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that she loved to spend time with https://www.mto.com/law...
arousing mexican
  04/25/19
>>Ms. Seville-Jones is survived by her father Cliff, t...
primrose space
  04/25/19
Read this as "And she is mourned by her colleagues and ...
spectacular business firm
  04/25/19
she made lots of money at munger tolles tho
ruby vibrant athletic conference
  04/25/19
xo's #tennis crew lost a good one >>She possessed a...
primrose space
  04/25/19
Locked down legal engagements on the clay court; copped dat ...
Well-lubricated Concupiscible Gas Station
  04/25/19
wtf is this SJW shakedown op? >>Under her leadershi...
primrose space
  04/25/19
Gotta be fun ignoring the elephant in the room of a person w...
embarrassed to the bone disturbing box office
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ruby vibrant athletic conference
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why's that an elephant in the room? not exactly unheard of t...
primrose space
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obit says "complications from surgery"
comical main people stain
  04/25/19
not a c section i'm quite sure.
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arousing mexican
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Looks like a lipless reptile w/ shitgenes
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I think she was interviewed by some mag a couple of years ag...
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  04/25/19
pics? ttt green clay or red clay imported from europe?
primrose space
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People with more $ than time often make this kind of wistful...
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I love tennis and spend hours on Xo poasting about it instea...
primrose space
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Absolutely devastating
Talking tan doctorate
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Of course you never know when a commercial grade tuna oven w...
shimmering hideous milk
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Great poast. I know a middle-aged ortho surgeon who has to ...
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Talking tan doctorate
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Xo does this but with knives
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lulz. such my dad's O/U shotguns and boat he used to keep at...
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  04/26/19
Yep. I remember ridiculing her on this bort.
Grizzly aromatic range depressive
  04/25/19
That's why lawyers should be into mechanical keyboards as a ...
Avocado Parlor Headpube
  04/26/19
Amazingly, here's an article about her from 1982. Seems like...
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  04/25/19
the child is father to the man
Startling orange principal's office
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Interesting. She actually was a perfect personality fit for ...
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Well-lubricated Concupiscible Gas Station
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What's important in this is that, beyond doubt, she advanced...
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Ocher Duck-like Piazza
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*Other partners quickly dialing (and competing with each oth...
Well-lubricated Concupiscible Gas Station
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this is not even parody
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Not surprising that a law firm would issue an obituary that ...
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Meow!
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you're a munger for your miserable life and then there are t...
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What's a Munger Tolles?
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"Throughout her tenure, she promoted women attorneys an...
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arousing mexican
  04/26/19
she was a high school debate GOD
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HUG --> UCLA JD LOL
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Maybe she moved to LA for her husband. Oh wait.
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Date: April 25th, 2019 2:00 AM
Author: arousing mexican

that she loved to spend time with

https://www.mto.com/lawyers/Sandra-A-Seville-Jones

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4248294&forum_id=2#38138704)



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Date: April 25th, 2019 2:08 AM
Author: primrose space

>>Ms. Seville-Jones is survived by her father Cliff, to whom she was devoted, and by her three siblings, Peter, Dawn and Dyan, and her nephew Derek, with whom she loved to spend time. And she is mourned by her colleagues and many dear friends who know they will find no one like her.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4248294&forum_id=2#38138721)



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Date: April 25th, 2019 11:19 AM
Author: spectacular business firm

Read this as "And she is mourned by her colleagues and many dear friends who know they will find no one liked her."

Then felt bad. :(

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4248294&forum_id=2#38140206)



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Date: April 25th, 2019 2:01 AM
Author: ruby vibrant athletic conference

she made lots of money at munger tolles tho

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4248294&forum_id=2#38138706)



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Date: April 25th, 2019 2:06 AM
Author: primrose space

xo's #tennis crew lost a good one

>>She possessed an abiding love of competitive professional sports from tennis to basketball,

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4248294&forum_id=2#38138716)



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Date: April 25th, 2019 11:06 AM
Author: Well-lubricated Concupiscible Gas Station

Locked down legal engagements on the clay court; copped dat BBC on the hardwood.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4248294&forum_id=2#38140106)



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Date: April 25th, 2019 2:07 AM
Author: primrose space

wtf is this SJW shakedown op?

>>Under her leadership, the firm became one of the first to garner Mansfield Certification Plus, recognizing the significant representation of women and attorneys of color in leadership positions at the firm. She

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4248294&forum_id=2#38138717)



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Date: April 25th, 2019 2:14 AM
Author: embarrassed to the bone disturbing box office

Gotta be fun ignoring the elephant in the room of a person with top healthcare at her disposal dying at 58. Amazing to me that the law community still ignores this, time for someone else to make money I guess.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4248294&forum_id=2#38138728)



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Date: April 25th, 2019 2:24 AM
Author: ruby vibrant athletic conference



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Date: April 25th, 2019 2:27 AM
Author: primrose space

why's that an elephant in the room? not exactly unheard of that wealthy ppl in good shape and in apparent good health suddenly drop dead at 50+

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4248294&forum_id=2#38138748)



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Date: April 25th, 2019 3:11 AM
Author: comical main people stain

obit says "complications from surgery"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4248294&forum_id=2#38138820)



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Date: April 25th, 2019 3:16 AM
Author: ruby vibrant athletic conference

not a c section i'm quite sure.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4248294&forum_id=2#38138826)



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Date: April 25th, 2019 3:17 AM
Author: comical main people stain



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Date: April 25th, 2019 11:26 AM
Author: Talking tan doctorate



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4248294&forum_id=2#38140259)



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Date: April 25th, 2019 3:07 AM
Author: arousing mexican



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4248294&forum_id=2#38138817)



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Date: April 25th, 2019 10:36 AM
Author: arousing mexican



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4248294&forum_id=2#38139877)



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Date: April 25th, 2019 10:38 AM
Author: Adulterous reading party

Looks like a lipless reptile w/ shitgenes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4248294&forum_id=2#38139890)



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Date: April 25th, 2019 11:11 AM
Author: spruce community account boltzmann

I think she was interviewed by some mag a couple of years ago for some "women and the law" spread. Maybe it was a different biglaw partner. She was xo catnip (divorced, no kids, worked 24/7, weathered unhealthy look). I just thought she was a really sad person. She had this big house that looked dark, empty, and unused. She had a clay tennis court in the back that was pristine and unused. The funny thing about it was that there wasn't enough space in the backyard (and it was sloped) so the short walls surrounding the court went almost to the boundary lines of the court. The court was basically for show.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4248294&forum_id=2#38140142)



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Date: April 25th, 2019 11:15 AM
Author: primrose space

pics? ttt green clay or red clay imported from europe?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4248294&forum_id=2#38140167)



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Date: April 25th, 2019 11:17 AM
Author: Startling orange principal's office

People with more $ than time often make this kind of wistful purchase. I love tennis, so I will have a tennis court. But it doesn't get used, because they don't actually love tennis, or at least they don't love it as much as they love the latest PPP numbers. You see the same thing with people buying commercial grade ovens, even though they order seamless 4x a week, and boomer partners buying $4,500 custom shop guitars that hang on the wall. It's a symbol of the kind of person they used to be, not the kind of person they are.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4248294&forum_id=2#38140186)



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Date: April 25th, 2019 11:18 AM
Author: comical main people stain



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Date: April 25th, 2019 11:19 AM
Author: spectacular business firm



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Date: April 25th, 2019 11:20 AM
Author: spruce community account boltzmann



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4248294&forum_id=2#38140212)



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Date: April 25th, 2019 11:54 AM
Author: primrose space

I love tennis and spend hours on Xo poasting about it instead of making enough money to buy a court that I can't use :(

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4248294&forum_id=2#38140483)



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Date: April 25th, 2019 11:57 AM
Author: Talking tan doctorate

Absolutely devastating

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4248294&forum_id=2#38140496)



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Date: April 25th, 2019 12:02 PM
Author: shimmering hideous milk

Of course you never know when a commercial grade tuna oven will come in handy

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4248294&forum_id=2#38140523)



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Date: April 25th, 2019 12:04 PM
Author: Stimulating heaven blood rage

Great poast. I know a middle-aged ortho surgeon who has to spend 10k per year, probably more, on custom guitars made by a small batch maker he's enamored with -- real "craftsman." And legitimately, the guitars are beautiful, intricate, handcrafted. He literally does hang them on the wall in a room down in his basement. I've asked him several times to play with me, just for fun, and he always demurs because he "doesn't have the time to practice" and "isn't good enough anymore." "Why do you buy the guitars then?" Because he's "building a collection." Maybe they'll put the guitars in his coffin.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4248294&forum_id=2#38140530)



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Date: April 25th, 2019 1:07 PM
Author: Talking tan doctorate



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Date: April 26th, 2019 12:51 AM
Author: Hateful impertinent den

Xo does this but with knives

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4248294&forum_id=2#38144525)



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Date: April 25th, 2019 12:09 PM
Author: Grizzly aromatic range depressive



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Date: April 25th, 2019 12:10 PM
Author: Ocher Duck-like Piazza



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Date: April 25th, 2019 1:51 PM
Author: beady-eyed crotch

lulz. such my dad's O/U shotguns and boat he used to keep at Dana Point

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4248294&forum_id=2#38141089)



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Date: April 26th, 2019 2:30 PM
Author: Mildly autistic fluffy point gaping



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Date: April 25th, 2019 11:57 AM
Author: Grizzly aromatic range depressive

Yep. I remember ridiculing her on this bort.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4248294&forum_id=2#38140501)



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Date: April 26th, 2019 3:24 PM
Author: Avocado Parlor Headpube

That's why lawyers should be into mechanical keyboards as a hobby.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4248294&forum_id=2#38147285)



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Date: April 25th, 2019 11:34 AM
Author: harsh bespoke lay sound barrier

Amazingly, here's an article about her from 1982. Seems like she was always going to end up like this.

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1982/6/10/an-early-retirement-pfor-sandra-seville-jones/

For Sandra Seville-Jones, four years at Harvard have provided great swings of intensity, from fulltime dedication to high-level debating to disenchanted passivity with the College's size and impersonality.

Seville-Jones arrived at Harvard as a heralded public speaker who had been recruited, by schools across the country, known to the nation's large and dedicated circle of debaters for her "absolute, total commitment to the activity," according to Chris Wood '83.

"She was a great, great high school debater and a legend nationally," Wood says. Seville-Jones' "legend" was assured, in fact, in her senior year at the Harvard High School Debate Tournament, when she won the Individual Top Speaker award with a near-perfect score.

Seville-Jones debated at an extremely competitive level in high school, with hours of research, rehearsing, and professional coaching. Lots of travel and fundraising were involved. And she thrived on it. Her reputation and talent continued to grow so dramatically that in her freshman year at Harvard, she and Bill Foutz '80 earned a number one national ranking before losing in the quarter-finals of the championship tournament that spring.

Her debating had become very rewarding but also nerve-wracking because of the demands college competition places on creativity, memory, discipline, and most of all, time. She and Foutz spent months researching the nationwide topic that year, "employment."

"We employed people by building nuclear power plants across the country." she remembers. They prepared extensively to defend the plan's environmental consequences, saying "we had 20 or 30 pages on why nuclear waste was the greatest thing We were going to glassify it, send it to outer space..."

Though she and Foutz placed among the top eight teams in the country Seville-Jones realized after her freshman year that she was missing a lot, and she decided to "take the next year off," referring to debating, not college.

She never did compete seriously again, save for an abortive comeback junior year. Support for debating from the Harvard administration waned, and she grew more and more alienated from the College itself. "The wear and tear on you can be really bad," she explains. "I met no one here my freshman year except my roommates and my roommates' friends."

Today Seville-Jones lives off-campus, deliberately separating herself from the day-to-day life of Harvard. A bad rooming experience sophomore year and frustration over the distance she perceived between herself and her advisors and tutors drove her towards other interests, and towards a lifestyle emphasizing pleasure more than pressure. And with few regrets.

"I was dull. I think getting out of debate has helped me do other things," she says. She has become an avid sports fan with cable television hookups that allow her to follow several baseball teams on a daily basis, and she counts a trip to Los Angeles to see Fernando Valenzuela pitch in the World Series as a highlight of her senior year.

But Seville-Jones misses the intensity and exhilaration that debating brought her, and she hopes her enrollment in Law School this fall will reintroduce challenges she has missed the last three years.

"Law School's competitive, and that's what people in debate want," she explains. "It's that adversary spirit again. It seems like a lot of work, immense. It's a challenge," and apparently one that she is eager to accept, albeit at her own pace.

Seville-Jones still blames Harvard for drastically cutting the debate council's funding, which eliminated coaching and research and discouraged her from competing with the same energy she had shown freshman year. But she does not regret her three-year "retirement."

"There are a lot of things I never would have thought of doing if I were still in debate," she concludes. "I can see where Law School may revert me back to that single-minded self."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4248294&forum_id=2#38140332)



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Date: April 25th, 2019 11:59 AM
Author: Startling orange principal's office

the child is father to the man

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4248294&forum_id=2#38140505)



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Date: April 25th, 2019 12:00 PM
Author: Grizzly aromatic range depressive

Interesting. She actually was a perfect personality fit for Biglaw. Guess she really was living her dream.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4248294&forum_id=2#38140515)



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Date: April 25th, 2019 12:13 PM
Author: Well-lubricated Concupiscible Gas Station



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4248294&forum_id=2#38140589)



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Date: April 25th, 2019 12:08 PM
Author: Stimulating heaven blood rage

What's important in this is that, beyond doubt, she advanced the business and litigation interests of the firm and its clients and was rewarded richly for doing so. A life well lived.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4248294&forum_id=2#38140551)



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Date: April 25th, 2019 12:11 PM
Author: Ocher Duck-like Piazza



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4248294&forum_id=2#38140571)



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Date: April 25th, 2019 12:16 PM
Author: Well-lubricated Concupiscible Gas Station

*Other partners quickly dialing (and competing with each other for) Ms. Seville-Jones' clients reassuring them that her matters are expeditiously being handed over to them for continuation*

I picture it like that scene from Jerry Maguire where he and the sports agency that just fired him are hurriedly calling Maguire's clients to either retain or poach them.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4248294&forum_id=2#38140605)



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Date: April 25th, 2019 1:09 PM
Author: Startling orange principal's office

this is not even parody

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4248294&forum_id=2#38140857)



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Date: April 25th, 2019 12:24 PM
Author: razzle cuck



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Date: April 25th, 2019 1:07 PM
Author: Talking tan doctorate



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Date: April 25th, 2019 2:13 PM
Author: ruby vibrant athletic conference



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4248294&forum_id=2#38141260)



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Date: April 25th, 2019 12:24 PM
Author: razzle cuck

Is munger still the most prestigious biglaw litigation firm in the country?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4248294&forum_id=2#38140648)



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Date: April 25th, 2019 1:14 PM
Author: Odious bbw liquid oxygen

Not surprising that a law firm would issue an obituary that is more an ad for its diversity and inclusion efforts.

Of course she was only managing partner because she is unmarried and had no children. I wonder if on her deathbed she had any regrets in dying alone.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4248294&forum_id=2#38140889)



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Date: April 25th, 2019 4:30 PM
Author: primrose space

Meow!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4248294&forum_id=2#38142037)



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Date: April 25th, 2019 1:26 PM
Author: Adventurous shrine

you're a munger for your miserable life and then there are tolles to pay

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4248294&forum_id=2#38140948)



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Date: April 25th, 2019 1:28 PM
Author: Twisted big karate



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Date: April 25th, 2019 1:29 PM
Author: Soul-stirring Coffee Pot Windowlicker

What's a Munger Tolles?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4248294&forum_id=2#38140962)



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Date: April 25th, 2019 1:29 PM
Author: Overrated Glassy School Pozpig



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Date: April 25th, 2019 2:14 PM
Author: shimmering hideous milk

Sad

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4248294&forum_id=2#38141273)



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Date: April 25th, 2019 2:28 PM
Author: Talented Lilac Telephone

"Throughout her tenure, she promoted women attorneys and attorneys of color in the firm and the larger community. During her tenure, more than 60 percent of the firm’s newly elected partners were women and/or attorneys of color. Under her leadership, the firm became one of the first to garner Mansfield Certification Plus, recognizing the significant representation of women and attorneys of color in leadership positions at the firm. She helped revamp the MTO Fellows Program, an initiative aimed at increasing the diversity of the legal profession by helping first generation minority college graduates find their way to and through law school. She spoke frequently at conferences focused on women in law."

Good riddance

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4248294&forum_id=2#38141375)



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Date: April 26th, 2019 2:24 PM
Author: arousing mexican



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Date: April 26th, 2019 2:27 PM
Author: vivacious place of business

she was a high school debate GOD

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4248294&forum_id=2#38146997)



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Date: April 26th, 2019 2:37 PM
Author: vivacious place of business

HUG --> UCLA JD LOL

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4248294&forum_id=2#38147050)



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Date: April 26th, 2019 4:48 PM
Author: primrose space

Maybe she moved to LA for her husband. Oh wait.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4248294&forum_id=2#38147743)



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Date: April 26th, 2019 7:46 PM
Author: arousing mexican



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Date: May 4th, 2019 12:41 PM
Author: arousing mexican



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