it's extremely good. 2k in meds is usually like 1 doctor's visit. Slip and falls are super hard b/c you have to be a dumbass to slip and fall usually, and you have to prove that the defendant knew or should have known of the condition, or did something negligent to cause the condition. Here, we alleged they mopped, but they had a good denial. If I were the defense, I would have said "yeah we mopped, big fing deal, we are supposed to mop. "

Then, your client looks like an ******* when he asks for some ridiculous amount of money and juries hate people like that usually. Very interesting case...the defense lawyer was good at what he was doing (i.e. witness examination/cross/open/close), but did a pretty poor job in my opinion on his overall defense.

I was trying to watch as neutral as possible and their side just came off like the bad guy when they didn't have to be.

Probably worse forum: Texas. Verdict was technically 27k too so even better. Don't know if anyone else around the country is familiar with "paid or incurred", but it absolutely screws us. The guy had 7-8k in meds but we can only show 2k to the jury b/c of insurance. Our guy was advised to explain his ridiculous demand in a really smart way though: "I'd pay $50 per day since this happened for this pain to go away." Adds up.

Quick question: Would the lack of good/relevant LORs kill your application to a Law school where your GPA/LSAT index is easily above their admission standards(tho as an extreme splitter)? Asking professors I barely knew 3 years ago(over email) to write letters has been a challenge. The schools in question are just regional ones(I understand they may be very -$ev, but I'm ok with that).

as long as you meet the minimum required letters and the letters don't indicate you are a serial killer, no.

My LORs were all non-academic. I just asked people from my workplace to vouch for me. My cycle went fine.

IN Portland?

Cool. While you're at it can I borrow $60k? I have this buddy in Mali who says he'll hook me up with $2M/yr if I just send him $60k to buy his family's diamond mine from the military. I know it seems a little suspicious but this guy is TOTALLY LEGIT.

Yeah, the rule for law school is one murder or fewer.

In Portland (and Multnomah County in general) it's going to be hire, but not by much. There are several Oregon counties where you might as well not even try if you have minimal property damage and a soft tissue injury. I get monthly verdict reports, and its crazy how many defense verdicts you get on admitted liability cases (doesn't seem right, I know).

That's going to be the most awkward Criminal Law cold call ever. 2nd place goes to his C&F hearing.

LORs are the most worthless thing in your app

schools know that the LOR writers are lying. its basically a test to keep out the super freaks who cant find 2 people on the planet to say xyz is a nice guy.

Unless of course your LOR writer is known at the school or has a friend on the schools board of overseers or trustees ect.
I do well with recommendations at my alma mater but I lecture there, give $$$ and go to the faculty alumni things. YMMV.

Good luck

PS, as for -EV depending on what you want to do with your degree it might be very +EV especially if you own your own business and are tired of getting huge legal bill for stuff you could do well on your own if you knew how to do it.

We are still looking for the writer. It is going to be an interesting one. All criminal law briefs are interesting.

You guys are really quite kind.

Shipit, you can always ring me up. Send me a message and I will provide my numbers. I will be playing this weekend in another city but I will try to look on here during breaks. (Assuming I make it to the breaks...)

Uhh this is a really bad reason to go to law school and there's no way it's +EV no matter how you are calculating it... unless someone is paying for your school in its entirety + a salary to make up for any lost opportunity cost.

law school costs like 1/4 of a million dolllars (not considering opportunity cost), takes up 3 years of your life and doesn't offer great employment opportunities in the current economy. you have to REALLY want to be a lawyer to make a commitment like that.

Shipped publication editor on law review. Looking forward to a 3L year without the bluebook

I guess he means like your business regularly racks up 50k in legal bills a year and you could run your business while going to school. Maybe that's a reason?

My small business clients come to me because the time spent drafting and reviewing employment contracts, non-disclosure agreements, leases, etc. and dealing with government red tape is more profitably spent running their businesses, and it is worth the costs of legal representation to have things done right and to have someone else think about how to handle this stuff. The most expensive projects are the ones where people have tried to play Delaware lawyer and I have to come in and clean up the mess. Unless you are a quick learner and have a good network of resources, dabbling in any area of the law is playing with fire.