maxgeist

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by maxgeist 5y ago
My wife and I lived in different countries for 2 years, partly because of work. We are not wealthy, nor did we enjoy doing this. You might say that this was a result of bad priorities and maybe it was. We were honestly trying to do what was
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by maxgeist 5y ago
The Free Law Project looks great. I'm going to explore your projects this week. I've been looking for a volunteer opportunity in legal tech. It looks like some of your projects have guidelines for contributors. Do you often work w
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by maxgeist 5y ago
Yeah, discovery and filing seem to be the biggest emerging applications of software to law. I wonder if going to law school would put me in a better position as a founder of an ediscovery startup. What I had in mind was any kind of law-care
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by maxgeist 5y ago
> It would be just an incredibly valuable asset. Do you have any examples of this? I haven't been able to find a ton of examples of lawyer/programmers whose careers combine these areas of expertise explicitly.
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by maxgeist 5y ago
I'm not sure that the lawyers would ever build a case on a quantitative analysis done by the lawyer. Not 100% sure. It's an interesting question. My suspicion is that they would use a credentialed "expert" to do any anal
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by maxgeist 5y ago
Well, I can use Postgres but don't know anything about Excel.
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by maxgeist 5y ago
Thank you for the reply. I think you're 100% right about the LSAT. I'm prepping for it now. Have you been happy with the switch from software engineering to law? 3 people in my immediate family are lawyers, so I think I have a rel
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Ask HN: Opportunities for Programmer/Lawyers?
6 points by maxgeist 5y ago|16 comments
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Ask HN: What practical book about analytics do you recommend?
5 points by maxgeist 5y ago|1 comments