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Aug 24 11 5:59 PM
Minister of Love wrote:-I have a buddy that moved to Alberta. He wrote a scathing sarcastic letter to the Lawyers Weekly about being charged about a grand by LSUC for maintaining his membership. I believe he ultimately applied, and was permitted, to resign. -Bar Ads sucked. I mean big time sucked. It taught me nothing that frankly I didn't already know or couldn't have learned from the materials. It struck me at the time, and still does, as a cover ass cash grab by the Law Society.
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Regulus de Leo wrote:Gee for a lot of us it was the first time we heard what life in the trenches was like from real lawyers not communist/feminist academics who could not have even drafted a simple will. It was like a forced march but how is it better now having to read a box of materials and write an exam? Oh and I met my wife as a student in the Bar Ads seminar. We shared a Treats coffee card and fell in love on the breaks.
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Aug 24 11 6:49 PM
Regulus de Leo wrote:I was at Osgoode: Allan Hutchinson, Michael Mandel, Mary Jane Mossman, Louise Arbour, Eric Tucker (1st year property law who did inot believei property...though it didnt stop him from owning a house). My Contracts prof Cohen was ciritical legal studies dweeb via a phd in Psychology from Yale (arghh). That I survived such stupidity is a miracle. Lucky enough to have Hogg for tax.
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Aug 24 11 7:20 PM
commie wrote: Regulus de Leo wrote: I was at Osgoode: Allan Hutchinson, Michael Mandel, Mary Jane Mossman, Louise Arbour, Eric Tucker (1st year property law who did inot believei property...though it didnt stop him from owning a house). My Contracts prof Cohen was ciritical legal studies dweeb via a phd in Psychology from Yale (arghh).That I survived such stupidity is a miracle. Lucky enough to have Hogg for tax.Funny, mine didn't seem to much care for property either, except to expound on how it was oppressive. It must be some kind of in joke that every property law professor is a raging left winger.
Regulus de Leo wrote: I was at Osgoode: Allan Hutchinson, Michael Mandel, Mary Jane Mossman, Louise Arbour, Eric Tucker (1st year property law who did inot believei property...though it didnt stop him from owning a house). My Contracts prof Cohen was ciritical legal studies dweeb via a phd in Psychology from Yale (arghh).That I survived such stupidity is a miracle. Lucky enough to have Hogg for tax.
Endless days of low ceilings and nasty crosswinds makes Chicken Little something something.
Aug 24 11 7:40 PM
ChickenLittle wrote:commie wrote: Regulus de Leo wrote: I was at Osgoode: Allan Hutchinson, Michael Mandel, Mary Jane Mossman, Louise Arbour, Eric Tucker (1st year property law who did inot believei property...though it didnt stop him from owning a house). My Contracts prof Cohen was ciritical legal studies dweeb via a phd in Psychology from Yale (arghh).That I survived such stupidity is a miracle. Lucky enough to have Hogg for tax.Funny, mine didn't seem to much care for property either, except to expound on how it was oppressive. It must be some kind of in joke that every property law professor is a raging left winger. Mine wasn't. Although the initial three weeks of the stupid fox who was shot on a farmer's field by a trespasser got tiresome real quick.
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bumblebee wrote:Regulus and I both went to the wrong law school. The bar ads course involved a negligent white water rafting guide. We also had some role playing exercises regarding professional responsibility all of which seemed to involve middle aged sole practitioners who had abandoned their practice or lost their clients’ documents or shown up drunk to court due to drug addiction/alcohol addiction/mental breakdown. We were warned to never ignore a letter from the law society and given the 1-800 number we could call for help with our future drug addiction/alcohol addiction/mental breakdown. It was an awesome time.
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Aug 25 11 5:13 AM
commie wrote:jaggers wrote:I remember the rock in the river, but nothing about the blackout. Was that 2007?It was in Toronto for the June sitting of the exam. I also remember the fun of being escorted to the can when I took a leak. I never understood why. They took all the paper we had away from us. Every damn thing was in a clear plastic container. ah! I have it, they must have been concerned that people might write the law society's precious questions on the inside of their gonch when they were in the can.
jaggers wrote:I remember the rock in the river, but nothing about the blackout. Was that 2007?
Aug 25 11 5:15 AM
Pettifogger wrote:Regulus de Leo wrote: I was at Osgoode: Allan Hutchinson, Michael Mandel, Mary Jane Mossman, Louise Arbour, Eric Tucker (1st year property law who did inot believei property...though it didnt stop him from owning a house). My Contracts prof Cohen was ciritical legal studies dweeb via a phd in Psychology from Yale (arghh).That I survived such stupidity is a miracle. Lucky enough to have Hogg for tax.I offer my sincere condolences re Hutch, Mandel & Mossman (shudder). As for David Cohen (BA psych McGill, LLM Yale), well , I can only say that we had Vaver. Nya nya nya nya.
Aug 25 11 5:21 AM
Go Canucks wrote: Just out of curiosity, if you are practicing in Ontario, and move to BC, do you have to sit for the bar exam again? It varies down here. Usually the answer is yes, but some states have reciprocity agreements so that you don't have to do so (usually called admission on motion or waiving in). And I think the District of Columbia waives in anyone who has been practicing a certain length of time (not licensed there and not sure how long you have to practice for).It's a pain in the ass, honestly. Florida doesn't allow admission on motion. So, when we had a couple of clients who required a Georgia attorney, I was forced to either refer them or sit for the bar exam. Since I don't like to see money that could go to me end up somewhere else, I sat for the Georgia bar.It was a drag to be running a practice while studying for the bar.Of course, Florida has particularly stupid rules governing bar admission. It hampers those of us who also wish to practice out of state.
Aug 25 11 5:30 AM
jaggers wrote: I had Hutch, Mandel, Mossman and Tucker as well!
Aug 25 11 5:32 AM
Minister of Love wrote: Go Canucks wrote: Just out of curiosity, if you are practicing in Ontario, and move to BC, do you have to sit for the bar exam again? It varies down here. Usually the answer is yes, but some states have reciprocity agreements so that you don't have to do so (usually called admission on motion or waiving in). And I think the District of Columbia waives in anyone who has been practicing a certain length of time (not licensed there and not sure how long you have to practice for).It's a pain in the ass, honestly. Florida doesn't allow admission on motion. So, when we had a couple of clients who required a Georgia attorney, I was forced to either refer them or sit for the bar exam. Since I don't like to see money that could go to me end up somewhere else, I sat for the Georgia bar.It was a drag to be running a practice while studying for the bar.Of course, Florida has particularly stupid rules governing bar admission. It hampers those of us who also wish to practice out of state.You used to, I had a couple friends that did it, but I think now with the National Mobility Agreement all you have to do is prove that you're qualified in one of the signatory provinces, currently in good standing and are of good character etc. You can also qualify to practice in another province for up to 100 days without all the hoop jumping.
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