Am I screwed? (c&f issue) Forum

[Mal Reynolds]

That's what I said earlier. If he's AA and has t14 scores it's no big deal.

[WichitaShocker]

While I agree there are good reasons to get work experience, plenty of people go to law school K-JD and succeed just fine. Going K-JD is not like going to Thomas Jefferson Law School. And this really isn't like the "should I go to Barry or Nova" kind of choosing thread where people suggest retaking/not going/going elsewhere and the OP gets bent out of shape. OP had a reasonable, discrete question and jumping all over him for the K-JD thing is getting a little obsessive.

This... I got a couple years of work experience and I am incredibly glad I did. I recommend all K-JD's work for a few years, but this is getting insane... It seems like every thread I open has a post about getting work experience. It truly does seem obsessive...

[Kratos]

Is it not fair in a thread where someone is asking about a C&F issue to suggest working for a couple years, given that doing so will put space between them and the arrest and make it look less of an issue, along with a lot of the other ancillary benefits of working between UG and LS?

[mmelittlechicken]

Is it not fair in a thread where someone is asking about a C&F issue to suggest working for a couple years, given that doing so will put space between them and the arrest and make it look less of an issue?

yes because it's not an issue

[Kratos]

Is it not fair in a thread where someone is asking about a C&F issue to suggest working for a couple years, given that doing so will put space between them and the arrest and make it look less of an issue?

yes because it's not an issue

Ok fine, sorry for being a dick then OP.

[Ohiobumpkin]

why the fuck are you guys telling him to get a job if this thread is not at all about that?

This. I don't get why Kratos and others are acting like judgmental asses here. The OP was only asking for advice on how a PI charge will affect his C&F eligibility down the road. As Nony said, plenty of people do the K-JD route.

To get to your question OP, don't worry about it. Be up front about with your state's bar association and maybe talk to somebody at your law school who helps advice students with bar admissions process. You'll be fine as long as you get in front of this early and be honest. Good luck.

[fats provolone]

how aggressive was the pi

[Kratos]

why the fuck are you guys telling him to get a job if this thread is not at all about that?

This. I don't get why Kratos and others are acting like judgmental asses here. The OP was only asking for advice on how a PI charge will affect his C&F eligibility down the road. As Nony said, plenty of people do the K-JD route.

To get to your question OP, don't worry about it. Be up front about with your state's bar association and maybe talk to somebody at your law school who helps advice students with bar admissions process. You'll be fine as long as you get in front of this early and be honest. Good luck.

Was what I said judgmental? Hell yes. But that is because OP is looking for advice, and in a very terse way I gave him my two cents. If you ask for advice, be prepared to receive advice that is negative.

[90convoy]

how aggressive was the pi

no resisting or anything if thats what u mean

[rdawkins28]

Heh. I need to remember this thread. First time I've ever seen the collective TLS drones got put in their place.

[unc0mm0n1]

Whoa, what is going on in this thread? OP asked a specific question and then it devolved into posters calling him lazy, stubborn, etc. based on almost zero knowledge of him. If OP wanted advice on if he should go K-JD or not, he would have asked for it. And given how anti K-JD TLS can be, I'm sure he's heard the arguments against it 1000 times. I don't know what any of you think you gain by being judgmental and insulting to people you don't even know.

You must be new to TLS. Never ask for advice here if you expect to get a "nice" response.

[90convoy]

Whoa, what is going on in this thread? OP asked a specific question and then it devolved into posters calling him lazy, stubborn, etc. based on almost zero knowledge of him. If OP wanted advice on if he should go K-JD or not, he would have asked for it. And given how anti K-JD TLS can be, I'm sure he's heard the arguments against it 1000 times. I don't know what any of you think you gain by being judgmental and insulting to people you don't even know.

You must be new to TLS. Never ask for advice here if you expect to get a "nice" response.

This. But this shit devolved almost instantly lol

[03152016]

i decided not to respond any further earlier b/c i didn't want the thread to derail any further
but since this is turning into a circlejerk, let's clear something up

op has an absurd reason to go straight through, period.
if you want to be a k-jd, be a k-jd
but don't go on about how you're not taking a gap year because you can't find a job when you haven't tried to find a job
it's absurd on its face and is a bad example for others considering gap years who may be reading this thread
probably hundreds, maybe thousands of students in the future will be reading this thread; some of them will undoubtedly be philosophy majors, and music majors, and communications majors
i don't believe the message we should be sending to 21 year old college seniors is "crappy major? go ahead, plunge right into a profession with ridiculously high costs and a piss-poor job market before you have any life experience"
again, these are all ex ante considerations i'm raising, i'm not necessarily saying it's all applicable to op, though perhaps it may be

also
rdawkins it's sort of amazing how aggressively bad of a poster you are
at first i thought you were troll, but then i realized that no one would bother creating a character so impossibly stupid

[xylocarp]

how aggressive was the pi

it was aggressive trust me

[A. Nony Mouse]

Is it not fair in a thread where someone is asking about a C&F issue to suggest working for a couple years, given that doing so will put space between them and the arrest and make it look less of an issue, along with a lot of the other ancillary benefits of working between UG and LS?

Except no one actually said this.

[banjo]

Good advice often means raising issues that people might not see or confront on their own. As long as the advice still relates to law school admissions and a legal career, I don't really see the problem. Maybe this particular thread went a little far.

As for a job, I think doing administrative work in a small law office for a year -- a very achievable job -- could help. At the very least, you'll have a few talking points for interviews. You can say that you worked in a team, drafted correspondence, assembled binders, entered billing, and handled other detail-oriented drudgery. That's not MBB, but it's not nothing.

OP, disclose your PI issue. C+F committees are looking for things like repeat bad behavior, financial mismanagement, and lying on applications. You'll probably be fine.

[90convoy]

thanks everybody for the advice!