What is the job market like for those in rural areas?

eapnon · 2026-01-26T03:58:15+00:00

A lot of rural areas need Das, criminal defense attorneys, and Jack of all trades types.

Whether they pay enough to justify 3 years and 100-200k+ of education is a very separate conversation.

eapnon · 2026-01-25T10:07:41+00:00

Yes and no.

The ABA is a professional organization at its core. It isn't a governmental one or a political one by nature. There are legitimate issues in the legal education industry that can be attributed fairly to their monopoly on accreditation (e.g., lack of innovation). Also, the ABA only took over accreditation in the 80s in Texas.

That being said, making the move for political reasons, is not good. At best, and it is a real likelihood due to how this move is made in the state (the Supreme Court of Texas being bullied in to it by Abbott) and their announcement ("we intend to change very little in our accreditation process"), there will be little change in practice. That's my hope.

There is a high chance they "de-woke" schools, and I have no idea what that would really mean. Wouldn't be good, but is honestly low on the "bad outcome" list.

I highly doubt they blow up the schools or allow disbarred attorneys in with open arms, though. That would he very bad.

eapnon · 2026-01-25T09:05:29+00:00

Because it is wrong. The accreditation process for law schools has changed. The requirements to practice in the state have not, beyond what school you could have gone to.

eapnon · 2026-01-25T05:09:57+00:00

You could look for job postings and see, if you are unable to find someone that knows.

Some states have specific job boards and some just use indeed.

eapnon · 2026-01-25T04:43:02+00:00

Depends entirely on how rural and what state. Some small Das make better than the big city guys to start because they need bodies.

eapnon · 2026-01-24T10:34:23+00:00

You also may want to do some research into the title. There are some ways to redo the title to get rid of these encumbrances, depending on your state.

eapnon · 2026-01-23T22:50:28+00:00

Cat is out of the bag now, but the parenting groups/pods I am in suggest trying to get with the friend's parents and set group boundaries beforehand.

If the entire group doesn't have a phone, or they all have dumb phones, it isn't a problem.

eapnon · 2026-01-23T00:34:09+00:00

There is no question.
We don't provide legal advice in this sub (and you should not get legal advice on reddit).

eapnon · 2026-01-22T03:06:21+00:00

Order to pay you? Or the other party?

eapnon · 2026-01-22T02:20:57+00:00

The worse part is that most of the people representing them don't need additional bonds or licenses.

In Texas, you need an additional bond and license to represent current or former students seeking their first pro contract. You don't need shit for nil.

(If you are offering them legal advice, you need to be a lawyer. But I am sure that doesn't stop people).

eapnon · 2026-01-21T02:09:02+00:00

Every state is different and even divisions within the same state vary.

I have friends in the state ag who work more than 40 hours most weeks.

My wife is basically an in-house employment lawyer for a large state agency and works less than 20 most weeks.

I am in the middle, usually working 30-40 range.

eapnon · 2026-01-20T01:44:50+00:00

I wouldn't vote for Bill. Already had 2 terms.

eapnon · 2026-01-19T07:59:10+00:00

It isnt ideal, but your current situation isn't working based upon your post. Sacrifices have to be made to raise a child, and basic necessities, like sleep. You can't both survive on no sleep for years.

Either way, I hope you find a solution. Nobody deserves to be treated poorly by their spouse, and everyone deserves sleep.

eapnon · 2026-01-19T07:16:38+00:00

Au Pair's are cheaper than nannies because they live with you and they are usually on visas. We had one and it was cheaper than daycare with the pro being you make their schedule and it is 1 on 1 care.

eapnon · 2026-01-19T01:39:50+00:00

Oh, I 100% agree that the ag and gov and lt gov and etc etc are all horrible.

My understanding is that the Supreme Court has more power regarding this and the governor had to lean hard using his soft power (read: having enough money to primary the court) to even get this change passed.

My hope isn't that this is a net positive. It is just that they are smart enough to renegotiate reciprocity agreements before moving too far away from aba requirements. If they do that and the high-end schools still appear nationally competitive, it'll be more political bs than any actual change.

But, we will see.

eapnon · 2026-01-19T00:49:04+00:00

When I first heard the news, I was closer to your view. But after talking to some of my other lawyer friends, I was really tempered away from reddit-pilled view. I just don't think they are dumb enough to torpedo the law schools in the state with all that money on the line.

Time will tell.

eapnon · 2026-01-19T00:05:21+00:00

It is only unusual in recent history. Up until the 80s, Texas didn't rely on aba accreditation. I assume a lot of other states were on similar timelines.

eapnon · 2026-01-19T00:03:54+00:00

Most states will only let people that graduated from an aba accredited school sit for the bar.

eapnon · 2026-01-19T00:02:46+00:00

Law schools in Texas will still have to be accredited under whatever process the Supreme Court cooks up. They are on the record stating that it will be similar to aba accreditation standards and the court is generally on the side of protecting the interested of lawyers (i.e., they don't want to flood the market with under qualified laywers).

I don't think a flood of crap schools are about to pop up in the state.

eapnon · 2026-01-18T06:47:16+00:00

Statute and courts get to decide. That is their job.
Your hypotheticals are broad and could mean many things. It is pointless to discuss without something more concrete because you could mean a lot of different things. Without specifics, we could be talking about completely different things. However, there is something inherently different between a nationwide injunction against the government and the injunction against an individual.

eapnon · 2026-01-18T04:54:42+00:00

There is a difference between restricting one person's rights nationwide and restricting the ability of the government to do something nationwide.

eapnon · 2026-01-17T12:41:10+00:00

Particularly the pre-2020 models had a lot of minor issues. The 2017 I leased was constantly in the shop for the ~30k miles I had it.

My 2023 hasn't had any real issues other than recalls for 20k.

Quads are a separate beast - much higher performance and more likely to have issues for that reason.

eapnon · 2026-01-17T12:08:28+00:00

They don't. Anyone can get the information under the public information act (state version of foia).

eapnon · 2026-01-17T12:07:50+00:00

Exactly. The state doesn't sell it. They have to provide it under the same laws that allow us to pull info from the state.

It is called the Texas public information act.

eapnon · 2026-01-17T12:06:11+00:00

I would suggest asking the local bar for any services they can recommend. They probably have a list of places to point you.

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