tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post6179640452938717691..comments2024-03-18T11:05:17.083-06:00Comments on Outside the Law School Scam: No More Making Fun of International Space LawUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-46679962648046376462014-04-13T00:09:51.695-06:002014-04-13T00:09:51.695-06:00Im glad you mention Santa Clara which is a steamin...Im glad you mention Santa Clara which is a steaming, rotten cesspool. Santa Clara Law needs to be shut down or demolished with a giant wrecking ball operated by a big fat construction worker!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-32737828516587268052014-04-12T23:14:44.651-06:002014-04-12T23:14:44.651-06:00It's true! Captain Kirk and Spock never consul...It's true! Captain Kirk and Spock never consulted the services of a space attorney. They most likely had automated systems that provided all the legal consulting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-72296279040578284552014-04-09T06:38:36.745-06:002014-04-09T06:38:36.745-06:00So what brings you here, professor? Could it be th...So what brings you here, professor? Could it be that you have too much time on your own hands? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-46834433778646428772014-04-09T06:13:44.487-06:002014-04-09T06:13:44.487-06:00A very good and perceptive post.
Other proximit...A very good and perceptive post. <br /><br /><br />Other proximity traps:<br /><br />Santa Clara (Silicon Valley)<br /><br />Seattle, USF, Southwestern (Pacific Rim)<br /><br />Tulane, Houston, Texas Tech (Oil Fields)<br /><br />NYLS (Wall Street)<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-57281113711529611292014-04-08T06:14:55.290-06:002014-04-08T06:14:55.290-06:00Ahh, Houston cashing in on the proximity fallacy. ...Ahh, Houston cashing in on the proximity fallacy. Since our law school is physically located close to something, it obviously gives one a leg up in that field, right? This is what schools like American and George Washington do. "You'll be within steps of the halls of Congress, and even the Supreme Court."<br /><br />It's a bit like deluding yourself that if you attend a basketball camp in Miami, you'll become the next Lebron James. Lebron has eaten breakfast at that very restaurant three blocks from here!<br /><br />Of course, Universities often hold football and basketball camps on this kind of premise, that you'll meet Coach K or Nick Saban, and play on the same field or court as the legends you've seen on tv. Why, if you do well enough, they might even offer you a scholarship on the spot! (Nevermind those 30 guys that they've invited to camp specifically to evaluate).<br /><br />The difference, of course, is if you're foolish enough to fall for the sports camp pitch, you're only out a few hundred dollars and a week of your time. If you fall for international space law, it's three years and a few HUNDRED THOUSAND dollars. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-2026723448701349662014-04-07T21:09:58.067-06:002014-04-07T21:09:58.067-06:00"Not for nothing do we call these people spec..."Not for nothing do we call these people special snowflakes. They fancy themselves far to worthy to do anything that lacks pizzazz, celebrity, and high status. Traffic tickets? Insurance claims? Divorces? Evictions? Those are all fine for the dull people who go in for such stuff. I, however, I am destined for grander things. While the little people—I don't actually know any of them, but they must exist somewhere—are doing something mundane, I, of course, will be rubbing elbows with famous people, dallying with diplomats at five-star European hotels, and saving puppies and the environment from bad guys."<br /><br />I have linkedin connections with Georgetown, GW, and Michigan law school students and recent graduates. Lots of these young people’s profile is like this: internship with DoJ, DoD, ACLU,or some sort of prestigious federal agencies/non-profit. All fantasy stuffs and will probably WOW someone who doesn’t know a thing about legal industry. Most of these young people have three to five of these types of internships on their profiles. Yet somehow they can’t land a good job with these awesome experiences.<br />Yup, that’s right. Chase your dreams, do what you like, if you try hard to enough, you will get what you want. These are the boomer hippie mentality that got these young people into trouble. They are too good to get their hands dirty and they want grander things like working on national issues as 25~27 years with no job experience. <br />Now they became “career interns” or “career fellows” and their legal career are over before they even begin. Sad, but true. <br />Mr Lollipopnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-10153986586584591182014-04-07T07:05:01.166-06:002014-04-07T07:05:01.166-06:00"Not for nothing do we call these people spec..."Not for nothing do we call these people special snowflakes. They fancy themselves far to worthy to do anything that lacks pizzazz, celebrity, and high status. Traffic tickets? Insurance claims? Divorces? Evictions? Those are all fine for the dull people who go in for such stuff. I, however, I am destined for grander things. While the little people—I don't actually know any of them, but they must exist somewhere—are doing something mundane, I, of course, will be rubbing elbows with famous people, dallying with diplomats at five-star European hotels, and saving puppies and the environment from bad guys."<br /><br />That's not the issue; the issue is that grads are trying to compete in such things when they have $200K in debt *and* no experience *and* no connections *and* no training the matters.Barry DeCiccohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04735814736387033844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-74244732973015740682014-04-06T22:41:38.317-06:002014-04-06T22:41:38.317-06:00Over on lawschool lemmings you see the phrase &quo...Over on lawschool lemmings you see the phrase "dream job" repeated over and over. I'm not sure what they imagine the practice of law to be like, but if they describe it as their "dream", you can bet they imagine it won't be dull stuff like doing traffic tickets or insurance claims for not much money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-7923784436420139682014-04-06T21:12:51.703-06:002014-04-06T21:12:51.703-06:00The scam is tragic and funny at the same time. It&...The scam is tragic and funny at the same time. It's also evil on so many levels.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-73362446068612006042014-04-06T19:19:44.268-06:002014-04-06T19:19:44.268-06:00Entertaining. Excellent post. Entertaining. Excellent post. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-66730753934097934922014-04-06T10:20:29.840-06:002014-04-06T10:20:29.840-06:00Continuing my comment above (4:44):
Not for nothi...Continuing my comment above (4:44):<br /><br />Not for nothing do we call these people special snowflakes. They fancy themselves far to worthy to do anything that lacks pizzazz, celebrity, and high status. Traffic tickets? Insurance claims? Divorces? Evictions? Those are all fine for the dull people who go in for such stuff. I, however, <i>I</i> am destined for grander things. While the little people—I don't actually know any of them, but they must exist somewhere—are doing something mundane, I, of course, will be rubbing elbows with famous people, dallying with diplomats at five-star European hotels, and saving puppies and the environment from bad guys.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-85629988360650861082014-04-06T09:16:34.613-06:002014-04-06T09:16:34.613-06:00Maritime/admiralty is something you can specialize...Maritime/admiralty is something you can specialize in and practice exclusively if you choose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-14223008742225437412014-04-06T07:56:01.048-06:002014-04-06T07:56:01.048-06:00You are absolutely correct, and that hadn't cr...You are absolutely correct, and that hadn't crossed my mind before. There are no specialty programs for the things that lawyers actually do. You'd have a hard time even finding a specialty program for litigation or transactional law (although I suppose one could tailor one's course choices to those relevant to one's career goals), let alone any of the mundane subcategories of law that 99.9% of lawyers spend their time on. Specialty programs tend to be in areas of law that people wish they could practice, but which don't actually exist.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10157020541840080308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-76266725219167775102014-04-05T17:44:16.858-06:002014-04-05T17:44:16.858-06:00These popular "specialties" are totally ...These popular "specialties" are totally bogus. No law school offers a "specialty" in traffic tickets, insurance claims, divorces, or other humdrum areas of law for which lawyers actually are hired. That stuff could never be sold; after all, every lemming is far too good to dirty its paws with such lowly fare. Instead, law schools invariably tout "environmental law", "international law", "space law", "sports law", "entertainment law", "animal-rights law", and other flashy but non-existent domains. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-35298483590599279952014-04-05T15:55:06.073-06:002014-04-05T15:55:06.073-06:00You mean the Mars Bar. You mean the Mars Bar. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-42109167741897588042014-04-05T15:53:55.596-06:002014-04-05T15:53:55.596-06:00Prof. Sundahl should be ashamed of himself.
I wo...Prof. Sundahl should be ashamed of himself. <br /><br />I wonder how his rosy prospects for the future of space law have been adjusted by the recent rift in NATO-Russian relations. If the US opts to give Russia's Mir the finger, that alone could put a huge dent in the demand for space law experts that would take decades to recover from. I'm sure Sundahl is all over this. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-21909852063977054182014-04-05T15:40:03.393-06:002014-04-05T15:40:03.393-06:00You guys all think this is comment is brilliant, b...You guys all think this is comment is brilliant, but it's actually just common sense from someone who has actual experience in our profession. Not to detract from him, because I 100% agree with him. Law schools have been relying on the naïveté and ignorance of applicants for years, specifically lower ranked law schools. <br /><br />It is true that a smart lawyer can adapt to any practice area he or she wants to, in most cases. I can find you hundreds of biglaw partners out there who started their careers as prosecutors or public defenders, for example. It is for that very reason that the Houston grad studying "space law" is a fool. If you really want to practice space law, you should check the name of your law school to see if it's in the top 20, realistically assess your odds of landing a biglaw associate position in a major market city like NYC or SF, and then make sure that biglaw firm has major international offices. The firm having a large international law practice is also a must. You also have to get hired into that actual practice of course, and report to partners who are in it. <br /><br />The odds of you practicing space law, when you consider all of this, aren't even all that high if you're a Yale law grad. Houston? Good luck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-79182052689711523972014-04-05T08:26:07.818-06:002014-04-05T08:26:07.818-06:00Law profs think that students will be able to work...Law profs think that students will be able to work for either humans, dolphins, or ET. Space law is a snug fit for producing practice-ready, well-rounded, diverse, global leaders for the 22nd century. And it only costs $200,000 to "launch" your career! Ad astra, per aspera!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-15067685155651924912014-04-05T08:17:30.880-06:002014-04-05T08:17:30.880-06:00You dont check Martindale for space lawyers, you l...You dont check Martindale for space lawyers, you look at MartiandaleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-69963668680776731812014-04-05T07:48:13.317-06:002014-04-05T07:48:13.317-06:00Lovely!Lovely!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10157020541840080308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-41887595237248937402014-04-04T22:18:44.645-06:002014-04-04T22:18:44.645-06:00Most of those supposedly challenging legal questio...Most of those supposedly challenging legal questions are answered by the 1967 <i>Outer Space Treaty</i> or else by garden-variety private international law.<br /><br />Which law governs damages that occur in outer space? Well, which law governs damages that occur in Madagascar when a resident of Scotland runs into a resident of Yunnan with a car bearing Pennsylvania license plates? The same sort of analysis applies. The only difference is that in space there is, of course, no <i>lex loci delicti</i>—and that fact actually simplifies the analysis.<br /><br />I'm planning a whopping class-action lawsuit for damages resulting from the forecast supernova of the Sun. Maybe those razor-sharp legal minds at Indiana Tech and Appalachian will be prescient enough to give me a retainer.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-25785442250128751772014-04-04T22:10:44.305-06:002014-04-04T22:10:44.305-06:00Do you want to know why there were no internationa...Do you want to know why there were no international space lawyers in Star Trek? They were unemployed in the future too. <br />Seriously though, there will be employment at the International Space House of Pancakes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-81057739064945491112014-04-04T22:05:07.352-06:002014-04-04T22:05:07.352-06:00Which toilet will be the first to have graduates c...Which toilet will be the first to have graduates called to the Martian bar?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-3411901048515715252014-04-04T21:59:30.398-06:002014-04-04T21:59:30.398-06:00Oh, indeed, there's a vast unmet demand for le...Oh, indeed, there's a vast unmet demand for legal services in this area. Why, poor people rarely get representation in lawsuits related to property in the Andromeda galaxy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-79703476993261832612014-04-04T21:56:35.355-06:002014-04-04T21:56:35.355-06:00Yes, 7:21, that's how it works. An old saying:...Yes, 7:21, that's how it works. An old saying: "No one ever got fired for specifying IBM" (as the supplier).<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com