Pros for UofM:
-Dad went there (as an undergrad)
-sister went there (as an undergrad)
-I was born in Michigan (lived there till I was 5)
-sister lives in Ann Arbor (near campus)
-I was brought up a Wolverine and always will be one (but I didn’t attend UofM as an undergrad)

Pros for NYU:
-NY feels like my home (even though I don’t live there)
-I will live in NY after law school (no matter where I study)
-we’ve had an apartment in NY since I was 6, and I love the city life (my stepfather’s a broadway actor, so we go up there often, but I’ve never lived there full time)
-if I go to school where I plan to work, I may be able to network with people in the city or intern with a local firm where I could work

Please help!
PS to all you lawyer haters, I’m going to be a sports agent. And go away, no one likes people who degrade others!!!

“Beggars can’t be choosers,” Obama’s “Auntie Zeituni” Onyango, 57, told the Herald yesterday with a mischievous smile, wearing a string of pearls and a sleeveless forest-green sheath she said her nephew bought her years before he became leader of the free world.“I’d like to live in a castle and have a limousine,” she said, “but I don’t. My wealth is my health.Zeituni Polly Onyango, the half-sister of Obama’s late father Barack Obama Sr., moved into a discreet apartment complex this past month while she waits to fight a Feb. 4, 2010, removal proceeding brought against her by the Department of Homeland Security in U.S. Immigration Court in Boston.

Onyango, a computer programmer, was ordered to leave the country in 2004 after her request for political asylum from the violence in Africa was turned down. Instead, she stayed illegally and was revealed to be living in government-subsidized housing on Flaherty Way in Southie last October by The Times of London during the final stretch of Obama’s run for the White House.

Though reluctant to discuss her case yesterday, Onyango bristled when asked if she’ll request her nephew stand up for her as a character witness.

“Why should he?” she said. “My problem is my problem. I carry my own cross. I’m an adult.”

Mike Rogers, spokesman for the Cleveland, Ohio, law firm representing Onyango, said her attorneys are “not discussing legal strategy,” but, “they’re very optimistic about the outcome.”

Rogers said Onyango is “very proud” of Obama. “For a woman who has a lot of things against her, she seemed to be of strong spirit,” he said.

Attorneys Margaret Wong and Scott Bratton have asked that Onyango’s immigration hearing be closed to the public, according to Elaine Komis, a spokeswoman for the Executive Office for Immigration Review, an agency of the U.S. Department of Justice.

Onyango said she’s been enjoying her privacy since escaping the heat of last year’s worldwide spotlight on her and enjoys joining in on conversations about her nephew with people who don’t recognize her.

“Boston is my second home,” she said. “(South Boston) is one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever lived in. People are very kind, and I’m enjoying the beaches.”http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20090731barack_obamas_aunt_at_home_in_southie_digs/srvc=home%26position=also

I realize I wont get into some top tier law school and get to work for some prestigious law firm. I’m really just looking to get into ANY law school. What is the EASIEST law school to get into in New York State?

thanks so much

And my ex-fiance is now partner in a big New York law firm making about $2 million a year.

But I had depression my senior year of college. After I dropped out of that college, I refused meds for 10 years. I ended up in the hospital for psychosis. Just a mess, right?

Now I’m down– not bi-polar down– just normal down– because his dream came true and my dreams of success (which are very ambitious) will realistically never come true.

We stayed in contact awkwardly for several years after my withdrawal from school. Now he probably thinks, “Oh, I’m so glad that I never married that psycho.”

He’s out of my league, you know?

Now I’m doing well at a state college….. but it’s just not the same at all. And I’ll never be what he is today.

There is no question really. I just wanted to vent.

How is it to work as a contract attorney on a temp basis? What are the pros and cons of this type of work? Do you really gain valuable experience that firms are looking for? Is there much networking possibilities in the firms that you temp at? What is the average length of time that you go without working?

Any advice, comments, personal experience (especially in S. Calif) is much appreciated.
Thanks.

Is that out of the question? Or do you go on speaking engagements and command really high speaking fees, but not back to an influential position within a law firm where you as a partner get a cut of the firm’s profits?

If you were responsible for bringing hundreds of millions of new dollars into the hands of one or more law firms or key areas of the criminal justice system in New York City, would not those who profited be somewhat BEHOLDING to you for making them rich or at least very comfortable? Wouldn’t you have something of a huge “I Owe You” chip in your pocket now that you could cash in, say in a year or two, maybe even 5 or 6 years, given how much new business you brought in to that private law firm or branch of the criminal justice system by your decision to bring them that business versus letting someone else handle it…like say, the US Military?

Would not the promise of future enrichment when you get out of public office be a very strong motivator for you to direct your decisions now when you knew you could and get away with it, versus doing necessarily what is RIGHT or BEST for the American People now?

With Barack Obama and Eric Holder’s decision to take the trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammud (the self-confessed mastermind of the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center) and his 4 co-conspirators OUT of the Military Justice system and into the Civilian criminal justice system in New York City, do you SMELL something a little bit fishy or self-serving in the wind of what this will mean to both of them as lawyers after they leave office?
If they practiced law after holding public office, it would likely not be in the military but rather the civilian criminal justice system.

Everyone complains about the pressures of work from time to time – but a new study suggests our jobs might actually be killing us, and in greater numbers.

The report, released Tuesday by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards, found that 1,097 people in Canada died as a result of a work-related disease or accident in 2005. That’s a startling 18 per cent increase over the previous year, at a time when numbers are generally going down in economically stable nations.

“I was very surprised when the numbers were that high,” said the centre’s executive director, Dr. Andrew Sharpe. “We haven’t had that high an increase in a long time – possibly ever – in terms of the absolute number of percentage increase.”

Sharpe figures last year’s increase is attributable to occupational diseases – a third of which were directly related to asbestos exposure.

“Part of the reason for the increase in the worker fatalities is the aging of this cohort that was exposed to asbestos in the past,” he said, adding that asbestos miners working now have the proper protection.

“In that sense, it’s a problem that we’ve taken care of. It’s just because of the latency period we’re seeing more deaths now.”

Fishing, mining, oil wells, forestry and construction are the most dangerous industries to be in, according to the study. The safest were finance and insurance.

The highest provincial fatality rate was in Newfoundland, with 11.7 deaths per 100,000 workers in 2005, higher than the national average of 6.8 deaths per 100,000.
Ontario had the most fatalities in 2005 with 412, followed by Quebec with 223 and British Columbia with 189.

The study was based on provincial workers’ compensation information and statistics were calculated based on the average Canadian working 230 days annually.

What can I expect from this meeting?

What kinds of things would the senior partner tell me?

Are the huge firms interested in current practicing attorneys if they only hire from law school?