Legal Aid charging 250 dollars for a summer internship. What's next?

Kids,

Law is not that great. Think twice.

Cooley rankings FTW

you know what else is worth getting exciting over? the prospect that elie can one day learn to write properly!

Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.

"And questions about whether the Roberts Court can still be called 'pro-business.'"

What is this drivel, Elie? I believe you meant to write the following:

And there are still questions about whether the Roberts Court can still be called "pro-business?"

Do you talk like this? Do you just emit a stream of verbal diarrhea for your interlocutor to sift through?

"It's time to get exciting about the law school rankings."

What the hell is wrong with you? I'm sorry, let me speak your language so that you'll understand: what the hell is wronging with you? Didn't you learn verb tenses in 5th grade?

I am *so* exciting about Jeff Toobin posting that he's married. NYT writers haveing affairs? Where else could I possibly here about this besides on Above the Law? Thank goodness you continue to post relevant links with pithy comments Elie.

Dude, Grammar Police, his was better than yours. It continued the first item, while your question mark was just plain wrong.

um, i turned down a biglaw job for a highly competitive legal aid job. i think someone is projecting their own job ambivalence onto those who decided to something that actually has something to do with justice with their law degrees.

Grammar Police: Chill the fuck out. Not funny at all.

Tip #1: Elie's hurried posting on a blog doesn't necessarily mean he speaks the way he writes.

Tip #2: This is a fucking blog you dumbshit.

Tip #3: Every time you get frustrated, refer back to Tip #2.

Hey 11, chill out a little bit. Most people seem to know that public interest jobs can be a whole hell of a lot harder to get than BigLaw jobs. When he called Legal Aid a potential "hard get," Elie was talking about the unpaid summer internships at public interest spots. With my former employer, it was "competitive," but anybody that had any sort of demonstrated interest/passion in our work got a spot - we needed the help. It was considerably more difficult to secure one of the miniscule number of paid post-grad attorney positions...

I remember the five interviews I had to pass, the mock closing argument I had to deliver, and the research memo I had to write to get my public defender job - which was considerably more difficult than the "hey, you came to all the summer associate events and spelled your name right on that BS memo we asked you to write, here's a job offer" that I got in BigLaw the prior autumn. (Of course, this was in the glory days of '05, so whatever)

But who the hell cares what I think...like a coward, I fled public interest law and found a BigLaw home after only a year because I couldn't pay off my loans...

Of course law school applications are up! People go to school when they can't get jobs. Yes it sucks to be a laid-off associate but it also sucks to be a college graduate with no job prospects. At least staying in school lets you defer your existing debt and qualify for more.

Only a moron would pay $250 a WEEK to work for free at a legal aid group. Kids, unless your retirement plan has already been taken care of get a real job at a small firm this summer. $15 an hour is better than -$8 and to think the legal aid experience is sooo much better is asinine.

um, i think the $250 a week was a joke?

um, i think the $250 a week was a joke?

16/17 - Paying 250 a week for a legal aid job? That has to be a joke.

Understandably, they would be pissed off about always losing lawyers to big paying BigLaw. But if they demand 250 a week from law students and recent grads, then all they'll get are students from wealthy families. That's not a certain way to get caring or quality.

Roberts should have recused himself. Not that it made a difference in this one... but still... clear conflict of interest.

That Litination site about the Legal Aid jobs says right on the page that it is FAKE legal news. Like The Onion.

Ah yes, law school rankings time. My favorite time of the year, because it reminds me yet again of my elite and prestigious status.