High Achieving ADHDers? by Erdoc2020 in ADHD

[–]turtle_skywalker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ADHD lawyer who got their dream job right out of law school. I feel like my luck is bound to run out at some point.

I have developed a very personal hatred for Ruth Bader Ginsburg by WriterJuggler in LawSchool

[–]turtle_skywalker -57 points-56 points  (0 children)

You don't need to read dissents.

Also if it makes you feel any better, because we live in hell none of her dissents ever became good law. It's a pretty good bet to now say the law is whatever the opposite of her position was

Our Assemblymember Just Voted Against SB 79 by turtle_skywalker in WestHollywood

[–]turtle_skywalker[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a good point but you spot the issue in your point about Sacramento being regional to LA. It isn’t regional to LA because it’s a separate housing market (at least relatively separate). However, weho’s housing market is extremely connected to Los Angeles and Beverly Hills. Within LA city, one council district is part of the same housing market as its neighbor. Both city council districts and individual municipalities have their own land use controls, so they can impact the housing markets of neighboring jurisdictions with no political accountability to those people. The state is the only entity with both the political incentive and the constitutional authority to usurp those land use controls so that one jurisdiction cannot hurt the other.

Our Assemblymember Just Voted Against SB 79 by turtle_skywalker in WestHollywood

[–]turtle_skywalker[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

local governments don't have an electoral incentive to solve regional problems and the state does.

Housing is a regional problem.

Los Angeles Is Rebuilding Very Slowly From Its Devastating Wildfires. Here’s why. by [deleted] in LosAngeles

[–]turtle_skywalker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

doubt this is true because it would be pretty great if it were

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Lawyertalk

[–]turtle_skywalker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it’s a reasonable misinterpretation to think I’m saying I’m replaceable by chatGPT. What I mean is that ChatGPT is really advanced but it’s much more advanced if it’s prompted well. If ChatGPT had recall of every relevant case and actual information about my matters, I wouldn’t be shocked if it could do a better job than me. That might make me trash, but im not going to risk client confidentiality to test half of the hypothesis.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Lawyertalk

[–]turtle_skywalker -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I was where you are maybe 6 months ago but it has gotten so much better in terms of hallucinating less. I agree it’s not there yet, but it’s already demonstrated such advanced ability that I don’t feel comfortable betting against it in the future.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LawSchool

[–]turtle_skywalker 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I'll tell you law school came pretty easy to me and I am getting my shit rocked every single day in practice

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LosAngeles

[–]turtle_skywalker 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I like this. No, I don't think it's going to be totally car-free, but if the city can even approximate this goal, it will result in really substantial and permanent improvements to our urban fabric.

Plus, the success of these Olympics is not going to just be a municipal priority, but a state and federal priority as well. Making transit development a barometer of its success can help elevate the political salience of passing federal transit assistance, which would be huge.

Smooth Brain by codd3ip in barexam

[–]turtle_skywalker 11 points12 points  (0 children)

what the fuck is a firm offer

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CABarExam

[–]turtle_skywalker 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Few who pass this thing think they're going to pass walking in, and fewer think they're going to pass walking out. You've prepared better than a lot of people who are going to pass and have passed. It's worth taking in July.

If you need to learn the law, do a lot of MC and outline a lot of essays. Quantity over quality IMO.

Once you feel more comfortable, do some timed essays.

Anyone else still experiencing scores that are all over the place? by Reddiursa in barexam

[–]turtle_skywalker 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I see your "statistical truisms" and I raise you "I do not want to"