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Date: September 8th, 2010 10:07 AM Author: Balding sepia stag film Clerkships, academia, law school, etc. Off and on. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417670&forum_id=2#15993991) |
Date: September 8th, 2010 10:10 AM Author: Dark Generalized Bond Suppose the racialists are right and African Americans really are less intelligent that whites. Would it be good to use non-coercive eugenics policies to limit their population growth? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417670&forum_id=2#15993995) |
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Date: September 8th, 2010 10:30 AM Author: carmine razzle internal respiration striped hyena (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417670&forum_id=2#15994054) |
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Date: September 8th, 2010 10:12 AM Author: violet sexy school cafeteria hairy legs Hasn't school started for you now? Shouldn't you be busy earning your salary or something? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417670&forum_id=2#15994002) |
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Date: September 8th, 2010 10:15 AM Author: Balding sepia stag film I've got a stack of law review articles I'm leafing through. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417670&forum_id=2#15994005) |
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Date: September 8th, 2010 10:15 AM Author: Dark Generalized Bond I can see you decided to be a PC coward and dodge my question. You might really be a law professor after all. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417670&forum_id=2#15994008) |
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Date: September 8th, 2010 10:18 AM Author: Balding sepia stag film I oppose all eugenics policies, so I can't answer the question. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417670&forum_id=2#15994018) |
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Date: September 8th, 2010 10:22 AM Author: Dark Generalized Bond Then you could easily say that it would bad. I can't see how your position means you couldn't answer that question.
"oppose all eugenics policies"
Really? That's pretty idiotic. Imagine that there is a terrible genetic disorder within a population of people. All people who have this disorder pass it on to their children. Would you really oppose paying them money in order to be sterilized? And, to be clear, you are fine with a less intelligent racial group outbreeding a more intelligent group, right? You don't think we should stop something like that? |
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Date: September 8th, 2010 10:23 AM Author: Balding sepia stag film I guess I was too influenced at 19 by Kant. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417670&forum_id=2#15994032) |
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Date: September 8th, 2010 10:25 AM Author: Dark Generalized Bond your opinions are stupid (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417670&forum_id=2#15994038) |
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Date: September 8th, 2010 10:23 AM Author: fishy multi-colored pozpig u mad i fuck hot women while you write about womyn and SOX? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417670&forum_id=2#15994028) |
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Date: September 8th, 2010 10:24 AM Author: Balding sepia stag film Obviously. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417670&forum_id=2#15994034) |
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Date: September 8th, 2010 2:16 PM Author: magical partner (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417670&forum_id=2#15995417) |
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Date: September 8th, 2010 10:26 AM Author: Submissive Pistol Field what was your school rank and class rank? how many clerkship interviews did you get? how mnay judges did you apply to? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417670&forum_id=2#15994039) |
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Date: September 8th, 2010 10:34 AM Author: Balding sepia stag film Good but not elite school, extremely high class rank. I applied to around 75 judges and secured 5 interviews. 4 of my 5 interviews came about, at least in part, as a result of some connection I had with the judge (a highly personalized cover letter citing local contacts, a judge calling one of my recommenders in advance, having a relationship with a current clerk beforehand, etc.). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417670&forum_id=2#15994064) |
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Date: September 8th, 2010 10:50 AM Author: Milky Pit Old Irish Cottage Do you have tenure? What was the meat market like? Do you teach from a hornbook? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417670&forum_id=2#15994153) |
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Date: September 8th, 2010 10:59 AM Author: Balding sepia stag film Not tenured.
Meat market was mentally exhausting, but as long as you're not one of the people who freaks out over things like the LSAT, OCI, OSCAR, bar, and so on, you should be okay. If you're the kind of person who worries obsessively over those things, it's going to be rough on you.
No. I use some supplements from time to time to get some ideas for articulating concepts in class, but I stick almost exclusively with the casebook. I don't have time to read from everything. |
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Date: September 8th, 2010 12:35 PM Author: fishy multi-colored pozpig how off are the tenured profs on prawfsblawg about preparing for interviews? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417670&forum_id=2#15994580) |
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Date: September 8th, 2010 2:17 PM Author: magical partner thinking about teaching a class at the u? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417670&forum_id=2#15995429) |
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Date: September 8th, 2010 4:03 PM Author: fishy multi-colored pozpig i'd love to teach business law at the U, fiu, or mdcc. not undergrads in gym shorts and tank tops staring into my knowing eyes, offering their vaginas since it's the only language they speak, etc. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417670&forum_id=2#15996139) |
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Date: September 8th, 2010 4:13 PM Author: Balding sepia stag film Not to be mean (okay, to be mean), many professors don't have the best social skills. All of the interview preparation stories, in my view, read like the kinds of things one might expect to find at a college career services fair. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417670&forum_id=2#15996205) |
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Date: September 8th, 2010 11:01 AM Author: diverse reading party Did you work in private practice before becoming a prof? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417670&forum_id=2#15994214) |
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Date: September 8th, 2010 11:02 AM Author: Balding sepia stag film Yes, typical big law firm. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417670&forum_id=2#15994219) |
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Date: September 8th, 2010 11:26 AM Author: diverse reading party How long did you stay there, and what kind of work did you do? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417670&forum_id=2#15994321) |
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Date: September 8th, 2010 11:14 AM Author: Milky Pit Old Irish Cottage Are you ever scared that a student is going to ask a question you can't answer? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417670&forum_id=2#15994263) |
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Date: September 8th, 2010 11:17 AM Author: Balding sepia stag film It happens all the time. The question is what category it falls into. "I don't know, and I should know" is the hardest, and then I'm pretty honest and say I'll get back with them. "I don't know, and it's irrelevant," or "I don't know, and nobody knows" are easy. I haven't come across the "I don't know, and this is so obvious that I look like a fool not answer because that kid in the back probably knows" situation. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417670&forum_id=2#15994283) |
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Date: September 8th, 2010 1:55 PM Author: Milky Pit Old Irish Cottage Good point. The last would be the most worrisome.
Do you ever actually get back to them, or do you just wait to see if they come to your office hour to find out? (Which they probably don't because they were probably just trying to show off in class.) |
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Date: September 8th, 2010 4:14 PM Author: Balding sepia stag film I try to get back to them. If it's fairly off-topic or unimportant, I'll e-mail; if it's fairly on-topic, I'll raise it myself during the next class. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417670&forum_id=2#15996211) |
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Date: September 8th, 2010 12:29 PM Author: magical partner lolllllllll (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417670&forum_id=2#15994556) |
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Date: September 8th, 2010 12:41 PM Author: talented temple how does it feel being a cog in the wheel of a machine that destroys the lives of naive but hopeful young ppl? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417670&forum_id=2#15994608) |
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Date: September 8th, 2010 1:51 PM Author: Self-absorbed library tank Are you a libertarian or a moron? Neither? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417670&forum_id=2#15995193) |
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Date: September 8th, 2010 3:16 PM Author: Hideous greedy fat ankles step-uncle's house who are some of your top poster (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417670&forum_id=2#15995837) |
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Date: September 8th, 2010 4:47 PM Author: Gay Mad Cow Disease Toaster How often do faculty talk about students (both good and bad things)?
what kind of stuff is said in these conversations? |