I’m just sitting over here with my law degree and zillion policy positions wondering where the hell I went wrong in life insofar as these jokers are in Congress and I’m eating pizza at the grocery store.
Don’t call yourself a “first gen” lawyer when you come from an upper-middle class, predominantly white neighborhood with professional (usually college educated) parents, and you went to good or even elite universities even if your parents weren’t lawyers. It’s not appropriate.
I see
#LSAT
is trending and people want to get rid of it. I will go one further. Unpopular opinion: Law School as it is now benefits law professors more than students. We should switch to a model similar to that in the UK. Study law as an undergraduate, then apprentice.
In my early 20's I wanted to pursue a PhD in philosophy. But then I married, had kids, couldn't leave my city b/c of my spouse's academic career and stayed longer than I expected to in a career in tech. What do people think about pursuing graduate degrees later in life?
@CGNelsonwrites
@ashkenaz89
“Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes.”
“I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.”
“To me, every hour of the day and night is an unspeakably perfect miracle.”
– Walt Whitman
Some happy news: last week I accepted an offer with a new firm. We practice business law and business litigation. Our areas of specialization include tech, bio-tech, and data privacy.
@kate_manne
I wonder how Jonathan M. Metzl, Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Psychiatry, and the Director of the Center for Medicine, Health, and Society at Vanderbilt University, treats his female patients.
#LawTwitter
Leads welcomed. This is a crazy time. My Washington DC-based firm laid off all associates (there were many). My background is property/contract/commercial lit, but I was transitioning into tech/data privacy law. I spent 15 years as a tech dev (coding/databases/UX).
@agordonreed
@matt_perez
@megankatenelson
@Profepps
This thread is an amazing example of implicit bias. Professor Gordon-Reed, I'm sorry that you have to present your credentials to be taken seriously. Your willingness to engage is admirable b/c it must be exhausting. Thank you.
@TolerUpdike
I don't deny that it was hard. What I'm saying is that it wasn't as hard as someone who is the first person in their family to go to college in their family and/or be a professional.
My son was very close to dying from a rare infection this past spring. He had to have risky open heart surgeries. When we weren’t sure if he would live or die, I tried to give him something to look forward to - like a big trip. So anyway, now I have to go to Japan.
Am I the only one who didn't find law school to be intellectually challenging? I mostly struggled with memorizing a voluminous amount of rules. And it turns out you really don't need to memorize rules in practice because, you know, reference materials exist and stuff.
My uncle passed away from COVID 19 today in Atlanta. There is no way for his wife, children, grandchildren, siblings (including my mother), and other family members to say goodbye.
#StayAtHome
friends.
If I see one more academic whine about prepping online classes, my head is going to exploid. Pandemic disruptions are inconvenient and time consuming for everyone. Did you think you were somehow immune and special?
In Happy news: I asked my son (12) to teach me how to play Mindcraft because he’s really into it. He created a “Mom’s Tutorial World” and is going into great detail about how everything works. It’s very sweet.
@msGSXR
@RalstonReports
@SenDeanHeller
It's not that Dean Heller is sympathetic to white nationalists. It's that white nationalists find refuge in Republicans. Why is that? Are
My advice for finding joy in law school: get your money back; buy an organic farm; help yourself and others mitigate climate change/deforestation and help increase biodiversity. Teach your children tolerance and mercy towards people and the planet. 🌼✌🏼🕊
My daughter came in first in her school in a math competition and gave away the prize that she wanted to a child who wanted it too. Proud mom moment over here.
@LasVegasLocally
Just a point of fact: we don't live in a libertarian state. We live in a progressive state per the voting outcomes of the last several years.
@CoriolusN
No, because the young lawyers wouldn’t be saddled with hundreds of thousands of dollars in law school debt. They could choose to quit their jobs or not practice law at all.
Nevada can count. Many do it for a living. This isn’t about counting. Nevada law allows for 7 days to cure ballots that do not conform (ex: a missing signature). So we’re making phone calls and knocking on doors to make sure those people get to vote. We’re
#SavingDemocracy
.
@martyrdison
1. Save money now. Amortization is no joke.
2. Set up your life so that you can have a baby on your own if you choose in 10 years.
3. Read everything about your chosen career. Branch out as soon as possible. Keep learning.
Reporting on average law student debt could also incentivize (1) more need-based scholarships and (2) keeping law school costs under control. Faculty speak as though they have no control over these factors.
This year, the US News law school rankings decided to incorporate student debt as a factor. The more loans a law school’s students took out, the worse the law school fared in the rankings.
Such a decision incentivizes schools to admit students from rich families over poor ones
"That is because the liberty of the woman is at stake in a sense unique to the human condition and so unique to the law. The mother who carries a child to full term is subject to anxieties, to physical constraints, to pain that only she must bear. /1
I am not a loud or overly-aggressive attorney. That's not my style. Yet I consistently win anyway. That's because reason and logic usually prevail. I suspect there are many other women attorneys like me.
I don’t understand. Why do people believe “law professor” and “scholar” are synonymous? Often law professors “know the law” and are trained in applying it. But “law professors” with only JDs are not necessarily trained in historical, sociological, or anthropologic methods.
#lawtitter
I'm on the board of a group of 1,100+ Lawyers who are also mothers seeking to affect gun law changes. We are looking for a law prof or expert to give a 10-minute overview to the group about regional gun laws. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
Everyone is worried about single people during this epidemic. Honestly, we're fine. I'm far more worried for my married friends. I haven't seen "s/he's my everything" in quite some time.
Hahaha. Rep Greene (GA) just said that poll workers are “*risking perjury*” signing affidavits in support of Trumps challenge to vote counting. Yes. Yes they are Representative Greene.
@MarkJKings
There are also those of us who went to law school on scholarship, didn’t mind the hard work, but had damaging experiences nevertheless. Don’t forget that law school can attract awful people - even in the faculty. And that’s the warning.
My son and I were watching a show last night and one character said to the other, “may I kiss you?” To tease him, I said “eeeeeeew, ga-ross.” He turned to me and said with some surprise, “Did you hear? He asked for her consent.” The kids are alright.
@lucasdrayton
@TolerUpdike
What does that even mean? You are co-opting the term “first gen” which is used to refer to first generation college students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Context and connotation matters.
@scottjshapiro
A rabbi suffers a severe flu attack and is confined to the hospital for several weeks. The yeshiva's mashgiach pays him a visit. "I want you to know, Rabbi, that last night the board of directors voted a resolution wishing you a speedy recovery. And it passed, thirteen to eight."