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Any particular reason to go work for the DAs office?

How many bros did this after working for a firm
Odious Irate School Cafeteria
  03/21/18
it's very prestigious
snowy corner
  03/21/18
do u like putting black people in jail
fragrant crawly parlour
  03/21/18
no I believe jails should be abolished and replaced with com...
Odious Irate School Cafeteria
  03/21/18
oh u probably shouldnt work for the DA then
fragrant crawly parlour
  03/21/18
...
Nofapping Stag Film
  03/21/18
I consider this unpaid compensation
Lime Main People Cruise Ship
  03/21/18
Turned this down to go to firm :(, probably not a great deci...
Wine low-t stain
  03/21/18
LMAO
Spruce water buffalo brunch
  03/21/18
Lol what do they do if you decide you want to live as a bird...
Razzmatazz Ape
  03/22/18
They said if you try to bail before your 3 year commitment i...
Wine low-t stain
  03/22/18
You want to deal with the worst members of society.
heady codepig
  03/21/18
Actually, besides the supervisor hierarchy, you don't have t...
comical purple hall alpha
  03/21/18
I’ve done it. They overload you with so many cases each day...
violent roast beef
  03/21/18
What were you expecting?
house-broken carmine filthpig church building
  03/21/18
Didn’t say anything about expectations; was just providing a...
violent roast beef
  03/21/18
What I meant was, an entry level ADA is usually a fucking te...
house-broken carmine filthpig church building
  03/22/18
I was just describing my personal experience in response to ...
violent roast beef
  03/22/18
I really don't know anything other than the broad strokes. B...
house-broken carmine filthpig church building
  03/22/18
niggers
fragrant crawly parlour
  03/21/18
How is what you describe not law
rose maniacal useless brakes
  03/21/18
that's not scholarship
erotic supple theater associate
  03/21/18
...
coral rigor dragon
  03/21/18
This is a large part of what lawyering is it’s not just sitt...
rose maniacal useless brakes
  03/21/18
...
violent roast beef
  03/21/18
Because it’s way more about triaging an impossible number of...
violent roast beef
  03/21/18
I had plenty of trials when I was briefly a prosecutor. Also...
rose maniacal useless brakes
  03/21/18
I only averaged about 1 or 2 a month. Otherwise, the only a...
violent roast beef
  03/21/18
Sounds like you’re experience was pretty good. I guess for m...
rose maniacal useless brakes
  03/21/18
wtf what do you all do now no doobs
vivacious sapphire wrinkle turdskin
  03/22/18


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Date: March 21st, 2018 9:43 PM
Author: Odious Irate School Cafeteria

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: snowy corner

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: fragrant crawly parlour

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: Odious Irate School Cafeteria

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: fragrant crawly parlour

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: Nofapping Stag Film



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3925136&forum_id=2#35657685)



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Date: March 21st, 2018 10:12 PM
Author: Lime Main People Cruise Ship

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: Wine low-t stain

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: Spruce water buffalo brunch

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: Razzmatazz Ape

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: Wine low-t stain

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: heady codepig

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: comical purple hall alpha

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: violent roast beef

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: house-broken carmine filthpig church building

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: violent roast beef

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: house-broken carmine filthpig church building

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: violent roast beef

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: house-broken carmine filthpig church building

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: fragrant crawly parlour

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: rose maniacal useless brakes

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: erotic supple theater associate

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: coral rigor dragon



(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: rose maniacal useless brakes

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: violent roast beef



(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: violent roast beef

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: rose maniacal useless brakes

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: violent roast beef

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: rose maniacal useless brakes

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: vivacious sapphire wrinkle turdskin

wtf what do you all do now no doobs

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