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Posted on 12/19/17 at 4:45 pm to ThePoo
Two years of school to get the basic knowledge. One year clerking for the government and One or two years in private practice. Then you take the bar.
Posted on 12/19/17 at 4:45 pm to RFK
Little harsh, I retract my statement 
This post was edited on 12/19/17 at 5:41 pm
Posted on 12/19/17 at 4:46 pm to LSUFanHouston
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Or maybe considering the number of law grads who can't get a job... the number of law school slots should be cut in half. Close a bunch of crappy law schools, and make the remaining ones harder. If you can increase the teaching level, maybe you can combine the current 3 years into 2.5 years and leave half a year for internships or whatever.
Google will show you this is already happening. Well except for the remainder getting "harder".
This post was edited on 12/19/17 at 4:47 pm
Posted on 12/19/17 at 4:46 pm to YoungManOldMan
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Most of you bunch of idiots can’t think critically about/in business.
What we need is business folks with law degrees.
People like you probably keep me in business, tbh
Posted on 12/19/17 at 4:47 pm to RFK
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there is a noticeable decline in the ability of recent law school graduates to enter the courtroom
this is new?
Posted on 12/19/17 at 4:47 pm to VooDude
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Is it true that if you don't go to a T14, you're screwed?
No, but it helps.
ETA: what screws you is:
1) paying too much to go to school
2) not doing well at the school you went to
3) going to a school so bad the first two don't matter
This post was edited on 12/19/17 at 4:51 pm
Posted on 12/19/17 at 4:47 pm to BigPerm30
Which means we will have to shift to law practice specialization
For example, Clerking for a criminal prosecutor won’t do you much good if you wish to be an estate planner or transactionional real estate or contract attorney
For example, Clerking for a criminal prosecutor won’t do you much good if you wish to be an estate planner or transactionional real estate or contract attorney
Posted on 12/19/17 at 4:48 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
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Speaking of Pennoyer, as a 1L who just finished spending around half of the semester in civ pro discussing personal jurisdiction, I would like to know how common it is to actually encounter personal jurisdiction issues for your everyday attorney? I guess it really just depends on the type of law you do and cases you handle, but I’d like to get some insight from the practicing attorneys out there.
It's probably disproportionate to the amount of time you spend on PJ in law school, but it's a real practical consideration that arises.
Posted on 12/19/17 at 4:49 pm to ThePoo
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Not all practices of law need courtroom experience or litigation experience
I agree . . . those that do not need to litigate would not be required to satisfy the local rule. Also, after three years, one would hope a non-litigating attorney would have picked up enough knowledge that the local rule requirement would no longer apply and they could appear before the court if they needed to do so.
Posted on 12/19/17 at 4:50 pm to TheOcean
Maybe you’re right.
Or maybe if you had a couple more years in law school you could have been competitive for the JAG Corps
Or maybe if you had a couple more years in law school you could have been competitive for the JAG Corps
Posted on 12/19/17 at 4:54 pm to Pettifogger
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but it's a real practical consideration that arises.
I'm aware of an idiot who filed where the plaintiff lived in a civil damages battery case.
Posted on 12/19/17 at 4:57 pm to RFK
Actually just got into JAG. Sweet burn, though.
Posted on 12/19/17 at 5:00 pm to Pettifogger
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It's probably disproportionate to the amount of time you spend on PJ in law school, but it's a real practical consideration that arises.
I agree. It matters sometimes, but not as much on a daily basis as law professors would have you believe.
I never understood why Fed Civ Pro was taught in 1L. I don’t know where the courthouse is but I’m learning the intricacies of diversity jurisdiction. I always thought Civ Pro would be better learned through a skills class.
Posted on 12/19/17 at 5:00 pm to TheOcean
You join the Reserve baw?
I guess after 4 years they took pity on you
I guess after 4 years they took pity on you
Posted on 12/19/17 at 5:01 pm to Pettifogger
Definitely
This post was edited on 12/19/17 at 5:03 pm
Posted on 12/19/17 at 5:03 pm to RFK
I didn't join out of law school because of an LLM.
Seriously though, 4/5 years in law school is a terrible idea
Seriously though, 4/5 years in law school is a terrible idea
Posted on 12/19/17 at 5:03 pm to YoungManOldMan
quote:yes
I’m 32. Am I too old
Posted on 12/19/17 at 5:03 pm to 4WHLN
This has nothing to do with coddling youth and everything to do with a change in the way universities teach, and pressure for them to take more students and graduate more students to make more money
Posted on 12/19/17 at 5:07 pm to TheOcean
What branch? Army Reserves for 21 years. Boarding for 06 in 2018.
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