Staving off sheer panic.
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Lost Cause
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Thanks for the view......
..into the Rat Race. What do YOU want to do? Is this what you want? Stumbling over yourself to please others, to gain their favor? What is it that caused you to pursue this career...Money? Prestige? Like others have said, there are alot more places to work where you don't have to have a triple bypass by the time you're forty.
If you pursue something that obviously takes more than it gives, surrounded by shallow, bottom feeders, then it brings your character into question.
*I won't call you weasel yet.......you have to earn it!
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..into the Rat Race. What do YOU want to do? Is this what you want? Stumbling over yourself to please others, to gain their favor? What is it that caused you to pursue this career...Money? Prestige? Like others have said, there are alot more places to work where you don't have to have a triple bypass by the time you're forty.
If you pursue something that obviously takes more than it gives, surrounded by shallow, bottom feeders, then it brings your character into question.
*I won't call you weasel yet.......you have to earn it!
*
kotori
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Just wondering if you could consider something in the public sector? DoJ? Even state gov. I'm sure the financial compensation wouldn't compare with the corporate world, but there are other ways to be compensated.
In your spare time (the other fifty hours a week) you could write one of those legal-beagle grishom-y books. . .but with lots of sex. Many a bloody fortune.
In your spare time (the other fifty hours a week) you could write one of those legal-beagle grishom-y books. . .but with lots of sex. Many a bloody fortune.
PacificBlue
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That sounds like a frustrating situation Mischka. I have no words of wisdom to depart as I know very little about obtaining work your chosen field. I'll just say that I will keep you in my thoughts.
Don't give up hope!
Don't give up hope!
modest mouse
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Mischka,
You've become a victim of volume. Firms don't want to take the time to evaluate as much as glean some (read as 'barely any') knowledge of you from a form conveniently filled out for them, aka GPA.
Your ability to be a quality lawyer, doing good work and using your skills to get where you want is not determined by GPA but rather by what you stated; hard work, know-how, and actual knowledge of the law(not just paper-bred learning).
Unfortunately the simplicity of the current system means that some firms are going to reject you because you dont fit their mold. they dont necessarily want the best lawyers, they want the least risk. they dont want their hiring practices scrutinized so some set of standards must be applied that can back them up, voila... GPA.
It sucks. I wont tell you that it doesnt. This arbitrary guideline ends up cascading into real life as it changes where you might possibly work, when, with whom, etc. You're young and you have time to get to where you want even if its a different course than you would have liked. it will now be more difficult but possible, likely in fact.
From the little I know of you; your strength is in performance and results and not in paper and rehashing of ideas. That means you'll be a better lawyer than you were a law student.
I value your thoughts and words as a person and knowing your responsibility and drive would gladly have you as my lawyer in my case against Don Juan for identity theft.
You've become a victim of volume. Firms don't want to take the time to evaluate as much as glean some (read as 'barely any') knowledge of you from a form conveniently filled out for them, aka GPA.
Your ability to be a quality lawyer, doing good work and using your skills to get where you want is not determined by GPA but rather by what you stated; hard work, know-how, and actual knowledge of the law(not just paper-bred learning).
Unfortunately the simplicity of the current system means that some firms are going to reject you because you dont fit their mold. they dont necessarily want the best lawyers, they want the least risk. they dont want their hiring practices scrutinized so some set of standards must be applied that can back them up, voila... GPA.
It sucks. I wont tell you that it doesnt. This arbitrary guideline ends up cascading into real life as it changes where you might possibly work, when, with whom, etc. You're young and you have time to get to where you want even if its a different course than you would have liked. it will now be more difficult but possible, likely in fact.
From the little I know of you; your strength is in performance and results and not in paper and rehashing of ideas. That means you'll be a better lawyer than you were a law student.
I value your thoughts and words as a person and knowing your responsibility and drive would gladly have you as my lawyer in my case against Don Juan for identity theft.
Lost Cause
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Lost Cause..........she didnt need that post today.....
Oh I'm sorry! I didn't know this was a "piss and moan" thread, Siren! If someone has a problem I offer options, nor "live the way I approve of" solutions. Nor do I pat them on the shoulder and say "there,there", solving nothing! My reply was designed to help her evaluate if that is what she wants to do, not to enable her to continue with the frustration over her GPA, she can take it or leave it. The legal profession is a cut-fucking-throat way of life, if she has problems now, wait till she gets blind-sided by some 20 year legal eagle!
If all she wanted was a "boo-hoo, poor, pity me thread", I'm sure she would have wrote it that way. I thought she wanted a brainstorm session with us. Well excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me!
Oh I'm sorry! I didn't know this was a "piss and moan" thread, Siren! If someone has a problem I offer options, nor "live the way I approve of" solutions. Nor do I pat them on the shoulder and say "there,there", solving nothing! My reply was designed to help her evaluate if that is what she wants to do, not to enable her to continue with the frustration over her GPA, she can take it or leave it. The legal profession is a cut-fucking-throat way of life, if she has problems now, wait till she gets blind-sided by some 20 year legal eagle!
If all she wanted was a "boo-hoo, poor, pity me thread", I'm sure she would have wrote it that way. I thought she wanted a brainstorm session with us. Well excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me!
Jim_Henson
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Mish I believe in you and I know you will be a brilliant lawyer, and you'll get there, just maybe with some hard yards first.
Hang in there.
Hang in there.
Silverlily
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Let me tell you a little something my father told me once. I was also in the position of being told I wasn't an asset and was taking it really hard. My dad took me into the garage and showed me all these tools, most of which he had inheirited from my grandfather. It was obvious they had been sitting for a while. Frustrated, I wanted to know what a bunch of broken tools had to do with me. He told me they weren't broken, in fact, they were damn good tools, top quality. He just didn't know how to use them.
You are an asset, a quality one, they just don't know how to use you.
You are an asset, a quality one, they just don't know how to use you.
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Mischka,Mischka said:
These words you have said yourself and have been reaffirmed by many upon this thread with more added. Because you believe in you and they do to, with another added to this list.. myself.
You have an incredible amount of options available, the list only gets smaller when you choose to see it as otherwise.
Some times the hardest case we face.. is ourself.
Hearts blessings ( and if needed, a hug )
BTW.. the verdict is in, your gonna win !
Calamity Jane
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Mischka... I don't know what to say that hasn't been said. You're a smart, amazing woman. It sucks that something as trivial as .02 points can keep you out of a job at a big firm, but maybe all that means is the path you'd set for yourself wasn't exactly the right one.
I know you must be freaking out. But you know that you'll find a way, right?
I know you must be freaking out. But you know that you'll find a way, right?
Diablogrl
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Misch
#1: you will be the best lawyer out of our class, hands down, no doubt about it
#2: any firm that turns you down is an idiot
#3: if you are working 100 hours/wk, put half of what you are working on in my inbox and email me some mandatory deadlines. I've been a slacker this summer, but clinic is over, and I've cut my work hours significantly (they owe me).
#1: you will be the best lawyer out of our class, hands down, no doubt about it
#2: any firm that turns you down is an idiot
#3: if you are working 100 hours/wk, put half of what you are working on in my inbox and email me some mandatory deadlines. I've been a slacker this summer, but clinic is over, and I've cut my work hours significantly (they owe me).
