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Solid Lizzie posted:NY just added a 50 hours of pro bono service requirement for admission to the bar, effective next year. I'm not immune to the problems with access to the justice system, but, reeeeaaalllyyyy? Can it be doing anything, such as volunteer tax preparation/representation before the IRS?
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entris posted:That's a good strategy - what's the ratio of blowjobs to client referrals? So is this based on real life...? 
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A quick question: if you have another graduate degree before you apply to law school, do they look at the graduate GPA only, undergraduate GPA only or some weighted formula of undergraduate and graduate GPA? I actually did well in both, just was wondering as a general matter.
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May 20, 2012 20:56
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Lote posted:Dewey just formally filed for Chapter 11 on Monday night. Any other firm on the chopping block?
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May 29, 2012 22:43
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Linguica posted:Alaemon, you're forgetting the vast intricate conspiracy that all us lawyers and judges have designed and implemented to keep ordinary citizens from finding out about their inalienable rights and sovereign freeman status. If they were to discover the truth, our laws would have no power over th- but I've said too much already... So it's basically some convoluted Allegory of the Cave? 
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Jun 2, 2012 18:23
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Agesilaus posted:Hmm, there's this one sovereign citizen that has been in court lately and he comes with his own fez-wearing entourage, I think they're all middle eastern, but I haven't been paying too much attention. I just sit back and watch the judge deal with it. Are they Shriners, maybe?
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Jun 2, 2012 21:59
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I read an article a few weeks ago (after Dewey & LeBoeuf filed for bankruptcy) saying that the traditional partnership model for law firms is antiquated and that they need to change. Is there a legitimate basis for the gripe or is it  ?
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Jun 14, 2012 23:31
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Bro Enlai posted:Take something with Dershowitz if you want 1 hour 20 minutes of Unca Dersh's Story Time about the OJ Simpson trial, or the Mike Tyson trial, or the time he punched a dude once Did someone bring up Norman Finkelstein and let the fireworks go off? 
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Jun 16, 2012 23:55
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KIM JONG TRILL posted:I won't have any problems paying off my student loans and all it took was being the beneficiary of my mother's life insurance policy. Speaking of that... I love how sleazy all these law school Deans are when it comes to defending spending over $100,000 on law school tuition with such terrible results (besides maybe if you go to a T-14 school), ignoring that interest accrues even if you're unemployed. Truly, role models to be proud of... 
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Jun 25, 2012 22:56
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Not sure how other public law schools are like, but CUNY law school is pretty dirt cheap (~$12,000/year) and even though it's not a ranked school, at least you wouldn't end up in (much, if any) debt going there for a J.D. Kinda weird that people are willing to pay 2-4x as much for a program that gives equivalent benefits, work opportunity wise...
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Jun 26, 2012 22:57
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nm posted:UCs cost a small fortune. Out of state at UCLA is more than at USC. Isn't UC Berkeley a T-14 school? Also, hasn't CA been slashing the poo poo out of University funding (moreso than NY has with the SUNY and CUNY systems)?
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entris posted:Wait, what? He used his power of attorney to rob his client, and you are saying he only got a public reprimand? Not disbarment? I'm assuming he was reprimanded by the bar on a different situation.
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entris posted:You know how sometimes you read about a successful lawyer, and you go "drat, that person is ridiculous and better than me in every way"? (For law students, you do this, you know you do, every time you read about the newest SCOTUS law clerks, or in my case, whenever I talk to Green Crayons) Yeah, so why should it matter whether the undead are considered dead or alive, since you are subject to the gift tax when you're alive and the estate tax when you're dead with the $5 million Unified Tax/Estate Credit (unless, of course, he's arguing that those scheming undead scumbags want to gift everything when they're 'alive' in order to get the somewhat better tax position than leaving their assets in the estate... drat YOU, ZOMBIE BASTARDS!  )
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Kalman posted:Whether you'd want to is a totally different question. (They may get paid a third more, but they also owe an extra ton of money compared to you, not to mention the 3 years opportunity cost you'd pay just to do the same work.) Surprisingly (or perhaps not), a lot of firms in both private industry and in public accounting have CFOs/Controllers/Tax Managers/Partners that are tax attorneys (often with both a J.D. (and possibly also LLM in Tax Law) and a CPA). Not sure if it's for prestige or for in-house memos like covered opinions that could hold more weight than 'just' a CPA writing it. Horseshoe theory fucked around with this message at 04:11 on Jul 3, 2012 |
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Paramour posted:Most US UG schools don't give an A+ either. I know my Undergraduate school gave A+ grades, but they counted the same as an A- (IE: all A-level grades are 4.0, B-level are 3.0, etc) whereas my Graduate school had A as the highest grade (4.0) with A- being 3.7, etc. I think my Undergraduate alma mater is changing towards the latter policy going forward, however. Also, I met my brother's trainer at the gym and he was a former law school admissions officer and attorney. His advice: DON'T GO TO LAW SCHOOL (although he said he enjoying the program itself, he said the law firm work was an unsatisfying pain in the rear end whereas he enjoys being a personal trainer).
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Roger_Mudd posted:Can you believe the attorney didn't return the funds today like he promised?! I'm Shocked I tell you, Shocked! Lie, cheat, steal: the American dream!  (Also the late Eddie Guerrero's catchphrase)
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Jul 10, 2012 02:27
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tau posted:Yale has a PhD in law? Why would you want 2 doctorates in law? 
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Adar posted:e: I look forward to a modern legal theorist trying to argue a case in front of a 7-2 conservative Supreme Court. "Social science surveys have repeatedly stated" *Thomas snores* So, in other words, it'll be exactly the same since Thomas already is asleep/in his own universe 99% of the time anyway?
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meiram posted:LITC is pretty awesome. It's what I'm doing this summer and I'll be continuing into the fall. The IRS hold music gets tiresome though. It's better than the NYS Department of Taxation and Finance's, though, and at least most of the IRS agents/reps I've dealt with are competent (albeit more of them tend to be assholes vs. the NYS people).
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woozle wuzzle posted:I recently had a similar experience. Order of the Coif? More like Order of the Uncouth. 
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Boosted_C5 posted:I seriously cannot stand Commercial Paper, Creditor's Rights, and Secured Transactions. I remember have all 3 (as well as a bunch of order vs bearer check/note questions) when I took the Regulation part of the CPA exam (for the 20% legal portion) - there really aren't too many variations on the legal concepts from what I recall.
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Jul 21, 2012 20:03
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Baruch Obamawitz posted:I think they were busy taking the test... Liar! We know you exited to "Ain't no stopping us now", now be forthright with us.
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Jul 22, 2012 00:46
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Martin Random posted:Good for you. Of all the folks in corporate law, I have found that the tax people have been the nerdiest and most awesome to hang out with. Also, the easiest workload. Not in Tax Law, though I do deal (amongst other things) with tax stuff at my firm. I tend to enjoy the tax-related work the most out of all my duties. I even have a copy of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Treasury Regulations (which I'm glancing at right now). Good times. 
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Schitzo posted:Mix of planning and litigation at this stage, not sure which way I'll end up going right now, still too new to have much of an opinion either way. Do you get to write covered opinions? I'm sure they're just fantastic to write up...
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wacko_- posted:You're going to need to drink. Better listen to him, Omerta, he's in pre-med.
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Napoleon I posted:We keep our contract attorneys literally in the basement. Do they work in conditions reminiscent of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory? If not, that's disappointing.
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Baruch Obamawitz posted:I'm tempted to apply to that with my cover letter saying "go gently caress yourself" Do it and post the response (if you get any)! 
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Boxman posted:Seriously 2012 sucks. 2016 is worse.
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Solid Lizzie posted:I liked the part of his answer where he wants to promote manufacturing, because it's super encouraging to me as an upcoming law grad. You can help set up entities that can help shelter income from taxation (or, alternatively, be allowed to qualify for the repatriation waiver)!
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quote:In conclusion, I think this type of post has become more prevalent, and is in very poor taste. I would suggest that if such negative, disparaging bullshit needs to be posted at all, it should not be in /r/lawschool. "Let's ignore the real world because we (tentatively) get to live in a magical world of legal wonder for (up to) 3 years, accruing ~$150,000 in tuition (plus room/board/etc) on the hope that we'll get a nice paycheck to pay down our ridiculously oversized debts at the end of said 3 years! What can possibly go wrong with that? "
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Solid Lizzie posted:Can't really dive too much into specifics currently, but suffice to say, while he's no sovereign citizen, the various tax-related client stories you've read in here are fairly indicative of (a) how cooky his scheme was, and; (b) how adamant he was that we just didn't care/didn't know what we were doing/various other allegations about not trying to vindicate his rights and the reason why he's been entangled in this for two years is totally because all lawyers are lazy and out to get him and not because his proposed plan won't fly. Did you hit him in the face with Circular 230 and order him to read it?
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Sep 8, 2012 03:36
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Mons Hubris posted:A pay cut to make partner? How does that work? Most of the compensation is in the form of partnership income and business isn't exactly booming, I'm guessing ("Feast or famine"). I have a friend who is a partner in a CPA tax practice where that's pretty much the case.
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Walamor posted:I prefer this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4M98x-FLp7E "I don't even want to be a lawyer - I'm in a bluegrass band." - Pretty spot-on.
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quote:At one point in the June 8 hearing Mr. Meads said that Mr. Meads (all capitals) was a “corporate entity” attached to his birth certificate. Couldn't the judge have just said "OK, then we're piercing the corporate veil and holding the main shareholder liable since its clearly a facade for its alter ego - that's you, moron"?
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Oct 2, 2012 18:17
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A double bar!
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Zarkov Cortez posted:http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/420504/october-23-2012/john-grisham Grisham does appear to have a "Must kill off at least one judge per book" policy going on.
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Oct 25, 2012 05:08
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Truly, the embodiment of  - congrats!
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nm posted:That poo poo is funny. Best thing (IMO) is that Ron Paul thing in the random pile of Americana.
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insanityv2 posted:Look at this stupid loving 0l Isn't that pretty much all 0Ls, though? 
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I thought in a lot of towns and cities you get disqualified from some police academies by being overqualified in terms of education?
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