\
  The most prestigious law school admissions discussion board in the world.
BackRefresh Options Favorite

how hard to cop fed ALJ

...
poppy national security agency
  04/16/15
they're mostly hags or men so it's not worth the effort
fighting narrow-minded elastic band
  04/16/15
99% chance you will get stuck in Nebraska hearing social sec...
Henna electric half-breed
  04/16/15
maeking 130k as an unfireable fed judge in low COL place sou...
poppy national security agency
  04/16/15
(Retard who thinks ALJs are Art III.)
Hairraiser bearded school milk
  04/16/15
art 1 judges are near impossible to get fired
poppy national security agency
  04/16/15
They don't serve for life. They are as unfireable as any oth...
Hairraiser bearded school milk
  04/16/15
(2L who has never known the shitscape that is practicing law...
poppy national security agency
  04/16/15
...
Sexy Concupiscible Plaza
  04/18/15
They are pretty unfireable as far as federal employees go. T...
Henna electric half-breed
  04/16/15
magistrate in a prestigious district can be chill and presti...
Heady light regret crackhouse
  04/18/15
magistrate is 180, though the district judges are kind of th...
Henna electric half-breed
  04/18/15
yeah, but the district court judges go out of their way to g...
Heady light regret crackhouse
  04/18/15
It's more like 160k
Henna electric half-breed
  04/16/15
patent, trademark, and veteran's stuff are desperate for ALJ...
Violet Parlor Dysfunction
  04/16/15
What about NLRB or ICE? They don't do much work in middle A...
filthy school cafeteria
  04/16/15
NLRB judges all start out as SSA judges for a few years (pro...
Bespoke roast beef
  04/16/15
DC and SF would blow on a federal salary
Henna electric half-breed
  04/16/15
$160k in DC would blow? Shit, I lived there quite well on ha...
Glassy Histrionic Factory Reset Button Twinkling Uncleanness
  04/17/15
if you want to buy a house and raise a family in a non-shit ...
Henna electric half-breed
  04/18/15
nah, you'd be fine especially if you had a working spouse. ...
Bespoke roast beef
  04/18/15
these gigs are 180. boring but really low stress. but if yo...
Lime maniacal meetinghouse
  04/18/15


Poast new message in this thread



Reply Favorite

Date: April 16th, 2015 10:19 AM
Author: poppy national security agency



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856573&forum_id=2#27701255)



Reply Favorite

Date: April 16th, 2015 10:32 AM
Author: fighting narrow-minded elastic band

they're mostly hags or men so it's not worth the effort

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856573&forum_id=2#27701315)



Reply Favorite

Date: April 16th, 2015 10:54 AM
Author: Henna electric half-breed

99% chance you will get stuck in Nebraska hearing social security disability claims the rest of your career. You may be able to eventually cop a transfer to a more desirable location but it isn't a given, and it could take years, To get your foot in the door on the front end, ALJ candidates usually have to say they will go anywhere for their first assignment. And, as noted SSA is the agency that employs the vast majority of ALJs.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856573&forum_id=2#27701393)



Reply Favorite

Date: April 16th, 2015 12:16 PM
Author: poppy national security agency

maeking 130k as an unfireable fed judge in low COL place sounds like heaven

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856573&forum_id=2#27701848)



Reply Favorite

Date: April 16th, 2015 12:44 PM
Author: Hairraiser bearded school milk

(Retard who thinks ALJs are Art III.)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856573&forum_id=2#27701975)



Reply Favorite

Date: April 16th, 2015 12:46 PM
Author: poppy national security agency

art 1 judges are near impossible to get fired

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856573&forum_id=2#27701986)



Reply Favorite

Date: April 16th, 2015 12:48 PM
Author: Hairraiser bearded school milk

They don't serve for life. They are as unfireable as any other bureaucrat. Bankruptcy is the only Art I judge worth being/clerking for.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856573&forum_id=2#27701999)



Reply Favorite

Date: April 16th, 2015 12:57 PM
Author: poppy national security agency

(2L who has never known the shitscape that is practicing law)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856573&forum_id=2#27702053)



Reply Favorite

Date: April 18th, 2015 11:59 AM
Author: Sexy Concupiscible Plaza



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856573&forum_id=2#27712340)



Reply Favorite

Date: April 16th, 2015 2:34 PM
Author: Henna electric half-breed

They are pretty unfireable as far as federal employees go. The employing agency essentially has to file and win an MSPB lawsuit to remove them. You can probably count on one hand th number of ALJs in the past 30 years who have been successfully removed. They also don't really have "supervisors" in the traditional sense and kind of just run their own shit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856573&forum_id=2#27702601)



Reply Favorite

Date: April 18th, 2015 11:58 AM
Author: Heady light regret crackhouse

magistrate in a prestigious district can be chill and prestigious as fuck and definitely a dream job for a large % of shittigators

this was meant as a reply to the guy who said BK judges were only AI judges worth being.

federal claims also seems pretty OK

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856573&forum_id=2#27712337)



Reply Favorite

Date: April 18th, 2015 12:03 PM
Author: Henna electric half-breed

magistrate is 180, though the district judges are kind of their "bosses"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856573&forum_id=2#27712348)



Reply Favorite

Date: April 18th, 2015 12:04 PM
Author: Heady light regret crackhouse

yeah, but the district court judges go out of their way to give the magistrate dudes respect and be deferential to them

magistrate in some shit district could suck. but in a lot of prestigious districts with a bunch of biglaw cases it seems like magistrates are often referred cases to handle everything up to, and often including, case-dispositive motions. and usually its extremely hard to get a district court judge to overturn what his magistrate bro did on the motion to dismiss / discovery motion / etc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856573&forum_id=2#27712353)



Reply Favorite

Date: April 16th, 2015 2:32 PM
Author: Henna electric half-breed

It's more like 160k

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856573&forum_id=2#27702589)



Reply Favorite

Date: April 16th, 2015 12:14 PM
Author: Violet Parlor Dysfunction

patent, trademark, and veteran's stuff are desperate for ALJs right now. everything else seems pretty slow.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856573&forum_id=2#27701835)



Reply Favorite

Date: April 16th, 2015 12:59 PM
Author: filthy school cafeteria

What about NLRB or ICE? They don't do much work in middle America.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856573&forum_id=2#27702070)



Reply Favorite

Date: April 16th, 2015 2:19 PM
Author: Bespoke roast beef

NLRB judges all start out as SSA judges for a few years (probably the same in all federal agencies).

NLRB judges do a pretty fair amount of work in middle America, but you aren't limited to where you live. There is a lot of travel. There are 3 ALJ offices - DC, SF, and I think Chicago. You are "assigned" to one of those offices, but you preside over cases all over your region.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856573&forum_id=2#27702523)



Reply Favorite

Date: April 16th, 2015 2:35 PM
Author: Henna electric half-breed

DC and SF would blow on a federal salary

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856573&forum_id=2#27702604)



Reply Favorite

Date: April 17th, 2015 8:58 PM
Author: Glassy Histrionic Factory Reset Button Twinkling Uncleanness

$160k in DC would blow? Shit, I lived there quite well on half that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856573&forum_id=2#27710279)



Reply Favorite

Date: April 18th, 2015 12:02 PM
Author: Henna electric half-breed

if you want to buy a house and raise a family in a non-shit area, yes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856573&forum_id=2#27712346)



Reply Favorite

Date: April 18th, 2015 12:06 PM
Author: Bespoke roast beef

nah, you'd be fine especially if you had a working spouse. you could live in a decent suburb. wouldn't be rolling in money but you wouldn't be bad off either.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856573&forum_id=2#27712362)



Reply Favorite

Date: April 18th, 2015 12:11 PM
Author: Lime maniacal meetinghouse

these gigs are 180. boring but really low stress. but if you aren't ex-military/jAG it's hard. probably having court exp is impt, a lot of them seem to be ex prosecutors.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2856573&forum_id=2#27712378)