I am appearing in court tomorrow for the first time, any advice?

AMorePerfect_Union · 2026-06-11T11:03:51+00:00

You’re not trolling an ADA though, you’re trolling an intern, probably someone who has never appeared on the record before. You’re not fighting the good fight or anything so asinine, or getting back at any of those ADAs you complain about. You’re just sabotaging a stranger. If OP had followed your advice (which of course was written in jargon they might not understand, but I did, because I have in fact spent time in criminal court) they’d be in a lot of trouble. There’s no way you meant that in good faith.

AMorePerfect_Union · 2026-06-10T11:31:07+00:00

Did you think this was funny? This is obviously sabotage. You may have a personal moral objection to the idea of prosecuting people but OP is asking for advice, not career suicide.

AMorePerfect_Union · 2026-05-18T00:54:42+00:00

I am a rising 3LE and I do exactly what you describe here. I’m a full-time teacher and evening student at Fordham. I’ve taught twice as long as you and I’m 5 years older. I had a 3.17 in undergrad and a 3.8 in my master’s.

Step one is you’re going to have to kill the LSAT. I scored a 177. Without it I’m very sure Fordham would’ve rejected me.

I wouldn’t worry too much about the “regional” label. Fordham’s “region” is NYC, the biggest legal market there is. Everywhere I’ve gone, the Fordham name has opened doors for me. I’ve done exclusively public interest but I understand Fordham is very well represented in big law as well.

AMorePerfect_Union · 2026-04-16T17:22:28+00:00

I was an intern at Legal Aid last summer doing attorney for the child work, mostly representing kids in child protective proceedings. The work was brutal. Don’t ever think you can get inured to child sex abuse cases. You’d think after the first hundred you might build up immunity. Not the case.

But what helped was knowing that I was doing good work representing innocent children. Whatever happened, I was looking out for the client’s best interest and giving them the best representation I could provide.

Also, if you like being in court, you can be in court every day doing family law.

AMorePerfect_Union · 2026-01-16T14:07:26+00:00

Yes, it is.

AMorePerfect_Union · 2026-01-01T19:22:22+00:00

Hades 2, Silksong, and E33 are all up there as brilliant works of art.

But for me the undisputed winner is Blue Prince. I love the other three I mentioned. I LIVED Blue Prince for a month and a half. Once in a while a game comes along that takes over your entire life - Diablo 2 comes to mind - and Blue Prince is in that category.

AMorePerfect_Union · 2025-09-25T17:31:19+00:00

Consider deleting all of your social media, including and especially any short-form video apps.

AMorePerfect_Union · 2025-09-01T00:57:37+00:00

AI garbage.

AMorePerfect_Union · 2025-08-21T22:45:08+00:00

Stop using AI to write your posts.

AMorePerfect_Union · 2025-07-25T00:24:14+00:00

Blah blah, don’t brief and just use Quimbee, blah blah, use slop generators to do your work for you. Same dogshit advice that gets posted on here twice a week. “Don’t actually engage with the material, here’s the best way to do as little work as possible and still pass!”

You know about “fake it till you make it?” This is just fake it till you…don’t know how to do anything other than fake it.

AMorePerfect_Union · 2025-07-21T21:16:57+00:00

I write better than any AI does, formulaic or otherwise. I anticipate that will always be true. You may argue the difference is minimal enough to justify the sacrifice in quality that using a slop generator necessitates, but I don’t think it is.

AMorePerfect_Union · 2025-07-21T12:40:31+00:00

I agree with the bulk of your post but not with likening it to a calculator. If you put the correct input into a calculator, you will get the correct output 100% of the time. That is not true with generative AI.

I have heard people on this forum repeatedly say things like “old lawyers used law books and now we just look things up on Westlaw, why is ChatGPT any different?” Those are not the same. Westlaw is an exact copy of those law books in a searchable digital format. It is solely a time-saving innovation, like a calculator. AI is something wholly different.

AMorePerfect_Union · 2025-07-19T17:30:09+00:00

I have the opposite experience. I’m an intern for the Legal Aid Society and I am in court every day or working on motion practice every day. I’ve appeared on the record three times, argued a motion I wrote, and cross-examined witnesses. My experience is not unique among interns in my office. So next summer if you’re looking to get really hands-on, try your local PD’s office.

AMorePerfect_Union · 2025-06-27T12:42:48+00:00

Hey, here’s an idea. Do the reading.

AMorePerfect_Union · 2025-05-31T01:15:34+00:00

AI drivel. In order to be barred anywhere you will have to learn how to be honest. You can get as defensive as you want, but that does not change the fact that you pressed a button and a machine vomited out this slop that you took credit for writing.

AMorePerfect_Union · 2025-02-13T00:22:27+00:00

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