Wow...I had no idea there were so many lawyers on DU

[dolo amber]

Where'd you guys get your degrees? I feel left out now, for I am not a Constitutional scholar or expert on international law like so many of you. :(

[Richardo]

1. Mine's from ITT Technical Institute!

I'm out of that dead-end job now, and pontificating about the Constitution on the internet!!!1!

[JuniperLea]

2. A lot of MBA's, econ experts too...

Not to mention television and beauty experts.

[Howardx]

13. plenty of moderators too

most self appointed.

[JuniperLea]

21. Net Nannies... ah yeah...

Gotta (not) love the Net Nannies;)

[rcrush]

3. I'm going to try and get into Pat Robertsons law school.

[HopeOverFear]

6. He has a law school for real?

[SalviaBlue]

7. How do you think Bush staffed the Justice (ya right) Dept.?

for real

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regent_University

[rcrush]

23. YUP

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regent_University

Regent University is a private coeducational interdenominational Christian university located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States. The school was founded by the American televangelist Pat Robertson in 1978 as CBN University.<1> In addition to its main campus, Regent has a satellite campus located in Alexandria, Virginia and offers an extensive distance education program.<3> Through its eight academic schools, Regent offers associate's, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in over 30 courses of study.<4> Regent University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.<5> and Association of Theological Schools.

Bush administration hires

According to Regent University, more than 150 of its graduates had been hired by the federal government during the George W. Bush presidency<18> including dozens in Bush's administration.<54> As it was previously rare for alumni to go into government, Boston Globe journalist Charlie Savage suggested that the appointment of Office of Personnel Management director Kay Coles James, the former dean of Regent's government school, caused this sharp increase in Regent alumni employed in the government.<18> An article about a Regent graduate who interviewed for a government position and Regent's low school rankings were cited as an example of the Bush administration hiring applicants with strong conservative credentials but weaker academic qualifications and less civil rights law experience than past candidates in the Civil Rights Division.<18> In addition to Savage, several other commentators made similar assertions.<37><55><56><57> The Washington Post contrasted the employment of Regent employees by Bush to the hiring practices of his successor Barack Obama who tended to select from higher tiered colleges.<54>

However, Savage noted that the school had improved since its days of "dismal numbers" and that the school has had recent wins in national moot-court and negotiation competitions.<18><58> Though a prominent critic of the school, Reverend Barry Lynn of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State advised against "underestimat the quality of a lot of the people that are there."<18>

[Solomon]

4. Got mine from University of California at Berkeley also known

as Boalt Hall School of Law in 1980.

[musiclawyer]

31. Boalt Hall 1987

Go Bears!

[Solomon]

33. Allright!!!!

The Bears were always lousy when I was out there. LOL

[elleng]

5. Yup, even some of your best friends might be lawyers!

(DePaul, Chicago)

[kestrel91316]

8. I dunno, I took high school civics and way too much US history

over the years, and actually pay attention to what is going on in the world, and pick up a book more than every five years...........it's amazing that I even know what the Constitution is.......

[roguevalley]

25. union rights rep for twenty five years, carry a constitution in my

purse to debate assholes and generally have lawyers up the wazoo in the fambly.

[Kaleko]

49. If you ever need a psychologist, I'm here for you, heh heh.

[laugle]

44. Aren't you the one that claimed to be a veterinarian during the pet food scandal? nt

[Lyric]

61. Kestrel IS a Veterinarian.

Do you think that veterinarians didn't take high school civics and aren't informed citizens?

:shrug:

[laugle]

63. What's your

problem? It was just a simple question to refresh my memory. No need to get snarky with a stupid come back. Go do something productive!

[TexasObserver]

9. Why do you ask?

[kwassa]

I got mine off the back of a box of corn flakes!

[depakid]

10. Ya never know who might be a lawyer....

Or what other degrees they might hold....

[jberryhill]

60. Or how they procrastinate....

<chuckle>

[elocs]

11. You're in the right place since DUers know all there is to be known.

The expertise here covers everything. I am sure there are many here who would like to rule the world if they could because then we would know perfection.

[Laelth]

12. My law degree is from Mercer University.

I am not really a Constitutional scholar, however, and, really, there's no such thing as "international law," though many people use that term to describe the doctrine of comity.

:dem:

-Laelth

[Peacetrain]

14. Actually I am a theologian...I guess all bases are covered at DU.

:)..

But I learn something new everyday in here..

[Solomon]

17. Wow. never would have guessed.

Of course "Peacetrain" is a tip-off, but but but... you're so reasonable. :hi:

[Peacetrain]

19. ~rofl~.. not all of us are over the deep edge of partisan religiosity..

Now faith issues.. that is a partisan divide!!! :hi:

[LooseWilly]

15. Mine's in the mail still...

... I once applied for a job as a cookie baker. The owner told me he wouldn't hire me, and instructed me to instead apply to Law School.

Who was I to argue with a cookie store owner?

[eyesroll]

16. J.D. expected May 17, 2009, Marquette University Law School.

So it's not Harvard, and I also do not claim to be a constitutional scholar--but they do teach us about entrapment by estoppel and jurisdiction to prosecute under international vs. domestic law

...and I'm procrastinating on writing a paper on family law jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement between the United States and Israel.


I did take 8th Grade Civics, where I learned what "ex post facto" means.

[HamdenRice]

20. Good luck with your soon to be new degree!

I do think that a lot of people who don't know about things like estoppel simply don't want to believe they exist.

Hence they can scream about Obama not upholding the "rule of law" when in fact he is.

What they are really screaming about is Obama not upholding the "rule of law" as they wish it were.

[Fire1]

38. PLEASE!! MAKE THAT A POST!!!!!

[EstimatedProphet]

18. Amazingly, there's tons of biological experts on DU too.

I find that out every time an environmental question shows up. Lots of statisticians too.

[old mark]

22. ...and all of them billing someone by the hour as they read this...

I am NOT A LAWYER, but I am related to several.

I am the family art bum.

mark

[Blue-Jay]

24. Lots of yoga experts, too!

I see posts every day that leave me wondering "How that person get their head so far up their ass?"

:D

[liberalmuse]

26. I ordered mine from the back of an 'Archie's' comic.

It was next to the ad for those x-ray vision glasses.

[HopeOverFear]

30. roflmao!!!

good one! :rofl:

[jberryhill]

59. Is that the one where you had to draw "Spunky"

I didn't realize that was for a J.D.

[pecwae]

27. "See Ruby Falls!"

[JayMusgrove]

28. I got mine with S+H Green stamps, remember those? n/t

[walldude]

41. Not sure what's worse...

the fact that you brought them up or the fact that I knew what you were talking about :rofl: :toast:

[SoCalDem]

56. I'm still a few stamps short of filling a book

[ananda]

29. Mine's from the School of Hard Knocks.

Joke.

[progressoid]

32. Coke rewards points.

I'm saving up for a Phd too!

[tigereye]

34. yay! Great post!

[jane_pippin]

35. DeVry. What's it to ya?

I just like bringing up DeVry. :D

[formercia]

36. If you can't impress them with the facts, dazzle them with the BS.

and expect to be called out within 30 seconds.

And you wonder why Freepers stay away....

[ecstatic]

37. I'd imagine Phoenix U or some other online university

:shrug: I too feel left out.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

39. Political scientist checking in here, and last time I checked, we had THREE

branches of government. ;)

[Seedersandleechers]

40. No, but my son is graduating

May 17th from Fordham Law School in NYC. And, fortunately has a job lined up in Manhattan.

[Hepburn]

42. Hello....

...count me as another one of them! :hi:

[Jennicut]

43. I merely have a degree in psych. I can analyze you all for your hidden motives!

Just kidding...maybe.

[rucky]

45. Send 'em over to this thread...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=5499184&mesg_id=5499184

[riderinthestorm]

46. I do believe I am only one of two horse shit experts on DU.

Not a lawyer though. Nor do I play one on teevee....

:P

[byronius]

47. Theater! The Very First Degree Ever!

[Hepburn]

62. And a law degree is any different???

:evilgrin:

[boppers]

48. The amount of intelligence experts stuns me as well.

It seems that we have large numbers of people who somehow understand modern surveillance technology and intelligence agency policy.... maybe they could get together with all the "lawyers" and be experts on intelligence law?

[RandomKoolzip]

50. I'm a bunny!

[struggle4progress]

51. I already have two degrees! With any luck, somebody'll give me the third degree soon!

Thermometers, beware!

[vaberella]

52. I found mine floating in a toilet bowl of a public bathroom on highway 69. n/t

[Frank Booth]

53. I realize this is sarcasm, but you should know it's not hard to get a law degree.

There are many law schools out there and almost anyone who graduates from college can get into one or another. And most of us lawyers are not Constitutional scholars or international law experts. Even many self-proclaimed Constitutional scholars are pretty crappy scholars.

[iamthebandfanman]

54. i made mine myself.

see, i told you i was smart.

crafty too.

[960]

55. What's really funny is how everyone on DU was an expert at everything when bush was in office...

and that was cool.....now you have to show a certified copy of your diploma and transcripts to have an opinion.

:freak: :freak: :freak:

[cherish44]

57. Yeah? Well my IQ 200 zillion!

So put that in your pipe in smoke it you lawyers!

[MiniMe]

58. Not a lawyer, but I stayed at Holiday Inn Express last night

Ask me anything. :evilgrin: