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Yeah, winning trials and hearings is great but have you have ever had a client thank you for a doing great job at hearing that you lost? 🥹

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2 years

The Bar exam accommodations requirements are literally an ADA violation lol

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2 years

Law school is crazy because it ruins your life and you have to pay for it

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3 years

Name one thing they teach you in law school that is not true in the real world. I'll start: "The 4th Amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures".

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3 years

Say it with me: Children 👏 should 👏NEVER 👏be👏tried👏as👏adults

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3 years

I started law school in August of 2019 and it’s been quite a decade over the last 3 years

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3 years

My first year of law school was the worst mental health year of my life. I suffered a complete breakdown and had to repeat a class. But I made some major changes my second year and today I was informed that I will graduate cum laude! Wild!

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2 years

I regret to inform you that... I PASSED THE GOD DAMN BAR EXAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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3 years

Criminal defense is saying it out loud

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2 years

Idc what they teach in law school, the mens rea for all misdemeanor offenses is actually poverty

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3 years

"May it please the court". Is the court ever pleased tho?

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2 years

Name a doctrine of law that describes you. I'll go first: "Attractive Nuisance"

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3 years

I am BEGGING the major news networks to hire some former public defenders to be analysts and legal experts.

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3 years

A Supreme Court Justice that has worked a food/beverage service job or a retail job

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1 year

Law schools: If you plagiarize even a single sentence we will suspend or expel you and you will never pass character and fitness. Criminal defense practice: “Oh, I have a motion to dismiss that I filed involving your exact same issue. Give me your email & I’ll send it to you.”

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2 years

Maybe it’s just me but it would be cool if graduating law school meant that you are immediately licensed to practice law

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2 years

Whispers:"A court that was controlled entirely by slaveholders for much of its early existence has never been a legitimate institution. "

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2 years

lol the laptop "registration fee" for the bar might be my Joker moment

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2 years

Can we stop infantilizing law grads lol? Not every law grad is 23-24 with no previous experience prior to law school or during law school

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3 years

Replacing “may it please the court” with “hey, how ya doing?”

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3 years

All I have to say about the whole prestigious law school thing is that my moot court team--a team from an almost unranked state law school--demolished a team from a T14 school in the preliminary round of the competition.

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3 years

Broke down and finally bought THE mug to celebrate my new job

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2 years

If a plea agreement is a contract then duress and unconscionability should be available to a defendant

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2 years

Good news: I got a job offer today. Bad news: The pay is shockingly low, even by PD standards.

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2 years

I am BEGGING Westlaw to stop classifying cases as "negative treatment" when the case was simply distinguished in a later case.

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1 year

I just

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2 years

Ok #lawtwitter I don't want bar prep advice or tips. I want to know what your go-to candy, sugary food, drink, snack etc. was during bar prep. What food or drink was the one that got you through it?

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3 years

Taking immigration law this semester because I don't see how a future crim def attorney can be effective without some knowledge of this area of law

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3 years

A dude in my breakout room, discussing his externship with a local prosecutor's office, literally just said "it's surprisingly fun to put people in jail".

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2 years

I don’t even actually know what big law lawyers do all day and I don’t want to know. Thanx

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2 years

The NCBE should just scrap Con Law from the bar exam this year

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2 years

After watching like a half-semester of civ pro 1 (i.e. due process and personal jurisdiction) boiled down to like 3 sentences in a bar prep lecture, I want a refund from my law school.

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2 years

It’s actually illegal that I’m tested on property law when I don’t even believe in private property

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2 years

Officially graduated law school

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2 years

I'm sorry but I can't take a $50k PD job unless I meet a very rich woman with a trust fund and we fall in love and she agrees to support us.

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2 years

I get my first paycheck on Friday--most of that money will go towards the credit card debt that I accrued during the 4 months that I wasn't working because of the bar exam. Love how this profession just accepts months-long poverty for so many of us.

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2 years

Joe is gonna cut everyone's debt by $10k and then the IRS will be like "Ah, I see you made an extra $10k in income this year."

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2 years

Finally got the call (literally). I have an interview scheduled for my #1 PD choice.

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2 years

My toxic trait is that I find “the law” interesting

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2 years

When I was 10 years old, my father died of ALS. Tomorrow, I graduate from law school—22 years after his death. It’s hard to believe that he’s been dead this long. I often find it too painful to think about him, but I wish he was here with me tomorrow

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2 years

Sooo… I graduate from law school today

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2 years

I am absolutely not starting Bar prep until after graduation

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2 years

I really hate to be that guy but nothing drives me crazier than legal aid orgs, Fed Defender offices, Exoneration Clinics, etc. only hiring law grads and lawyers from elite law schools as if that has literally anything do with a lawyers abilities and passion for indigent defense

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2 years

I've concluded that the easiest way to get an MBE question wrong is by thinking about the question the way an actual lawyer would

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2 years

Here's the thing about the law: I don't know it

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2 years

The Supreme Court is going to kill people with uteruses but protesting at the Justices' homes "crosses a line" lol.

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3 years

And just like that, I have my first interview tomorrow for a public defender position

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1 year

The NCBE better remove any god damn questions relating to Article III standing doctrine

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2 years

Someone please tell me this is normal

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2 years

5ish weeks until the bar exam

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2 years

I'm a doctor of laws or whatever lol

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2 years

Actually debating making a gofundme to help me pay living expenses through bar prep and I'm embarrassed but also broke.

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3 years

Good morning! If you think felony murder is bad, let me tell you about “unlawful distribution of Fentanyl, resulting in death”.

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2 years

The law is either what the NCBE says it is or what SCOTUS says its but not both

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2 years

Day 1 of Bar Prep with ADHD meds and it’s like night and day.

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2 years

Me: Nice! I got 70% of the questions right on an MBE practice set. Some rando on the internet: You should really be getting 90% of the questions right.

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2 years

Graduating cum laude with a certificate in criminal law and procedure, baby

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@GrumblesMotion

1 year

For all my bar-prepping friends: I think almost everyone has heard about how obscure, difficult, surprising the MEE topics were on the July 23’ exam. There were at least 2 essays where I wrote a paragraph at most. I passed. If you get stuck, just write. You got this!

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2 years

I don't know who needs to hear this, but if you are studying for the bar right now, I believe in you! You are a smart, highly capable future attorney, regardless of what the stupid exam thinks.

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2 years

Court: Do you have any case law to support that argument? Me: Judge, this argument is really rooted in vibes

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2 years

Big job interview on Monday. Send all the good vibes.

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2 years

My first trial as a second chair: Not guilty of one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. The alleged victim was a cop. (I might have cried a little when the verdict was read)

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2 years

God, forbid the sacred Justices have to hear from the people whose lives they will upend.

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3 years

If I promise to never touch a will, contract, or a secured transaction, can I get an exemption from this topics on the Bar? Good lord.

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3 years

I’m in hell

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2 years

Me when I read a dating profile that says “I could use a partner in crime.”: No, you couldn’t. That’s conspiracy.

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2 years

Brought my favorite mug to the office

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2 years

The bar exam is stupid and I hate it. That's the tweet.

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2 years

As much as I hated filling out the IL Bar application, I am grateful that there are no questions related to mental health and addiction on the character and fitness portion. All jurisdictions should eliminate these questions

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2 years

lol why would anyone—let alone an attorney—lose their shit about a broke Bar taker and future PD asking for help to cover bills while they study? You need to take a long look at yourself if you are one of these attorneys

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2 years

When the court asks if a plea is “voluntary”

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2 years

New burden of proof just dropped

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2 years

The Grand Jury has acted upon the facts and the law. No one is above the law, and everyone has the right to a trial to prove innocence. Hopefully, the former President will peacefully respect the system, which grants him that right.

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2 years

It seems to me that if you can make it through the LSAT, followed by 3 years of grueling final exams, that should be enough. And if it isn't, then law school serves no legitimate purpose

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2 years

I can’t stress enough how little—if anything—memorization has to do with being a lawyer.

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2 years

3 of my friends from my 1L section also applied to the Cook County PD and they were are all hired! You love to see it!!

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3 years

Just submitted my application for an entry-level attorney position with the Colorado State Public defender b/c why not??

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1 year

Look, just because I graduated law school and passed the bar exam doesn’t mean I have a clue what an easement is

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2 years

If I pass the bar, I will continue to advocate for universal diploma privilege.

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2 years

Happy Friday! I PASSED CHARACTER AND FITNESS!!

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3 years

I will follow any and all PDs or aspiring PDs. Love you all

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2 years

Starting an oral argument: Your Honors, the vibes in this case are bad.

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1 year

If you’re a person that is skeptical that cops literally fabricate cases without any reliable evidence, allow me to introduce you to the offense known as DUI-drugs.

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2 years

Soooooo I uhhh earned a passing score in EVERY UBE jurisdiction!

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2 years

Spent the few years before law school severely depressed and just stuck. Spent the first year of law school in crippling anxiety. Spent the last two years working on my mental health and I’m thriving for the first time in my life.

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2 years

Whelp, got an ADHD diagnosis.

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2 years

I don't know why the bar prep companies think it's an effective use of my time to have me read through subject outlines, but I can tell you that after 3 years of law school, the only time I've learned anything from an outline is if I wrote it myself.

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2 years

Losing my damn mind

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2 years

Needed this today

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1 year

No public defender system in the country is better resourced than the Federal Public Defender. And, having worked for two different federal defender offices before law school, I can tell you that their attorneys are some of the brightest, sharpest, and skilled in the country

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2 years

I wish crim pro was actually as defendant-friendly as the bar exam portrays it to be lol

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3 years

If you’re a PD and your heart isn’t with criminals, you should get a new job.

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2 years

Going to tell my career counselor that I’m planning on opening my own Third Amendment practice

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1 year

So you’re telling me I have eat a flawless, anti-inflammatory Mediterranean diet, never sit for more than 1 hour a day, be social, sleep well, and do cardio and strength training to maybe avoid terrible diseases, all while working full time and commuting 3 hours a day???

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2 years

For 3Ls that are currently applying for public defense positions: It’s generally not my thing to give unsolicited advice BUT—if you have some flexibility about where you can live—consider a position with an office that’s not in the major cities or towns in your state

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When the judge asks if no one “coerced” you into pleading guilty