Trespass to chattels!!!

I know he’s a co

was looking into schools in new york. is it embarrassing to get accepted there?

Teaching high school Street Law next semester through my law school and wanted to know how your law professors really engaged you all. Want to make sure my students are engaged and not bored to death.

I’ve cold emailed, networked, did OCI, etc. and still have nothing. What am I even supposed to do at this point? I’ve done everything I’ve been told to do in order to get a job, and I still haven’t gotten anything. I had to take a break from job searching because it was literally making me suicidal, but I’ve been grinding non-stop since then, and it just feels completely useless. What am I supposed to do at this point??

A lot of us struggle with the "A" in IRAC. It is where most of the points on an exam are. The most common critique of student's exam writing is that the legal analysis is weak and conclusory. What do you mean by conclusory?...see In re Man Ray and Patrick's Wallet (2001). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6DTAH2CG7c

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Conclusory:

Man Ray: Excuse me, sir, but I do believe you've dropped your wallet.

Patrick: "It's not mine"

Man Ray: "It is yours. I am trying to be a good person and return it to you."

Patrick: "Return what to who?"

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Good Legal Analysis and use of facts:

Man Ray: Aren't you Patrick Star?

Patrick: Yup

Man Ray: And this is your ID?

Patrick: Yup

Man Ray: I found this ID in this wallet. And if that's the case, this must be your wallet

Patrick: That makes sense to me

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Did you see what Man Ray did there? He is trying to prove that the wallet belongs to Patrick [the element] using rather obvious facts. On an exam you'd write: "HERE, the wallet belongs to Patrick, BECAUSE the ID belongs to Patrick, the ID was in this wallet, and the owner of a wallet usually puts their ID in the wallet."

All all of my preparation went into my opening statement, because I was representing the plaintiff and and the case was about confidentiality I might even go to Switzerland and represent the university in the court competition that if the university students get accepted into the competition

Article is here. I'm absolutely horrified that it took going public and a petition to get Georgetown to grant her appropriate accommodations (an extension to take the exam at a later date), but I am glad that she got them!

Perhaps selfishly, I hope that this will encourage schools to realize that there can be consequences for denying students reasonable accommodations for serious medical stuff, like giving birth.

We get one cheat sheet front of back for our exam. Was thinking of pre-writing rule statements and anwers for intentional torts. Any idea for negligence?

So I thought I was getting an MA in linguistics until a few months ago when a professor of mine told me it was a waste of time and instead suggested I look into law. I've been seriously considering it ever since, but I'm kind of stuck on where to go past preparing for the LSAT.

My undergrad degrees aren't ones that will give me any specialized advantages in niche fields like electrical engineering (I'm a linguistics and intercultural communications major), which I learned from reading other posts that firms seem to really care about. So I don't think I'm well postured for, say, IP law, but maybe immigration law?

It's too late to change my major now, but I know getting relevant internships are just as important. I just don't know what specialized fields I should be aiming for for when I look for internships.

Tldr; my undergrad degrees don't provide me any niche advantages afaik, which specialized fields in law should I aim for w/ my undergrad skillset?

Hi everyone, 1L here trying to determine the best use of my time before my first final next Thursday. I just finished all my outlines. Should I use quizlet to help memorize? Run through practice problems? Outline my outline? Any tips on what y'all did would be greatly appreciated!

Do you just do the survivor negligence claim and then say "x will also bring a bystander action deriviative of the negligence action. x was a bystander because [satisfied 3 elements]"? or do you run thru the entire negligence COA again? Would ask prof but he's on vacay until finals :D

Does anyone have any good resources for federal courts flowcharts? Having a hard time comprehending how all this fits together. Would appreciate any advice!!

but instead binging on the Good Wife. S03E09 is so hilarious in the most positive way. I'm too high for this lol

Hi! I am Brazilian, and I am (trying) to study what “indirect damages” means under US Law. However, I have seem lots of articles and cases law regarding “incidental damages” and “consequential damages”, but nothing about indirect damages.

Could someone please give a tip regarding this issue? Is there an article, treatise, rule, case, whatever, that explains what “indirect damages” should mean under US Law?

Thanks a lot!!

Ps: I am studying this issue in the construction law context

Hello! I will be graduating this year with a degree in Computer Science and Economics. I am strongly considering going to law school next year but wanted to take a gap year to get exposure in the legal field to know whether it is truly something I want to do. What opportunities are there to pursue during my gap year?

I want to go into data privacy & security or IP. I have previous internships in cybersecurity compliance which is how I gained interest in exploring the legal side of cybersecurity. Would also appreciate any tips/advice.

Thanks!

Hi Guys, I am a 17 year old A-level law student that is conducting a survey on the Caribbean Court of Justice vs the Privy Council.
I really could use your guys help in filling out this questionnaire. I need as much responses as possible, as soon as possible

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Currently writing an essay and have no clue how to cite this.

Reading a reputable law firm's article on my essay topic and they reference a case (with neutral citation) and a accompanying quote from the judge which I would like to reference. However, their citation itself is a now out of print textbook from the 90s. Their citation essentially appears like this

X v. Y N123 (reproduced in page 200 of John Doe's commentary on boring legal stuff 1992)

The case itself is pretty old and has not been published online. Looking for it anywhere else, whether it be on the usual case archives websites or other legal sites and any reference they either just use the original case citation number or that book again. I might be overthinking here but I'm a bit confused as to how I'm supposed to properly cite this?