Good to be back! Glad to see your still around, too.
Fun fact: I was hanging out with some AX'ers the other week and, because it was topical, brought up your Kamina cosplay. At the girls' insistence, I followed up with photos plucked from your journal, and two principal reactions occurred: [1] "Holy shit ripped like Jesus. /drool" [2] "OMG I TOTALLY TOOK A PHOTO WITH HIM. O_O" -- and then a few minutes later, "... WAIT HOW DO YOU KNOW HIM?!" Oh conservatism -- what strange friendships you have yielded!
Haha, I don't think they care what political affiliation you are; you've got some swooning fangirls.
Definitely will! I'm heading off to the firm right now, actually. Trying to bang out a finished draft of this opening brief (fighting an award of attorney's fees under Section 505 of the Copyright Act) today so I can fine-tune my law review article this weekend. I've been a busy little 2L bee. You'll definitely hear about it! [And tangentially speaking, I don't think I've ever heard in detail about what you deal with in practice. I'm curious!]
You probably remember I'm a Mag Judge's law clerk. What Mag Judges mostly get are the following. With rare exceptions, my particular judge handles all of the * asterisked categories:
- petitions for writs of habeas corpus - federal civil rights suits by people without lawyers - discovery motions in lawyered cases (*) - appeals from denials of Social Security Disability claims (*)
Mostly I work on habeas petitions. It's pretty esoteric. If you want to see some examples of stuff I drafted, several samples are block-quoted (as "As the Magistrate Judge explained," or the like) in the unanimous decision of SCOTUS in Knowles v. Mirzayance, 556 U.S. ___, 129 S.Ct. 1411 (2009) (http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/08pdf/07-1315.pdf).
I definitely remember you talking about the habeas work [which we probably spent all of a day covering in ConLaw1 last year] -- how do you like it? I've always imagined I would get legitimately depressed if I ever worked things like social security appeals for any extended period of time -- too many sad stories with each docket. But I also feel that kind of stuff is the "real law" we learn in 1L, as opposed to entertainment law [which is basically just contract/IP law wrapped around a business model]. Plus, you're getting quoted by SCOTUS. Bonus!
More important (than law), I need to get you some pics with my Kamina glasses finally on. Unfortunately, I had to take my cape off right away (Comic Con) because it was blasted hot, and my tats would have rubbed off even more quickly.
Yeah, the tats are a good hour of work. Then they start melting and rubbing off right away, even though she researched to get the best pro makeups. That sucks. I have a cape but often don't wear it for this reason.
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Fun fact: I was hanging out with some AX'ers the other week and, because it was topical, brought up your Kamina cosplay. At the girls' insistence, I followed up with photos plucked from your journal, and two principal reactions occurred: [1] "Holy shit ripped like Jesus. /drool" [2] "OMG I TOTALLY TOOK A PHOTO WITH HIM. O_O" -- and then a few minutes later, "... WAIT HOW DO YOU KNOW HIM?!" Oh conservatism -- what strange friendships you have yielded!
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Try to let LJ land know about your 3Lness, job hunt, etc.
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Definitely will! I'm heading off to the firm right now, actually. Trying to bang out a finished draft of this opening brief (fighting an award of attorney's fees under Section 505 of the Copyright Act) today so I can fine-tune my law review article this weekend. I've been a busy little 2L bee. You'll definitely hear about it! [And tangentially speaking, I don't think I've ever heard in detail about what you deal with in practice. I'm curious!]
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- petitions for writs of habeas corpus
- federal civil rights suits by people without lawyers
- discovery motions in lawyered cases (*)
- appeals from denials of Social Security Disability claims (*)
Mostly I work on habeas petitions. It's pretty esoteric. If you want to see some examples of stuff I drafted, several samples are block-quoted (as "As the Magistrate Judge explained," or the like) in the unanimous decision of SCOTUS in Knowles v. Mirzayance, 556 U.S. ___, 129 S.Ct. 1411 (2009) (http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/08pdf/07-1315.pdf).
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[2] I had to look long and hard to make sure those glasses weren't photoshopped in, haha.
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