Current location:	Cooley Center, Lansing, Michigan
Current mood:	Brash
Current music:	people talking before class

Internet Lawyering
I bring forth to you a law that is long overdue- if someone has already written a law like this, please, let me know and I will remove this one. As it is, I have not seen anything addressing this issue.

The Theory of Internet Lawyering

Any wanker or wanka who asserts knowledge of the legal system and proceeds to try and tell others what the law is to the point of showing that they actually have no real knowledge of the law shall be beaten with a set of first year law school books.

Included among the books will be these standard titles-
Torts
Contracts
Criminal Law
Civil Procedure
Constitutional Law
Criminal Procedure

Beatings will continue until the offender understands that they are not a lawyer.

Inspired by this thread- http://www.journalfen.net/community/fandom_wank/1197726.html?thread=194506654#t194506654

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	scifantasy 2009-03-02 04:01 am UTC (link)
	nod I'm only a 1L, but my interest is in IP. Hence the summer job--EFF, woo. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sisterelwood 2009-03-02 04:07 am UTC (link)
	Nice to meet you! I'm a 2L but I spend most of my time in the litigation department so property law of any sort kind of goes by the wayside for me- know enough to pass the multi-state and the state bar which is what matters for me. xD (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	scifantasy 2009-03-02 04:10 am UTC (link)
	bow Honor's mine. (Mind if I ask where? Feel free to say you do.) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sisterelwood 2009-03-02 04:14 am UTC (link)
	Not at all! I attend Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Michigan. I've managed to make it this far and not be failed out like so many so I consider it a small victory. Yourself? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	scifantasy 2009-03-02 04:19 am UTC (link)
	NYU School of Law. Ditto on the "not failed out yet" bit. But then, I'm a 1L, so that wouldn't happen quite yet. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sisterelwood 2009-03-02 04:25 am UTC (link)
	Niiiice. And don't worry- once you get through the first year it gets easier. It's either that you learn to tolerate a certain level of torture. I'm still not sure which it is. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	scifantasy 2009-03-02 04:26 am UTC (link)
	That's what I hear. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	memoriamvictus 2009-03-02 04:34 am UTC (link)
	It's true; think of 1L as intellectual bootcamp. Now, clawing past your fellows for externships will take years off the end of your life, but those are the lousy ones, anyway. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	rikiki 2009-03-02 04:50 am UTC (link)
	How is that school? It's one of the ones on my list of schools I'm looking at, I think. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

sisterelwood
2009-03-02 05:09 am UTC (link)

I think you're talking to me so here I go-

I like it. The scheduling options are what drew me to it. I used to work so having a school that allowed me to work and take classes was very nice. However, I found that school needed more time than I could give it while still working so I quit my job and just took up the life of a full-time student. I still like it there because if you're willing to reach out to others you'll find people who will help you and cheer you on- anyone from fellow students to professors.

Fair warning- Cooley has a reputation for failing out a lot of students. I've found this to be the case. However, I find that the people who fail out were the ones who were not suited for law school to begin with or didn't take the school seriously.

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	rikiki 2009-03-02 05:14 am UTC (link)
	Yes, I was, sorry. I'm kind of looking at the midwestish area, though a lot of it depends on where my bf ends up after he graduates in May and if we're still together when I graduate next year. Long distance relationships suck. That's actually kind of good to know, if they weed out a lot of people not suited to be there. I think. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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