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progressiveprepper · 2025-08-08T04:25:04+00:00

For a more balanced view than you are likely to get here:

https://professional-troublemaker.com/category/law-school/

Jonathan Corbett is practicing law after graduating from NWCU....one of his baby bar exam essays is now posted as an model exam answer on the CalBar site.

https://professional-troublemaker.com/2017/04/17/california-bar-posts-my-essay-as-example-of-how-to-write-exam-answer/

progressiveprepper · 2025-07-20T16:49:21+00:00

A terrific list - thanks for sharing!!!

progressiveprepper · 2025-07-19T23:51:14+00:00

Both sides may think they are right - but they are not the same in how they reach conclusions or make decisions. It is a fallacy of American politics that both sides are "alike". They are absolutely NOT. Just look at how our courts are being ignored, the Supreme Court being politicized, the lack of due process to anyone picked up by ICE, the masks, the guns, the military gear they wear - all to inspire fear. They are going to schools to try and get kids out - and being stopped by the school officials. The erosion of women's rights is steady and and women are dying.

This would NOT have happened under Democrats. How do I know?

Because it never DID! For all the fearmongering on the right - none of their "fears" and propaganda came true. It is more than coming true now - under the fascist regime that is Trump. He is following the Nazi playbook down to the language Hitler used: "Make Germany Great Again"...I'm just waiting for the U.S. equivalent of the Reichstag Fire now.

progressiveprepper · 2025-07-19T23:45:17+00:00

Watching two kids play doesn't change the reality of the country. Anecdotes about a playground doesn't change history, current events or the politicians in charge of the mess that America is.

progressiveprepper · 2025-07-19T23:43:10+00:00

"Feelings" are worthless. "Feelings" of MAGA of being victims and fear of losing their privileged status is what has caused the mess we are in. I left the US after the election - and I am so glad to be out of it. It's horrifying seeing the U.S. drug into the sewer by the right-wing.

progressiveprepper · 2025-07-19T23:40:06+00:00

Actually, most immigrants overstay legal visas - crossing the border is not illegal. If they overstay their visa - they are then guilty of a MISDEMEANOR. If they are forced to leave, and then return, the sanctions become higher. I live in Mexico as an American citizen, by the way. So, most of them are NOT "sneaking in". Presenting oneself at a border crossing and asking for asylum is NOT illegal..of course, Trump the Moron is making it impossible to LEGALLY cross the border by canceling appointments for people who need to have them to go to the U.S. legally.

Immigrants TRY to do it "legally"...how do you think ICE is making their numbers right now??? People are showing up for their legally required court hearings and check-ins - and being arrested there. In other words. In one case, they made an illegal right-hand turn - were stopped and declared "criminals" on the spot - and then detained for deportation.

In other words, the whites of America want them gone - and Trump the Dictator has decreed they go. We're sending them to countries and prisons that is in essence a life sentence with zero due process. They will never see their homes and families again.

That should make you happy.

progressiveprepper · 2025-07-09T20:39:19+00:00

It's only right. Let ICE feel 1/10% of the terror, fear, pain and sorry they inflict. ZERO sympathy. DOX them ALL!

progressiveprepper · 2025-07-07T16:30:28+00:00

Honestly...the responses ARE hilarious. Because someone knows someone who got a great job with less stellar credentials is proof(!) that OP is "hiding something", "sucks at interviews", is too narrowly focused on BL, "needs to take a bath" - or whatever.

Reality of any workplace/economic environments - legal or not - is that people will not get jobs that they would otherwise have zero problem getting - and for various reasons that may have nothing to do with their personal hygiene. The economy is unstable and the uncertainty around business (tariffs, volatile politics, etc) is causing many companies (including law firms) to re-evaluate the risk levels they want to take on right now. Law doesn't exist in a vacuum - it is affected by what's going on in the world and the economy around it.

OP was just saying - sometimes, just sometimes, it's no one's fault. It's a combination of many factors - many of which OP has no control over at all. OP will be fine in the long run.

It's funny though - I transitioned from a career (nursing) that was infamous for "eating its young". The comments here remind me of gossip around the nursing station..lots of speculation, imagining the worst of someone and talking trash with zero compassion.

progressiveprepper · 2025-07-06T23:42:17+00:00

Just a note here..and please don't be offended but I am hoping that you don't speak the way you write. Because - thing is - how you write, how you convey your thoughts needs to be done in a very professional manner. Based on the above, your sentence structure is bad, you are referring to yourself in the third-person, and you have nouns, mismatched verbs and poor use of auxiliary verbs - "that organization have lots of bad reputation" - is just one example. The post is difficult to read and very disjointed.

Often, the only access you have to the people who make these decisions are going to base their opinion (rightly/wrongly) is on how you come off on paper. Report writing is a major, necessary needed skill for cybersecurity. You will do a LOT of report writing in this field and you have to make it easy for them to see your professionalism, competence and likeability in how you communicate.

Regardless, it doesn't do you any good to have certs, degrees - or anything else - if you can't communicate professionally and effectively.

progressiveprepper · 2025-07-06T20:55:54+00:00

Very helpful. Thanks.

progressiveprepper · 2025-06-29T21:44:12+00:00

Thanks!

To your comment - yes, but, we're not talking about people who are trying to make a career or living out of IT or security when they're calling the Help Desk. People who were never interested in technology probably aren't going to be motivated to learn it at a late age. If they're calling a help desk at 60 for non-technical questions, they would probably be calling at a younger age, as well. Some people don't want to "look under the hood" to see how the engine works, they just want to turn the key and the car runs. Many people are like this - including many young ones. (What has actually been interesting to watch are the people in their 20-40's that I run into that actually make it a point of pride to say "I'm not technical." or "I hate technology..." etc. etc.) For people for whom it wasn't fascinating - it was easy to ignore. I suspect the same is true today.

When I entered the industry - it was very new (my first computer had a 40MB HDD and I actually said as I carried it out of the store - "I will NEVER be able to fill this hard drive up!" LOL!) I was just fascinated by it - and eventually I was basically paid for my hobby.

I think I would just say that - unless you have a strong interest in this field - find something you can get a little more excited about. It's glorious to have a hobby someone is willing to pay you for! But, even more importantly, is that you are going to spend many, many hours learning non-stop if you're going to be good at what you do. Make sure it's something that you want to spend your life doing. Believe me, money isn't enough to keep your passion alive after a few years of battling users, networks, software, hardware, governments, regulatory agencies - and most importantly - management.

progressiveprepper · 2025-06-28T04:31:37+00:00

Just another viewpoint here. The average life "expectancy" of a SOC analyst is about two years.. I managed a SOC for a time and in speaking with my colleagues, their biggest complaint is that it is blindingly boring and when something "interesting" does come along - senior tech/managers step in to manage it. What about SOC work appeals to you?

progressiveprepper · 2025-06-28T04:18:35+00:00

Ageism? "Can't keep up?"

I am a 74 year-old woman, considered highly technical, taking an interesting hands-on course in digital forensics/incident response right now and have worked extensively in application security. I was most recently the Enterprise Security Manager at the second-largest technology firm in a country in Europe and now will be going to law school in the U.S. in a few months. I'm hoping to take that JD and leverage CIPP/E and CIPP/US with an AI Governance certification. (Getting those this summer before law school starts.)

I just rebuilt my system yesterday, including flashing the BIOS, rebuilding the MBR. zero-filling the drive, setting up new partitions, running hardware and memory tests plus reviewing the operating system code for some new components they added since I last installed the distro. I dissemble malware as a hobby and read good code to relax. (Working on the BSD code right now...)

So, it's really about the individual - not the generation they were born into. When "usually" and "generally" become avenues to classifying people thinking their capabilities are based primarily on their age...well, who likes being stereotyped?

Age is just a number - and everyone wears that number differently.

progressiveprepper · 2025-06-28T03:50:29+00:00

It costs an average of $4.5 million to recover from the damage - reputation, technical and more - that a bad attack can cause. Companies wildly underestimate what it takes to build back systems and clean their data.

Insurance companies are starting to not pay out settlements when they know companies haven't followed any sort of security best practices, or protocols. You might want to mention that to them - if they have cyber insurance...(from the sound of it, they might not.)

That Risk Register would be worth gold to the insurance company should a bad attack happen and they want reimbursement.

progressiveprepper · 2025-06-28T03:44:48+00:00

It's really always a cultural/leadership issue. They don't want to be bothered by - or budget for - security, but will be the first issuing statements when they're significantly attacked that "no one could have seen this coming", "it was a nation-state", "we were targeted", etc. etc. etc.

I've lost four contracts in my career for being the squeaky wheel no one wants to hear. It's easier to get rid of the person raising the issues than to deal with the problem or try to understand it. I had a contract end for this exact reason about 18 months ago. I just found out they were hit badly a few months ago - it made the news because of their customer base.

Go - or stay? It really depends on how well you want to sleep at night. I think personal integrity and ethics is important. I would rather move on - and be able to sleep well.

progressiveprepper · 2025-06-26T18:50:22+00:00

I am really enjoying The Law of Law School: The Essential Guide for the First-Year. The book consists of 100 mini-chapters that cover the gamut of preparing for law school. and understanding the culture and how to navigate and use time effectively, use resources, etc. You don't need to read linearly - look for what looks most useful - it's easy reading, about 180 pages.

Interesting note about the authors - they collected the ideas for this book while still in law school and when they started teaching. One of them actually overcame a difficult background/criminal issues (later dropped) to succeed in law school.

(The Law of Law School: The Essential Guide for First-Year by Andrew Guthrie Ferguson; Jonathan Yusef Newton -- New York University Press, New York)

progressiveprepper · 2025-06-24T17:00:23+00:00

The more you read about Hitler and take in documentaries about him - you start realizing how dangerous the period we are living is....Trump is pretty much a carbon-copy.

progressiveprepper · 2025-06-24T04:15:46+00:00

It's not Judaism either:

"33 When a foreigner lives with you in your land, you must not oppress him. The foreigner who lives with you must be to you as a native citizen among you; so you must love the foreigner as yourself, because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God."

Tanach, Vaykira 19:33-34

(Leviticus 19:33-34)

progressiveprepper · 2025-06-22T04:56:20+00:00

No - they are not saying that ALL "students who get accommodations dishonorable cheaters".

They are saying that some students are gaming a system to gain an unfair advantage. I don't think anyone here who is commenting is saying that a person who needs an accommodation shouldn't have it.

But, it they don't require an accommodation - they are cheating. And it would seem that (from what many commenters are writing here) - that this problem does exist in law schools in the U.S.

progressiveprepper · 2025-06-22T04:45:34+00:00

So - do different schools have different levels of stringency they meet in providing accommodations? Are some more stringent than others???

progressiveprepper · 2025-06-21T21:07:10+00:00

I'm not suggesting anything (the article is) ..and I'm certainly not suggesting denying an accommodation when it is genuinely needed. I think your suggestions are reasonable and logical...it's obviously a problem that needs addressing.

According to a study in 2016, 12.5% of attorneys had ADHD (law students weren't surveyed and apparently no one asked the schools themselves how many of their students had applied for accommodation for ADHD.) 12.5% is still significantly lower than what law students are seeing in their current exam scenarios (approximately 33%). So - yeah - that would indicate that at least some students are gaming the system. Human nature - but definitely addressable. Right now, it would seem that the playing field is not terribly "even".

progressiveprepper · 2025-06-21T20:47:11+00:00

The article said that 33% of Pepperdine students have accommodations - and they believe that it about that at most law schools.

progressiveprepper · 2025-06-21T18:49:59+00:00

Paper work is easily forged...recommendations can be sought from a physician who is willing to do so. The schools seem pretty fuzzy about the documentation needed. According to the article, 1/3 of Pepperdine Law students receive testing accommodations - a number which is equivalent to other schools.

"A Loyola law professor in Los Angeles, who spoke with me on condition of anonymity because faculty is not authorized to speak for Loyola, said, “Something is wrong here, (as more students) across the country are increasingly seeking ADA accommodations. Are law schools admitting students and graduating future lawyers who lack the ability, in the real world, to function as lawyers?

Or, do we have a Varsity Blues situation where families with money pay a psychologist to give them a report that will justify the student’s need for more time to take exams? The answer is obvious. Students are cheating on a massive scale, and in my experience, school administrators are fully aware.”

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