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Hisyphus t1_ixnv6l0 wrote

Reply to comment by 1dayAwayagain in BPD: we are severely understaffed. also BPD: we gotta protect people from this puddle by Whoevenknows94

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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