criminal law

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QI read your column a lot and know the site’s usually focused on BigLaw, but I wanted to ask if you have any advice about becoming a prosecutor. I’m a 2L at a third tier law school and I already know I love criminal law. I just love the feeling of winning trials (even if [...]

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That’s right, I said it, I want to be a criminal defense attorney and work with juveniles as a criminal attorney/legal advocate as well.

QI graduated from a tier-1 school in 2003.  I spent the entire three years of law school fighting with my (now ex-) wife, and my grades suffered for it.  I finished in the middle of my class with a 2.75. Though I concentrated heavily on international law classes, I simply did not have the GPA [...]

Back to the Future

by Bitter Newsroom on September 3, 2008 in News

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A small town in Vermont has repealed its 32-year ban against fortune telling.  While soothsaying is prohibited in some communities across the country —mainly because tarot card reading, clairvoyance, and other attempts to predict the future are thought to be fraudulent—St. Johnsbury has decided to re-allow such activities for profit. “When the ordinance was lifted, [...]