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Clerkships, academia, law school, etc. Off and on.
mewling chapel
  09/08/10
Suppose the racialists are right and African Americans reall...
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  09/08/10
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hateful 180 resort
  09/08/10
Hasn't school started for you now? Shouldn't you be busy ea...
offensive bronze garrison halford
  09/08/10
I've got a stack of law review articles I'm leafing through.
mewling chapel
  09/08/10
I can see you decided to be a PC coward and dodge my questio...
motley hideous knife candlestick maker
  09/08/10
I oppose all eugenics policies, so I can't answer the questi...
mewling chapel
  09/08/10
Then you could easily say that it would bad. I can't see how...
motley hideous knife candlestick maker
  09/08/10
I guess I was too influenced at 19 by Kant.
mewling chapel
  09/08/10
your opinions are stupid
motley hideous knife candlestick maker
  09/08/10
u mad i fuck hot women while you write about womyn and SOX?
translucent bisexual psychic
  09/08/10
Obviously.
mewling chapel
  09/08/10
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Diverse private investor weed whacker
  09/08/10
what was your school rank and class rank? how many clerkshi...
floppy hissy fit
  09/08/10
Good but not elite school, extremely high class rank. I appl...
mewling chapel
  09/08/10
Do you have tenure? What was the meat market like? Do you te...
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  09/08/10
Not tenured. Meat market was mentally exhausting, but as ...
mewling chapel
  09/08/10
how off are the tenured profs on prawfsblawg about preparing...
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  09/08/10
thinking about teaching a class at the u?
Diverse private investor weed whacker
  09/08/10
i'd love to teach business law at the U, fiu, or mdcc. not u...
translucent bisexual psychic
  09/08/10
Not to be mean (okay, to be mean), many professors don't hav...
mewling chapel
  09/08/10
Did you work in private practice before becoming a prof?
Sexy main people
  09/08/10
Yes, typical big law firm.
mewling chapel
  09/08/10
How long did you stay there, and what kind of work did you d...
Sexy main people
  09/08/10
Are you ever scared that a student is going to ask a questio...
galvanic orchid dilemma genital piercing
  09/08/10
It happens all the time. The question is what category it fa...
mewling chapel
  09/08/10
Good point. The last would be the most worrisome. Do you ...
galvanic orchid dilemma genital piercing
  09/08/10
I try to get back to them. If it's fairly off-topic or unimp...
mewling chapel
  09/08/10
lolllllllll
Diverse private investor weed whacker
  09/08/10
how does it feel being a cog in the wheel of a machine that ...
concupiscible citrine nowag
  09/08/10
Are you a libertarian or a moron? Neither?
cobalt house-broken library
  09/08/10
who are some of your top poster
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How often do faculty talk about students (both good and bad ...
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Date: September 8th, 2010 10:07 AM
Author: mewling chapel

Clerkships, academia, law school, etc. Off and on.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417670&forum_id=2#15993991)



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Date: September 8th, 2010 10:10 AM
Author: motley hideous knife candlestick maker

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: hateful 180 resort



(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: offensive bronze garrison halford

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: mewling chapel

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: motley hideous knife candlestick maker

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: mewling chapel

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: motley hideous knife candlestick maker

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?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417670&forum_id=2#15994027)



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Date: September 8th, 2010 10:23 AM
Author: mewling chapel

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: motley hideous knife candlestick maker

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: translucent bisexual psychic

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: mewling chapel

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: Diverse private investor weed whacker



(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: floppy hissy fit

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: mewling chapel

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: galvanic orchid dilemma genital piercing

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: mewling chapel

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417670&forum_id=2#15994201)



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Date: September 8th, 2010 12:35 PM
Author: translucent bisexual psychic

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: Diverse private investor weed whacker

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: translucent bisexual psychic

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: mewling chapel

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: Sexy main people

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: mewling chapel

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: Sexy main people

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: galvanic orchid dilemma genital piercing

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: mewling chapel

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: galvanic orchid dilemma genital piercing

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.)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417670&forum_id=2#15995228)



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Date: September 8th, 2010 4:14 PM
Author: mewling chapel

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: Diverse private investor weed whacker

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: concupiscible citrine nowag

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: cobalt house-broken library

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: Hilarious jew keepsake machete

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: Cheese-eating national new version

How often do faculty talk about students (both good and bad things)?

what kind of stuff is said in these conversations?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1417670&forum_id=2#15996415)