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Candy Darling


Joined: 19 Mar 2007
Posts: 24
LLM Class of 2008
Wed Sep 19, 2007 10:23 PM
I completely agree with D1. Equity's Darling, if all you can boast about is your academic performance, then I really feel sorry for you. I mean, just to quote you: 'uber' schools, 'poor' schools'.... seriously, who actually talks like that in real life?? Perhaps you should spend less time hiding behind your computer posting snotty emails and try to focus more on your personal and social skills instead.
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equity's darling

Joined: 28 Nov 2006
Posts: 268
LLM Class of 2008
Wed Sep 19, 2007 10:31 PM
"uber "schools is a shorthand for the best schools in the world. Using shorthand allows one to make poits with precision and avoid repition.

"poor" schools was used in the context of saying even poor schools don't hinder one's chances of getting into a top LLM (at least in canada).

I find it humorous that you're so frimly convinced I have no life or social skillsn simply because I stated the obvious point that marks are extremely important when seeking admisson to the world's best universities.

Your judgement is about as sound as your reading is careful.
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Lucinda

Joined: 01 Feb 2007
Posts: 92
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Wed Sep 19, 2007 10:37 PM
Equity Darling- it does not say anything about self-esteem.
I just think that you should pay attention to the words you use, it has nothing to do with self-esteem and I'm not going to splash my curriculum here just to prove whatever I should prove. It is a matter of advancing real facts with respect.
I and obviously some others have been shocked about the terms you've been using. So you should give it a thought.

L.
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equity's darling

Joined: 28 Nov 2006
Posts: 268
LLM Class of 2008
Wed Sep 19, 2007 10:39 PM
You are "schocked" by terms like "poor" school and "uber" school?

Good luck in the practice of law...
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Lucinda

Joined: 01 Feb 2007
Posts: 92
LLM Class of 2008
Wed Sep 19, 2007 10:49 PM
See...you didn't get it ...I didn't quote any terms. You mixing everyone's words up.
I'm talking about the whole attitude you have, the "I'm better than you attitude" that comes with the words you use.
But I give up on that one. If 3 persons IN A ROW don't suffice you to ask yourself the right question then I guess...there's nothing that can be done as I don't expect the whole internet community to react!
Anyway good luck with that attitude girl!
L.
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Candy Darling


Joined: 19 Mar 2007
Posts: 24
LLM Class of 2008
Wed Sep 19, 2007 11:00 PM
No Equity, instead i am "schocked" (using your word) by your consistently appalling spelling. Also it is 'denigrate' and not 'denegrate.' Kindly use a dictionary the next time you want to show off about your 'academic prowess.' It would certainly make your point that much more convincing.
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equity's darling

Joined: 28 Nov 2006
Posts: 268
LLM Class of 2008
Wed Sep 19, 2007 11:04 PM
for someone who speaks of "justified arguments" you sure don't say much of substance.

Show me where I have an attitude suggesting that I'm better than others.
Give an example of words you so hyperbolically state are "unbearable". I believe in that pst you used the example of calling nyu a supermarket. This is unvearable? Note that this term was used by many others before me and denoted the huge number of LLM's which, the argument goes, means it is arguably less selective than other schools at the top of the world rankings. That seems like a sensible position and an informative one too. What precisly do you add to any of these discussions besides hurt feelings and non-specific reprimands?
grow up.
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equity's darling

Joined: 28 Nov 2006
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Wed Sep 19, 2007 11:10 PM
You are giving spelling lessons over the internet and I'm the one without a life? Nice.
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Lucinda

Joined: 01 Feb 2007
Posts: 92
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Thu Sep 20, 2007 02:18 AM
Blah blah blah...because ure so intelligent and such a grown up blablabla Whatever girl !
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equity's darling

Joined: 28 Nov 2006
Posts: 268
LLM Class of 2008
Thu Sep 20, 2007 03:12 AM
rest assured nobody will accuse you of boastful intelligence
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Candy Darling


Joined: 19 Mar 2007
Posts: 24
LLM Class of 2008
Thu Sep 20, 2007 04:15 AM
for someone who claims she 'could care less' about what we think, you sure reply at lightning speed to our posts. Not enough work at the office, perchance? Or perhaps no social life??? hahaha
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ashraf

Joined: 11 Sep 2007
Posts: 29
LLM Class of 2008
Thu Sep 20, 2007 05:27 AM
Well, as an intruder to the series of post between two "Darling" and Lucina, I dont think Equity was arrogant in her earler mails. She was rather informative.

It is others who distracted the matter to life etc.
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Lit

Joined: 24 Jul 2006
Posts: 66
LLM Class of 2008
Thu Sep 20, 2007 02:14 PM
Jeppers creepers, where is the love?!!

This is rediculous, what was initially a posting about who had arrived at Ithaca has landed up being a personal attack on ED. ED and I have had our differences of opinion in the past so I have no need to defend her, but there is never a need to get personal. For goodness sake, we all don't even know who the hell we are.

Let's stick to the intention behind this site. If someone will lament that NYU is a supermarket, then let them do so and if you disagree with that view, likewise you should be entitled to do so, because it's part of the point of the website, to discuss and air views on various LLM programs and the reader make up their own mind. It's like arguing in a moot and you start gunning at your oponent about how irritating their voice is or something, we're all grown ups and there's no need for that.

If you're going to attack ED, then the best and most constructive way to do it on this forum is to do so on the substance or lack thereof, of her opinions on LLM Programs.
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Lucinda

Joined: 01 Feb 2007
Posts: 92
LLM Class of 2008
Thu Sep 20, 2007 03:22 PM
Oh come on ...we just said what we think. Period.
Theres no point starting a whole debate. Thats my opinion shared by some others and not shared by everyone. Thats Okay!
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Candy Darling


Joined: 19 Mar 2007
Posts: 24
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Thu Sep 20, 2007 03:31 PM
I dont know if the rest of you have read her last 2000 offensive posts... everyone is entitled to their opinions, sure. But it gets abit repetitive when she goes on and on about NYU being a 'supermarket', a 'factory,' and that those who are in NYU got rejected by the 'better' schools like Harvard and Columbia. Having professed that she does not actually know ANYONE in NYU, I am wondering how she forms these baseless assumptions? on the mere intake of the students? I would say that such sweeping generalizations are ridiculous and pathetic.
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Lit

Joined: 24 Jul 2006
Posts: 66
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Thu Sep 20, 2007 04:05 PM
Again, it's one thing to ask her what she bases her opinion of a certain School on, because should such an opinion prove to be baseless, she'll be exposed. It's another thing altogether to attack her person. I agree with you that some people on this board have been out of line in terms of how condescending or arrogant they are, and those people have been put in-line. I honestly do not think that ED is one of those, I just think she is vehement on her opinions, some of which might be a bit strong, but when one looks at the intention behind this board, I do not think that her views are harmful, and I'd go so far as to say some have been helpful to many people.

Where her views are baselessly contrary to your own, expose her on that basis and not personally. Poor woman (I don't mean that condescendingly, just trying to bring some humour to this thread) is still asleep while we rage on about her.

[Edited 20 Sep 2007 by Lit]
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D1

Joined: 30 Jul 2007
Posts: 18
LLM Class of 2008
Thu Sep 20, 2007 09:53 PM
It is in our nature as lawyers to descend into the arena and where you feel someone has stepped out of line it is very well in order to rein them back in by stating facts and in some cases thier mistakes. This in no way is supportive of personal attacks, but CD's point which started all of this has clearly been been made.

ED has even (rather dissapointingly) quickly dissasociated herself from all the uninformed statements about NYU:
"Note that this term was used by many others before me and denoted the huge number of LLM's which, the argument goes, means it is arguably......"

A few facts:

Cambridge University gets, according to it, about a thousand (1000) LLM applications every year and they number of LLM intakes is between a hundred and twoo hundred
NYU gets well over two thousand (2000) LLM applications for different specialisations hence the size of its LLM class. Also the attraction of studying in New York (for different reasons including job opportinities and taking the NY bar) Obviously increases the net present value of making an investment to study at NYU.

I have often heard a lot of negative things said about top schools like NYU, Harvard etc but the reality is you know the value of a painting by the amount of ill spoken about it.

P.S I am neither an NYU alumni nor current student but I will certainly not mind going there. Cheers!
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equity's darling

Joined: 28 Nov 2006
Posts: 268
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Thu Sep 20, 2007 11:53 PM
I dont know if the rest of you have read her last 2000 offensive posts... everyone is entitled to their opinions, sure. But it gets abit repetitive when she goes on and on about NYU being a 'supermarket', a 'factory,' and that those who are in NYU got rejected by the 'better' schools like Harvard and Columbia. Having professed that she does not actually know ANYONE in NYU, I am wondering how she forms these baseless assumptions? on the mere intake of the students? I would say that such sweeping generalizations are ridiculous and pathetic.



It's nice to see you pointing to facts rather than just ad hominem attacks, although it is an unfair misrepresentation to suggest that I go "on and on" about NYU being a factory and a supermarket (I'll leave the comment about 2000 other posts aside as that is obviously hyperbolic and not meant to be taken seriously).

It is true that I have called NYU both a factory and a supermarket, but I believe I may have had two posts to that effect--hardly going on and on by any reasonable standard.

And the suggestion that I've said negative things about other schools is just plain untrue. I can't recall ever saying anything negative about ny other schools except the NYU comment above, which, i remind you again, was a comment made by several others before me and simply repeated by me.

Now, I still believe that NYU is less competative than other tip ranked schools like harv, yale, colombia, and oxbridge. I believe this follows from the fact that that have a huge entering class and from the fact that I suspect most of the very, very best students that also apply to harv, yale, and are accpeted at those schools tend to accept there.
How do I know this? I don't, it's just my guess. Could I be wrong? Sure. Are the exceptions (ie candidateas accepted to Harv that instead chose NYU) of course. But none of that detracts from my firm view that most of the 400 people accpeted into NYU probably woudn't get into harv or yale.
Why do I believe this even though I don't have any proof of it? Common sense. Ask yourselves, honestly, whether you would turn down harv or yale for NYU? Even if the answer is yes, I still think you're in the minority.

But none of this is a slight against NYU. It's one of the best unis in the world. Because many of its students couldn't get into harvard doesn't mean that their somehow second class students. That's like saying jack nicklaus is a second class gokfer because tiger could probably beta him. I think, as a lawyer, it is incumbant upon you to think your points through before running to the extreme interpetation of an opinion and then attacking the writer personally.

Oh, and I stand byt my statement that harvard is a better school than NYU. You find this offensive?
And about me supposedly bragging about my CV, go read the post above mine where the person asks specifically about my background. I provided in abbreviated form an answer to a direct question.

[Edited 21 Sep 2007 by equity's darling]
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Russ


Joined: 08 Jan 2005
Posts: 198
LLM Class of 2008
Fri Sep 21, 2007 07:56 AM
I don't think it's offensive to call NYU a supermarket. What's so bad about supermarkets. You have more choice and more fellow customers than in the corner shop. Apart from that, NYU has such a strong position that ED's comments will not jeopardize its future.

BTW: This is Tellbucks original question to ED:
"So are you a UK student or are you from an overseas law school? and what were your grades to get into Cambridge if you don't mind me asking. Do you think I would stand a chance of getting an offer with the grade I have at the moment?"

ED was just answering this question and trying to be helpful. Not everyone would reveal his/her background in this board.
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ozman

Joined: 26 Jul 2007
Posts: 57
LLM Class of 2008
Fri Sep 21, 2007 12:10 PM
very well done RUSS....! that was exactly what should have been said...
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Hafiz

Joined: 08 Sep 2006
Posts: 99
LLM Class of 2008
Sun Sep 23, 2007 09:22 AM
Hello guys..................i think we r done with fighting.......................ED was totally helpful and provided great info........................and if someone doesnt like her he should go away...............................well done ED.................and good luck for LL.M appliers..............
Cheers
Hafiz
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Senator

Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Posts: 80
LLM Class of 2008
Tue Sep 25, 2007 08:00 PM
ED I am surprised you even dignified such stupidity with a response.
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irishguy

Joined: 30 Aug 2007
Posts: 8
LLM Class of 2008
Wed Sep 26, 2007 11:31 PM
Me too actually, though I did find their attack kind of funny in a pathetic "awwwww aren't they stupid" kind of way. I'll always like you ED :-)
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Torontoboy

Joined: 04 Nov 2007
Posts: 1
LLM Class of 2008
Mon Nov 05, 2007 01:24 PM
I realize this is a site for LLM-related posts but I could use some assistance regarding LLB/JD's:
-I'm from Toronto and was wondering if I took an LLB in England, if I could practice in NY/TO? (job prospects, bar exam)
-Is anyone aware of the difficulty to get into an LLB/JD dual-program?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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susiee

Joined: 31 Oct 2007
Posts: 25
LLM Class of 2008
Tue Nov 06, 2007 02:19 AM
If you do your llb in england, you are eligible to take the ny bar exam (without an llm). I don't know about toronto. However, it is pretty tough for foreign lawyers to get jobs in the u.s., even with an ll.m. Alternatively, you could try getting a job at a big uk city firm or u.s. firm in london, and then try to transfer to their U.S. offices after a couple of years.

I think UCL has a dual BA / JD program with Columbia, so you can get a BA in Law and a JD in 4 years. Sounds pretty good. But the catch is you have to top your class.

hope this helps!
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