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I always used "regards" but "very truly yours" seems to be the standard. I could never stand that though.
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Alaemon posted:Where do you folks come down on the closing/valediction section of letters? Am I stuck with "very truly yours" or do you think I can be a renegade and go with "sincerely"? "Sincerely yours" and split the difference.
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Jul 19, 2011 00:37
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zzyzx posted:"Sincerely yours" and split the difference. Everything where I work goes out the door with "Yours Very Truly"
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After hours of reading wills, it is now my goal to use every random rule in the book when creating my will so it's a morass of void clauses with a tiny amount of real ones hidden in them that will require ages for a lawyer to sift through (and other wills that are unclear if they are void or not)
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Jul 19, 2011 00:49
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zzyzx posted:"Sincerely yours" and split the difference. The only correct answer is "Yours in Christ, (Your name) Bergstein."
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Jul 19, 2011 00:52
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CaptainScraps posted:The only correct answer is "Yours in Christ, (Your name) Bergstein." I'm partial to "I beg to remain your most humble servant," personally.
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Jul 19, 2011 01:18
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Alaemon posted:Where do you folks come down on the closing/valediction section of letters? Am I stuck with "very truly yours" or do you think I can be a renegade and go with "sincerely"? Yours in Christ,
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A strange number of people I went to school with made the switch to "Best," during law school. I think I missed that day.
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Jul 19, 2011 01:49
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Penguins Like Pies posted:I don't think firms are going to not interview you because you decided to end your letter with a "different" salutation. If they do, you don't want to work for them anyways. It's not a firm, it's a nonengagement letter to a (non)client who's also a family friend (to whom I would not normally write letters). I like "sincerely" as a rule, but was told in law school that "very truly yours" was the accepted standard.
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Jul 19, 2011 02:32
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We use "very truly yours" at my firm for some reason; every lawyer under the age of 42 complains about it
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Jul 19, 2011 02:57
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I like "Yors Utrly," as a recent letter of mine went out.
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Jul 19, 2011 03:23
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One day, when the time is right, I'll use "The Emperor Protects, " and the recipient will sagely nod and we'll have shared a moment that reminds us of the human beings we once were 
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Solomon Grundy posted:I like "Yors Utrly," as a recent letter of mine went out. That sounds like a character from a song of ice and fire
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CmdrSmirnoff posted:One day, when the time is right, I'll use "The Emperor Protects, " and the recipient will sagely nod and we'll have shared a moment that reminds us of the human beings we once were "Death to the False Emperor!" 
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Jul 19, 2011 05:42
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Former Everything posted:Umm, I only scared myself into practicing 6-8 hours a day for like 2 weeks. I studied about 3-4 hours a day for a week or two, then about an hour a day for the rest of the time, and then about 15 hours a day the week before the bar. Stopped going to barbri and switched to the video lessons after about week 2. I passed. Maryland owns. 90%+ first time pass rate owns. Kase Im Licht posted:Applying to be an FSO and getting rejected is becoming an annual tradition for me. I've recently added getting rejected for a DSS SA position into the festivities for extra fun. So basically just like looking for associate positions. The upside is that once you're in it is literally almost impossible to get fired.
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Vander posted:"Death to the False Emperor!" "For the greater good," Shas'lawyer Esq. (Licensed to practice in Segmentum Solar only under rule 40(k))
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Diplomaticus posted:I studied about 3-4 hours a day for a week or two, then about an hour a day for the rest of the time, and then about 15 hours a day the week before the bar. Stopped going to barbri and switched to the video lessons after about week 2. A solid half of my friends are taking Maryland. I hate each and every one of them. And, actually, basically everyone who doesn't have 22 subjects to deal with. Thanks, NY. But yeah, I switched to video after 2 days and the 2-3 up til now and 10-15 for the next week plan is mine as well. Even better choice after figuring out tm++ and watching video at 1.5x. Or 2.0x in the case of Paula. God I hate that woman.
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Diplomaticus posted:So basically just like looking for associate positions.
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Diplomaticus posted:"For the greater good," This is actually a fairly accurate example of a sovereign citizen's signature. For instance, the sovereign citizen I'm dealing with has an eight line paragraph for a signature block. But it's ok because he's only signing conditionally without forfeiting his secret treasury bonds. Edit: Also, for you bar takers out there, we had a guy who was on attempt number 36 when I took it. He's on number 38 now. His wife is a nice lady on the school board. BigHead fucked around with this message at 08:15 on Jul 19, 2011 |
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nm posted:Well, the problem is you can only apply once per year. Very annoying. If only law school was like that.
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Because this thread did not unanimously condemn me for thinking about breaking with VTY, I opted for "sincerely." Upon reflection, it seemed silly for me to identify myself as "yours" when the purpose of my letter is to say "I have decided not to represent you, I am undertaking no professional responsibility for your matter, I will not be performing any further work on your case." That's sort of anti-yours. lawschooldestroysyourbrain.txt
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But "sincerely" may come across as too strong. "I sincerely don't want to represent you." It makes you look like you're running away from a problem you can't fix. "Regards" should always win out. You're sending someone your regards and therefore, in true lawyer-fashion, you're actually stating that you're sending your regards. If it's someone important, throw in a "Best Regards." That way they feel like you added your personal touch because it takes about .01 seconds to type out "best" just for them. Of course, real men don't use a precursor. They just throw down their name after two hard paragraph breaks and the recipient just knows that poo poo got ended. This doesn't work for everyone though and can be potentially disastrous if your personalty type can't deliver on the persona you're forging via words. Green Crayons
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diospadre posted:People pass because everyone has the exact mindset you do right now and scares themselves into studying 15 hours a day for weeks in a row. I pretty much just played Black Ops and looked over my notes/did some practice poo poo. I stopped going to Bar Bri about a week in. I did fine. Look around at some of the retards in your law school class. Imagine those dudes in every law school. Those are the 20% that don't pass.
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Ive always preferred "Kind regards"
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Alaemon posted:Because this thread did not unanimously condemn me for thinking about breaking with VTY, I opted for "sincerely." I think in that scenario you could even get away with a "good luck".
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Defleshed posted:I pretty much just played Black Ops and looked over my notes/did some practice poo poo. I stopped going to Bar Bri about a week in. I did fine. Look around at some of the retards in your law school class. Imagine those dudes in every law school. Those are the 20% that don't pass. Yeah problem was I was one of those retards. I showed you uppity assholes!
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Neil: [Reading his letter to the bank manager] Darling fascist bully-boy... Give me some more money... You bastard... May the seed of your loins be fruitful in the belly of your woman... Neil.
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Worst thing about the bar exam: reading/posting on xo 40 times a day with other bar-taking aspiesLemonus posted:Ive always preferred "Kind regards"
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Diplomaticus posted:If only law school was like that.
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Carooe posted:"Yours in Christ, <Signature>" is the way to go beaten, scrub you owe me joke royalties
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Baruch Obamawitz posted:beaten, scrub you owe me joke royalties And I will sue you because I own the joke patent. 
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I'm partial to "Welp cya,"
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So many good ways to close letters in the last page of this thread. I love it. I've always used "Sincerely," and never thought twice. My bad.
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CaptainScraps posted:And I will sue you because I own the joke patent. Go gently caress yourself. See what I just did? I swore behind your reference.
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Carooe posted:Worst thing about the bar exam: reading/posting on xo 40 times a day with other bar-taking aspies I think you're the only goon I've seen in the last 4 or 5 years of following this thread who has admitted to posting ON autoadmit. yadayadayada fucked around with this message at 20:24 on Jul 19, 2011 |
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yadayadayada posted:I think you're the only goon I've seen in the last 4 or 5 years of following this thread who has admitted to posting autoadmit.
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Linguica posted:What's autoadmit? What does that have to do with "xo" whatever that is? What's a forum ???
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Linguica posted:What's autoadmit? What does that have to do with "xo" whatever that is? AutoAdmit (aka, "that shithole")
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Baruch Obamawitz posted:beaten, scrub you owe me joke royalties
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Carooe posted:A small price to pay for my longstanding rule against reading WJ posts and I don't write them, so we're even. I've got a 1L summer associate writing my posts now.
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