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AA has just shown me how things are done in a court room, to which has influenced me to become a lawyer


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...........Ya, no. Don't expect real court to be like Pheonix Wright.


well, it may be a pretty unrealistic game, but there are grains of truth in it. it's impossible to become a prosecutor at age 13 like :franny: , i don't buy :edgeworth: 's story of going abroad to study other countries' legal systems since it seems to be a relatively short term deal, and don't get me started on :rock'n: and his band. and there is no way that cross-examing :polly: would ever work in real life.

but as an attorney, you do tend to follow your client to the detention center, squeeze information out of them, compile your evidence together, squeeze information out of witnesses (and try to make emotional appeals to the jury while you're at it), and the list can go on.

in my opinion, as far as court realism goes, the closest the GS series has ever gotten to real world stuff was GS 1 (once you take away the whole channeling mia and cross examining polly stuff).

still...it's extremely different from the way things work in america.
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peach_zelda wrote:
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AA has just shown me how things are done in a court room, to which has influenced me to become a lawyer


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...........Ya, no. Don't expect real court to be like Pheonix Wright.


well, it may be a pretty unrealistic game, but there are grains of truth in it. it's impossible to become a prosecutor at age 13 like :franny: , i don't buy :edgeworth: 's story of going abroad to study other countries' legal systems since it seems to be a relatively short term deal, and don't get me started on :rock'n: and his band. and there is no way that cross-examing :polly: would ever work in real life.

but as an attorney, you do tend to follow your client to the detention center, squeeze information out of them, compile your evidence together, squeeze information out of witnesses (and try to make emotional appeals to the jury while you're at it), and the list can go on.

in my opinion, as far as court realism goes, the closest the GS series has ever gotten to real world stuff was GS 1 (once you take away the whole channeling mia and cross examining polly stuff).

still...it's extremely different from the way things work in america.



Yeah exactly

Phoenix wright wasnt based off nothing, it was based off being a lawyer and what a lawyer would do with the added touch of it being set in the future, which is how they were able to pull most things off that wouldnt happen in our days.

All of it has complete accuracy to what you'd do

Defense would cross examine, prosecutors would prepare witnesses, judges would declare verdicts. It does reflect real life, only without the fictional additions.

Being able to stand in court and present evidence to the jury just sets my insipiration alight and makes me want to do it even more despite what you all think or believe.
I asked who was considering taking law as an option, not because it's related to phoenix wright

For those who believe that it's wrong to do this, then I pity you not only because you're wrong but because you are disregarding a very well paid job in condition with it being related to phoenix wright.
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Actually, I'm pretty sure that both prosecutors and attorneys can set-up witnesses and both can cross-examine. I was studying the Lindbergh Trials and found a book that basically had the whole court record for that trial (I think it was around 28 days :beef: Yikes, can you imagine!?) Anyway, both the defense and prosecution team cross-examined and set-up witnesses.

I want to get into the criminal-justice circle; I've known that since I was younger. I'm thinking of forensics or a criminal profiler-type person. I don't think I'd enjoy going into law; but interestingly enough, I seem to have this strange, lasting interest in it :yuusaku: for whatever reason, criminal law, at least, refuses to bore me. In fact, after I did my report on the Lindbergh Trials, I really wanted to rent that one book again and read it (very thick book). As I was doing this tiny report for school (it was realllllly tiny; I did waaaay too much research on it), I found myself reading page after page of this book. So who knows? I don't know why law hasn't bored me to death yet, but it could be a career option.

Oh, and last I checked, Japan had a 'guilty before innocent' system.
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Honestly, after playing this game I thought about it. But then thought "Nah, I'd probably suck at it"

So I'm not going into law.
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Actually i was merely referecing Ally McBeal, which is of course well known for it's realism.....

And i will happily acknowledge that i don't know a thing about real law besides being dragged to networking parties by a girlfriend while she studied for her degree and being a juror, but i think i can safely say GS is more then a little off the mark, i mean you stuff evidence into your pockets for gods sake....

Also it's not disregarding a well paid job because of GS it's because as being a barrister looks pretty hideous for me and money isn't everything, i'd much prefer to drift amongst the archives with at least a dr in front of my name for peanuts
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Actually i was merely referecing Ally McBeal, which is of course well known for it's realism.....

And i will happily acknowledge that i don't know a thing about real law besides being dragged to networking parties by a girlfriend while she studied for her degree and being a juror, but i think i can safely say GS is more then a little off the mark, i mean you stuff evidence into your pockets for gods sake....

Also it's not disregarding a well paid job because of GS it's because as being a barrister looks pretty hideous for me and money isn't everything, i'd much prefer to drift amongst the archives with at least a dr in front of my name for peanuts


Well it's a matter of opinion then as what ever I want to achieve in life has no barings on yours what so ever.


I really shouldnt have to start arguing with people over this because I take law seriously and I would probably start to resent those who interfered with my career, being that those who undermind people to become lawyers because they think it's related to Phoenix wright

Now please lets bring some positivity back into this and have people who are going to become lawyers post!
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well, although phoenix wright solidified my interest in the law field, i've gotta say i wanted to go into it for two big reasons:

1. money
2. i want to help people

just like young phoenix was so happy when larry and edgey stood up for him in the fourth grade, i wanna be able to help people as well. someone has to stand up for abused husbands and wives trying to get a divorce. someone has to fight for a mother or father trying to get custody of their children. if someone in the family's some crazy drug addict and they need to tear apart the family because of it, i want to be there to help make sure the legal work pushes through. i want to make sure mommies and daddies who left their family pay child support instead of leaving their kids hanging. and when it comes to dividing property after a divorce or death, i want to be there to help mediate the problems instead of having them kill each other over it. sometimes you need to cut off an arm or leg to save a person. and sometimes you need to legally divide a family to save it.

of course my world views are probably childish and simplistic...but meh.
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No it's good that you want to do this for good of the world and the people who live in it

I respect you for that peach zelda


It's just the minority on here who seem to think it's not such a good idea because "oooh you're only doing it because of AA" etc

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You are misinterpretting what i'm saying, it's silly to go into law solely based on thinking it would be like it is in GS, if you want to be a lawyer or have a law-based career anyway then that is up to you but it was you who said you were influenced by Phoenix Wright a lot, I mean if you mean it's made you read up and research what being an attorney involves then that is fine but if one was to base their decision solely on the games then i find that a little odd and hugely unrealistic

I mean i wouldn't become a journalist so that i could stick a pair of panties over my tights now would i


and don't think i'm trying to be mean cos i'm not, you're just being far too serious, just imagine i'm Hobo-Nick and most of what i am saying is said in jest
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margo wrote:
You are misinterpretting what i'm saying, it's silly to go into law solely based on thinking it would be like it is in GS, if you want to be a lawyer or have a law-based career anyway then that is up to you but it was you who said you were influenced by Phoenix Wright a lot, I mean if you mean it's made you read up and research what being an attorney involves then that is fine but if one was to base their decision solely on the games then i find that a little odd and hugely unrealistic

I mean i wouldn't become a journalist so that i could stick a pair of panties over my tights now would i


and don't think i'm trying to be mean cos i'm not, you're just being far too serious, just imagine i'm Hobo-Nick and most of what i am saying is said in jest


well, to go along with prosecutorx here, lots of people do get their career choice influenced by the media. video games count as media. i took a career development class once and when we did a class survey, it turned out that most people leaning towards the medical field were fans of scrubs, house, general hospital, ER and the like. those who leaned towards the law field leaned towards law and order, boston legal, or whatever. since i'm not a TV girl, i'd say phoenix wright games were the final nail in my career decision coffin.

oh yeah, and i picked up a copy of trauma center just for kicks. no way in hell am i gonna be a doctor after that. it never actually occured to me that i'd have to actually touch my patients in places i probably wouldn't want to see or touch. bleh. i'd rather do an attorney's paperwork any day.
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oh yeah, and i picked up a copy of trauma center just for kicks. no way in hell am i gonna be a doctor after that. it never actually occured to me that i'd have to actually touch my patients in places i probably wouldn't want to see or touch. bleh. i'd rather do an attorney's paperwork any day.

I know right? Dealing with evil superparasites is so much more glamorous. :x

To be honest, Trauma Center makes me want to be a surgeon and AA makes me want to go into law.

God I'm 17 what am I even going to do in college
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Actually you'll find in a medical career you very quickly get desensitized to the more private areas because you see it all so often but i digress...

and again if a game makes you research what the job would involve for real and base your decision on that then fine, but if you're delusional enough to base your decision solely on the game-playing then that is where i have a problem, in the same way i would have a problem if someone watched ER and decided to be a doctor solely on that basis without actually taking a real hard look at what it involved

but i have worked in an ER and that is vaguely in the right ballpark although i don't knwo if its just for tv and to make the doctors and nurses look sexier but can you really have loose hair in a hospital? I mean OMG might as well stop washing their hands after going to the toilet........... again i digress, but i mean GS is so wide of the mark that its just very strange to use it as anything more then as the realisation that there is a job called being an attorney out there
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I know right? Dealing with evil superparasites is so much more glamorous. :x

To be honest, Trauma Center makes me want to be a surgeon and AA makes me want to go into law.

God I'm 17 what am I even going to do in college


lols...when i was 17, i was stuck between the whole "lawyer vs. doctor" thing for college. my parents always wanted one or the other in the family, and in the end, i chose law. so i walk into the video game store one day and i'm stuck between phoenix wright and trauma center. i picked PW and i figured, wow. i think i might actually like being a lawyer after all. i download trauma center a few months later, and i'm panicking like crazy during the first operation. and seeing as i'm panicky and passionate by nature, i'm not sure that makes for good bedside manner if i'm going to be a doctor. of course if i put that passion into litigation, i just might be able to convince people in court.
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well, to go along with prosecutorx here, lots of people do get their career choice influenced by the media. video games count as media. i took a career development class once and when we did a class survey, it turned out that most people leaning towards the medical field were fans of scrubs, house, general hospital, ER and the like. those who leaned towards the law field leaned towards law and order, boston legal, or whatever. since i'm not a TV girl, i'd say phoenix wright games were the final nail in my career decision coffin.


Probably going to go off-topic here but... I work in Pharmacy and I worked in the IV room at our main hospital here for 3 & 1/2 years. After working in the hospital, I never want to see medical TV shows ever again. ^_^;; The hospital killed those shows for me.

I personally don't think that there's anything wrong with games/media influencing you to look into careers that you might not have thought about beforehand. As long as you don't believe that the job is going to be exactly like how it's depicted on TV/in the game. ^_^;;
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Haha, after playing the game I did got interested into law. And the fact that Phoenix was in art majors while studying law (since I'm also taking art major). Then I remember I hate paperworks, and I'm quite emotional if I got into a heated debate. I'd make a horrible attorney XD And looking at those law books... And my mom's horror stories of law school life... D: No way!

I got influenced a lot I suppose. I wanted to be a doctor, then I saw my uncle (a surgeon) going home and he forgot to wash a patient's blood from his feet. NOT happening. And I couldn't handle the fact that a person's life is in my hands! D: that's the reason I couldn't play trauma center at first...

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Haha, after playing the game I did got interested into law. And the fact that Phoenix was in art majors while studying law (since I'm also taking art major). Then I remember I hate paperworks, and I'm quite emotional if I got into a heated debate. I'd make a horrible attorney XD And looking at those law books... And my mom's horror stories of law school life... D: No way!

I got influenced a lot I suppose. I wanted to be a doctor, then I saw my uncle (a surgeon) going home and he forgot to wash a patient's blood from his feet. NOT happening. And I couldn't handle the fact that a person's life is in my hands! D: that's the reason I couldn't play trauma center at first...

So I guess I'll stick to being an illustrator :edgy:


not to rain on your parade, but,
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Haha, after playing the game I did got interested into law. And the fact that Phoenix was in art majors while studying law (since I'm also taking art major). Then I remember I hate paperworks, and I'm quite emotional if I got into a heated debate. I'd make a horrible attorney XD And looking at those law books... And my mom's horror stories of law school life... D: No way!

I got influenced a lot I suppose. I wanted to be a doctor, then I saw my uncle (a surgeon) going home and he forgot to wash a patient's blood from his feet. NOT happening. And I couldn't handle the fact that a person's life is in my hands! D: that's the reason I couldn't play trauma center at first...

So I guess I'll stick to being an illustrator :edgy:


not to rain on your parade, but,
Illustrators' must make stories, and sometimes write them fast, before the limited time is over.

I Shall Be A Prosecutor, even though all the stuff I got to do for that.

The Thing is, all careers' are hard work, in some way.


I know that very well. I enjoy doing so though, so it's worth the hard work. ^^ Didn't I say I'm taking art major? I've suffered pretty much here, but I know I'd work hard for something I love. :) Good luck on your career as well!
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choco-yukawa wrote:
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Haha, after playing the game I did got interested into law. And the fact that Phoenix was in art majors while studying law (since I'm also taking art major). Then I remember I hate paperworks, and I'm quite emotional if I got into a heated debate. I'd make a horrible attorney XD And looking at those law books... And my mom's horror stories of law school life... D: No way!

I got influenced a lot I suppose. I wanted to be a doctor, then I saw my uncle (a surgeon) going home and he forgot to wash a patient's blood from his feet. NOT happening. And I couldn't handle the fact that a person's life is in my hands! D: that's the reason I couldn't play trauma center at first...

So I guess I'll stick to being an illustrator :edgy:


not to rain on your parade, but,
Illustrators' must make stories, and sometimes write them fast, before the limited time is over.

I Shall Be A Prosecutor, even though all the stuff I got to do for that.

The Thing is, all careers' are hard work, in some way.


I know that very well. I enjoy doing so though, so it's worth the hard work. ^^ Didn't I say I'm taking art major? I've suffered pretty much here, but I know I'd work hard for something I love. :) Good luck on your career as well!

you work hard on being a Illustrator,
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I personally don't think that there's anything wrong with games/media influencing you to look into careers that you might not have thought about beforehand. As long as you don't believe that the job is going to be exactly like how it's depicted on TV/in the game. ^_^;;


Bah how did you manage to say what i meant so eloquently and consisely when all i managed to achieve was to look like an ass.......


mind you i think going for a career because its what your parents want is worse then becoming an archaeologist because Indiana Jones depicts exactly what your career would entail............. and back to being an ass
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mind you i think going for a career because its what your parents want is worse then becoming an archaeologist because Indiana Jones depicts exactly what your career would entail............. and back to being an ass


haha...i got into so many fights with my parents when i told them i wanted to be a lawyer. for years i said i wanted to be a doctor and they were so proud and happy because they always wanted a doctor in the family (lawyer was only their second choice). then when i decided to go prelaw, they were pretty upset when i told them i wanted to be a history major first and then become a paralegal on the side as a fallback (they wanted me to be an english major with a political science minor and not have to work at all during college). but i finally realized that its my life and i'm not going to let them run it. i want to be a lawyer for my own reasons. if they want their dreams fulfilled, they can either beg my brother or have another kid.
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I think it's pretty obvious that everyones job choices are influenced by the media. And the logical reason (at least for me) for that is of course, that today that's about the only insight you get on what you can do and what it looks like after school.

My school was pretty pathetic regarding on how they prepared their pupils for the "after-school-life". Nearly 90% of the people that were in my year didn't know what to do with their lives after school had finished. And it was the same for me, because there's literally no possibility to really find out what you want to do - if you didn't like any of the school objects, that is.

How are you supposed to find out if you're interested in being a lawyer, a police officer or something else if you never got any guidance on how to even gather information about these subjects?! In my opinion it's just that the school system is so limited you don't get any idea on what you can even do after school is finished (for example there is a field of study called cultural anthropology - what on earth is that supposed to mean?!).
So it's really no suprise that you take every chance to gather information regarding jobs you have no idea about so I was really influenced by all the media.

So I think even IF someone wanted to do something because of some series in tv or some game he played that shouldn't be a shame, for example if you're just attracted by the basic idea of the media in question. So if someone was to study law because of AA (I know that's not the case here but anyway) I don't think that's really too bad an idea. Because like someone said before you do have to gather evidence, question witnesses and so on.
You just have to remember that there will probably be some things you won't like so much about being a lawyer (all the paper work, I guess??). But I don't think that ANYONE in an age where you normally are when you study, will believe that the field he studies is gonna be exactly what he saw on tv or in the game.

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haha...i got into so many fights with my parents when i told them i wanted to be a lawyer. for years i said i wanted to be a doctor and they were so proud and happy because they always wanted a doctor in the family (lawyer was only their second choice). then when i decided to go prelaw, they were pretty upset when i told them i wanted to be a history major first and then become a paralegal on the side as a fallback (they wanted me to be an english major with a political science minor and not have to work at all during college). but i finally realized that its my life and i'm not going to let them run it. i want to be a lawyer for my own reasons. if they want their dreams fulfilled, they can either beg my brother or have another kid.


I started down the medical path because i wanted to be a vet but am allergic to anything hairy... very quickly changed my mind though (can't exactly preach on picking the right career choice can i lol) then I tried my hand at chemistry (not because of Ema i hasten to add) because it encorporated a year in the US studying which sounded cool but then i found out I'm not allowed to enter the country so i knocked that on the head.... then it was nursing because in the UK the government pays the tutition fees for that (again not a great reason ha ha) but i was rather bad at that, I'd say my bedside mannor was a cross between :edgeworth: and :godot: which didn't go down so well so now I'm studying History with English Literature ( :chinami: -eep) on the side which I love and am studying it because i love it even though career prospects all pay peanuts and hoping to go through a PhD and maybe on to be a Proffessor... so basically saying I have very little (w)right to :udgy:
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Probably in a similar order. I don't want to clutter the world with another boring lawyer so that goes bye bye. :yuusaku:
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SO I was stuck all day inside the changing room with nothing but a glued on bra.

Panty thief strikes again! :-P
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I started down the medical path because i wanted to be a vet but am allergic to anything hairy... very quickly changed my mind though (can't exactly preach on picking the right career choice can i lol) then I tried my hand at chemistry (not because of Ema i hasten to add) because it encorporated a year in the US studying which sounded cool but then i found out I'm not allowed to enter the country so i knocked that on the head.... then it was nursing because in the UK the government pays the tutition fees for that (again not a great reason ha ha) but i was rather bad at that, I'd say my bedside mannor was a cross between :edgeworth: and :godot: which didn't go down so well so now I'm studying History with English Literature ( :chinami: -eep) on the side which I love and am studying it because i love it even though career prospects all pay peanuts and hoping to go through a PhD and maybe on to be a Proffessor... so basically saying I have very little (w)right to :udgy:


at one point, i thought chemistry would be cool because of fullmetal alchemist. *shot* i wanted to be a biochem major, go to med school, and maybe obtain knowledge on creating potent poisons while i was at it. when i took my first AP chem class in high school, i pretty much had to rely on every boy in that class to help me out because i was so lost all the time. i did better in chem than i did in physics, but chem was pretty much hell on earth for me. seeing how i sucked at science, math, and medicine in general, i figured i was better with words (history, english, literature, and politics were always my strong points) i finally caved in to what my elementary school teachers told me for years: you'll make a better lawyer than a doctor.

@ margo: btw, what does it take to practice law in the UK? i'm trying to flee america because our country's turning to one big dump.
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at one point, i thought chemistry would be cool because of fullmetal alchemist. *shot*

Getting a full grasp on elements before the current advances of chemisty would overload anyone stupid enough to do this without any will to run with it. Chemistry alone is enough of a pain. I shouldn't know that though. I skipped chem to go straight into Adv. Bio.
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i wanted to be a biochem major

Do this.
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go to med school

Yay licensing! :keiko:
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and maybe obtain knowledge on creating potent poisons while i was at it.

Damn aphids. :lana:
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when i took my first AP chem class in high school, i pretty much had to rely on every boy in that class to help me out because i was so lost all the time.

Awwww....At least you gave them a reason to study.♥ :that-b-word:
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i did better in chem than i did in physics, but chem was pretty much hell on earth for me.

It's easy to squeak by in Physics(citation needed). Just do the work. :yuusaku:
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i finally caved in to what my elementary school teachers told me for years: you'll make a better lawyer than a doctor.

Just make sure you're an interesting one. See my above arguement. :yuusaku:
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i'm trying to flee america because our country's turning to one big dump.

No it's not. It turned into one the second I entered my second year of high school. Now it's turning into a morgue. Cue epic economic collapse in T-34 weeks. :shy:
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SO I was stuck all day inside the changing room with nothing but a glued on bra.

Panty thief strikes again! :-P
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@ margo: btw, what does it take to practice law in the UK? i'm trying to flee america because our country's turning to one big dump.


Embarrassing enough i did check it out *cough* ha ha but either you study a law degree (which according to my ex-girlfriend was hell on earth as you spent as much time networking at stupid parties- and they were horrble as i got dragged along a few times- as you did actually studying and at the moment i have about 14 hours max study lectures and seminars to go to its nearing 30 for law or something i believe)
or you can go the route of studying a degree in just about anything and then doing 2 years to become a lawyer, or actually i think it's 2 years to solicitor and a bit more on top of that to work your way to barrister status

also bare in mind that in the UK you would have to wear one of those silly wigs in court lol, no spikes i'm afraid
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also bare in mind that in the UK you would have to wear one of those silly wigs in court lol, no spikes i'm afraid



Maybe they allow to style the wig in one's sole discretion. You could make it look like Godots (if the wigs are grey, that is) hairstyle and just say you washed it a bit too long or something like that
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im considering it as a job after playing PW :godot:

but its still a long way to go
and to think of it i dont have any passion and talent needed, im not a hard worker either.
and law wasnt easy and it doesnt suit me at all
and the risks, hoo boy...

yeah still its a quite powerful job & they got big bucks
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margo wrote:
peach_zelda wrote:
@ margo: btw, what does it take to practice law in the UK? i'm trying to flee america because our country's turning to one big dump.


Embarrassing enough i did check it out *cough* ha ha but either you study a law degree (which according to my ex-girlfriend was hell on earth as you spent as much time networking at stupid parties- and they were horrble as i got dragged along a few times- as you did actually studying and at the moment i have about 14 hours max study lectures and seminars to go to its nearing 30 for law or something i believe)
or you can go the route of studying a degree in just about anything and then doing 2 years to become a lawyer, or actually i think it's 2 years to solicitor and a bit more on top of that to work your way to barrister status

also bare in mind that in the UK you would have to wear one of those silly wigs in court lol, no spikes i'm afraid



It's about 3/4 years at uni in the uk then 3 in actual training to become a qualified lawyer
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margo wrote:
peach_zelda wrote:
@ margo: btw, what does it take to practice law in the UK? i'm trying to flee america because our country's turning to one big dump.


Embarrassing enough i did check it out *cough* ha ha but either you study a law degree (which according to my ex-girlfriend was hell on earth as you spent as much time networking at stupid parties- and they were horrble as i got dragged along a few times- as you did actually studying and at the moment i have about 14 hours max study lectures and seminars to go to its nearing 30 for law or something i believe)
or you can go the route of studying a degree in just about anything and then doing 2 years to become a lawyer, or actually i think it's 2 years to solicitor and a bit more on top of that to work your way to barrister status

also bare in mind that in the UK you would have to wear one of those silly wigs in court lol, no spikes i'm afraid


omfg, you mean that ugly wig that nobody on this side of the globe wears anymore? eww. *sigh* ah well. i'm not afraid of lectures or the networking parties. but wow...i kinda forgot about the whole wig dealio...

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peach_zelda wrote:
i did better in chem than i did in physics, but chem was pretty much hell on earth for me.

It's easy to squeak by in Physics(citation needed). Just do the work. :yuusaku:

yeah, but even in physics, i pretty much had to rely on the boys in my class to "help me out"...a lot. even moreso than in chemistry. i don't like relying on boys.

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i'm trying to flee america because our country's turning to one big dump.

No it's not. It turned into one the second I entered my second year of high school. Now it's turning into a morgue. Cue epic economic collapse in T-34 weeks. :shy:

all the more reason to want to flee. hmm...i wonder...how about canada?
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It's about 3/4 years at uni in the uk then 3 in actual training to become a qualified lawyer



ummm yeah and isn't that what i just said..... :meekins:


and about the wigs, ha ha yeah definately an accident in the wash is in order, everyone else can have their curled up horsehair and you turn up with your flowing mane.... or even better dye it and pretend that bloody coloured sock got in the wash...
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It's about 3/4 years at uni in the uk then 3 in actual training to become a qualified lawyer



ummm yeah and isn't that what i just said..... :meekins:


and about the wigs, ha ha yeah definately an accident in the wash is in order, everyone else can have their curled up horsehair and you turn up with your flowing mane.... or even better dye it and pretend that bloody coloured sock got in the wash...

You said 2 years
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and about the wigs, ha ha yeah definately an accident in the wash is in order, everyone else can have their curled up horsehair and you turn up with your flowing mane.... or even better dye it and pretend that bloody coloured sock got in the wash...


:judge: If everyone is ready, let's begin trial.
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:udgy: Uhm, Mr. Prosecuter, may I ask. What happened to your wig? You are aware of the dress code in court aren't you?
:trapcardcoffee: I can't help it! I tried to wash that filthy thing and somehow the curls just disappeared!
:object: THAT'S A LIE AND I CAN PROVE IT, DAMMIT! I saw you modifying the wig on purpose with my own eyes!!
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to be a solicitor but longer to become a barrister

also someone should make some smilies of the GS lot wigged up or at least :udgy: , he'd be the only one pleased with the result one would expect
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I've decided to become a defense attorney myself.
I have always had a great interest in the law, and like some others it was Gyakuten Saiban that solidified the idea. Of course, I think it was Matlock and too many legal dramas that put it there to begin with.
Not that I haven't sufficiently researched this decision and weighed the positive and negative aspects therein.


Yeah... I'd rather not stay in America, not with everything falling apart this way. I'd rather go back to Japan. Only thing is, the legal system is way more biased there. I mean, holy crap, a 99% guilty rate on people arrested!
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Yeah... I'd rather not stay in America, not with everything falling apart this way. I'd rather go back to Japan. Only thing is, the legal system is way more biased there. I mean, holy crap, a 99% guilty rate on people arrested!


The falling apart thing should stop after the Republicans leave the White House. I love the American Judicial system. It's like the most dangerous game. Hahaha.
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Yeah... I'd rather not stay in America, not with everything falling apart this way. I'd rather go back to Japan. Only thing is, the legal system is way more biased there. I mean, holy crap, a 99% guilty rate on people arrested!


:spit: what?!

I guess it really sucks to be a defense attorney in japan. Every trial you feel like Tom Cruise doing "Mission Impossible"
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Black Jack wrote:
Yeah... I'd rather not stay in America, not with everything falling apart this way. I'd rather go back to Japan. Only thing is, the legal system is way more biased there. I mean, holy crap, a 99% guilty rate on people arrested!


The falling apart thing should stop after the Republicans leave the White House. I love the American Judicial system. It's like the most dangerous game. Hahaha.


no, i think america's going down no matter what happens. both of our presidential candidates are just...eh. but you're right about our judicial system. i mean hell, thanks to miranda vs arizona even criminals have rights and they can get away scot free should the law enforces forget that. but at the same time, it's not exactly easy to get away with murder (if you're an average joe and not rich like OJ).
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