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by ss108 5y ago
I don't think there's any conceit that it's about Hispanics qua Hispanics; isn't it supposed to be about gender? Like, I don't think a white progressive would claim they say that to make a Hispanic person feel com
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by ss108 5y ago
As someone who went through this process intensely and was an avid reader of places like r/lawschooladmissions (which has a lot of people posting stats and results--could be interesting to datamine and analyze), I would say no. The one
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by ss108 5y ago
> It's harmless if you consider it in isolation. But I think it reflects a troubling power dynamic. At Northwestern they renamed "Hispanic Heritage Month" to "Latinx Heritage Month" ( https://www.northw
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by ss108 5y ago
I'm Muslim, and not particularly a fan of Ilhan Omar (though I also agree with her on many things). But she's not the "face of Islam in America" because "white progressives in the media" decided that. She'
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by ss108 5y ago
But won't those people simply not rise through the ranks if they don't perform well? At the next step, how would they really "take over" the legal system just by being woke at work? They still have to make the same argum
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by ss108 5y ago
I think someone on here said history. I'm not sure.
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by ss108 5y ago
But it doesn't establish the proportion of ppl with those beliefs. Radicals of any persuasion tend to be loudmouths. You and I both went to T14s and clearly have different political beliefs from those people. Most people at such school
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by ss108 5y ago
Yeah the latinx thing is really dumb (REALLY dumb), but also harmless, esp since almost no actual Hispanic person says that shit. Luckily Dem voters reject far left candidates in broader elections; see Biden, Eric Adams. Dems currently seem
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by ss108 5y ago
Thanks. My theory is there are 2 reasons: 1. Lawyers must really internalize an attitude of recognizing the limits of what they know. They have to speak precisely. They can't make claims they can't substantiate. They can't sp
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by ss108 5y ago
I generally agree with you on this, esp the point about Dem voters actually disliking it.
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by ss108 5y ago
Mailing lists != what most people actually spend most of their time learning at elite law schools and what they will end up doing as lawyers
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by ss108 5y ago
Neither she nor the actual author are lawyers. They don't know that world. They don't know the law. They aren't experienced in its operation. They've cherrypicked quotes and sutuations to depict a situation different fro
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by ss108 5y ago
We are all mistaken because of the url. I read the article, and it was easy to gloss over the fact that Weiss didn't actually write it.
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by ss108 5y ago
It's real, it's just blown way out of proportion (see my comment above).
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by ss108 5y ago
You're assuming they are all terrorists at Guantanamo, but it's known now that many of them are innocent randos who got swept up. You're also totally ignoring the difference between torture that violates international law and
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by ss108 5y ago
You are correct though she isn't the author, but everyone in this thread assumes she is haha (The actual author also seems unqualified to argue the issue)
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by ss108 5y ago
She didn't go to law school, she's not part of that world. Think about how many articles get tech stuff wrong. Articles about law tend to be even worse because of the political/emotive aspects, which writers (such as here) tr
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by ss108 5y ago
Not law school.
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by ss108 5y ago
Which one? Unless it was Yale, I'd wager you're finding examples of something that triggers you everywhere because ppl are primed to do that. It's one of the fallacies of the woke crowd as well. Would be interested in hearing
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by ss108 5y ago
Yeah that definitely needed context lol
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by ss108 5y ago
Speaking just to the elite law school angle, her concerns are not illegitimate or unfounded, but they are blown out of proportion. Doing my best on phone; this isn't as thorough or nuanced as I'd like. I myself was extremely irked
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by ss108 5y ago
I just graduated from Columbia Law and am currently a biglaw first year. I agree with you pretty much entirely. Her article is idiotic and so is most of this thread.
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by ss108 5y ago
I know of a couple CPAs who have mentioned the need to study for some test to maintain their credentials. What is it that they may have been referring to?
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by ss108 5y ago
The sophomoricism in this thread is one of the things that irked me about tech and made me go into law. I'm going back into tech because the culture of law is much more broken and repellant, but one thing I can say in favor of lawyers
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by ss108 5y ago
Law school admissions are pretty meritocratic. Not sure the basis on which you would argue otherwise.
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by ss108 5y ago
I have passed the bar exam actually lol Can't say whether or not it's easier than an exams to become an accountant. Bear in mind though that one needs to keep taking exams to maintain CPA status, whereas in law, we have no such re
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by ss108 5y ago
He didn't mean in terms of skill or difficulty; he was referring to the bullshit one has to go through to actually be an accountant (certifications, etc).
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by ss108 5y ago
One doesn't need any specific background to go to law school in the US. People go with STEM backgrounds all the time. I would say to strongly consider going if these social causes are sufficiently specific (sounds like they are) AND if
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by ss108 5y ago
Based on his experience starting new countries?
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by ss108 5y ago
What are some such features? I've used Visual Studio before, and one thing that annoys me about VS Code is that I can't just drag a tab out to a new window and have it be connected to the same project or session or whatever. Even

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