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JD Underground is underrated (proof in thread)

Post by chicoalto0649 » Mon May 24, 2010 11:36 pm

I know JDU has its fair share of those who couldn't hack it in the legal profession and therefore make it their life's goal to discourage anyone else from attending a non-HYS law school, but I have actually found a lot of their threads to be quite useful and interesting. Here are links to some good discussions:

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New solo practitioner with questions^

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Lawyer discussing the consequences of missing a date in federal court^

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Young attorney discussing a botched deposition ^

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Some insight into the world of corporate bankruptcy

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An ethical dilemma from a lawyer stuck in a crappy firm


Anyway, while most of the stuff on JDU is doom and gloom/not the kinda stuff kids going to/attending law school want to hear, there are still some good reads on that board and I hope TLSers don't tune them out.

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Post by MusicNutMeggie » Fri May 28, 2010 2:01 pm

I'm confused-- are you doing PR for them or something?

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Post by chicoalto0649 » Fri May 28, 2010 2:06 pm

MusicNutMeggie wrote:I'm confused-- are you doing PR for them or something?
No- just found some interesting threads from practicing attorneys that were a good read/not a total waste of time. JDU gets trashed way too much on this board. I don't think JDU needs "PR" or else wouldn't that defeat the purpose of being "underground" :wink:

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Post by MTal » Fri May 28, 2010 2:08 pm

Far be it for know it all 0L's who have never worked in any kind of legal capacity to listen to those who have been to law school, passed the bar exam, and in many cases are practicing attorneys.

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Post by 98234872348 » Fri May 28, 2010 2:13 pm

MTal wrote:Far be it for know it all 0L's
I'm duteously attempting to decipher exactly what it is this means, but I am at a loss.

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Post by Pisto3 » Fri May 28, 2010 2:21 pm

mistergoft wrote:
MTal wrote:Far be it for know-it-all 0L's
I'm duteously attempting to decipher exactly what it is this means, but I am at a loss.
I think this makes grammatically better, but the sentiment still leaves a bit to be desired.

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Re: JD Underground is underrated (proof in thread)

Post by 98234872348 » Fri May 28, 2010 2:41 pm

Pisto3 wrote:
mistergoft wrote:
MTal wrote:Far be it for know-it-all 0L's
I'm duteously attempting to decipher exactly what it is this means, but I am at a loss.
I think this makes grammatically better, but the sentiment still leaves a bit to be desired.
Thank you, that makes a bit more sense.

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Re: JD Underground is underrated (proof in thread)

Post by keg411 » Fri May 28, 2010 5:55 pm

JDU is a good site and nowhere near as negative as it's reputation.

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Re: JD Underground is underrated (proof in thread)

Post by MTal » Fri May 28, 2010 6:08 pm

Corsair wrote:JDU has been much better recently. At some point in the last year (not sure when, since I don't go there much) they started cracking down, and reorganized the site. Useful information is much easier to find now.
Are you sure it's the site that has changed...or have you?

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Post by Borhas » Fri May 28, 2010 6:13 pm

the first link is very interesting, thanks
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Post by Always Credited » Fri May 28, 2010 6:19 pm

MTal wrote:
Corsair wrote:JDU has been much better recently. At some point in the last year (not sure when, since I don't go there much) they started cracking down, and reorganized the site. Useful information is much easier to find now.
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Re: JD Underground is underrated (proof in thread)

Post by BaiAilian2013 » Fri May 28, 2010 6:23 pm

mistergoft wrote:
Pisto3 wrote:
mistergoft wrote:
MTal wrote:Far be it for know-it-all 0L's
I'm duteously attempting to decipher exactly what it is this means, but I am at a loss.
I think this makes grammatically better, but the sentiment still leaves a bit to be desired.
Thank you, that makes a bit more sense.
I think "far be it from know-it-all 0Ls" was probably the intent.

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Re: JD Underground is underrated (proof in thread)

Post by badwithpseudonyms » Fri May 28, 2010 6:28 pm

"It's just a room full of people who are full of shit going through the motions."

That is a quote from one of the comments in the botched depo thread. I just feel it is generally a good rule to live by, and worth repeating. It may also be applicable to JDU.

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Post by Ronaldo » Fri May 28, 2010 6:54 pm

Great post chicoalto0649,

Thank you

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Re: JD Underground is underrated (proof in thread)

Post by MusicNutMeggie » Fri May 28, 2010 6:57 pm

chicoalto0649 wrote:
MusicNutMeggie wrote:I'm confused-- are you doing PR for them or something?
No- just found some interesting threads from practicing attorneys that were a good read/not a total waste of time. JDU gets trashed way too much on this board. I don't think JDU needs "PR" or else wouldn't that defeat the purpose of being "underground" :wink:

Haha-- fair enough. I think a lot of things get a bum rap on TLS that really shouldn't. Thanks for pointing out some of those articles. :-)

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