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Starting a new poll for dem for prez thread. The names/lineup posted just fine EXCEPT the votes from the last poll are somehow carrying over. Instead of everyone starting at Zero, it’s the % carried over from whoever had been in that space. Michael Bennet now has Biden's 11 votes, because Biden had...

Sounds like a public health measure.

Damn that’s egregious.

Sorry if this is presumptuous and you’ve already given this thought, but have you considered what might happen if you turn out to hate biglaw, or discover that the “prestige” is actually hollow and unfulfilling? Because that’s a way more common story than you might expect from the other side. It sou...

I would absolutely wait; there’s very little downside to delaying law school, especially in a case like this one. Mind sharing why you want to switch from a high-benefits government job to the biglaw grind? Do you dislike your work that much?

No, because I don't draft briefs on a seventy-year-old typewriter. But I do italicize it.

Law school is nothing like legal practice, and liking one has very little relation to the liking the other. That said, there's little point in taking on massive amounts of debt for a field you don't want to pursue. Did you have a career before law school you could return to, or did you go straight t...

Students with partners don’t tend to live any one particular area other than “convenient commuting distance to Penn.” Center City, Graduate Hospital, and West Philly just southwest of campus are all popular options in roughly descending order of priciness for the same space (caveat that CC is a huge...

Folks here definitely have. But Friday evenings and Saturday morning are usually among the quietest times on the site. You might have to wait a few days. You could also try cross-posting in the Law Grad Lounge, where a lot of post-LS employment discussion takes place.

They don't much matter but UVA's rubric sounds good.

UVA is clearly the better choice in a vacuum in terms of employment outcomes, financial offers being equal. But as to whether that’s worth up and moving your lives 3-4 hours from DC is a highly personal choice. I’d wait to find out what actual cost of attendance at each is expected to be before maki...

Largely irrelevant, unfortunately. University pedigree is a soft bump at best. I would not transfer if that’s your only reason though.

Might be some overlap with this thread: https://www.lawschool.life/forums/viewtopic.php?p=197335#p197335 And there's a lot of discussion on iPads in the general Tech and Apple threads in the Lounge. Bottom line being the iPad Pro is an excellent device that's definitely useful for document reading a...

I’ve heard of 4-6 months being common depending on the district, and that as long as a year isn’t unheard of in some.
No firsthand experience.

BigZuck wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 11, 2019 1:33 pm
I’m fairly confident that “Senior Associate” is just a signal to opposing counsel that “This guy is a pain in the ass to work across from and all around general piece of work.”

Hope that helps!

I think you mean “, Esq.”

At my firm, there are only associates and partners. I think this is firm-specific and also utterly meaningless. It’s not meaningless where it means something. At my firm there were special trainings and seminars that went with reaching mid-level or senior, and a change in expectations of case manag...

Senior associate at a biglaw firm usually entails at least 5-6 years.

Danger Zone wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 30, 2019 9:24 am
None that I've ever heard of

Ok this is actually happening for me on a bunch of different websites now. Extremely odd.

No idea what’s causing this but I’m looking into it.

Johannes wrote: ↑
Sun Dec 30, 2018 12:26 pm
For REPAYE, you have to file jointly.

AFAIK this is wrong. You can file separately but your REPAYE payments are based on adjusted gross income (combined) regardless.
Filing jointly is probably going to make more sense for most couples but it’s not a requirement.

Take the Hamilton for all the reasons mentioned above.

Platopus wrote: ↑
Mon Jan 07, 2019 6:50 pm
Anyone have outlines for

Bankruptcy - Skeel
Crim - Katz
Con - Kreimer?

Thanks in advance!!

I definitely have Katz somewhere, remind me if I haven’t uploaded it within the next couple days.

Unlikely in the extreme even at most T14.

I don’t remember any applications asking for disclosure of anything less than arrests and/or convictions. But whatever you do disclose, just be sure to emphasize how much you’ve learned and grown since the experience and odds are are you’ll be fine.

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