tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.comments2024-02-23T04:59:26.907-05:00But I Did Everything Right!Angelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07820446523257638689noreply@blogger.comBlogger6297125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-12483015466039249962016-05-01T21:43:45.336-04:002016-05-01T21:43:45.336-04:00I was your average nice person, and now I am "...I was your average nice person, and now I am "a fucking mess" ... one minute nice and the next "an irrational asshole shouting and tossing ... work" back to my staff. I don't want to be this way. Everyday, I make a concerted effort to try to be nicer to my staff. I am not making excuses for my behavior but I am also now nervous, stressed, and anxious" from the practice of law ... the courts and clients being completely unreasonable and not getting paid on time or at all. I can barely get through a day without having to shut my door to cry. Given that I am supposed to be some type of bad ass trial attorney, I don't want others to know this. I worked in a law firm prior to law school and I never understood why so many of the attorneys were assholes, but I completely understand now. The stress gets to us, and we pass it on. I am a nice person deep down and it is how I end up treating people each day that causes me to have a lot of guilt. I don't know how to stop because I am such a basket case myself, and if I don't keep working, my staff won't have jobs. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10599241250973382717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-32366572061760712852016-05-01T21:33:52.966-04:002016-05-01T21:33:52.966-04:00The sadness ... I feel the sadness, too. I have h...The sadness ... I feel the sadness, too. I have had challenges in my life but never before would I have said that I was depressed, but I am depressed, and all of my problems come directly from the stresses of practicing law. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10599241250973382717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-62993672375693405392016-05-01T21:18:33.247-04:002016-05-01T21:18:33.247-04:00The chest pains ... I have had almost constant che...The chest pains ... I have had almost constant chest pains for the past 5 years, as well as muscle aches, headaches, sobbing, weight gain, etc., etc. Usually, I work remotely through every vacation, but I just took a vacation with my son's school to Europe where I had very limited internet and cell service. I was gone 10 days and, almost miraculously, all of my physical symptoms were gone after 2 days of being disconnected from the office. Upon my return, I could feel my body tightening up as I drove to my office on my first day back, and, now, a week later, I feel worse than before I left. I don't know what to do. I have to keep working because I am not wealthy and I have to pay the bills. We don't live excessively so there really isn't anything I could cut out so that I could stop working. <br /><br />For about a month before I left on vacation, I started having a nightmare where I would wake up every morning and I felt like I had forgotten something on a case. I could see the file but not the name of the file. I had this dream for a month straight, and I drove my staff crazy trying to determine what I was missing. I never figured it out, and I am hoping it was just a product of my anxiety. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10599241250973382717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-15050445312700560042016-05-01T20:38:11.186-04:002016-05-01T20:38:11.186-04:00Your post could have been written by me. I am so ...Your post could have been written by me. I am so stressed to the point of feeling mentally and emotionally unstable. I have said repeatedly, "I did everything right! How did I end up like this?" I was valedictorian in high school and voted most likely to succeed. I had a 4.0 in college. I scored in the 90th percentile on the LSATs. Graduated from law school with honors and passed the bar the first time (big deal when more than 50% fail). All I ever wanted was to be a lawyer, and, now I feel trapped and would like to wake up at 18 and be able to do this all over and be anything but a lawyer. I am physically ill almost every day but with nothing actually diagnoseable. My kids never see me. My husband never sees me. I have become a royal bitch to my employees, and I don't want to be that way. I have significant cash flow, but my student loans take all the cash that I can't really pay my bills. Clients are demanding, even when I go above and beyond. The courts are unrealistic and almost punitive in scheduling. I literally feel like I am losing it, but I have no other marketable skills. I have gone to counseling, which has proven useless because I don't have any self-destructive behaviors other than working. Sigh ... Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10599241250973382717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-50700989829952467732016-04-30T19:26:58.943-04:002016-04-30T19:26:58.943-04:00You can't yada yada the last 60 years.
Not a...You can't yada yada the last 60 years. <br />Not all Republicans are racists but many racists are Republican.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11807346710465875959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-46444255264042209642016-04-30T10:33:57.521-04:002016-04-30T10:33:57.521-04:00Angel: Disingenuous liberals trying to masquerade ...Angel: Disingenuous liberals trying to masquerade as libertarians such as yourself is the precise reason they have refused Federal regulation. You want to return to making judgments of a people based upon the color of his skin. As such, you underscore the veracity of the aphorism that inside every liberal is a totalitarian screaming to get out. Being a liberal is the fear that somewhere there is somebody who does want want government assistance. You are not a libertarian. You are a phony.<br /><br /><br />"Dressed in the skin of a lion, the ass spread terror far and wide."<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-13191861883330986902016-04-08T17:04:05.333-04:002016-04-08T17:04:05.333-04:00"It's silly to insult her for her choice ..."It's silly to insult her for her choice of major."<br /><br />"These kids bust their ass, work hard, study hard. They should be rewarded for their effort."<br /><br />Here's a thought. If I go out and dig a hole. A BIG hole, in my yard. Will you pay me a 60,000 salary. I will go out each day and toil for eight hours digging this hole, with minimal breaks, and I'll make substantial progress. This hole won't have any purpose or meaning, it will just be a hole. A big hole, as I will put my all into my eight daily hours of holedigging labor, but just a hole nonetheless.<br /><br />Will you may me a $60,000 salary for my efforts?? After all, I AM working hard. Likely, you would refuse my offer. Because while I WOULD be working hard, I will not be doing ANYTHING of use or contributing anything of actual value.<br /><br />If you are spending your time getting an education that will not benefit yourself nor society, why should I care if it puts you into debt?? Fuck working "hard". We need to reward working SMART.<br /><br />Would you praise a man digging a trench with a spoon despite the fact that there are SMARTER, easier ways to dig trenches?? Probably not!! Reward people who are using their brains and creating value!! Don't praise the spoon digger for doing hard work to achieve little, praise the guy with the shovel who is able to achieve more, faster, because he's doing it smart.<br /><br />So yeah. Don't get a useless degree.<br /><br />But it's not fair to blame the people studying. They've been lied too. Told that what they are doing is the thing they need to do to be successful. This is a lie, and a good portion of them would be better served at a trade school learning to weld. But Big Academia has created a cult of knowledge around the idea that you NEEEEEEED pieces of paper to validate your worth and get you money, and has also spread around the idea that it doesn't matter what exactly the paper says.<br /><br />Don't blame the kids, but ALSO don't pretend like there are no stupid choices to be made in major decisions merely because people are "working hard" at their stupid decision.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-5714040361775926292016-04-07T04:32:50.905-04:002016-04-07T04:32:50.905-04:00Review this explanation : http://www.bcgsearch.com...Review this explanation : <a href="http://www.bcgsearch.com/article/900046515/Attorney-and-Law-Firm-Rankings-How-to-Determine-the-Most-Prestigious-Law-Firms-and-the-Most-Marketable-Attorneys/" rel="nofollow">http://www.bcgsearch.com/article/900046515/Attorney-and-Law-Firm-Rankings-How-to-Determine-the-Most-Prestigious-Law-Firms-and-the-Most-Marketable-Attorneys/</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-18884165569861438332016-04-06T17:49:55.118-04:002016-04-06T17:49:55.118-04:00The original post states that as a rule of thumb, ...The original post states that as a rule of thumb, never attend a school which will cost you to incur more debt than the expected salary your first year after. Let that sink in for a second. Name 1 law school that costs less than the expected salary of graduates their 1st year as an attorney? This guy us to be thinking of famous pop icon school, I hear it only costs 5k a year and you can expect to become an instant millionaire as soon as you graduate. Lol clearly whoever wrote the original post here has absolutely no clue as to how the real world works or what hard work is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-8927131527841788852016-04-06T14:31:28.616-04:002016-04-06T14:31:28.616-04:00I don't know about FCSL back in 2011, but it&#...I don't know about FCSL back in 2011, but it's 2016 now, the school has a new dean, and has been awarded numerous honors over the past few years. I am currently a student and I love it. Just an FYI to anyone thinking of attending who finds this page as I did. Note the dates of the comments (almost entirely pre-2012). Also many of these complaints regard common law school policies not at all specific to FCSL (such as the grading policy). Cheers!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-31194347112807495752016-03-11T02:14:34.627-05:002016-03-11T02:14:34.627-05:00I agree why do junior lawyers have to bear the bur...I agree why do junior lawyers have to bear the burden. I used to hate it when junior partners slashed my billable hours. This is work actually done for the client. As such, the associate lawyer should be paid accordingly. <br />https://twentysomethinglawyer.wordpress.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-6368503931002147222016-03-09T23:11:08.084-05:002016-03-09T23:11:08.084-05:00They are not concealing anything. They don't ...They are not concealing anything. They don't want federal interference, period. There is nothing immoral about it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00841802567982372902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-18019804929951360852016-03-06T18:00:42.224-05:002016-03-06T18:00:42.224-05:00An individual is working for a law firm while goin...An individual is working for a law firm while going to law school to get JD degree. The JD degree does not make the individual a lawyer, only passing the bar exam makes you a lawyer. A JD degree does not make you a lawyer, so like the RN, this individual should deduct law school as "continuing education."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-42232860885424037232016-02-16T11:30:03.415-05:002016-02-16T11:30:03.415-05:00Attended law school in last century - exited after...Attended law school in last century - exited after year and half (grades not high enough) - did not get any special treatment (classroom support, mentoring, etc) - worked my ass off to no avail - ultimately, was told that it came down to numbers - too many students accepted into class - being out of state, without support (connections) and identifying myself as wanna be transfer - IMHO - doomed me to fail - typical / atypical?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-53687227477990742042016-01-29T20:15:47.540-05:002016-01-29T20:15:47.540-05:00My first semester at law school I got a C+ in Prop...My first semester at law school I got a C+ in Property. I read through all of these blogs, threads, etc. and it was so discouraging. All of these sites basically made me feel like I wasted my time and would never succeed in law. But I still tried. I brought my grades up so that my GPA was above the curve, I networked my ASS off, made it onto Law Review and the Moot Court Board, and still got four OCI interviews despite a 3.0 GPA. I recently accepted an offer at a mid-size firm at a salary of $2,000/week this summer. <br /><br />Basically, law school is what you made of it. If you don't let your grades define you, they won't. Don't be a sore loser about it, improve. Network. Work harder. Show them something that makes it clear that you are more than your grades. And stop reading posts like these that say law school is not worth it. You know what isn't worth it? Moping on a computer instead of making the best of your situation. I mostly wanted to give hope to those of you that are in the position I was in about a year ago. You're not hopeless if you don't want to be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-91880141707423427912016-01-20T08:49:35.835-05:002016-01-20T08:49:35.835-05:00i like two of our suggestions in particular. Refe...i like two of our suggestions in particular. Refer out stresful cases AND don't judge yourself by how much money you make and develop other metrics. New lawyers would do well to pay attention to those two tips.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18018265940790619723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-35487540238929701462016-01-13T02:41:56.488-05:002016-01-13T02:41:56.488-05:00Yep, FCSL is a teeth-buster, and Yale or Harvard g...Yep, FCSL is a teeth-buster, and Yale or Harvard grads would likely flunk out as proportionate to the typical student body. I have heard FCSL has only 2 greater teeth-buster as to its curve. Coastal will dismiss w/o a blink should the students not perform well. Certainly not a pass-fail law school, but overall, excellent opportunity for non-crybabies who want to be attorneys. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-34487365186088939212016-01-12T12:49:59.101-05:002016-01-12T12:49:59.101-05:00Though established by Freewill Baptists, Hillsdale...Though established by Freewill Baptists, Hillsdale has been officially non-denominational since its inception. It was the first American college to prohibit in its charter any discrimination based on race, religion, or sex, and became an early force for the abolition of slavery. It was also the second college in the nation to grant four-year liberal arts degrees to women. so there's that... And, historically speaking, "conservatives" were actually against discrimination.... the Republicans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-40412512899509043962016-01-10T18:20:26.943-05:002016-01-10T18:20:26.943-05:00I am ranked in the top 4% of Coastal and I am not ...I am ranked in the top 4% of Coastal and I am not in debt. Im in the JD/MBA program and I have a job after the Bar Exam paying double of what is being said. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01850145498277911571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-3521817117780014012015-11-27T12:56:34.347-05:002015-11-27T12:56:34.347-05:00I've read through many of these and have had a...I've read through many of these and have had a completely different experience. Yes, I am in competition with other attorney's, including two former partners that I introduced to LegalMatch. After 5 years, I am still satisfied. Many of the people are poor and wanting discount or free services. I have the right to pass them by. But I have picked up clients from California to Florida, one from London, UK, and earned some significant fees ($10,000 to $25,000) on some of the referrals. I've just signed another 3 year contract. Sometimes the employees are idiots, but no complaint from me to them has gone unresolved. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-39621189496909049562015-11-06T15:03:17.676-05:002015-11-06T15:03:17.676-05:00People are still going to law school???People are still going to law school???Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03469446147426159902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-75994923317364580412015-11-05T02:33:43.103-05:002015-11-05T02:33:43.103-05:00Hello everyone,My life is back!!! After 5 months o...Hello everyone,My life is back!!! After 5 months of Broken marriage, my husband left me with the kids . I felt like my life was about to end i almost committed suicide, i was emotionally down for a very long time. Thanks to a spell caster called Dr. Ikhile which i met online. On one faithful day, as I was surffing through the internet,Some people testified that he brought their Ex lover back, some testified that he restores womb,cure cancer,and other sickness, some testified that he can cast a spell to stop divorce and so on. i also come across one particular testimony,it was about a woman called Sonia ,she testified about how he brought back her Ex lover in less than 2 days, i contacted the email she drop and i explain all my problems to him, just within 24hrs my Husband came back home begging for fogiveness and now we are happily back together as one. All thanks to Dr. Ikhile, he is the answer to your problems. here's his contact Email on drikhile@hotmail.com, Call or Whats App him +27629469953<br />Sophiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04005040437940139580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-60681283138862419212015-10-27T19:07:54.979-04:002015-10-27T19:07:54.979-04:00Mmm, a scam? It's what you make of the opportu...Mmm, a scam? It's what you make of the opportunity and that's what FCSL afforded me. I'm a success story, is the school expensive, yes, education top rate, yes, faculty top rate, yes. I graduauted FCSL in 2000 after having graduated FSU in 1995. I know of many successful attorneys including myself who have graduated from FCSL and employers more than happy to hire FCSL grads. I passed the Bar on the first attempt with flying colors and have been a solo practicioner ever since. Don't beleive the sour milk and hype from those who do not accept their own personal responsibility. Just who are all these folks with sour grapes and axes to grind? Go FCSL. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-67977501352847995762015-10-24T09:48:18.869-04:002015-10-24T09:48:18.869-04:00Two states are particularly easier to be admitted ...Two states are particularly easier to be admitted to as an attorney, Colorado and Missouri. These two states admit by an applicant proving their character and fitness by preponderance of the evidence. All other states use the Clear and Convincing Standard, a higher burden. If your from Florida, forget it. Don't ever go to Florida with CF troubles, it is by far the hardest state in the nation to pass CF. In regards to Colorado, our Law College has a Professor and head of a clinic that killed some people. He got licensed in Colorado first despite being a resident of another state where he killed some people as that state was hard to get into. He served 7 years in prison, WTF. He was admitted to Colorado bar 10 years after he killed some people and 3 years after leaving prison. He learned the law better than anyone while in prison. Ended up suing his law school, beat his law school in Federal Court, and then it went bankrupt a few years later. Go to Colorado. And I wouldn't tell your law school nor report it to the bar. As long as you didn't cheat on an exam or do anything else that would flag your bar application, a juvenile record that never became a record will not be found on a standard background search. Bar committees only search local police or Court records if the applicant reports a problem or if a very broad search on Lexis Nexis comes up with something, or if you ever had another name, identity or business. As long as you didn't have a business as a sole proprietorship and no other CF flags such as civil suit, unpaid credit cards. You should be able to slither through Colorado or Missouri.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-16312524118678059882015-10-24T09:46:50.053-04:002015-10-24T09:46:50.053-04:00Two states are particularly easier to be admitted ...Two states are particularly easier to be admitted to as an attorney, Colorado and Missouri. These two states admit by an applicant proving their character and fitness by preponderance of the evidence. All other states use the Clear and Convincing Standard, a higher burden. If your from Florida, forget it. Don't ever go to Florida with CF troubles, it is by far the hardest state in the nation to pass CF. In regards to Colorado, our Law College has a Professor and head of a clinic that killed some people. He got licensed in Colorado first despite being a resident of another state where he killed some people as that state was hard to get into. Be served 7 years in prison, WTF. He was admitted to Colorado bar 10 years after he killed some people and 3 years after leaving prison. He learned the law better than anyone while in prison. Ended up suing his law school, beat his law school in Federal Court, and then it went bankrupt a few years later. Go to Colorado. And I wouldn't tell your law school nor report it to the bar. As long as you didn't cheat on an exam or do anything else that would flag your bar application, a juvenile record that never became a record will not be found on a standard background search. Bar committees only search local police or Court records if the applicant reports a problem or if a very broad search on Lexis Nexis comes up with something, or if you ever had another name, identity or business. As long as you didn't have a business as a sole proprietorship and no other CF flags such as civil shit, unpaid credit cards. You should be able to slither through Colorado or Missouri.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com