LSDefine

Simple English definitions for legal terms

adopted child

Read a random definition: National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)

A quick definition of adopted child:

Adopted child: A child who becomes part of a new family through adoption. This means that their new parents become responsible for taking care of them and making important decisions for them. Sometimes, the child has to agree to the adoption, but once it's done, the new parents are in charge.

A more thorough explanation:

Adopted child

An adopted child is a person who has been legally adopted by someone who is not their biological parent. The adoptive parents become responsible for the child's care and upbringing, and all legal rights and responsibilities shift from the biological parents to the adoptive parents.

A couple adopts a baby from an orphanage.
A single parent adopts a teenager who has been in foster care.

These examples illustrate how people can become adopted children at different ages and in different circumstances. In both cases, the adoptive parents take on the legal and emotional responsibilities of raising the child, even though they are not biologically related.

adopt | adoption

General

General chat about the legal profession.

General >T14 Off Topic

👍 Chat vibe: 0 👎

babycat

12:53

I think some of that comes from a feeling that law school is a major commitment and you should be sure about it moreso than the value of the work experience

babycat

12:54

@BulbasaurNoLikeCardio: right? would love to see some analysis on this

babycat

12:55

I feel like as you get more WE you have diminishing returns. Not sure someone with 20 years of work is valued more than 5 or 10 unless it's been ground-breaking stuff

babycat

12:57

realizing now the correct spelling of groundbreaking is unhyphenated. I knew it looked wrong

BulbasaurNoLikeCardio

12:57

I think it has to be proffesional or law related kind of work experience to mean anything significant. Entry level assistant jobs people get fresh from college has to be like ehhhh.

JumpySubsequentDolphin

12:58

@babycat: I think Dean z did a podcast on this

babycat

12:58

I don't really trust what she says 100% of the time. I think there's an impulse to say things because they sound nice and fair even if they're not true

EvolBunny

12:59

texas law, you are clearly a humanities idiot who never dealt with stats and i will no longer be engaging your dumbass on this topic

JumpySubsequentDolphin

12:59

oh yeah for sure

[] texaslawhopefully

12:59

@EvolBunny: that's rich coming from the person with a 163 LSAT score

[] texaslawhopefully

13:00

but, hey, if you can't understand medians, your loss

JumpySubsequentDolphin

13:00

don’t engage Texas not worth jt

BruceSutter

13:00

I think work experience helps in two different ways. One is showing maturity, and the other is doing something difficult/challenging.

BulbasaurNoLikeCardio

13:00

Dean Z can only speak to her school and when she is in charge. Does not apply to other schools fully. Talked to a few deans of admissions and they say ignore all the social media deans because they can't speak for how other schools operate

jackfrost11770

13:00

damn getting heated and yeah no worth engaging

babycat

13:00

Lmao I ignore all the social media deans already

BruceSutter

13:01

So you get points for any professional work experience just for maturity reasons, and more consideration if that work is difficult

BruceSutter

13:01

and maybe another consideration for if the work aligns with what you intend to do in law

babycat

13:01

I hate when St. John's emails me with a subject line that's like a TikTok trend or something. pissing me off

[] texaslawhopefully

13:01

I don't know Dean Z does have some helpful tidbits. I think in the KJD episode, she mentioned that she looked more for a why law for KJD's.

BulbasaurNoLikeCardio

13:02

@BruceSutter: I think the maturity factor is the biggest one playing against KJDs. WE shows you have more life experience and maybe more maturity to help. The level of work matters.

BulbasaurNoLikeCardio

13:03

@babycat: was that the one with the dean having a bratt girls summer? I thought it was troll/spam and I lost respect for the school.

JumpySubsequentDolphin

13:03

they sent me an email that says “come yap with us”

JumpySubsequentDolphin

13:03

I almost switched to med

KnowledgeableRitzyWasp

13:04

lol

KnowledgeableRitzyWasp

13:04

dolphy you always make me laugh

JumpySubsequentDolphin

13:04

thank you waspy <3

HopefullyInLawSchool

13:05

Two law schools have given me A's and its not even 11 here yet, YIPEEEE

KnowledgeableRitzyWasp

13:05

yayyyy

babycat

13:07

@BulbasaurNoLikeCardio: yep exactly

LSD+ is ad-free, with DMs, discounts, case briefs & more.