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[Borg]

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I really don't understand why this is such a bad thing. It sounds like an attorney who has some medical issues and needs some help getting back and forth from doctors appointments offering a part time job for a law student who might want some extra cash but doesn't want to commit to a lot of hours. He's a successful UCLA alum and a lawyer in entertainment law, which is a notoriously cliquey industry, offering the opportunity for an interested student to maybe get some insight and even a foot in the door. I don't get the outraged tone of the article.

[Anonymous User]

http://abovethelaw.com/2010/08/ucla-law ... qus_thread

I really don't understand why this is such a bad thing. It sounds like an attorney who has some medical issues and needs some help getting back and forth from doctors appointments offering a part time job for a law student who might want some extra cash but doesn't want to commit to a lot of hours. He's a successful UCLA alum and a lawyer in entertainment law, which is a notoriously cliquey industry, offering the opportunity for an interested student to maybe get some insight and even a foot in the door. I don't get the outraged tone of the article.

I have no problem with it. But to people who feels entitled, oh yes.

[Icculus]

http://abovethelaw.com/2010/08/ucla-law ... qus_thread

I really don't understand why this is such a bad thing. It sounds like an attorney who has some medical issues and needs some help getting back and forth from doctors appointments offering a part time job for a law student who might want some extra cash but doesn't want to commit to a lot of hours. He's a successful UCLA alum and a lawyer in entertainment law, which is a notoriously cliquey industry, offering the opportunity for an interested student to maybe get some insight and even a foot in the door. I don't get the outraged tone of the article.

I have no problem with it. But to people who feels entitled, oh yes.

Solid anon post.

The real issue is that it's framed in a way as if to say, do this and it may turn into a law job. My guess is people go to UCLA in order to have access to OCI and career services, they pay $50K+/year and then get this email. And the author has a point, this sounds like a job you would offer a high school kid or maybe college student, not a law student.

[Dany]

Who the fuck cares? ATL is so shitty.

[Tom Joad]

I would take that job in a heartbeat.

[Anonymous User]

I would take that job in a heartbeat.

Too late. I just accepted the offer. Did not mean to be anon.

[Borg]

http://abovethelaw.com/2010/08/ucla-law ... qus_thread

I really don't understand why this is such a bad thing. It sounds like an attorney who has some medical issues and needs some help getting back and forth from doctors appointments offering a part time job for a law student who might want some extra cash but doesn't want to commit to a lot of hours. He's a successful UCLA alum and a lawyer in entertainment law, which is a notoriously cliquey industry, offering the opportunity for an interested student to maybe get some insight and even a foot in the door. I don't get the outraged tone of the article.

I have no problem with it. But to people who feels entitled, oh yes.

Solid anon post.

The real issue is that it's framed in a way as if to say, do this and it may turn into a law job. My guess is people go to UCLA in order to have access to OCI and career services, they pay $50K+/year and then get this email. And the author has a point, this sounds like a job you would offer a high school kid or maybe college student, not a law student.

Sure, obviously the ideal way to make things happen is for career services to hand you a job at Proskauer or Sheppard Mullin or whatever. But we all know that doesn't always happen, and it's not the school's fault when it doesn't. UCLA is a good school, but they can't magically give everyone a job representing Tom Hanks. I just think the sense of entitlement in the tone of the article is crazy. I'd definitely be willing to drive someone around a little bit if I wanted some beer money and to make a connection in entertainment law.

[bk1]

http://abovethelaw.com/2010/08/ucla-law ... qus_thread

I really don't understand why this is such a bad thing. It sounds like an attorney who has some medical issues and needs some help getting back and forth from doctors appointments offering a part time job for a law student who might want some extra cash but doesn't want to commit to a lot of hours. He's a successful UCLA alum and a lawyer in entertainment law, which is a notoriously cliquey industry, offering the opportunity for an interested student to maybe get some insight and even a foot in the door. I don't get the outraged tone of the article.

I have no problem with it. But to people who feels entitled, oh yes.

Solid anon post.

The real issue is that it's framed in a way as if to say, do this and it may turn into a law job. My guess is people go to UCLA in order to have access to OCI and career services, they pay $50K+/year and then get this email. And the author has a point, this sounds like a job you would offer a high school kid or maybe college student, not a law student.

Sure, obviously the ideal way to make things happen is for career services to hand you a job at Proskauer or Sheppard Mullin or whatever. But we all know that doesn't always happen, and it's not the school's fault when it doesn't. UCLA is a good school, but they can't magically give everyone a job representing Tom Hanks. I just think the sense of entitlement in the tone of the article is crazy. I'd definitely be willing to drive someone around a little bit if I wanted some beer money and to make a connection in entertainment law.

My stance is that the school should not be using it's position (aka the ability to email every student) to find a chauffeur for an alum.

[rad lulz]

Solid 2010 find, brother.

[Borg]

Solid 2010 find, brother.

Right, because the date of the article makes it irrelevant. I really should set up a Google alert so that any time anyone in the world mentions law school I hear about it, and I should post on here 24/7 like you. You're the biggest douche on this site.

[wiseowl]

Solid 2010 find, brother.

Right, because the date of the article makes it irrelevant. I really should set up a Google alert so that any time anyone in the world mentions law school I hear about it, and I should post on here 24/7 like you. You're the biggest douche on this site.

butthurt alert

[top30man]

Solid 2010 find, brother.

Right, because the date of the article makes it irrelevant. I really should set up a Google alert so that any time anyone in the world mentions law school I hear about it, and I should post on here 24/7 like you. You're the biggest douche on this site.

butthurt alert

That seemed like a bit of a harsh reaction.

[stillwater]

Solid 2010 find, brother.

Right, because the date of the article makes it irrelevant. I really should set up a Google alert so that any time anyone in the world mentions law school I hear about it, and I should post on here 24/7 like you. You're the biggest douche on this site.

He has a passion for the law.

[20130312]

Solid 2010 find, brother.

Right, because the date of the article makes it irrelevant. I really should set up a Google alert so that any time anyone in the world mentions law school I hear about it, and I should post on here 24/7 like you. You're the biggest douche on this site.

This is why I love TLS.

[Borg]

Solid 2010 find, brother.

Right, because the date of the article makes it irrelevant. I really should set up a Google alert so that any time anyone in the world mentions law school I hear about it, and I should post on here 24/7 like you. You're the biggest douche on this site.

butthurt alert

That seemed like a bit of a harsh reaction.

Yeah I know. He really is a douche though.

[rad lulz]

Yeah I know. He really is a douche though.