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a lour foy

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A quick definition of a lour foy:

Term: A LOUR FOY

Definition: A lour foy means "in their allegiance." It is a phrase that comes from Law French, an old language used in legal documents. It refers to someone's loyalty or commitment to a person or group. For example, if someone swears a lour foy to a king, they are promising to be loyal to that king.

A more thorough explanation:

A LOUR FOY

A LOUR FOY is a Law French term that means "in their allegiance."

1. The soldiers pledged their A LOUR FOY to the king.

2. The citizens of the country swore their A LOUR FOY to the constitution.

A LOUR FOY is used to describe a person's loyalty or allegiance to a particular person, group, or cause. In the examples given, the soldiers pledged their loyalty to the king, while the citizens swore their allegiance to the constitution. The term is often used in legal or political contexts to describe the obligations that individuals have to their country or government.

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ImpartialLion

15:40

nahhhhh we been together since 10th grade

texaslawhopefully

15:40

I guess it depends what your goals are. If it's generic biglaw, CLS will get you the same outcome

ImpartialLion

15:40

6 yrs on January 30th

lilypadfrog

15:40

awwww <3 i love love

ImpartialLion

15:41

I also like CLS for liberal clerking. approx 41 FCOA clerks per yr

ImpartialLion

15:41

It's there if I excel. if not then I'm chill with sticking to BL

texaslawhopefully

15:41

CLS is not even close to Chicago for clerking lmao

choosingpeace

15:41

wait would yall pick CLS or penn?

windyMagician

15:42

I didn't apply to either but I would pick penn

PuppyBot

15:42

penn bc im in state

ImpartialLion

15:42

no no it's not. But I wouldn't clerk conservative, so idk about Chi #s for myself

cumsock

15:42

Penn

texaslawhopefully

15:42

I guess that's fair. From what I've heard UChicago for conservatives is on par w/ HYS for clerkships

texaslawhopefully

15:42

not sure about for liberals

cumsock

15:43

They’re very similar tho

cumsock

15:43

Both t6 ivies

ImpartialLion

15:44

Is that NYU disrespect???? NYU out the t-6?

sadpadresfan

15:44

Penn because my college friends who mentored me go there

lilypadfrog

15:45

NYU is a t6 unless they don’t accept me and then idgaf what they’re ranked

texaslawhopefully

15:46

That's the best mentality

texaslawhopefully

15:46

If I get into UChicago it will be CYS

KnowledgeableRitzyWasp

15:48

lolol

lilypadfrog

15:48

waspy I’m sure he meant to clarify that CYS is Cornell Yale Stanford

KnowledgeableRitzyWasp

15:49

yeah just making sure

windyMagician

15:49

I look really good in blue tho

KnowledgeableRitzyWasp

15:49

obviously cornell is t3

cumsock

15:49

someone from my undergrad is going to columbia for a masters in social work and the way they are talking to me im pretty sure they think thats as hard to get accepted to as columbia law

KnowledgeableRitzyWasp

15:49

every prof at cornell glazes it so hard

GreyCeaselessMammoth

15:50

i know so many heads going to various schools for random masters degrees and its like babe its not the sameeee

cumsock

15:50

"The acceptance rate for the Master of Science in Social Work (MSW) program at Columbia University is 74%" does he know?

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