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A quick definition of inadequate remedy at law:

Term: Inadequate Remedy at Law

Definition: When someone has been wronged, sometimes just giving them money isn't enough to fix the problem. In these cases, a court might give them an injunction, which is like a special order to make the other person stop doing the bad thing. This is called an inadequate remedy at law. The court will only give an injunction if there's no other way to fix the problem. This is called the irreparable-injury rule, but sometimes courts don't follow it exactly.

A more thorough explanation:

Definition: An inadequate remedy at law refers to a solution that does not fully correct a wrong. In such cases, a court may provide an injunction to the disadvantaged party instead of monetary damages.

For example, if a company is using a trademark that belongs to another company, the owner of the trademark may seek an injunction to stop the infringing company from using the trademark. This is because monetary damages may not be enough to fully correct the harm caused by the infringement.

The principle of an inadequate remedy at law is also known as the irreparable-injury rule. This rule states that equitable relief, such as an injunction, is only available when there is no adequate legal remedy, such as monetary damages. However, courts do not always follow this rule strictly in practice.

Overall, an inadequate remedy at law refers to a situation where monetary damages are not enough to fully correct a wrong, and an injunction may be necessary to provide a more complete solution.

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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.
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Congrats on Harvard, jb2028. Any reason you applied to A&M but not Texas at Austin? Seems odd.
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@BankruptcyAndRestructuringLawIsCool: Family connection, they gave me a CAS waiver so it was free
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?
I don't know what the workload is really like for judicial internships and RA positions.
Also curious what other things people might do to supplement an unpaid judicial internship over the summer with something paid.
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)
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.
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
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)
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
21:14
Idk much about pro bono opportunities period but thinking I wanna try to get some work experience as soon as humanly possible
21:14
When I begin law school I mean
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
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.
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.
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22:34
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Where I can find the definition of the false-endowment?
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@Mohammed: False-endowment?
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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?
13:16
Yeah I also don’t know what this means ngl
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