Comments on: Evening Open Thread

By: Muzikal203

Muzikal203 — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:14:53 +0000

my entire purpose for coming to law school was to be able to help other people. I wanted to be a civil rights attorney. I don't really want to practice in the traditional sense at this point, but if I were to do so, that's the area I'd be most interested (and prepared for via the classes I took).

By: Muzikal203

Muzikal203 — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:13:50 +0000

No, I'm not going into private practice, and I didn't write that blog, someone else did. Although, I think anyone who has EVER taken the Bar Exam felt the same way at some point.

By: TruthSeeker

TruthSeeker — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:03:43 +0000

Why do you want to be a lawyer?

By: Justice58

Justice58 — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:51:16 +0000

…make like lightning and bolt :)

By: whiterosebuddy

whiterosebuddy — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:03:07 +0000

Obama fighting back on healthcare!!….He told them he was no patsy during the general campaign…he trys to work with you, takes your punches..then he shifts gears and punches back.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/18/obama-...

By: whiterosebuddy

whiterosebuddy — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:56:45 +0000

Are you going into private practice when you pass the bar?

Cause,those are not the kinds of things that a prospective employer reads and offers the applicant a job.

By: spirit_55z

spirit_55z — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:19:39 +0000

Great segment. YT wants Sotomayor to make like Casper & disappear.

By: malletgirl02

malletgirl02 — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:52:19 +0000

That was hilarious and all too true.

By: Justice58

Justice58 — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:49:31 +0000

By: Plantsmantx

Plantsmantx — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:10:31 +0000

Well, my question wasn't rhetorical, either. That was pretty dramatic, that little exchange betewwn you and one of the arrested partiers. So dramatic, in fact, that I'm surprised that you didn't include it in your original comment. Or blog about it. Yes, that's right- I don't believe you.

As for what I would have done, and have done in situations in which young people are behaving badly, or just projecting bad attitudes, was to flatly reject the behavior or attitude and try to get them to see that not only is it harmful, but it's also unnecessary. One thing I don't do is give a pass to misbehavior on the part of the authorities, and something I certainly haven't done is talk about going out and murdering young black men who give the impression of being "gangstas". You know, as you have done. No, wait- you didn't do that. You advocated other people doing that.

By: ChrisChambers

ChrisChambers — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 16:48:15 +0000

Um, it was a rhetorical question…ut okay, I'll bite. When my wife and I went out on the street because the flashing lights were too much, and we saw one kid being dragged away in both wrist and leg cuffs, and him vowing to kill the cops dragging him and some dude at this party–he looked right up at me and cursed something along the lines of “What the fuck are you looking at?” I sucked my teeth and shouted back “You and the rest of them are an embarrassment to all of us, so no, fuck YOU.” Then a squat little Montgomery Co. female cop told us to back up from the curb.

Some of the onlookers–mostly teenagers–eyeballed me and my wife. Then folks–our age–started whispering. “Somebody needed to say it.”

Somebody, like the President, needed to say it. Now what are you going to do? And that's not a rhetorical question.

By: Plantsmantx

Plantsmantx — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 16:30:57 +0000

“Did anyone bother to ask them if they saw Barack's speech? No excuses, remember?”

I don't know. Did anyone bother to ask them if they saw Barack's speech? Did you ask them?

By: texasladybird

texasladybird — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:48:59 +0000

Good luck! I'm starting my LSAT prep classes next month and taking the LSAT in December. Any tips/advice you would like to share about the law school application process would be greatly appreciated.

I'll be checkin' out ya blog, too!

:)

By: Angelar

Angelar — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:04:18 +0000

cool

By: Angelar

Angelar — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:00:14 +0000

ok;;;;you lost me?????

By: rikyrah

rikyrah — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 04:58:51 +0000

good luck

By: Angelar

Angelar — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 04:57:47 +0000

I need info...give me all the info you can..

thanks

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By: Muzikal203

Muzikal203 — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 04:54:31 +0000

Ah yes, if there's ANYTHING the Black community needs, it's more ignorant demeaning insulting “hip hop”

By: Muzikal203

Muzikal203 — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 04:53:37 +0000

Hey! I went to undergrad at Kentucky State (I'm from Columbus, Ohio). I don't really know how the law schools are in KY, but I can find out for you, I'm sure I know someone who knows something :o)

By: Angelar

Angelar — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 04:48:44 +0000

I live in Kentucky..