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UCLA Law Offers Most Depressing Job to a Law Student (2010 Editi
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Date: August 24th, 2010 6:31 PM Author: lascivious ape Holy muthafucking shit
UCLA Law Offers Most Depressing Job to a Law Student (2010 Edition) By Elie Mystal
It’s been a while since we’ve had a true contestant for the title of most depressing job offered to a law student. Sure, there have been a lot of jobs that offer $10 an hour, or even $0 an hour, for legal work. But at least those jobs were offering the opportunity to put long years of legal education to some sort of use.
No, the most depressing jobs for would-be lawyers in this economy are jobs they could have easily gotten before they went to law school. Or college. Really, the most depressing job I’ve seen appeared last year, when University of Texas law students were given the opportunity to do some babysitting for extra money. That’s an opportunity you present to responsible high school students, not students at the fifteenth-best law school in the country.
If you thought those days were behind us, think again. Take a look at the job that was blasted out yesterday to students at the other law school ranked #15, UCLA Law.
Traffic in L.A. is notoriously horrible, and now one UCLA law student might profit from his or her stop-and-go driving skills…
You have to love it when a top fifteen law school gives you the opportunity to chauffeur a real lawyer around town:
Dear Students,
I have received a request from a law alum who is looking for someone to drive him (for the next couple of months) (in his car – a Lexus RX, which is the small SUV) to appointments in the west LA or Santa Monica area. Probably from 1 to 2 hours each trip would be typical and advance scheduling is likely, so there would not be “on call” or anything like that. He lives about 2 miles north of campus and would need the person to come to his house to get his car (and him), via bike, a ride, or even a 2 mile uphill walk or jog (all of which he has done himself). Once scheduled, reliability is important, particularly for doctor appointments.
He is a long time entertainment lawyer and is currently Of Counsel with a firm in Santa Monica. While driving him to appts etc… he is happy to discuss his work and/or answer any questions you may have. This is a good opportunity if you are thinking of getting into entertainment law or even just to learn more about what it is like to be a practicing lawyer.
Suggested pay is $12 per hour.
If you are interested, please contact
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Hey UCLA students, if the school was going to insult you, it would tell you to go home and get your shine box. I particularly like how this guy is willing to help you get into entertainment law (isn’t that what UCLA career services is supposed to be doing?) and talk to you about what it’s like to be a practicing attorney (doesn’t UCLA pay faculty to do that?).
At least one student wasn’t happy about this “opportunity”:
I found this email sent to the entire student body to be quite offensive. If legal jobs fail, there is always chauffeuring or maybe even babysitting. Great.
But the sad thing is that there probably is some upside here. Maybe the student “lucky” enough to get this gig really will be able to turn it into a networking opportunity.
For the guy offering a job, why wouldn’t he? Have you tried driving in L.A.? It’s a bitch. And grabbing a law student is much better than hiring a professional driver — some random dude who smiles to your face, hates you on the inside, and might easily steal your car in a 2012 apocalyptic scenario. No, this way you get a nice young person who is desperate, who will probably worship you, and who will hang on every word you say.
The guy wins, and the student is so hollowed out from frustrated dreams that he or she doesn’t even remember what winning feels like. Maybe it’s not exactly a win-win situation, but it’s at least a win-”I can’t believe it’s not winning” deal. |
Date: August 24th, 2010 7:10 PM Author: Ultramarine Concupiscible Indirect Expression Umm... most Americans are going to end up in service jobs servicing the rich. Might as well get used to it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15870427) |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 7:14 PM Author: trip cocky pit All lawyers are in service jobs servicing the rich. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15870454) |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 7:17 PM Author: Ultramarine Concupiscible Indirect Expression Not exactly what I had in mind. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15870479) |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 7:14 PM Author: Boyish Self-centered Lay Toaster what are the rich going to do? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15870455) |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 7:17 PM Author: Ultramarine Concupiscible Indirect Expression Own the mechanisms of production (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15870484) |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 7:46 PM Author: lavender tanning salon jew Models and bottles. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15870731) |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 7:18 PM Author: Charcoal insanely creepy lodge famous landscape painting Kinda like feudalism except the rich won't feel they have a duty to make sure you are "ok". (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15870490) |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 7:32 PM Author: territorial clear half-breed Don't underestimate this. This is what got Karl Marx's panties in a wad. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15870633) |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 7:39 PM Author: Charcoal insanely creepy lodge famous landscape painting I know. That's what is happening. Noblesse oblige has been eliminated. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15870679) |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 7:45 PM Author: sapphire adventurous ticket booth multi-billionaire okay, but will the richers' taxes be used to pay off all the debt incurred in the before time? no way in hell these loans can be serviced with a shit $12/hr job. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15870720) |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 7:46 PM Author: Charcoal insanely creepy lodge famous landscape painting One could say, that they would be OK with IBR even if you pay a small amount, because you are still attached to the debt, and consequently, a slave. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15870728) |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 8:09 PM Author: sapphire adventurous ticket booth multi-billionaire well i'm sure they're enjoying the slavery part. basically they own you for life for 150k plus an inconsequential amount to sustain you. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15870867) |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 7:12 PM Author: odious mad cow disease MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15870442) |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 8:00 PM Author: rambunctious toilet seat pozpig 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15870809) |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 7:13 PM Author: startled lemon piazza i would do this (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15870449) |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 7:15 PM Author: Contagious Umber Persian Step-uncle's House This would be awesome. I am going to contact the local law school and see if I can get someone to drive me around. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15870464) |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 7:17 PM Author: startled lemon piazza dood i'm right here, and i went to a better school than UCLA. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15870475) |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 7:18 PM Author: Contagious Umber Persian Step-uncle's House Can you drive standard do you have a clean driving record? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15870492) |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 7:19 PM Author: startled lemon piazza yah and yah. can i smoke pot? i'll be like your turtle bro. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15870495) |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 7:27 PM Author: Contagious Umber Persian Step-uncle's House No pot. We need to drive 95mph plus. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15870575) |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 7:17 PM Author: titillating effete knife station why can't you just drive to his house to pick him up? the most depressing part is that you have to walk to his house or be dropped off (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15870478) |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 7:18 PM Author: Ultramarine Concupiscible Indirect Expression LOL. Also, you can't speak to him or make eye-contact. So much for networking (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15870489) |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 7:20 PM Author: Charcoal insanely creepy lodge famous landscape painting You have to wear a burka - even if u r a dood (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15870508) |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 7:46 PM Author: sapphire adventurous ticket booth multi-billionaire lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15870722) |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 8:41 PM Author: Zombie-like box office That part is HILARIOUS.
How can the Career Services at UCLA even post this for its law students? It's such a slap in the face. How does a job like this one screw up their numbers?
I also don't get why the biglaw lawyer can't at least pay this student nearer to the market rate for driving him around. $12 an hour is SUPER CHEAP even by chauffeur standards. |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 7:21 PM Author: titillating effete knife station Why do people think entertainment law is so cool that they are willing to be shit on and work for free? Do they think they're going to be hanging out with famous people all day? It's the same as any other legal job that goes over contracts but pays way less (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15870520) |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 7:22 PM Author: Charcoal insanely creepy lodge famous landscape painting lol. Suddenly, 10,0000 non UCLA law students submit resumes for consideration. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15870528) |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 7:46 PM Author: sapphire adventurous ticket booth multi-billionaire they'll be different (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15870727) |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 7:47 PM Author: lavender tanning salon jew This is like the motto of pre-laws ITE. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15870734) |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 7:22 PM Author: Ultramarine Concupiscible Indirect Expression I am being entirely serious about this being the job of the future.
The middle class is going to disappear, and the split between rich and poor will be 3rd world level soon.
Soon all the rich are going to demand even more shows of opulence, such as having lackeys, drivers, maids. These will be the jobs of teh future. |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 7:25 PM Author: startled lemon piazza it's called India (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15870560) |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 7:25 PM Author: Ultramarine Concupiscible Indirect Expression Yea, that's exactly the country I had in mind.
We are going to have castes very soon. |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 7:26 PM Author: Charcoal insanely creepy lodge famous landscape painting I totally can see this coming. The government and the police will be in charge of monitoring the fuck out of people and keeping them off balance and in trouble. To some degree, this is already happening. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15870567) |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 7:29 PM Author: Ultramarine Concupiscible Indirect Expression This is not exactly a surprise.
Basically every middle class job, whether "old economy" (manufacturing) or "new economy" (engineers, accountants, etc) is outsourced or outsourceable.
There are almost 3 billion Chinks and Turdskins who are going to school and learning to do all this shit at 1/10 of the cost of American workers. |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 7:36 PM Author: Charcoal insanely creepy lodge famous landscape painting It's interesting that the powers who have created this scenario will think that 280,000,000 people will be "ok" with it. It is absolutely true though that the lust for "prestige" and signs of "wealth" have completely neutered americans. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15870663) |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 7:40 PM Author: Ultramarine Concupiscible Indirect Expression Americans are not ok with it.
That's why Obama was elected in 2008. That was as close to a populist revolution as you are going to get.
The problem is, no president can do anything about the way the system is. The system is too entrenched, and controls politicians too effectively. Big Business controls Washington.
So basically, this is going to be the pattern. Every president is going to run on a populist platform, promising to change things, to stop outsourcing, and to give back Americans jobs.
And then once they are elected, jack shit is going to happen. The American economy and the political system is beyond repair at this point.
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Date: August 24th, 2010 7:43 PM Author: Charcoal insanely creepy lodge famous landscape painting I disagree and I will type it out later. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15870703) |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 7:29 PM Author: glittery magical tattoo base (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15870608) |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 7:33 PM Author: territorial clear half-breed Does the lawyer have a DUI or something? wtf.
Also -- am i alone in thinking this posting was not that bad? Seems like an easy and convenient student job. The ad was not directed at people who have graduated/passed the bar. |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 7:37 PM Author: Ultramarine Concupiscible Indirect Expression Nope, you aren't alone. I don't see anything wrong with this. The indignation is just another example of the entitlement people of our age feel.
Being a driver, lackey, janitor, shoe-shiner. These are all honest ways to make a living. |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 7:44 PM Author: Charcoal insanely creepy lodge famous landscape painting This would be a valid post if we were talking about shoe shiner school grads. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15870716) |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 7:46 PM Author: Zippy lettuce cuckold Pretty sure this posting isn't directed at grads, but rather for students currently in law school. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15870729) |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 7:41 PM Author: Zippy lettuce cuckold Seconded. If I was still in law school, getting paid to drive a couple of hours every now and then with a possible networking opportunity in the car sounds like a fine gig. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15870695) |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 7:57 PM Author: lilac razzmatazz bbw It's actually not a terrible job for an incoming associate with a January start date, which might be the audience this is aimed at. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15870796) |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 8:45 PM Author: Zombie-like box office You would only get ~25 dollars a trip to be "on call." This lawyer is paying the student about 1/10th of what a professional driver or taxi cab driver would get. He wants a student driver because they are cheaper than professional drivers or taxicabs. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15871164) |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 7:42 PM Author: Very Tactful Corner Epic USC trolling by the OP. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15870699) |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 8:36 PM Author: lascivious ape lol, no I hate USC. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15871102) |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 7:42 PM Author: Metal orchestra pit This is a better job than what most UCLA law grads end up getting. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15870700) |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 7:43 PM Author: talking coiffed sanctuary if this doesn't show what a fucking joke the legal "job market" is, i don't know what does
then we have sites like tls with threads like "WAITLIST AT CARDOZO :)" |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 7:48 PM Author: comical hideous nibblets u think they'd take a USC dood? i'd kill for this job. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15870742) |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 7:59 PM Author: lilac razzmatazz bbw I have an inkling of who the counsel may be. Retired partner, used to be at Gibson I think. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15870803) |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 8:04 PM Author: marvelous gaped ladyboy "He lives about 2 miles north of campus and would need the person to come to his house to get his car (and him), via bike, a ride, or even a 2 mile uphill walk or jog (all of which he has done himself)." Solid brag. |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 8:07 PM Author: lilac razzmatazz bbw "and don't park your shitbox anywhere near my house." (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15870860) |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 8:46 PM Author: Zombie-like box office exactly. why can't the person park a car near to his house? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15871170) |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 9:21 PM Author: aquamarine stage lmao so you have to walk for 30 minutes there and 30 minutes back. i doubt he'd ever pay you the $12 you lost. what a bitch. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15871488) |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 8:41 PM Author: stubborn preventive strike epic IRL flame by the Of Counsel (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15871135) |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 9:22 PM Author: Zombie-like box office Mebbe this is a prank for a reality show about lawyers or You've Been Punked. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15871502) |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 10:09 PM Author: marvelous gaped ladyboy The potential employer is a grad from over 40 years ago and the job mentions doctor's appointments. The guy is likely seriously ill and wants to just have someone to shoot the breeze with when going to chemo or whatever. It was written poorly and it is bull to call it an "opportunity", but it's not ATL material to me.
In that case $12 an hour plus all the medical marijuana the driver can smoke and I might know a dude that could help him out. |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 10:11 PM Author: Zombie-like box office That's sad. Maybe the guy is poor due to heavy medical bills and ongoing illness, and he just needs a friend. And all the UCLA law grads mocked a sick, lonely old man who has cancer. That's really sad. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15872133) |
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Date: August 24th, 2010 10:24 PM Author: elite aphrodisiac gas station if true, that's sad.
Wait a sec, since when does :D have sympathy for anybody? |
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Date: August 25th, 2010 9:25 AM Author: bisexual trailer park messiness I'm shocked that UCLA would post this. Don't they know that posting a job like this only serves to tarnish their brand? They sell themselves as a peer school of places like Georgetown, Michigan, Chicago, etc. and they pull a stunt like this?
Yes, I know our beloved Sixigan posted a legal outsourcing job in India earlier this year; even still, that's at least -- maybe -- got some upside for someone entrepreneurial. This has none such. What an embarrassment. |
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Date: August 25th, 2010 10:38 AM Author: indecent thirsty laser beams sex offender + 1 Even my TTT20 wouldn't post and their simplicity is a flame factory. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15875706) |
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Date: August 25th, 2010 10:46 AM Author: bisexual trailer park messiness This recession has really exposed these non T10s as worthless scum. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15875755) |
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Date: August 25th, 2010 1:06 PM Author: indecent thirsty laser beams sex offender This travesty results from the existence of the true TTT that have destroyed the job opportunities/wages in Midlaw, State Government, and made going solo impossible.
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Date: August 25th, 2010 1:07 PM Author: charismatic cuckoldry This is IRL Driving Miss Daisy flame (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1404055&forum_id=2#15876624) |