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Posted by Debtman in "The Eyes of the Law: Justice Scalia at UVA" Monday, April 14, 2008 9:50 PM

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Posted by Debtman in "The Eyes of the Law: Justice Scalia at UVA" Monday, April 14, 2008 9:51 PM

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Posted by Debtman in "What's Going On At Sonnenschein?" Tuesday, April 15, 2008 9:07 AM

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Posted by Debtman in "Featured Job Survey: Morale Conundrums" Tuesday, April 15, 2008 12:08 PM

And 95% of people who repsonded to this survey were rejected by lateral link.

Posted by Debtman in "Do Lawyers Need an Image Makeover?" Tuesday, April 15, 2008 2:41 PM

The ABA has let this profession destroy itself. Schools are churning out thousands more graduates than there are jobs.

To ensure good salaries that enable law grads to pay off their loans and live comfortably the ABA should make barriers to entry higher. (See the British Medical Asscoiation for details, where General Practice doctors working in socialised medicine make $200,000 a year). The BMA fights for its members...the ABA does nothing but churn out platitudes about "diversity" at big firms....much like the Boston Bar Assoc and Mass Bar Assoc I might add.

There are simply way too many lawyers. Example, in Mass there were about 25,000 lawyers in the 1960s.....now there are over 60,000.

Posted by Debtman in "Featured Job Survey: How Do You Move It?" Wednesday, April 16, 2008 12:51 PM

As a lateral link reject I will not be filling out this survey.

Posted by Debtman in "Jerry Springer to be Commencement Speaker at Northwestern Law School" Monday, April 21, 2008 9:28 AM

Actually I have seen Springer on TV and head on radio when he was a guest on some talking head political programs. He was the best guest each and every time.

Posted by Debtman in "Other Uses for the Law Degree: Megyn Kelly" Monday, April 21, 2008 11:29 AM

A TTT grad got a job at Jones Day??? That's the story!

Posted by Debtman in "Other Uses for the Law Degree: Megyn Kelly" Monday, April 21, 2008 4:54 PM

The college pic is cute. Now she has got way too much makeup on. Just goes to show how women hit the wall very quickly after 30.

Posted by Debtman in "Biglaw Perk Watch: Infertility Treatment" Monday, April 21, 2008 10:00 PM

1) 4.43 experienced major OWNAGE;
2) pay for your own fertility treatment; and
3) did I mention that 4. 43 got owned.

PS Are Penn and Penn State the same? Thanks

Posted by Debtman in "Featured Job Survey: Got (Huge) Debt?" Tuesday, April 22, 2008 6:05 PM

Are you really screwed if you make $50 to $60,000 and have over $100,000 in debt?

Here is how I pay more than $1300 a month in loans and live:

Income

$60,000 ($780 after taxes, includes pre-tax subway pass, and health insurance)

Expenses
$713.00 national Education student loans
$614.00 Access Group Student loans
$550.00 rent (2 roomies)
$200.00 car
$150.00 car insurance
$50.00 credit card
$90.00 cell phone
$86.00 heat/cable/electric
$100 IRA
$100 Savings
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-$2602

$3380
-$2602
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$778 discretionary spending

Posted by Debtman in "Featured Job Survey: Got (Huge) Debt?" Tuesday, April 22, 2008 9:04 PM

6.16pm, I live in a major northeastern city. I live in a safe area about 20 mins subway ride to downtown. I have 2 roomies in a triple decker house on a quiet residential street. It can be done. Sure you will not be living on central park west or beacon hill but u can do it.
If I worked at Biglaw I could absolutely destroy my loans in 2 years flat. It would be a piece of cake.

Posted by Debtman in "Featured Job Survey: Got (Huge) Debt?" Wednesday, April 23, 2008 9:10 AM

Ah yes...sorry what I meant was the $778 a month pays for groceries, dry cleaning, laundry, etc.....living expenses. So u r correct it is not discretionary! The $50 is a min payment on a credit card balance that is locked in at 2.5% interest. I do not run up any credit cards at all.

Obviously this means I do not go out to clubs and bars and drop $100 on a bar tab, or buy expensive clothes and I do watch my money. However as time goes by it will get easier.

Posted by Debtman in "Featured Job Survey: Payback" Thursday, April 24, 2008 10:51 AM

I was rejected by Lateral Link!

Posted by Debtman in "Minnesota Judge Doesn't Need a 'Sexpert'" Thursday, April 24, 2008 2:31 PM

I used to ejaculate on womens' face all the time at Dickinson School of Law, U Penn....or is that Penn State??....oh I give up

Posted by Debtman in "Loyola of New Orleans, Exonerated?" Thursday, April 24, 2008 3:52 PM

I heard he graduated from Penn State Law school at U Penn.....

Posted by Debtman in "Re-Branding: Venable and Boalt Hall UC Berkeley School of Law" Saturday, April 26, 2008 6:26 PM

Branding..ah yes...that reminds of when PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting paid a taggering $150 million to a rebranding firm who came up with the great idea to call the firm "Monday."

And no that is not a joke

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2036998.stm

Posted by Debtman in "Shocking But True: Students from Top Law Schools Go to Top Law Firms" Monday, April 28, 2008 12:04 PM

In other news, fish attracted to water, Pope attracted to Catholicism.