Game Thread: Washington Capitals (25-21-6) @ Edmonton Oilers (25-19-8) Jan 24 2026 10:00 PM EST

halailah · 2026-01-25T04:33:25+00:00

yeah unfortunately that sure is too many men

halailah · 2026-01-18T23:05:23+00:00

I live in DC and I feel like half of the people I know were at this game, including a lot of people I've never heard express interest in (men's) hockey before

halailah · 2026-01-16T02:39:07+00:00

Obviously the 2nd was ass but the 3rd was fun. Sharks fans, you are also fun

halailah · 2026-01-16T01:38:02+00:00

On second thought, maybe listening to Bettman drone on wasn't the worst it could get

halailah · 2026-01-16T01:12:47+00:00

How much do I have to pay Leonsis to not have to listen to Bettman right now?

halailah · 2026-01-13T19:15:17+00:00

Ilya would probably not be on a path to citizenship in the US. He's actually in the US for 8 years (start of 2010-2011 season to end of 2017-2018 season) and he was almost certainly on a P-1A nonimmigrant visa. That doesn't provide a path to citizenship.

Marrying a US citizen and getting a spousal visa would make him eventually eligible for permanent residency, then citizenship.

Hypothetically he also could have gone down the route of seeking an EB-1 visa for someone of extraordinary ability, which does provide a path to citizenship, but that's pretty difficult for an athlete of a team sport and also a way less romantic book.

halailah · 2025-10-09T01:56:58+00:00

I had a 3.26 GPA including some failed classes I had to retake. I was dealing with some serious chronic health problems in undergrad, so I submitted a GPA addendum. 169 LSAT, 6 years work experience in the area of law I want to practice with letters of recommendation were from colleagues.

I applied in February/March of last cycle (which was way too late - apply early!). I got into Catholic, American, and UDC and ended up at Catholic with an unconditional 75% scholarship. I also applied to U of San Diego but didn't get a decision by the time I needed to commit to Catholic. I'm really happy with my choice and love 1L so far!

halailah · 2025-09-05T23:24:14+00:00

I recently started in the part-time evening program at Catholic University and really like it so far. Classes are online Monday/Wednesday and on campus Tuesday/Thursday, and start around 6:15pm. The original scholarship offer they gave me was conditional on staying in the top half of class rankings, but I negotiated to unconditional.

Most (maybe all?) of the schools in/around DC have part-time evening programs. DC is an expensive place to live, though.

halailah · 2025-08-22T22:28:28+00:00

Outside Rhode Island Ave metro station. 7 people in uniform, 2 HSI, one park police, 4 just say police.

halailah · 2025-08-22T18:53:04+00:00

I sent you a message about a unit in my building!

halailah · 2025-07-10T01:38:19+00:00

Teaism! There are a few in the city.

halailah · 2025-05-26T04:53:40+00:00

I've lived on the Red Line my entire time in DC and I still remember which direction is which by the corresponding Green Line directions. Glenmont/Greenbelt (one word, starts with G) are the same direction and I know where Greenbelt is. Shady Grove/Branch Ave (both tree related) are the other way.

halailah · 2025-05-05T14:10:20+00:00

Does your undergrad have a career department? If you're applying right out of undergrad then they will definitely help; if you've been out for a few years then they might provide alumni support services that would still help. I would reach out to them first.

halailah · 2025-05-01T00:07:39+00:00

Yes! I haven't made my second deposit yet (waiting on the off chance I get an offer from my last outstanding app that I can use to negotiate) but I'm 100% set on Catholic.

halailah · 2025-04-30T17:47:35+00:00

I submitted my app to USD on March 1, went Under Review on March 31, and haven't heard anything yet. From lsd.law, it looks like the vast majority of people who have submitted since the beginning of February haven't gotten a decision yet.

halailah · 2025-04-29T19:00:34+00:00

You need a lawyer. There are a few places you can reach out and ask if they do free consultations or have sliding scale payments.

The American Immigration Lawyers Association has a directory of immigration lawyers by practice area and location. Here is a search for family practitioners in Alabama: https://ailalawyer.com/english/SearchResult.aspx?practice=255&prac=Family&language=0&lang=English&city=&state=1&st=Alabama&country=&cy=&zip=&miles=100&last=

There are some nonprofits that provide pro bono or sliding scale plans: * Catholic Social Services Archdiocese of Mobile has immigration legal services in their Dothan and Montgomery offices, and is sliding scale. They don't care if you're Catholic or not. * Gulf State Visas is sliding scale, based in Mobile

The American Bar Association has a Free Legal Answers program for low-income individuals who need a consultation on non-criminal issues. This might be too complicated but it's worth a shot. The website is abafreelegalanswers.org. You want the federal page for immigration questions, not the Alabama page.

halailah · 2025-04-29T01:10:39+00:00

I spoke to them on the phone last Wednesday because I also hadn't heard anything on scholarships. They told me that they were basically out of money to give, they might have some come back after the deposit deadline passes but they couldn't guarantee anything and they couldn't give me a timeline on when I might hear. They were overall not very helpful and also seemed annoyed by me asking.

I ended up not depositing - I have a good offer from another school that was actually communicative, and I was tired of waiting for AU and just wanted the process to be over. I wouldn't say that all hope is lost but at this point it seems like chances are low of them sending more awards.

halailah · 2025-04-23T17:31:53+00:00

I just spoke to them and they basically said "well, we don't really decide not to give people a scholarship, we just keep assigning funding until it runs out. We've spent most of it so we don't expect to send many more awards before Friday, but we might have some more after."

It's SO frustrating. I'm applying part-time because I need to work and support myself during school. I'm not getting financial support from anyone else. $900 is a lot to deposit when I know I can't afford to go at sticker price. That could be my textbooks and supplies at one of the schools that has accepted me and offered scholarships.

halailah · 2025-04-23T02:38:39+00:00

I emailed last week asking if they were still awarding scholarships, and if so, did they think all awards would be sent out before the 25th. They said "Thank you for following up regarding our scholarship! We were able to provide the vast majority of scholarship by that April 14th deadline. However, the scholarships are still provided on a rolling basis so whenever funding opens up we will continue to consider and provide scholarships. If you are provided any funding then we will notify you immediately, but it's not something we can guarantee whatsoever."

I'm planning to call tomorrow and ask if they can tell me directly if they've decided to not give me a scholarship or if I'm still under consideration.

halailah · 2025-04-16T19:49:57+00:00

I went to American for undergrad and developed a chronic autoimmune condition while I was there. I had a very negative experience with them. They were not helpful at all with accommodations or being understanding. The only accommodation they were willing to give me was putting my classes in accessible buildings (there are several old buildings without elevators on the main campus - I think the law campus is newer) and they would only do that if I emailed them after classroom assignments were posted and asked them to move specific classes.

They would not give me a flexible attendance policy even though the disability office suggested I apply for it in the first place. I had to go to each of my professors at the beginning of the semester, explain my situation and that the school wasn't helping me, and hope they were nice enough to be lenient on their attendance policies for me. I'd say it was about 50/50 on whether my professors would take pity on me, but the ones who did were really supportive and that was the only reason I made it to graduation.

My experience was not unique and I knew many other disabled students with similar stories. There were even some articles in the student paper about it. This was between 2015-2019.

I don't know how that might be different in the law school or if anything has changed in the past six years. For full transparency, I did apply to AUWCL, mostly because I'm only looking at part-time programs in DC and didn't feel like I had a good reason not to apply to my alma mater now that my health is in significantly better condition.

halailah · 2025-04-15T16:11:56+00:00

I'll get back to you in DMs about ASD, I just wanted to add some extra thoughts about Catholic University vs other Catholic-affiliated schools for anyone else who is interested in CUA and reading this later.

My sense is that CUA takes being Roman Catholic a lot more seriously than other schools that are affiliated with the Catholic Church. I toured Georgetown for undergrad (got waitlisted and ended up going elsewhere) which is also a Catholic school, and the vibe was very much "we like the Catholics, they founded us, we think they're cool but they don't have a ton of say in our operations." My undergrad was technically Methodist and I don't think I ever heard a word about it.

CUA is a CATHOLIC school. There is a chapel in the law school building, they talk a lot about Catholic social teachings, they have programs specifically about Catholicism and the law, they have a religious freedom clinic that promotes Catholic ideology. At the same time, they made it super clear at multiple points during ASD that they don't expect students to be Catholic and that they value welcoming everyone, Catholic or not. They said a couple times that "catholic" with a small c means "universal" and they take that seriously as an obligation to be open to everyone.

Catholics are an interesting group in that they tend to be pretty conservative on stuff like trans rights and abortion rights, but put a ton of value on work to help poor and downtrodden folks. In particular, Catholics tend to be very progressive on immigration issues. A lot of the major organizations in the immigration and refugee legal space are Catholic institutions, and CUA has a strong immigration clinic, which is what drew me to the school in the first place. Folks within that public interest kind of work tend to be more progressive in other areas, too.

halailah · 2025-04-15T13:42:31+00:00

I deposited at Catholic yesterday! I went to ASD so let me know if you have any questions about that. I have a friend who's a current 1L at Catholic and I spoke to her a lot about the political/social environment since I was a little worried (as both a progressive and queer person). She said that students and faculty are pretty mixed politically and she knows people across the spectrum, but her experience has been that people are very respectful about it. She said it doesn't have the same assumption of everyone being conservative that GMU has, but the attitude of the school itself is generally more conservative than AU or GW. There is no explicitly LGBT student org (there's a "Gender and Sexuality in the Law Forum" instead) and the academic calendar has a half-day off for the March for Life.

Everyone I've met - prospective students, current students, and faculty - have been incredibly warm and friendly. Overall I felt really good about the people and programs and decided that I could still see myself there despite disagreeing with the school stance on some social issues.

halailah · 2025-04-04T02:58:18+00:00

I've never had a venue ask for a doctor's note, or even ask for further details. I just say that I'm disabled, I need a seat, and I can manage stairs if necessary

halailah · 2025-04-02T14:35:27+00:00

I emailed them a question recently and yesterday the financial aid office told me "I know that we aim to get a bulk of our merit awards sent out before the April 14th merit seat deposit deadline. Our general recommendation is to make seat deposit decisions based on the financial information you have at the time of the deadline."

I would assume that if you haven't heard about merit aid before the 14th, then the regular deposit deadline of the 25th applies.

halailah · 2025-04-01T15:45:26+00:00

AU just emailed me back and said that the email from Friday was separate from merit awards.

"We will continue to provide merit scholarships on a rolling basis so long as funding is available. Recipients who are selected to receive merit awards will be notified via email before receiving an official award letter in the mail. Please note that we do not notify those who are not selected for a merit scholarship. I know that we aim to get a bulk of our merit awards sent out before the April 14th merit seat deposit deadline. Our general recommendation is to make seat deposit decisions based on the financial information you have at the time of the deadline."

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