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Posted on 3/26/15 at 11:16 am to TigerGman
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There's no demonstrable need for another lawyer.
Then why are firms/companies hiring more? Seems like you don't have a good sense of market dynamics. If you want to talk about saturation, that's fine, but that's not what you seem to be doing.
Posted on 3/26/15 at 11:24 am to Tooncesridesagain
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Tulane makes you choose to do Louisiana OR common law. You can't do both so if you get three years down the civilian track and decide to go out of,state you're fricked.
You can do both. After your 1L year there arent really course requirements in law school
Posted on 3/26/15 at 11:29 am to MrLSU
LSU law is mostly completely funded by tuition so yeah they'll be affected but not as much as people are leading you to believe.
Posted on 3/26/15 at 11:30 am to MasterofTigerBait
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After your 1L year there arent really course requirements in law school
And unless you have a part-time job or internship/clinic, etc., your third year is pretty much a waste designed to pump more money into the law school. You wind up taking courses like "Literature and the Law."
Posted on 3/26/15 at 12:36 pm to etoile
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LSU and Tulane Law School
Have you considered Southern? Perennially underrated school. Strong regional ties and good job placement.
Great legal writing program as well!
This post was edited on 3/26/15 at 12:39 pm
Posted on 3/26/15 at 12:37 pm to theronswanson
Couldn't agree more 
Posted on 3/26/15 at 12:39 pm to theronswanson
It has a decent reputation locally (especially from the night school), but out of state it's seen as a complete joke on account of its atrocious bar passage rate. I may take the night school route if I get a job I'm up to that would get me down to 40 hours/week and in BR full time.
Posted on 3/26/15 at 12:40 pm to Mo Jeaux
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And unless you have a part-time job or internship/clinic, etc., your third year is pretty much a waste designed to pump more money into the law school. You wind up taking courses like "Literature and the Law."
Pretty fun though
Posted on 3/26/15 at 1:40 pm to Mo Jeaux
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Then why are firms/companies hiring more?
So they can keep the cycle of over billing their clients going. Somebody has to do the real work to pay for that Villa in Tuscany.
Posted on 3/26/15 at 1:52 pm to TigerGman
Show us on the doll where the lawyer touched you.
You're in a safe place here.
You're in a safe place here.
Posted on 3/26/15 at 3:00 pm to boosiebadazz
Anyone here that took the Louisiana bar go to an out of state law school? If so, did you feel barbri or whatever prep course you took sufficiently prepared you for the bar?
Posted on 3/26/15 at 3:56 pm to boosiebadazz
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Show us on the doll where the lawyer touched you.
Explain to me why we need more lawyers. Good, bad, or ugly.
There are lawyers applying for receptionist positions.
I'll hang up and listen.
Posted on 3/26/15 at 3:57 pm to TigerGman
Because those baby boomers have to retire/die sometime
Posted on 3/27/15 at 7:20 am to kingbob
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Because those baby boomers have to retire/die sometime
Here's what the "Good" Lawyers are up to:
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A federal judge in Manhattan is ordering lawyers in a United Parcel Service lawsuit to file new pleadings that are short and plain, in keeping with Rule 8 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
In a March 24 order (PDF), U.S. District Judge William Pauley III labeled the pleadings “behemoth,” and warned that failure to comply with the rule could result in sanctions, the Litigation Daily reports.
“A troubling trend toward prolixity in pleading is infecting dockets in this district and elsewhere,” Pauley wrote. He is orderling lawyers for both the plaintiff and defendants to file new pleadings omitting the surplusage.
UPS “launched its relatively straightforward claims with a sprawling 175-paragraph complaint, larded with more than 1,400 pages of exhibits,” Pauley wrote. Lawyers for former franchisees responded with a 210-page answer with counterclaims and “voluminous exhibits,” later expanded in an amended answer to a “breathtaking” 303 pages that “brims with irrelevant and redundant allegations,” Pauley said.
Pauley appears to target lawyers from Reed Smith, who filed the original complaint on behalf of UPS, and the lawyer who represented the defendants, Manhattan solo practitioner Stephen Savva, the Litigation Daily says.
The UPS complaint alleges owners of 11 former franchises continued to use UPS trademarks after UPS terminated their franchise agreements for charging customers more than the agreed-upon rates. The defendants claim that they were being unfairly targeted for common practices.
A spokesperson for Reed Smith did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Savva referred a comment request to a spokesperson for Bickel & Brewer, which recently joined Savva in representing the defendants.
Bickel & Brewer partner William A. Brewer III said in a statement that he is pleased the judge allowed the defendants to pursue their most central claim against UPS. “We certainly recognize what the court was contending with–and appreciate its effort to serve notice to these parties, and all lawyers, to bring credibility and clarity to the proceedings in which they are involved,” Brewer said.
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Posted on 3/27/15 at 7:45 am to JudgeHolden
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The OT has too much of everything. That's why I like it.
too much of anything is just enough
Posted on 3/27/15 at 8:34 am to drewb808
Explain to me why we need more lawyers. Good, bad, or ugly.
Because we are clearly not doing a good job keeping crazy people like you in institutions.
But I agree it is a miserable job market right now, and stressful job for a ungrateful public. Should have gone to Med School instead. They ae just as many picks but it pays twice as much and everybody loves doctors.
Because we are clearly not doing a good job keeping crazy people like you in institutions.
But I agree it is a miserable job market right now, and stressful job for a ungrateful public. Should have gone to Med School instead. They ae just as many picks but it pays twice as much and everybody loves doctors.
Posted on 3/27/15 at 12:34 pm to REG861
The NOLA butthurt is strong in this one. I will hand you and yours this, you are loyal.
Posted on 3/27/15 at 3:28 pm to etoile
Tulane no question. Living in New Orleans with no one to answer to was a great decision.
That being said, what you should really do is stop everything you're doing, reject both scholarships and apply to med school.
DO NOT GO TO LAW SCHOOL.
That being said, what you should really do is stop everything you're doing, reject both scholarships and apply to med school.
DO NOT GO TO LAW SCHOOL.
This post was edited on 3/27/15 at 3:33 pm
Posted on 3/27/15 at 4:00 pm to Y.A. Tittle
At the end of the day, it really only matters if you can produce. Can you generate revenue for the firm? I think the legal industry was padded with additional layers of fluff for a number of years. Graduating law school classes were full of entitled $60K wannabe millionaires. The downturn in the economy forced clients to cut a large part of legal, forcing law firms to cut the fluff and run more efficiently. I think the attorneys that come into the practice these days can be successful if they work hard at honing their craft and focus on developing clients and producing revenue. Technology has made it easier to do that in my opinion. I think the inefficient model of 5-10 years ago was more worried about the school than firms are today. The focus of today is finding the right fit and getting that person to produce.
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