u/KimJongSoros

I am an American Citizen that has practiced in good standing for the last 4 years in New York State. My primary law degree is from Canada, though, where I am also a citizen, grew up and spent the first two years of my career.

The USMC JAG Website specifies explicitly that one of the requirements of joining is to have attained a J.D from an ABA Accredited school.

So in my case - is my education basically a non-waivable issue, despite the fact that I have been practicing American Law for the last 4 years?

I am a 32 Year Old Corporate Lawyer (I do realize I will need an age waiver). I've always wanted to serve - but now I am in the financial/personal/professional position to actually step away and do so (debts are paid off, personal obligations are taken care of such that I can not be home for the next 4 years etc).

I am aware that Officer positions across the military require U.S Citizenship, mostly because of the security clearance that is required. I also know that since we are technically in a period of hostility since 2001, "one day of honorable service" is all that is needed to qualify for citizenship after you have your green card - meaning that once the paperwork is rolling, you can have you citizenship by the time you finish basic.

Given all that....is it TECHNICALLY possible to sign a USMC JAG contract as a Green Card holder, with the understanding that you will swear your oath of citizenship at the earliest possible opportunity?

Or is this just a non-starter?

In the last 2 weeks, 140 million worth of NBIS stock has been dumped by insiders, including CEO, CIO and CTO.

NBIS insiders selling shares is not inherently new - small amounts have been sold for tax reasons fairly regularly. But this isn't like before - clearly the scale is larger and clearly bunched together.

How are the more serious investors of this community explaining this? How does this fit into your investment thesis?

Above all else, what I want out of my service is to learn how to lead competently - how to win the respect of relative strangers who for no fault of their own/by mere circumstance, find themselves on my team. Preferably a position that also forces me to get comfortable with public speaking.

I have 2 degrees but I also only have my green card - so I will likely have to re enlist/commission for any officer roles that are suggested.

Thanks in advance for the advice!

This genuinely makes no sense. Sure, the Meta news was disconcerting - but never in my days did I expect investors to shit the bed like this.

I woke up this morning and browsed my phone. Everything worked perfectly.
I then went into a 90 minute meeting and turned my phone completely off before heading into it, via holding down the volume up button and the power button simultaneously until the sliding option appeared.

When I turned my phone on again after the meeting was over - I was met with a "HELLO" screen - indicating that an update had likely installed.

I follow the prompts - which involve "Connecting to WIFI" or "Connect to a Mac or PC" - I click "Connect to Wifi Network" and it leads me to a screen that says "It may take a few minutes to activate your iPhone" - and I have been waiting for almost 12 HOURS.

I tried the option "Connect to Mac or PC" - I have a Windows computer so I downloaded "Apple Devices" and tried to connect - but Apple Devices just returns "ERROR" on my laptop and won't actually connect with my phone. It just prompts me to eject the device after it recognizes it as my iPhone.

I have tried a hard restart via the Volume UP + Volume Down + holding the power button down for 10 seconds. But nothing helps.

What I suspect happened was that I left my work VPN on before shutting off my phone, and now that the update finished and my phone was turned on again - because I am locked out I cannot turn the VPN off - but the VPN is simultaneously also preventing me from properly connecting to new WIFI so I am seemingly locked out because I guess the updates can't finish.

I woke up this morning and browsed my phone. Everything worked perfectly.

I then went into a 90 minute meeting and turned my phone completely off before heading into it, via holding down the volume up button and the power button simultaneously until the sliding option appeared.

When I turned my phone on again after the meeting was over - I was met with a "HELLO" screen - indicating that an update had likely installed.

I follow the prompts - which involve "Connecting to WIFI" or "Connect to a Mac or PC" - I click "Connect to Wifi Network" and it leads me to a screen that says "It may take a few minutes to activate your iPhone" - and I have been waiting for almost 12 HOURS.

I tried the option "Connect to Mac or PC" - I have a Windows computer so I downloaded "Apple Devices" and tried to connect - but Apple Devices just returns "ERROR" on my laptop and won't actually connect with my phone. It just prompts me to eject the device after it recognizes it as my iPhone.

I have tried a hard restart via the Volume UP + Volume Down + holding the power button down for 10 seconds. But nothing helps.

What I suspect happened was that I left my work VPN on before shutting off my phone, and now that the update finished and my phone was turned on again - because I am locked out I cannot turn the VPN off - but the VPN is simultaneously also preventing me from properly connecting to new WIFI so I am seemingly locked out because I guess the updates can't finish.

Thoughts? WTF do I do?

I have seen the occasional post about it on Reddit. I'm also sure all of you know what happened to Ben Askren. And then there are idiots like Mikey Mucemici who will roll knowing full well they have a Staph Infection, and put everyone at risk with only a goofy instagram post to show for it.

This is something that is constantly on my mind - I live in a house with young children, and this IS and only ever WILL BE a passtime for me - I have no intention of ever going "pro" or competing at any serious level. While I am seriously enjoying it - I am mortified about getting a serious infection from the sport.

Full disclosure - I am a white belt in my mid twenties. I only train maybe 3 hours per week - one hour per day, 3 days a week - work permitting. I only started ~12 months ago. I am part of the 6 AM crowd, and so the folks I roll with are pretty put together. Their gi is usually washed, the mats we roll on are usually the cleanest they ever will be that day because we are the first to roll on them, and this is literally pretty much the first thing the folks I roll with do in their day - so they are not inherently dirty or sweaty (AFAIK). I myself make sure to shower thoroughly after my session, before going to work/onwards with my day. My Gi is washed nightly.

Idk. I really enjoy this sport - but obviously not to the extent of putting myself and those around me at risk.

Am I overreacting? Or is it probably time for me to find a better passtime/only partake in private classes where I know exactly who I am rolling with?

3 weeks to go and I am freaking out. I am only JUST starting to consistently score at around 60% on the MBE and would ideally like to get my MBE scores above 65%. I feel like it is within my grasp if I really lock in...but I HAVE to lock in.

On the flip side, I have only done 10 MEEs at this point and 3 MPTs. My prep for both has largely just been to memorize the JD OneSheets and memorize the commonly tested formats/outlines for the MPT. Thats it. If I am going to focus on the MBE - I will need to obviously limit how much more time I spend on the MEE and MPT.

Am I basically setting myself up for failure due to the time crunch I am now in?

Does anyone have one?

To those who grew up here/chose to raise a family here after originally growing up in the "big cities" down south - what were your experiences? Do you feel as if you or your children got adequate school/extra circular experiences? Do you feel as if you/your children are socially stunted or "behind" in any way, as a result of growing up in a relatively small town with a relatively transient population? Were you/are you happy with the schooling and community/recreational opportunities available to you?

If you could go back, would you do it again in Whitehorse? Or would you pick some place else?

Hopefully I don't dox myself with this post - but I am in one of the few firms that permit unlimited pro-bono hours toward your yearly billable requirements. Since I am part way through my Summer - and it seems like I will be placed into a Transactional group anyway - can I credibly keep the litigation door open for as long as possible via a significant amount of pro-bono litigation work? I know associates at my firm who dedicate up to 1/3rd of their yearly billables to pro-bono files of their choice - that basically equates to almost 600 hours per year.

i.e. if I decide to lateral later in my career to a litigation group within the firm or even at a different firm- will my pro-bono litigation experience be taken seriously? Or will I be laughed right out of the room?

I bought Critical Pass Flashcards and attempted to brute force memorize everything....but it hasn't really been working out very well.

I have been seeing more progress with UWorld (Just the QBank, not the full prep course)- by drilling questions and creating flashcards for all the questions I get wrong and the reasoning of where I went wrong in my thinking. I have been seeing more results this way.

I am tempted to completely abandon all my other materials and just drill the UWorld generated questions (not the NCBE questions) just to learn the content - then once I finish those - to tackle the NCBE MBE questions to test my knowledge.

Is this wise to score at least 70% on the MBE? Or am I setting myself up for failure?

I bought Critical Pass Flashcards and attempted to brute force memorize everything....but it hasn't really been working out very well.

I have been seeing more progress with UWorld (Just the QBank, not the full prep course)- by drilling questions and creating flashcards for all the questions I get wrong and the reasoning of where I went wrong in my thinking. I have been seeing more results this way.

I am tempted to completely abandon all my other materials and just drill UWorld questions (not the NCBE questions) just to learn the content - then once I finish those - to tackle the NCBE MBE questions to test my knowledge.

Is this wise to score at least 70% on the MBE? Or am I setting myself up for failure?

Articling for me starts in 1.5 months - I know I should be enjoying my time off after the bar - but honestly I am super nervous. I was lucky enough to summer at a Bay Street firm and will be returning for articles - but honestly my summer last year felt super super awkward and I'm a little lost at how to orient my mindset to have a successful articling term.

I've had office internships before and my 2L summer basically confirm my suspicions - so much of success in an office environment revolves around the ability to small talk and "bro it out" somewhat with your office-mates at various points throughout the day. Its something I don't think I will ever really be able to do and I don't know how to overcome this hurdle to be successful.

Beyond that - For those who have finished articling and those who have mentored articling students - what is some advice you think everyone should know? Or what did you wish you could do differently if you could go back?

From browsing this forum and doing some other research - it seems that outside of wartime, unlike other militaries that threaten jail time - there is no penalty from breaking a full-time contract with the CAF, meaning you could just "quit" one day with no penalty even if your contract hasn't expired. It seems like you don't even have to give back the recruiting allowance awarded after BMQ (10K) although you won't get the full allowance (50K in total, with the final installment awarded after 6 years of service).

I am under the impression that full-time soldiers tend to finish their training faster than part-time soldiers.

If so - is there any penalty for me to join as a full-time solider, complete all my training, and then quit and join the reserves? Obviously I want to get training done as soon as possible since CFSCE School in Kingston is 45 weeks AFTER 12 week BMQ.

For reference I am interested to enlist as Signals Intelligence Specialist since I an trilingual (French, English, Russian).