u/Interesting_Week_917

Hello prosecutors,

I am a 2L. I was top 6 in my 1L section of 90, and top 30 out of 480 in my entire 1L cohort. I currently work as a law clerk, primarily in real estate litigation, but I can sense that this field is not in the cards for my entire life. I am keeping that close to the chest because the attorney I work for is older and has voiced that he wants me to join the practice upon graduation.

Truthfully, tax, corporate law, personal injury, evidence, and civil procedure have been my favorite courses so far. I am at a loss for what I should do, though.

My school offers 3L students the opportunity to work as prosecutors in Boston for an entire year through our clinic, handling our own cases. The problem is I want to be involved with tax crimes or antitrust issues rather than general criminal prosecution.

I don’t know… what should I even be doing? I feel really lost... I know I have options given my grades, my continued work experience with a reputable firm, and great recommendation letters from wonderful professionals, but I just don’t know what my next step should be.

I cannot wrap my head around Hamas' end goal for Oct. 7th. Kill some of the soldiers manning the outposts around Gaza? That makes relative sense, to some extent, especially if the group truly believed this could be a kind of domino effect that caused more uprisings against Israel from more powerful groups (e.g., Hezbollah or even Iran). However, the second Hamas pivoted to attacking civilians and unarmed women, children, and animals, they really lost the plot of what could have been somewhat a legitimate attempt of one militia group attacking one military group (a tale as old as time). Nevertheless, that would've likely failed as horribly as it did now but when civilians were brought into the fray by Hamas, they MUST HAVE KNOWN that Israel (ESPECIALLY UNDER Bibi!) would decimate Gaza. I feel as though no one talks about this enough. Israel has taken some really offensive tactics post-Oct 7th, and that is undeniable for anyone. Many children and innocents have died because of it. But... are we all going to sit here and pretend that Hamas didn't absolutely start this specific tit-for-tat KNOWING that Israel would respond in kind and more so? Do we feel as though we can sit here and label Israel as the "bad guy" without at least acknowledging the catalyst for the utter destruction of Gaza? The problem is no one wants to acknowledge nuance.

2L here. I love evidence, civil procedure, torts, and tax. I feel quite lost. I’m trying to narrow my focus. Any suggestions or thoughts would be greatly appreciated… :)

An undercover cop just told me it’s actually legal but not to do it.

I’m a second-year law student. Throughout my entire higher education career, every major accomplishment has been lessened by other people because I’m Jewish.

Example #1: I graduated a double major in Philosophy and History with a minor in History of Ideas summa from Brandeis. I had a graduation party. One of my lifelong friends is a blue collared worker. His mother came with him to my graduation party. While chatting, she essentially said the reason I’m able to succeed in academia is because I’m Jewish whereas her son needed to do trades to succeed because he’s not. Thankfully, my friend immediately stood up for me and argued with his mom. Granted, drinks were drunk but regardless… odd…

Example #2: When considering a PhD in Philosophy, an acquaintance of mine said, point blank: “That’ll be easy for you because you’re Jewish,” continuing to argue that: “getting a professorship isn’t hard for Jews.” Needless to say, that guy isn’t my acquaintance anymore.

Example #3: In my first-year course load, after being ostracized by classmates because I’m sympathetic towards Israel, I achieved all As and A-s much to their bitterness. I have received very many dirty looks and envy from people. I was even told by classmates that many people talk sh*t about me and my love of learning. Sure, this isn’t as bad as the first two, but you have to ask why — out of everyone who is an avid participant in class — they have singled out the one Jewish guy.

Fridge started slowly warming and the panel began flashing. I vacuumed the condenser coils (they were packed with pet hair) and did a standard 10-minute power cycle. It never came back. Several hours later the freezer had climbed to 57°F and everything in it thawed.

Unit has power, control panel works normally. No error code, not in Cooling Off mode. Condenser fan is running.

Welp. Yay me! The one time I try buying a nice brand of fridge for myself ($1400) instead of the old fashioned cheap fridge I have normally used for my entire life, this happens…

Is this normal? This is the first time any dog I’ve had actively hunted and then consumed the bodies of rabbits in my yard. I’ve owned labs and a rat terrier and another German. None of them actually consumed the animals they killed.

Somehow, there was a CO leak during renovations to my property. We were oblivious to the dangers and chalked up the Ring alarm going off to the constant electrical breakers being flipped on and off due to the construction work.

Well, levels of CO reached 129 ppm in my room, enough to cause me to feel incredibly dizzy and I was unable to comprehend what I was reading. Then, I received a call from Ring alerting me of the CO. They dispatched firemen. Turns out the entire house had anywhere from 50-129 ppm. I have cats and a soon to be wife (who was sleeping!).

I am traumatized but the only saving grace allowing me to move back into the home with some peace of mind is that Ring will be monitoring my alarms in case I am too stupid to take them seriously or too dead/unconscious.

There’s a lot of work going on in my building. New HVAC systems for every single unit. Yay! Well — something went wrong today. A carbon monoxide leak occurred during an exam I was taking for the bar. I noticed that I started to lose the ability to comprehend the questions being asked. Every answer seemed the same and I was struggling in a way I’ve never struggled before with legal questions.

Then, my alarm goes off: “Carbon monoxide alert!” I shut it off, keep going. I thought professionals were at work in the building so why would I worry. A few minutes later, the carbon monoxide alert blared again, and then the one in the stairwell, and then the one in the unit above me, all screaming carbon monoxide alert. I go ahead, pause the diagnostic exam, go to the kitchen where I’ve purchased a $42 plug-in carbon monoxide alarm and it read that my room was full of 129 ppm. Normal is 0-4 ppm. Anything above 70 is genuinely dangerous to your life. Anything above 25 could cause severe headaches and other side effects over time.

I still didn’t believe it.

It took me gaslighting myself for 15 minutes before I realized what was happening. I give myself some grace due to the fact that I was clearly poisoned by the gas but I almost died in my own apartment with my two cats and my fiancee because we just decided to trust other people with our lives. Trust your instincts, and listen to the alarms.

There’s a lot of work going on in my building. New HVAC systems for every single unit. Yay! Well — something went wrong today. A carbon monoxide leak occurred during an exam I was taking for the bar. I noticed that I started to lose the ability to comprehend the questions being asked. Every answer seemed the same and I was struggling in a way I’ve never struggled before with legal questions.

Then, my alarm goes off: “Carbon monoxide alert!” I shut it off, keep going. I thought professionals were at work in the building so why would I worry. A few minutes later, the carbon monoxide alert blared again, and then the one in the stairwell, and then the one in the unit above me, all screaming carbon monoxide alert. I go ahead, pause the diagnostic exam, go to the kitchen where I’ve purchased a $42 plug-in carbon monoxide alarm and it read that my room was full of 129 ppm. Normal is 0-4 ppm. Anything above 70 is genuinely dangerous to your life. Anything above 25 could cause severe headaches and other side effects over time.

I still didn’t believe it.

It took me gaslighting myself for 15 minutes before I realized what was happening. I give myself some grace due to the fact that I was clearly poisoned by the gas but I almost died in my own apartment with my two cats and my fiancee because we just decided to trust other people with our lives. Trust your instincts, and listen to the alarms.

My older cat won’t stop hissing and growling. He’s angry and scared.

The alternative? Leave him with me in an apartment that just experienced 129 units of CO that could’ve killed us.

I don’t know. We don’t know what caused the leak either.

This is crazy. I feel horrible.

I’m 24. I inherited a sizable amount a few years ago and put it into three funds.

VTI: $159,000 in, worth $229,000 today.
VGT: $60,000 in, worth $115,000 today.
VXUS: a small amount, worth $11,000 today.

Total is about $355,000, and VGT is now 32% of it. Counting the tech inside VTI, more than half my portfolio is tech.

This is all in a taxable brokerage.

How do I go about selling? Main problem is I am going to graduate law school in 2028 and I worry if I wait too long before adjusting this I will be hit with the tax while actually earning solid income which would suck.

The alternative path is simply leaving it as it is and once I’m an attorney earning real money just simply funnel all my funds into VTI to balance it out?

I love CS2 but honestly the cheating in Premier is insane. Does anyone know if Valve or CS2 team is planning the integration of some kind of anti-cheating system? It’s truly horrible right now.

Note: I’ve been playing CS for 12 years and this is the worst I’ve ever seen it.