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A quick definition of dispossess:

Term: dispossess

Definition: Dispossess means taking away something that belongs to someone else, like a house or land. This can happen if the person doesn't pay taxes or if they give up ownership because it's not a good investment.

A more thorough explanation:

Dispossess

Dispossess means to take away someone's possession of something, like a house or land. For instance, the government can dispossess a person of their property if they don't pay their property taxes. It can also mean to give up ownership of a property because it's not profitable.

1. The landlord dispossessed the tenant of the apartment because they didn't pay rent for three months.

2. The city dispossessed the owner of the abandoned house because it was a safety hazard.

3. The businessman decided to dispossess the old factory because it was no longer profitable.

Example 1 illustrates how a landlord can dispossess a tenant of their apartment for not paying rent. Example 2 shows how a city can dispossess an owner of an abandoned house for safety reasons. Example 3 demonstrates how a businessman can dispossess a property because it's no longer profitable.

dispositive fact | disproportionate impact

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BankruptcyAndRestructuringLawIsCool

19:55

I've got*

jb2028

19:55

@Silver: Cost of attendance is what matters. $37K in-state tuition = $47K sticker price with a $10K scholarship elsewhere, $70K sticker with a $40K scholarship is better than either, $40K sticker with a $0 scholarship worse than both.

jb2028

19:55

(Assuming placement etc. is comparable)

BankruptcyAndRestructuringLawIsCool

19:57

Congrats on Harvard, jb2028. Any reason you applied to A&M but not Texas at Austin? Seems odd.

jb2028

19:58

@BankruptcyAndRestructuringLawIsCool: Family connection, they gave me a CAS waiver so it was free

BankruptcyAndRestructuringLawIsCool

20:00

Ah, gotcha.

BankruptcyAndRestructuringLawIsCool

20:04

Question for the chat about judicial internships (not externships). My understanding is that judicial internships (as opposed to externships) during the summer are unpaid. How, then, do people who get them pay living expenses during the summer? Do they just make loans stretch for 12 months when they're only meant for 9? I heard that some people supplement the internship with, e.g., a research assistant position with a law professor. But would such a person both do the internship and the RA position at the same time? And if so, is that too much work or feasible?

BankruptcyAndRestructuringLawIsCool

20:04

I don't know what the workload is really like for judicial internships and RA positions.

BankruptcyAndRestructuringLawIsCool

20:05

Also curious what other things people might do to supplement an unpaid judicial internship over the summer with something paid.

jb2028

20:20

@BankruptcyAndRestructuringLawIsCool: Many schools will provide some type of stipend for unpaid summer roles with a public interest employer (defined broadly, often includes any gov or judicial job)

BankruptcyAndRestructuringLawIsCool

20:35

Right, I thought so. At BU, though, it appears that what's called BU's public interest project grant is not available to supplement judicial internships. And I think its public service summer funding is also limited. Oh well.

jb2028

21:13

@BankruptcyAndRestructuringLawIsCool: FWIW they allude to some type of funding ("BU Law has implemented separate funding sources for judicial interns") in this packet https://www.bu.edu/law/files/2023/11/Public-Service-Summer-Funding-Applicant-Packet-2024.pdf

jb2028

21:13

Although they don't give details, and as you note they don't guarantee funding to everyone (which is in line with other $ they offer, e.g. the LRAP)

TruthTheX

21:14

Anyone know how hard it is to do pro bono work as a 1L for judges or fed gov in general in the D.C. market

TruthTheX

21:14

Idk much about pro bono opportunities period but thinking I wanna try to get some work experience as soon as humanly possible

TruthTheX

21:14

When I begin law school I mean

jb2028

21:15

Lines up with BU's limited endowment: $81K per student a few years ago, i.e., enough to support a payout of about $3,250 per student per year at a 4% payout rate https://leiterlawschool.typepad.com/leiter/2022/05/per-student-value-of-law-school-endowments-2021.html

jb2028

21:17

Seems like they're trying to compete with other schools on program headlines (we fund X, Y, and Z and we have an LRAP) but the endowment can't really support that, so they have all these programs but don't guarantee funding. Would not rely on that if you have alternatives.

BankruptcyAndRestructuringLawIsCool

21:19

Thanks for those links. I'll give the public service summer funding information packet, in particular, a careful read. But yeah, your takeaway seems right.

KnowledgeableRitzyWasp

22:33

i could really use some fried chicken right now

KnowledgeableRitzyWasp

22:34

kfc or popeyes

KnowledgeableRitzyWasp

22:34

or korean with gochujang

KnowledgeableRitzyWasp

22:35

i might order some gochujang sauce on amazon and cook some air fried chicken breast filets, they’re really good

KnowledgeableRitzyWasp

22:35

just letting you guys know :)

Mohammed

0:14

Where I can find the definition of the false-endowment?

jb2028

11:14

@Mohammed: False-endowment?

reelamsyar

12:05

guys, im making a public speaking with the topic of personal choice in nuisance. Can you give me what to talk about

babybunny

12:47

what does this mean? you get to pick a topic but it has to be about nuisances?

TruthTheX

13:16

Yeah I also don’t know what this means ngl

Obtainingdreams

14:58

Do you think you can use being on the Harvard Wl to ask for more money? Like say you'll withdraw if they give you more?

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