What do you do?

ldxo15wus6fpgm

I've always wondered exactly how many people on this forum are in any manner professionally involved with the legal system.

So, I've decided to put up a poll. Please note it is anonymous so don't fear you will be harassed by people looking for advice if you say you are a solicitor!

Procrastastudy

I said law student as there is no option for pain in the arse

jblack

Jesus a Judge!

Actually, I don't believe that for a second.

I note in the Engineering Forum posters submit their quals and experience; obviously a very bad idea here unfortunately.

Ken.

You need to add 2 more options to the poll. 'Freeman' and 'criminal looking to get off'.

Grolschevik

ken wrote: »

You need to add 2 more options to the poll. 'Freeman' and 'criminal looking to get off'.

Also, in-house counsel and paralegal should probably be just "paralegal", as in-house solicitors and barristers will be able to choose those options.

Maybe also "academic (other)" to cover criminologists, political scientists, sociologists etc, if there are any.

Also "journalists" and "civil servants"?

[EDIT:]
Nuts! Only just noticed that it's multiple choice. In this context, does that mean I could have ticked more than one box, rather than just the one that pays me the most?:)

johnnyskeleton

Grolschevik wrote: »

[EDIT:]
Nuts! Only just noticed that it's multiple choice. In this context, does that mean I could have ticked more than one box, rather than just the one that pays me the most?:)

And they say you can't be a Judge AND a Garda.

Grolschevik

johnnyskeleton wrote: »

And they say you can't be a Judge AND a Garda.

It's just that I have this whole "private foreign jurisdiction court" going on. It's a nightmare, I tells ya!

(http://www.bailii.org/nie/cases/NIHC/Ch/2012/6.html)

Grolschevik

Three judges?! Yeah...

Jev/N

Grolschevik wrote: »

Three judges?! Yeah...

The mods got a bit self-important when answering the poll

Victor

My background is in quantity surveying, so I've done law as a subject, not as a course. I've done some contract, tort and land law.

In my spare time I edit / write council bye-laws. :cool:

ken wrote: »

'criminal looking to get off'.

You would need to enable multiple choice.

Jev/N wrote: »

The mods got a bit self-important when answering the poll

You don't know a sekrit!

nuac

three judges! doubt that a lot

thought there would be more Gardai on this, and also more barristers.

And in case any of ther three amigos are actually really judges, and decide to cooperate in a discoverly order to get all our real names - guys I think ye are great men, women, or whatever you are having yhourselves

johnnyskeleton

Victor wrote: »

You don't know a sekrit!

nuac wrote: »

three judges! doubt that a lot

Aren't there special rules about judges commenting publically? As in they shouldn't do it?

Also, I thought there was something about barristers not supposed to identify themselves as barristers when commenting on law or some such.

blueythebear

Grolschevik wrote: »

It's just that I have this whole "private foreign jurisdiction court" going on. It's a nightmare, I tells ya!

(http://www.bailii.org/nie/cases/NIHC/Ch/2012/6.html)

Nice to see somebody read my example from the Freeman Megamerge thread!

jasonpat

I am into the legal field just and now i am a student in to the law field.

ldxo15wus6fpgm

johnnyskeleton wrote: »

Aren't there special rules about judges commenting publically? As in they shouldn't do it?

Also, I thought there was something about barristers not supposed to identify themselves as barristers when commenting on law or some such.

I think once they don't mention anything similar or relevant to any ongoing case, and don't breathe a word of public policy, they're in the clear.
Nevertheless, I'd be surprised if there's really a single judge on here, never mind 3.

nuac

Perhaps the judges post thru their tipstaffs

johnnyskeleton

nuac wrote: »

Perhaps the judges post thru their tipstaffs

Speaking of which, shouldn't tipstaff be an option in the poll?

ldxo15wus6fpgm

johnnyskeleton wrote: »

Speaking of which, shouldn't tipstaff be an option in the poll?

Officer of the court :P

hada

Interesting results.

Should multi-disciplinary partnerships ever make it into the Irish legal market, then I think we have the makings of one... now to come up with a humorous name!

nooneworker

Just like reading people problems to feel better about my own.

ldxo15wus6fpgm

I'd be very interested in hearing what the people who voted other - law related do.
Perhaps we have some people from the Dept. of Justice & Equality among us!

Lockstep

Penelope Helpless Torpedo wrote: »

I'd be very interested in hearing what the people who voted other - law related do.
Perhaps we have some people from the Dept. of Justice & Equality among us!

I voted other as none of those really apply to me.
I'm a bartender/law graduate (not a student, academic, barrister etc) so nothing really applies to me.

nuac

Lockstep

You may describe yourself as a law student. Once you start studying law, you never stop as it evolves by the day. I am 70+ and am still learning.

Best of luck in your career however it developes. I recall some of your posts which were very practical

ResearchWill

johnnyskeleton wrote: »

Aren't there special rules about judges commenting publically? As in they shouldn't do it?

Also, I thought there was something about barristers not supposed to identify themselves as barristers when commenting on law or some such.

No problem with Barristers saying they are a Barrister if taking about legal issues, as long as they do not speak about any case in which they have or are briefed.

http://www.lawlibrary.ie/docs/Code_of_Conduct__Relations_Between_Barristers_and_the_Public/25.htm

Dandelion6

Not sure which category I fit into, I'm a pre-PPC I trainee, so not really a law student and not really a solicitor ...