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re: Can we stop with the "Ole Miss Lawyers" references?
Posted on 2/2/16 at 10:21 am to rockiee
Posted on 2/2/16 at 10:21 am to rockiee
In this thread, lawyers brag about being too dumb for law review.
Edited to add: law school isn't the most useful thing in the world as a means of judging future success, but someone struggling would lead me to believe they will also struggle in complex or difficult situations.
TL;DR: it's a weird thing to brag about
Edited to add: law school isn't the most useful thing in the world as a means of judging future success, but someone struggling would lead me to believe they will also struggle in complex or difficult situations.
TL;DR: it's a weird thing to brag about
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Posted on 2/2/16 at 11:15 am to LegendOfCobb
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law school isn't the most useful thing in the world as a means of judging future success, but someone struggling would lead me to believe they will also struggle in complex or difficult situations.
I have worked with many lawyers and I would say the best ones were normally somewhere in the middle, not top of the class but not bottom either. There are also many facets to being a attorney. Some lawyers never enter a court room but are great at writing legal documents. Some lawyers are great talkers and excel in the courtroom but can't write very well.
This post was edited on 2/2/16 at 12:02 pm
Posted on 2/2/16 at 11:19 am to lsufball19
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neither does passing the bar. law school prepares you to deal with a truck load of bullshite on a day to day basis, not how to practice law.
Fify
Posted on 2/2/16 at 11:49 am to rockiee
Tuthilltiger most fall into the courtroom category. The guy can't write or punctuate for mess.
Posted on 2/2/16 at 12:00 pm to LovetheLord
Posted on 2/2/16 at 12:17 pm to logjamming
I'd take it a step further. I'd say nothing prepares you to deal with a truck load of bull shite on a day to day basis.
Posted on 2/2/16 at 12:18 pm to Grovewater
Ole Miss and lawyers don't go together.
Posted on 2/2/16 at 12:26 pm to Litigator
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I'd take it a step further. I'd say nothing prepares you to deal with a truck load of bull shite on a day to day basis.
Yes.
Posted on 2/2/16 at 12:31 pm to rockiee
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I have worked with many lawyers and I would say the best ones were normally somewhere in the middle, not top of the class but not bottom either. There are also many facets to being a attorney. Some lawyers never enter a court room but are great at writing legal documents. Some lawyers are great talkers and excel in the courtroom but can't write very well.
If they can't write well, they're not an effective attorney. This isn't 1950. I find that the more academically accomplished lawyers tend to write better. Not a hard and fast rule though.
Posted on 2/2/16 at 1:40 pm to Grovewater
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If you were going to cite good "Lawyers" as a reason why a school avoids NCAA punishment, point to Bama. Their Law school is probably better than Vandy's.
This thread is pointless and everything you said about SEC law schools is wrong. Alabama law is nowhere near Vanderbilt's law school. Vandy is widely accepted as one of the best schools outside the top 14. Alabama is a regional school, just like every other SEC law school not named Vanderbilt. I know several third year law students at Alabama that will soon be unemployed lawyers.
Posted on 2/2/16 at 1:57 pm to Grovewater
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Grovewater
You are a dumb shite.....about law schools and college football. GTFO
Posted on 2/2/16 at 2:26 pm to Grovewater
I would think that a "Law School's" primary responsibility would be to teach its students THE LAW. Not how to practice it necessarily. From there I would say that an institution's Law School wouldn't be much different from any other field that they teach. Its "worthiness" would depend on a number of factors, but primarily it would depend on that institution's commitment to teaching the law well. Meaning, you gotta hire the best professors.
Now, I'm not a student of law, but I wouldn't even put Ole Miss Law and Arkansas Law in the same sentence. Bill and Hillary Clinton are Arkansas Law Alumnus, and those two are easily the slickest two bastards in the country.
Now, I'm not a student of law, but I wouldn't even put Ole Miss Law and Arkansas Law in the same sentence. Bill and Hillary Clinton are Arkansas Law Alumnus, and those two are easily the slickest two bastards in the country.
Posted on 2/2/16 at 2:30 pm to BoarEd
Bill and Hillary both went to Yale for law school.
Posted on 2/2/16 at 2:37 pm to Mathias
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Bill and Hillary both went to Yale for law school.
Hillary also failed the bar her first attempt, along with a number of high profile politicians in washington
Posted on 2/2/16 at 2:37 pm to Mathias
What I meant by that is that they both were professors at the UofA School of Law.
As I said, a Law School should be measured by the quality of its professors.
Not saying that Arkansas has a premier school, but it's pretty solid.
As I said, a Law School should be measured by the quality of its professors.
Not saying that Arkansas has a premier school, but it's pretty solid.
Posted on 2/2/16 at 2:37 pm to BoarEd
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Bill and Hillary Clinton are Arkansas Law Alumnus
nope
Posted on 2/2/16 at 2:43 pm to BoarEd
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What I meant by that is that they both were professors at the UofA School of Law.
As I said, a Law School should be measured by the quality of its professors.
Not saying that Arkansas has a premier school, but it's pretty solid.
his tenure as a professor lasted, i think, one year, and it was right after he graduated from law school. Hillary only taught for one year as well, and then joined Bill on the campaign trail
Posted on 2/2/16 at 2:47 pm to lsufball19
And they have some damn good ones up there now. One of whom I know personally.
How long they were there wasn't the point I was trying to make. It's the school's commitment to hiring the best they possibly can and how that translates to other schools.
It's a silly argument anyways. I'm sure that all the SEC schools have tremendous law schools.
How long they were there wasn't the point I was trying to make. It's the school's commitment to hiring the best they possibly can and how that translates to other schools.
It's a silly argument anyways. I'm sure that all the SEC schools have tremendous law schools.
Posted on 2/2/16 at 2:49 pm to Monticello
Nope have a BBA, MBA from Ole Miss, but LSU for law school. would have been better off to stay at Ole Miss since most of my practice has been here, but got bored in Oxpatch.
I hated every fricking minute of LSU school btw, paperchase days, failed out 30% of my section.
I hated every fricking minute of LSU school btw, paperchase days, failed out 30% of my section.
Posted on 2/2/16 at 2:49 pm to TutHillTiger
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Agree with you Rockee. Just like the good professors told us at LSU, law school success has almost no relevance to law career success. 90% of law review when I was there, you would never want near a big case, and even never ever in a Courtroom.
First, this is idiotic
Second, there is legal life outside of litigation
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