What kind of law are you studying? What'd you get your degree in?

Diff system in the UK where you can do a one year transition degree and become a lawyer.

I'm doing a jd so I'm just covering the basics now. Torts crime contract and ethics for this semester. I did intl busines and intl relations before.

The humanities people generally can write better.

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2015-09-01 19:22:48

#2552

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|7253

Or if you're hot
http://m.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw … 6881868113

Last edited by Cybargs (2015-09-01 19:23:03)

2015-09-01 20:10:28

#2553

DesertFox-: The very model of a modern major general; +796|7221|United States of America

Jay wrote:
I kinda always wanted PhD, PE, MD, esquire after my name

I've claimed numerous post-nominal titles at various points with no negative repurcussions to date.

2015-09-02 00:25:21

#2554

..teddy..jimmy: Member; +1,393|7186

As of yesterday I am a fully qualified lawyer in England and Wales and now have a group of 30 minions I can delegate allllll my work to. Woohoo.

Last edited by ..teddy..jimmy (2015-09-02 00:28:16)

2015-09-02 01:24:56

#2555

uziq: Member; +546|3988

Jay wrote:
I kinda always wanted PhD, PE, MD, esquire after my name

shame you're never going to get any of them now.

my dad uses esquire. I bet it kills you. why would an American use that, though? surely it's an affectation of all that old world pomp you guys tried to escape from. do you want to be a Boston brahmin jay?

2015-09-02 01:30:55

#2556

uziq: Member; +546|3988

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
law schools prefer people who are smart and logical and can pony up the money. Law firms prefer people who are law school graduates. Doesn't really matter as far as the background goes. The reality is law schools get more humanities applicants than STEM. Most people don't go get a degree in engineering or a medical degree and then decide to go to law school. Some do, most don't.

What kind of law are you studying? What'd you get your degree in?

actually plenty of surveys have shown that law schools prefer philosophy grads to physics grads. they write better and the courtroom environment relies upon rhetoric and performativity more than an egghead insistence on empiricism. philosophy and literature grads are consistently some of the highest performers on the LSAT.

http://www.nationaljurist.com/content/c … law-school

Last edited by uziq (2015-09-02 01:38:38)

2015-09-02 01:48:06

#2557

..teddy..jimmy: Member; +1,393|7186

the only skill needed as a lawyer is the stamina to sit in a chair for as many hours as possible every day and bill bill bill

2015-09-02 01:50:10

#2558

uziq: Member; +546|3988

every person Ive known to go to law school was boring as fuck. and normally got a 2:1. Except for one guy who got a first in jurisprudence from wadham and is now smashing it at the top of his game, the way it's meant to be done.

Last edited by uziq (2015-09-02 01:51:11)

2015-09-02 01:54:29

#2559

..teddy..jimmy: Member; +1,393|7186

uziq wrote:
every person Ive known to go to law school was boring as fuck. and normally got a 2:1. Except for one guy who got a first in jurisprudence from wadham and is now smashing it at the top of his game, the way it's meant to be done.

I will agree and say it doesn't attract the most exciting people in the world because it is quite a boring job...

Lawyers constant dilemma is ofc: this is fucking boring .vs. Money is good

I am already looking to get out...

2015-09-02 01:56:31

#2560

uziq: Member; +546|3988

I think that goes for a vast swathe of white collar work tbh, so don't be too down or hard on your profession. you quickly realise that a lot of the remuneration is actually a compensation package for spending your whole life doing inane shite. I had the same thing a couple years ago when I dabbled in advertising and PR. great salaries for relatively easy work... but what a soul shattering daily existence.

2015-09-02 01:56:40

#2561

DesertFox-: The very model of a modern major general; +796|7221|United States of America

uziq wrote:
every person Ive known to go to law school was boring as fuck. and normally got a 2:1. Except for one guy who got a first in jurisprudence from wadham and is now smashing it at the top of his game, the way it's meant to be done.

How many accountants do you know? My brother used to be a reasonably interesting fellow, then did his accounting degree and has now become the most undesirable dinner party guest ever. Such is the case with a few others who went down that road as well.

2015-09-02 01:59:05

#2562

Ultrafunkula: Hector: Ding, ding, ding, ding...; +1,975|7010|6 6 4 oh, I forget

I know a lawyer pretty well and he's almost as twisted as his clients. But in a good, humorous way. Not in the "let me just stab that teenager in the head" twisted way. Guy has some pretty good nerves to be representing all the maniacs.

ed. Then again the shithead that forgot to put my case forward to the court was a complete moron with complete lack of social skills. Now my friend is helping me get that prick responsible and pay me a pile of € for the fuckups. Filed a complaint against the geezer and he would've been kicked out of the union (or whatever it is) unless he had already resigned a few months earlier. Guy had a huge pile of complaints already.

2015-09-02 02:01:47

#2563

..teddy..jimmy: Member; +1,393|7186

uziq wrote:
I think that goes for a vast swathe of white collar work tbh, so don't be too down or hard on your profession. you quickly realise that a lot of the remuneration is actually a compensation package for spending your whole life doing inane shite. I had the same thing a couple years ago when I dabbled in advertising and PR. great salaries for relatively easy work... but what a soul shattering daily existence.

Then you realise that the compensation isn't actually all that good for the amount of hours you spend chained to a desk everyday.

The job is 90% admin and 10% law.

Butttttt perhaps this should be included in the first world problems thread.

2015-09-02 02:04:33

#2564

..teddy..jimmy: Member; +1,393|7186

Ultrafunkula wrote:
I know a lawyer pretty well and he's almost as twisted as his clients. But in a good, humorous way. Not in the "let me just stab that teenager in the head" twisted way. Guy has some pretty good nerves to be representing all the maniacs.

ed. Then again the shithead that forgot to put my case forward to the court was a complete moron with complete lack of social skills. Now my friend is helping me get that prick responsible and pay me a pile of € for the fuckups. Filed a complaint against the geezer and he would've been kicked out of the union (or whatever it is) unless he had already resigned a few months earlier. Guy had a huge pile of complaints already.

Sue the bastard

2015-09-02 02:15:15

#2565

uziq: Member; +546|3988

..teddy..jimmy wrote:
uziq wrote:
I think that goes for a vast swathe of white collar work tbh, so don't be too down or hard on your profession. you quickly realise that a lot of the remuneration is actually a compensation package for spending your whole life doing inane shite. I had the same thing a couple years ago when I dabbled in advertising and PR. great salaries for relatively easy work... but what a soul shattering daily existence.
Then you realise that the compensation isn't actually all that good for the amount of hours you spend chained to a desk everyday.

The job is 90% admin and 10% law.

Butttttt perhaps this should be included in the first world problems thread.

just like everyone sacrifices a decade of their life to train for academia and realises that 40% of it is teaching first-years who haven't done the reading, 20% is marking and admin, 20% is writing grants and trying to climb the slippery pole, and maybe 20% – during the summer hiatus – is when you get to slip back into that rarefied bliss of sitting in an academic library and reading and researching your beloved specialism.

2015-09-02 02:23:03

#2566

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,836|6642|eXtreme to the maX

..teddy..jimmy wrote:
As of yesterday I am a fully qualified lawyer in England and Wales and now have a group of 30 minions I can delegate allllll my work to. Woohoo.

Nice, do you know a half reasonable solicitor somewhere near but not in Swindon?

I need to fuck someone's shit up and its not easy from Australia, I need a good lawyer to instruct, probably a few letters will be enough to shake the other party out of their brain-fug.

Actually I want a cheap drunk because they're the most fun, to socialise with and see in court, and they tell the best stories.

Fuck Israel

2015-09-02 02:28:52

#2567

..teddy..jimmy: Member; +1,393|7186

Dilbert_X wrote:
..teddy..jimmy wrote:
As of yesterday I am a fully qualified lawyer in England and Wales and now have a group of 30 minions I can delegate allllll my work to. Woohoo.
Nice, do you know a half reasonable solicitor somewhere near but not in Swindon?

I need to fuck someone's shit up and its not easy from Australia, I need a good lawyer to instruct, probably a few letters will be enough to shake the other party out of their brain-fug.

Actually I want a cheap drunk because they're the most fun, to socialise with and see in court, and they tell the best stories.

I'm afraid not I'm City based but what is your problem? Google should bring up some decent ones

2015-09-02 02:36:44

#2568

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,836|6642|eXtreme to the maX

uziq wrote:
I think that goes for a vast swathe of white collar work tbh, so don't be too down or hard on your profession. you quickly realise that a lot of the remuneration is actually a compensation package for spending your whole life doing inane shite. I had the same thing a couple years ago when I dabbled in advertising and PR. great salaries for relatively easy work... but what a soul shattering daily existence.

There are very few jobs which aren't soul-shattering, and yes it is called 'compensation' for a reason. Very few people get to do anything useful, change the world etc. It isn't actually a bad philosophy to follow that your worth to society is to some extent reflected in your wage. The number of citations you get in a year, the number of people who say hello [your name] when you walk into the pub/yacht club/bordello are also equally valid affirmations of your worth, each to their own.

Since we are comparing academic privilege I think its about time I reminded all and sundry that my BEng to easily the best college in Britain was fully funded, and so was my MSc.
This was in days of yore when the top 10% went to university, the top 1% went on to a Masters, I was offered two fully funded PhDs - I believe the male and female faculty leaders all thought I was hot, it wasn't because I was smart.

This I am sure is going to cause you all to like me.

Fuck Israel

2015-09-02 02:42:37

#2569

uziq: Member; +546|3988

Dilbert_X wrote:
..teddy..jimmy wrote:
As of yesterday I am a fully qualified lawyer in England and Wales and now have a group of 30 minions I can delegate allllll my work to. Woohoo.
Nice, do you know a half reasonable solicitor somewhere near but not in Swindon?

I need to fuck someone's shit up and its not easy from Australia, I need a good lawyer to instruct, probably a few letters will be enough to shake the other party out of their brain-fug.

Actually I want a cheap drunk because they're the most fun, to socialise with and see in court, and they tell the best stories.

my housemate is the manager of child protection services in Swindon (he commutes from Cheltenham). small/weird world.

2015-09-02 02:44:28

#2570

uziq: Member; +546|3988

Dilbert_X wrote:
uziq wrote:
I think that goes for a vast swathe of white collar work tbh, so don't be too down or hard on your profession. you quickly realise that a lot of the remuneration is actually a compensation package for spending your whole life doing inane shite. I had the same thing a couple years ago when I dabbled in advertising and PR. great salaries for relatively easy work... but what a soul shattering daily existence.
There are very few jobs which aren't soul-shattering, and yes it is called 'compensation' for a reason. Very few people get to do anything useful, change the world etc. It isn't actually a bad philosophy to follow that your worth to society is to some extent reflected in your wage. The number of citations you get in a year, the number of people who say hello [your name] when you walk into the pub/yacht club/bordello are also equally valid affirmations of your worth, each to their own.

Since we are comparing academic privilege I think its about time I reminded all and sundry that my BEng to easily the best college in Britain was fully funded, and so was my MSc.
This was in days of yore when the top 10% went to university, the top 1% went on to a Masters, I was offered two fully funded PhDs - I believe the male and female faculty leaders all thought I was hot, it wasn't because I was smart.

This I am sure is going to cause you all to like me.

I won full scholarships during a time when postgrad funding for the humanities has pretty much been culled, and there's increasing ideological drive to extinguish it almost completely. I don't know about % quotients but I can say that I was the only person in my entire graduating cohort to be offered a full postgrad deal. I think the department had one a year and the entire humanities faculty about 4. so I get those feels. it's nice to be valued (and found sexy) for your mind.

2015-09-02 02:47:59

#2571

..teddy..jimmy: Member; +1,393|7186

Dilbert_X wrote:
it isn't actually a bad philosophy to follow that your worth to society is to some extent reflected in your wage.

I can assure you that my worth to society is not reflected in my wage. On the basis of this I should be on £10 per annum.

2015-09-02 02:51:19

#2572

uziq: Member; +546|3988

jimmy you were always a coy little coquette.

2015-09-02 03:00:46

#2573

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|7253

..teddy..jimmy wrote:
uziq wrote:
I think that goes for a vast swathe of white collar work tbh, so don't be too down or hard on your profession. you quickly realise that a lot of the remuneration is actually a compensation package for spending your whole life doing inane shite. I had the same thing a couple years ago when I dabbled in advertising and PR. great salaries for relatively easy work... but what a soul shattering daily existence.
Then you realise that the compensation isn't actually all that good for the amount of hours you spend chained to a desk everyday.

The job is 90% admin and 10% law.

Butttttt perhaps this should be included in the first world problems thread.

are you dotting the i's and crossing the t's?

congrats on becoming a lawyer

2015-09-02 03:02:42

#2574

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,836|6642|eXtreme to the maX

Most jobs are 90% admin, or travelling, or doing stupid stuff like moving furniture, or listening to timewasters, 10% doing the actual job.

Fuck Israel

2015-09-02 03:04:00

#2575

uziq: Member; +546|3988

at least with academia the time wasters you are dealing with are 18-21 year old succulent jeune filles. I can think of worse customer service roles.

"my office hours are 1-3pm... call by for a chat".

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