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1dayAwayagain t1_ixnuyr3 wrote

Reply to comment by Hisyphus in BPD: we are severely understaffed. also BPD: we gotta protect people from this puddle by Whoevenknows94

How do you think you get actual experience as an attorney without starting in law school?

But yes, everything on Reddit should be taken with a grain (or better yet a dash) of salt. You don't know my experience and I don't know yours other than law school from the humble brag.

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Hisyphus t1_ixnv6l0 wrote

Yeah. As in you go to law school and then get a real job where you actually learn how to be a lawyer. But it’s not like you don’t learn stuff while getting a JD.

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1dayAwayagain t1_ixnw7rj wrote

Ok I had assumed that part was obvious... You can't practice law without going to law school and passing the bar lol. I shouldn't have assumed.

You learn just enough getting a JD to embarrass yourself in front of a judge and/or jury. Litigation skills come from experience, not school. That's why the newbies start in District Court, and the talented ones start in Circuit Court.

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Hisyphus t1_ixo31c9 wrote

Lol yeah I gotcha. From the way law schools flog Big Law, the most talented ones of all wind up doing corporate transactional work and never see a courtroom at all but rather send big checks.

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1dayAwayagain t1_ixoj4q8 wrote

Yep. It's sad. My good friend who was a prosecutor called me and apologized for leaving public service ... Said a corporation gave him a number he couldn't say no to.

I said absolutely no judgements here, as I know public service lawyers don't get paid shit.

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Hisyphus t1_ixojvi0 wrote

At the end of the day, I know when I close my laptop at 5 or 7 pm after a day of writing pharmaceutical contracts I won’t feel depressed or nauseous or angry. I’m not losing sleep worrying that one of my clients is going to get arrested, deported, or killed. But I also don’t feel like I’m making the world a better place. But who knows what I’ll be doing in 10 years. 🤷🏼‍♀️

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1dayAwayagain t1_ixolnzy wrote

Don't be upset about missing out, the criminal judicial system is a scam. Just a revolving door.

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