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whuts4lunch wrote:

ToTransferOrNot wrote:I focused all three years on the most "practical" classes/clinics/etc. I could find. None of it was at all helpful for business in general. This is another assumption people make that is flat-out wrong.

Many practicing and formerly practicing attorneys disagree with you. I've already learned valuable things for business just this semester.

c3pO4 wrote:

Larry David wrote:

kwais wrote:I swear I can't tell if Veyron and Heavenwood are trolling MTal. Bizarre thread we have here.

Whats a troll?

lol. you. nice use of the "optimism" schtick, troll.

all you 1Ls are in for such a rude awakening. I remember when I was bright eyed and optimistic. Either you will strike out and realize how screwed you are or you will get a job and realize that 7 out of 10 of your friends are drowning in life altering debt. in 3 years either you or the people around you will be positioned to live out your dreams or your worst, most unimaginable nightmare.

whuts4lunch wrote:

ToTransferOrNot wrote:I focused all three years on the most "practical" classes/clinics/etc. I could find. None of it was at all helpful for business in general. This is another assumption people make that is flat-out wrong.

Many practicing and formerly practicing attorneys disagree with you. I've already learned valuable things for business just this semester.

ToTransferOrNot wrote:

whuts4lunch wrote:

ToTransferOrNot wrote:I focused all three years on the most "practical" classes/clinics/etc. I could find. None of it was at all helpful for business in general. This is another assumption people make that is flat-out wrong.

Many practicing and formerly practicing attorneys disagree with you. I've already learned valuable things for business just this semester.

ROFL, name one thing from your 1L first-semester classes that has been helpful for business.

ToTransferOrNot wrote:

whuts4lunch wrote:

ToTransferOrNot wrote:I focused all three years on the most "practical" classes/clinics/etc. I could find. None of it was at all helpful for business in general. This is another assumption people make that is flat-out wrong.

Many practicing and formerly practicing attorneys disagree with you. I've already learned valuable things for business just this semester.

ROFL, name one thing from your 1L first-semester classes that has been helpful for business.

c3pO4 wrote:Lol I'm sure your practicing adjuncts and formerly practicing profs told you that. FYI the only reason adjuncts are teaching at your school is either to develop their own business, or it's a retirement plan. Your profs all flamed out of biglaw or never where in it.

You ain't learning anything useful, dude.

c3pO4 wrote:

whuts4lunch wrote:

ToTransferOrNot wrote:I focused all three years on the most "practical" classes/clinics/etc. I could find. None of it was at all helpful for business in general. This is another assumption people make that is flat-out wrong.

Many practicing and formerly practicing attorneys disagree with you. I've already learned valuable things for business just this semester.

Lol I'm sure your practicing adjuncts and formerly practicing profs told you that. FYI the only reason adjuncts are teaching at your school is either to develop their own business, or it's a retirement plan. Your profs all flamed out of biglaw or never where in it.

You ain't learning anything useful, dude.

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whuts4lunch wrote:

c3pO4 wrote:Lol I'm sure your practicing adjuncts and formerly practicing profs told you that. FYI the only reason adjuncts are teaching at your school is either to develop their own business, or it's a retirement plan. Your profs all flamed out of biglaw or never where in it.

You ain't learning anything useful, dude.

not talking about professors. talking about family friends, distant relatives, and people I've already done business with

NYC Law wrote:I'm FA so I have no hope for a wife or kids anyway. And without those things I have no use for owning a home.

So looks like I'm all set.

NYC Law wrote:I'm FA so I have no hope for a wife or kids anyway. And without those things I have no use for owning a home.

So looks like I'm all set.

Larry David wrote:

NYC Law wrote:I'm FA so I have no hope for a wife or kids anyway. And without those things I have no use for owning a home.

So looks like I'm all set.

fat american?

NYC Law wrote:

Larry David wrote:

NYC Law wrote:I'm FA so I have no hope for a wife or kids anyway. And without those things I have no use for owning a home.

So looks like I'm all set.

fat american?

Forever Alone

Larry David wrote:

NYC Law wrote:

Larry David wrote:

NYC Law wrote:I'm FA so I have no hope for a wife or kids anyway. And without those things I have no use for owning a home.

So looks like I'm all set.

fat american?

Forever Alone

awww get a hooker!!

kwais wrote:I swear I can't tell if Veyron and Heavenwood are trolling MTal. Bizarre thread we have here.

MTal wrote:

kwais wrote:I swear I can't tell if Veyron and Heavenwood are trolling MTal. Bizarre thread we have here.

If I were to characterize your personality, it'd be that of a yappy little chihuahua.

c3pO4 wrote:

Larry David wrote:

kwais wrote:I swear I can't tell if Veyron and Heavenwood are trolling MTal. Bizarre thread we have here.

Whats a troll?

lol. you. nice use of the "optimism" schtick, troll.

all you 1Ls are in for such a rude awakening. I remember when I was bright eyed and optimistic. Either you will strike out and realize how screwed you are or you will get a job and realize that 7 out of 10 of your friends are drowning in life altering debt. in 3 years either you or the people around you will be positioned to live out your dreams or your worst, most unimaginable nightmare.

Gail wrote:It seems like most people that come here using anecdotal stories about how bad law school is come with stories about their friends. It always has a caveat like, "I'm doing ok, but I feel lucky."

If that is the case for every time I've seen something like that, I feel like TLS must be some type of good luck charm.

whuts4lunch wrote:

ToTransferOrNot wrote:Do not understand this logic. Time to evaluate you? They do a 20-30 minute screening interview of you and several dozen other people. Grades are a lot more indicative than that setting in most cases.

Once you make it past the screener to a callback, the game obviously changes (though grades still matter - just not as much).

There is plenty to evaluate. Resume, foreign language ability, sales ability, personality, business savvy, recommendations from previous employers, maybe a writing sample.

You can test the interviewee. You ask them questions, you see how they would respond to certain situations, you attempt to gain an insight into how they think and what they are capable of. A good interviewer can learn a ton about a person in 20-30 minutes. A good interviewee can make sure that the interviewer is familiar with what the interviewee is capable of, just from having had that conversation.

Richie Tenenbaum wrote:

whuts4lunch wrote:

ToTransferOrNot wrote:Do not understand this logic. Time to evaluate you? They do a 20-30 minute screening interview of you and several dozen other people. Grades are a lot more indicative than that setting in most cases.

Once you make it past the screener to a callback, the game obviously changes (though grades still matter - just not as much).

There is plenty to evaluate. Resume, foreign language ability, sales ability, personality, business savvy, recommendations from previous employers, maybe a writing sample.

You can test the interviewee. You ask them questions, you see how they would respond to certain situations, you attempt to gain an insight into how they think and what they are capable of. A good interviewer can learn a ton about a person in 20-30 minutes. A good interviewee can make sure that the interviewer is familiar with what the interviewee is capable of, just from having had that conversation.

QFP of never having done OCI. What you are saying is fine...but this is not what happens in screening interviews. The majority of these interviews are simple personalty assessments (i.e. "Do I want to work with this person?"). Grades/school are there to show them you're competent to do the work. Sure there are exceptions to this, but you're detached from reality if you think the average screening interviewer is going to ask probing intellectual questions.

glitter178 wrote:

c3pO4 wrote:

Larry David wrote:

kwais wrote:I swear I can't tell if Veyron and Heavenwood are trolling MTal. Bizarre thread we have here.

Whats a troll?

lol. you. nice use of the "optimism" schtick, troll.

all you 1Ls are in for such a rude awakening. I remember when I was bright eyed and optimistic. Either you will strike out and realize how screwed you are or you will get a job and realize that 7 out of 10 of your friends are drowning in life altering debt. in 3 years either you or the people around you will be positioned to live out your dreams or your worst, most unimaginable nightmare.

i'm sorry.... i don't understand this post (serious) ... either [we] will strike out or [we] will get a job and realize [our] friends are in debt? why would i care if my friends are in debt? i mean i get the sympathy aspect, but i mean why would it affect my life?