Law School

[CS91]

I don't think a 21 year old would be out of place in law school. Most students come straight from undergrad.

Most? Not anymore. Fair amount, yes. But most had at least 1 gap year.

[jj1000]

Most? Not anymore. Fair amount, yes. But most had at least 1 gap year.

Most law students don't go to your school... Regardless 21 isn't too young is the agreement.

[mb1]

Pm sent.
Note you are not my lawyer and i'm not entering into any legal relationship with you, and I won't disclose any confidential information to you. I understand that if you give advice, it will be purely common sense advice based on your experience with corporate matters, not real legal advice. (disclaimer to disclaimer, I have no idea if this works, but hopefully makes clear that this is not a client-lawyer relationship).

Why can't you post it publicly if there is no confidential information?

[henche]

Why can't you post it publicly if there is no confidential information?

Post!

[raphy781]

Didn't want to clog the thread, but if you insist.
How does someone get officially appointed as an authorized officer to a(n s) corporation (What's the process?) without him/her being a paid employee, and without him/her owning any share of said corporation?

[good sam]

Didn't want to clog the thread, but if you insist.
How does someone get officially appointed as an authorized officer to a(n s) corporation (What's the process?) without him/her being a paid employee, and without him/her owning any share of said corporation?

Bylaws

[raphy781]

Bylaws

Is that a question or an answer?

[Ches]

Answer.

[good sam]

Is that a question or an answer?

The bylaws set forth who are the officers and directors of the corporation (neither of whom need to be shareholders).

[henche]

I use the trylaws. Its safer.

[skyguy918]

I use the trylaws. Its safer.

You must be thinking of bi-laws and tri-laws

[prelaw]

I don't think a 21 year old would be out of place in law school. Most students come straight from undergrad.

"What is the average age of an NYU School of Law student?

For the fall 2013 entering class, approximately 70% of the students had taken at least one year off prior to entering law school.  Approximately 12% of the students had been out of college for five years or more.  The average age of the students in last year’s entering class was 24. "

- http://www.law.nyu.edu/jdadmissions/applicants/jdapplicationfaq#22

[Aaaron]

"What is the average age of an NYU School of Law student?

For the fall 2013 entering class, approximately 70% of the students had taken at least one year off prior to entering law school.  Approximately 12% of the students had been out of college for five years or more.  The average age of the students in last year’s entering class was 24. "

- http://www.law.nyu.edu/jdadmissions/applicants/jdapplicationfaq#22

13 was also a different legal market.

[prelaw]

Is there any book you guys recommend where I can learn more about all the different career paths one can take as a lawyer, as well as learn more about what the different types of lawyers do on a daily basis at work?

[henche]

Is there any book you guys recommend where I can learn more about all the different career paths one can take as a lawyer, as well as learn more about what the different types of lawyers do on a daily basis at work?

I've never heard of any, and frankly would not trust any book that purported to do so.

Re the career paths: You'll find a lot of lawyers doing things other than practicing law, and while often their legal career led to that job, it can hardly be called a "career track" since it would not be very possible to set out to do that from the first place. 

Re what they do on daily basis: The best way to find that out is to ask various lawyers what they do.  You can ask us. 

Here's what I did on Friday (only the things that took more than a few minutes):
Made a chart of the tax terms of a private equity fund for a potential investor.
Spoke to tax counsel at a potential target company about their tax structuring.
Spoke to client's accountants about a certain FATCA arrangement we had recommended.
Drafted templates for 83(b) elections for a private equity client that is giving equity interests to certain employees.
Emailed with the litigation team in a Tax Court litigation about their comments to a brief I had revised.

[kangarruu]

I've never heard of any, and frankly would not trust any book that purported to do so.

Re the career paths: You'll find a lot of lawyers doing things other than practicing law, and while often their legal career led to that job, it can hardly be called a "career track" since it would not be very possible to set out to do that from the first place. 

Re what they do on daily basis: The best way to find that out is to ask various lawyers what they do.  You can ask us. 

Here's what I did on Friday (only the things that took more than a few minutes):
Made a chart of the tax terms of a private equity fund for a potential investor.
Spoke to tax counsel at a potential target company about their tax structuring.
Spoke to client's accountants about a certain FATCA arrangement we had recommended.
Drafted templates for 83(b) elections for a private equity client that is giving equity interests to certain employees.
Emailed with the litigation team in a Tax Court litigation about their comments to a brief I had revised.

This could be fun. This was my Friday:

Review a respondent's objection filed in one of my cases
Request corrections on accounting statements for pending cases
Spend the bulk of the day in court on paternity and support cases (taking testimony, reviewing evidence, arguing with magistrates)
Begin drafting a motion to correct identifying information in an old order
Look at an internal research question relating to birth certificates
Send an assessment of objections and the like arising out of the court session to my supervising attorney
Paperwork (creating lists of modified orders, cases that need further attention, cases needing paralegal followup, etc...)

[AJK]

This was my Friday:

Take an *early* flight from Palau to Tokyo via Guam.

Check into the Sheraton next to Chabad.

Grab a bite at King Felafel.

Head to Shibuya Crossing.

Take a nap then head to Chabad for prayers and dinner.

Tomorrow should be more interesting for this thread

[Aaaron]

Friday:

Plan a trip to Aruba for when things calm down.
Phone conference regarding upcoming bankruptcy trial.
Prepare a few pleadings for pending foreclosure matters.
Booked flight re above.
Made sure my employees were set with their duties for the day.
Went out to lunch.
Decided not to go back to work.
Booked hotel re above.

[henche]

Friday:

Plan a trip to Aruba for when things calm down.
Phone conference regarding upcoming bankruptcy trial.
Prepare a few pleadings for pending foreclosure matters.
Booked flight re above.
Made sure my employees were set with their duties for the day.
Went out to lunch.
Decided not to go back to work.
Booked hotel re above.

Your job sounds better than mine. Wanna trade?

[Aaaron]

Your job sounds better than mine. Wanna trade?

I'm very fortunate.  So, no thank you. 
My partner is a CPA/Esq so I get out of all the boring stuff.