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Any particular reason to go work for the DAs office?

How many bros did this after working for a firm
Ruby Galvanic Marketing Idea Plaza
  03/21/18
it's very prestigious
ruddy arousing range
  03/21/18
do u like putting black people in jail
Hairraiser main people office
  03/21/18
no I believe jails should be abolished and replaced with com...
Ruby Galvanic Marketing Idea Plaza
  03/21/18
oh u probably shouldnt work for the DA then
Hairraiser main people office
  03/21/18
...
rough-skinned halford orchestra pit
  03/21/18
I consider this unpaid compensation
mentally impaired pocket flask
  03/21/18
Turned this down to go to firm :(, probably not a great deci...
Haunting Center
  03/21/18
LMAO
Jade appetizing principal's office blood rage
  03/21/18
Lol what do they do if you decide you want to live as a bird...
internet-worthy diverse corn cake water buffalo
  03/22/18
They said if you try to bail before your 3 year commitment i...
Haunting Center
  03/22/18
You want to deal with the worst members of society.
beady-eyed background story
  03/21/18
Actually, besides the supervisor hierarchy, you don't have t...
Apoplectic parlor haunted graveyard
  03/21/18
I’ve done it. They overload you with so many cases each day...
maniacal round eye
  03/21/18
What were you expecting?
Tan international law enforcement agency brunch
  03/21/18
Didn’t say anything about expectations; was just providing a...
maniacal round eye
  03/21/18
What I meant was, an entry level ADA is usually a fucking te...
Tan international law enforcement agency brunch
  03/22/18
I was just describing my personal experience in response to ...
maniacal round eye
  03/22/18
I really don't know anything other than the broad strokes. B...
Tan international law enforcement agency brunch
  03/22/18
niggers
Hairraiser main people office
  03/21/18
How is what you describe not law
saffron garrison
  03/21/18
that's not scholarship
bateful new version
  03/21/18
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concupiscible base jew
  03/21/18
This is a large part of what lawyering is it’s not just sitt...
saffron garrison
  03/21/18
...
maniacal round eye
  03/21/18
Because it’s way more about triaging an impossible number of...
maniacal round eye
  03/21/18
I had plenty of trials when I was briefly a prosecutor. Also...
saffron garrison
  03/21/18
I only averaged about 1 or 2 a month. Otherwise, the only a...
maniacal round eye
  03/21/18
Sounds like you’re experience was pretty good. I guess for m...
saffron garrison
  03/21/18
wtf what do you all do now no doobs
fragrant infuriating karate
  03/22/18


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Date: March 21st, 2018 9:43 PM
Author: Ruby Galvanic Marketing Idea Plaza

How many bros did this after working for a firm

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3925136&forum_id=2#35657408)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 9:58 PM
Author: ruddy arousing range

it's very prestigious

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3925136&forum_id=2#35657532)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 10:00 PM
Author: Hairraiser main people office

do u like putting black people in jail

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3925136&forum_id=2#35657545)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 10:02 PM
Author: Ruby Galvanic Marketing Idea Plaza

no I believe jails should be abolished and replaced with community gardens

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3925136&forum_id=2#35657572)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 10:11 PM
Author: Hairraiser main people office

oh u probably shouldnt work for the DA then

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3925136&forum_id=2#35657680)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 10:12 PM
Author: rough-skinned halford orchestra pit



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Date: March 21st, 2018 10:12 PM
Author: mentally impaired pocket flask

I consider this unpaid compensation

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3925136&forum_id=2#35657690)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 10:12 PM
Author: Haunting Center

Turned this down to go to firm :(, probably not a great decision. Didn't want to agree to DAT 3 year minimum commitment.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3925136&forum_id=2#35657693)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 10:14 PM
Author: Jade appetizing principal's office blood rage

LMAO

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3925136&forum_id=2#35657709)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 3:19 AM
Author: internet-worthy diverse corn cake water buffalo

Lol what do they do if you decide you want to live as a bird does? Make you swab the deck?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3925136&forum_id=2#35659387)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 10:34 AM
Author: Haunting Center

They said if you try to bail before your 3 year commitment is up for any reason they basically black ball you for life and will shit on you to every possible future employer.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3925136&forum_id=2#35660509)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 10:15 PM
Author: beady-eyed background story

You want to deal with the worst members of society.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3925136&forum_id=2#35657720)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 10:44 PM
Author: Apoplectic parlor haunted graveyard

Actually, besides the supervisor hierarchy, you don't have to deal with other ADAs all that much.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3925136&forum_id=2#35658063)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 10:29 PM
Author: maniacal round eye

I’ve done it.

They overload you with so many cases each day it isn’t even law.

It’s just sitting in a room with stacks of case files you have no time to prep; having PDs & defense attorneys approaching you from every angle to discuss “their” cases; having judges who just want to end their shifts; & you having to interview victims & witnesses, who all want to go to trial, which is completely unfeasible. It’s just a barrage of negotiations & trying to manage unmanageable caseloads. Oh, & encountering hallways piled with blacks who show up late and are complaining about how long everything is taking. They all know each other, too.

Worst part is getting paid absolute shit for the hassles. Where I got hired they were only hiring new hires “part-time,” paying 29 hours per week with no benefits but demanding full time work. All the Boomer DAs who had been there forever were constantly taking vacations & sticking the young “part timers” with extra work.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3925136&forum_id=2#35657861)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 10:33 PM
Author: Tan international law enforcement agency brunch

What were you expecting?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3925136&forum_id=2#35657913)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 10:39 PM
Author: maniacal round eye

Didn’t say anything about expectations; was just providing a description of my experience for those who may be less familiar.

It would have been a better experience with full-time pay & benefits, & if my bosses didn’t change to women who cared more about desk time than work product (or who at least would let the “part-timers” leave early when their court calendars were complete).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3925136&forum_id=2#35657996)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 2:29 AM
Author: Tan international law enforcement agency brunch

What I meant was, an entry level ADA is usually a fucking terrible job making little to no money. You're a shit writer, you're a doofus in court, you sweat everything like a bitch, etc. You're really only qualified to fill out paperwork and stammer your way through misdemeanor continuances and 1.5 day trials in front of six people. Or better yet infractions and locking up homeless trespassers for three days after a rigorous 80 second long negotiation with Peter the Public Defender before your muni court calendar.

It's widely known those jobs are a grind where lazy old civil servants ride on the back of naive young strivers. I just don't know why you were disappointed or angry that it sucked. And complaining about having a big caseload? C'mon man. Points well taken about how aggravating senior status boomers are or the pain of no benefits. That is rotten. But your complaints seem to outpace grievance over compensation and not loving your bosses.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3925136&forum_id=2#35659278)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 10:25 AM
Author: maniacal round eye

I was just describing my personal experience in response to the OP, breh. I don’t see the problem. Clearly you are an ADA masterman, but not everyone knows the details of why entry-level ADA can be a bad job.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3925136&forum_id=2#35660435)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 8:59 PM
Author: Tan international law enforcement agency brunch

I really don't know anything other than the broad strokes. But you're bitching about the horrors of too much work and boomer bosses fucking over young lawyers who are poorly compensated for their suffering. That's valid for damn near every entry-level government and shitlaw job.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3925136&forum_id=2#35665221)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 10:35 PM
Author: Hairraiser main people office

niggers

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3925136&forum_id=2#35657949)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 10:37 PM
Author: saffron garrison

How is what you describe not law

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3925136&forum_id=2#35657977)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 10:41 PM
Author: bateful new version

that's not scholarship

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3925136&forum_id=2#35658023)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 10:41 PM
Author: concupiscible base jew



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3925136&forum_id=2#35658031)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 10:43 PM
Author: saffron garrison

This is a large part of what lawyering is it’s not just sitting on your fat ass in front of a screen trying to write some brief or Chase a comma, although that is lawyering too. Either way all of it is terrible

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3925136&forum_id=2#35658051)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 10:44 PM
Author: maniacal round eye



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3925136&forum_id=2#35658061)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 10:42 PM
Author: maniacal round eye

Because it’s way more about triaging an impossible number of cases in a matter of hours & psychologically managing upset victims & witnesses. Very little has to do with legal analysis, legal research, legal writing, or actual trials.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3925136&forum_id=2#35658040)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 10:45 PM
Author: saffron garrison

I had plenty of trials when I was briefly a prosecutor. Also wrote some 180 brief on an issue that went up to state Supreme Court

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3925136&forum_id=2#35658069)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 10:53 PM
Author: maniacal round eye

I only averaged about 1 or 2 a month.

Otherwise, the only adversarial legal arguments I made before judges (in person) were in motion hearings & bail hearings.

They had a separate unit devoted to brief writing, butI did become a go-to for writing motions & responding to motions to suppress.

In shitlaw I wrote a couple of big appellate briefs. One triggered a major statutory change.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3925136&forum_id=2#35658138)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 11:08 PM
Author: saffron garrison

Sounds like you’re experience was pretty good. I guess for me it felt more like “doing law” but I never did shitlaw so maybe that’s more law like.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3925136&forum_id=2#35658281)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 3:15 AM
Author: fragrant infuriating karate

wtf what do you all do now no doobs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3925136&forum_id=2#35659378)