I saw that job on my local board! Except for my entire lack of experience with Westlaw and legal research generally, I'd be a shoo-in. I suppose I could go teach myself stuff using the public law library in the city...
Everyone's getting spanked but me.
Willow ,'The Killer In Me'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
flea - Dec 02, 2014 4:07:23 am PST #11720 of 30000
information libertarian
Sparky1 - Dec 02, 2014 4:17:18 am PST #11721 of 30000
Librarian Warlord
Let me know if you want to play with Westlaw, which has all sorts of tutorials, etc. Since they are only asking for a year of experience in a law library, I think you could make an argument.
flea - Dec 02, 2014 4:24:36 am PST #11722 of 30000
information libertarian
Since it doesn't require an MLS, I am guessing they will get a ton of unemployed law school grads...
JZ - Dec 02, 2014 4:39:27 am PST #11723 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
H'm. I've got a co-worker (the person who now has my former job from hell, in fact) who does have an MLS and at least a bit of Westlaw and is desperate to get out of the hell job. I might pass that along to him -- I broke out, and now I feel compelled to keep sneaking spoons and nail files and sundry back to the guy trapped in my old cell. He doesn't deserve to be there. Nobody does.
Sparky1 - Dec 02, 2014 4:46:32 am PST #11724 of 30000
Librarian Warlord
I am guessing they will get a ton of unemployed law school grads...
(The librarians won't want to work with them.)
Gudanov - Dec 02, 2014 5:15:26 am PST #11725 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
Anyone else ever pay for an online purchase with Paypal, just so you don't have to get up and get your credit card?
Yep. I prefer using Paypal overall.
Tom Scola - Dec 02, 2014 5:21:59 am PST #11726 of 30000
hwæt
How's the new job, Gud?
meara - Dec 02, 2014 5:54:45 am PST #11727 of 30000
Hah--I was just thinking of you Sparky (and Lee) because over the weekend one of the people I saw was a friend of mine from drag, who was a lawyer, then went to library school, and now works at the Louisiana Supreme Court library.
flea - Dec 02, 2014 5:58:59 am PST #11728 of 30000
information libertarian
I am being tempted. 8-5 and decent pay are very tempting. And I am very smart and can learn stuff fast. Actually my superpower is very very quickly absorbing and synthesizing information. Saying that politely in a cover letter is perhaps tricky.
This morning the truck that delivers books to consortial libraries all across the state crashed into a pastry store a block from the library. The driver may have had a seizure but appears uninjured in the crash; the pastry store has a big hole in it but nobody was hurt; the bins of books seem to be all over the sidewalk, judging from news pictures.
sarameg - Dec 02, 2014 5:59:05 am PST #11729 of 30000
My cats are making it impossible to accomplish anything. They keep sleeping cute on me. The vacuum will not run itself.