For realz yo. It’s not a law office until it’s a fire hazard.
Where are the boxes of papers that practically haunt you till death? That office does not have nearly enough accordion folders piled on the floor or precarious piles of paper everywhere.
I’ve worked a lot of civil rights and criminal, and even in family/divorce, there’s SO.MUCH.PAPER. Last week someone I work with had to cart off a giant box of paper from a divorce he finalized that had dragged for seven years. And he had like three more boxes at the office. The second civil rights firm I clerked at, my supervisor had so many folders everywhere I have no idea how she found anything, but there was method to her madness. Even at home I have files under my printer table of my active cases. Hell, I had to drop off hard copies of a motion at court today. I’m pretty sure attorneys will singlehandedly destroy the rainforests.
I’m so jealous. I do as much online as possible, but it’s never enough. Even when I got police files or medical records digitally, there were like 300 pages to go skim through. (Bless the corruption in my city that causes the police misconduct files to be passed from one department to another over 18 months, only to conclude “no misconduct.” And don’t even get me started on prison medical files.)
Gross. Fight the good fight. Corruption is horrendous and just exacerbates community relations and contributes to deteriorating trust in government institutions. We should literally disbar/unlicense anyone in any govt capacity ever caught cheating or abusing their power in any way. No mercy.
Don’t even get me started. My city is so racially divided and the clear racism of the police is so fucked up. I sat in deps of officers where I was kind of in shock at their ambivalence. Nothing in the news regarding police brutality surprises me anymore because I’ve probably seen worse. This is why I’m trying to get back into civil rights and crim defense.
Kestrel
June 28, 2017 at 8:03 PM
Korean case files are really skinny. I don’t think you have enough evidence to convict, yo. #SuspiciousCliche
SnarkyJellyfish
June 28, 2017 at 8:32 PM
For realz yo. It’s not a law office until it’s a fire hazard.
Where are the boxes of papers that practically haunt you till death? That office does not have nearly enough accordion folders piled on the floor or precarious piles of paper everywhere.
Kestrel
June 28, 2017 at 8:35 PM
I’m in tech, so nigh unto paperless, but even so, I have more paper on my desk on a random Tuesday than they do working in criminal litigation!
SnarkyJellyfish
June 28, 2017 at 8:43 PM
I’ve worked a lot of civil rights and criminal, and even in family/divorce, there’s SO.MUCH.PAPER. Last week someone I work with had to cart off a giant box of paper from a divorce he finalized that had dragged for seven years. And he had like three more boxes at the office. The second civil rights firm I clerked at, my supervisor had so many folders everywhere I have no idea how she found anything, but there was method to her madness. Even at home I have files under my printer table of my active cases. Hell, I had to drop off hard copies of a motion at court today. I’m pretty sure attorneys will singlehandedly destroy the rainforests.
Kestrel
June 28, 2017 at 9:11 PM
Not me!! Nigh Unto Paperless. 😛
SnarkyJellyfish
June 28, 2017 at 9:18 PM
I’m so jealous. I do as much online as possible, but it’s never enough. Even when I got police files or medical records digitally, there were like 300 pages to go skim through. (Bless the corruption in my city that causes the police misconduct files to be passed from one department to another over 18 months, only to conclude “no misconduct.” And don’t even get me started on prison medical files.)
Kestrel
June 28, 2017 at 9:21 PM
Gross. Fight the good fight. Corruption is horrendous and just exacerbates community relations and contributes to deteriorating trust in government institutions. We should literally disbar/unlicense anyone in any govt capacity ever caught cheating or abusing their power in any way. No mercy.
SnarkyJellyfish
June 28, 2017 at 10:14 PM
Don’t even get me started. My city is so racially divided and the clear racism of the police is so fucked up. I sat in deps of officers where I was kind of in shock at their ambivalence. Nothing in the news regarding police brutality surprises me anymore because I’ve probably seen worse. This is why I’m trying to get back into civil rights and crim defense.
Kestrel
June 28, 2017 at 10:26 PM
Sorry to hear. Best of luck.
Speaking of crazy, did you see the NRA’s latest recruitment ad? It’s horrendous.
bubbles
June 29, 2017 at 12:11 AM
What kind of phrase is that? 😮 (English isn’t my native tongue) I have never heard of this: nigh unto – What does it mean? 🙂
Kestrel
June 29, 2017 at 11:41 AM
It means “almost.” It’s archaic, from hundreds of years ago. No one uses it anymore.