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Great Writ

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A quick definition of Great Writ:

Great Writ is another name for Habeas Corpus, which is a legal term that means "that you have the body." It is a writ used to bring a person before a court to ensure that their imprisonment or detention is not illegal. This writ can also be used to test the legality of an arrest or commitment, obtain review of the regularity of the extradition process, the right to or amount of bail, or the jurisdiction of a court that has imposed a criminal sentence. It is an important legal protection that has been around for a very long time and is used to make sure that people are not unfairly detained or imprisoned.

A more thorough explanation:

Definition: Great Writ is another term for Habeas Corpus, which is a legal term that means "that you have the body." It is a writ used to bring a person before a court to ensure that their imprisonment or detention is not illegal. It can also be used to test the legality of an arrest or commitment, obtain review of the regularity of the extradition process, the right to or amount of bail, or the jurisdiction of a court that has imposed a criminal sentence.

Example: If someone is arrested and detained without a proper reason, they can file a petition for a writ of habeas corpus to challenge their detention and bring them before a court. For example, if someone is arrested for a crime they did not commit, they can use the writ of habeas corpus to prove their innocence and be released from detention.

Explanation: The example illustrates how the writ of habeas corpus can be used to challenge the legality of an arrest or detention. It ensures that a person's rights are protected and that they are not held in custody without a proper reason. The writ of habeas corpus is an important legal tool that helps to safeguard individual liberties and prevent abuses of power by the government.

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10:37
Gecko, I feel pretty good. Two of the RC passages had really tough inference questions -- hoping I narrowed down my answer choices correctly
10:38
Very happy with LR other than having to guess on a couple questions cuz of time
10:42
i have a question about my personal statement. in my activism for the hospitality workers' union, i organized and spoke up in favor of stronger regulations on airbnb because the unregulated spread of airbnb throughout LA was inflating housing costs for workers and threatening their job security. do you think it's too divisive to mention regulating airbnb? idk
Nostradumbass
10:44
I wrote mine about how all activists should be consolidated into a large smelting pot and refined down to a viscous goo
Nostradumbass
10:45
Expecting a lot of rejections though
11:07
I'm sure you'll get a full ride to a few schools :P
11:11
The impression I get is most schools try not to judge based on the political implications of what you write about. They probably care more that you saw a problem and tried to fix it. That seems like a great thing to write a PS about @chowie
11:18
Besides, if a school didn’t let you in for trying to fix a problem you saw in your community, that doesn’t say great things about your school’s culture (assuming the thing you did showed good common sense judgment ofc)
11:19
That school’s* culture
11:23
Thanks Howl you're right :D I def talked about solving problems in my PS
12:03
@HowlEngineer: what's your dream school
MildChiller
12:08
"Have you applied for admission to [school] in a prior year" I applied in Oct. of the 23-24 cycle, should I put 23 or 24 as the year I applied?
MildChiller
12:09
Bcuz 2023 is when I technically applied but I applied for admissions in 2024
12:14
2024 cuz that's when you would've been admitted
I agree with Howl
12:19
Gecko what's ur dream school
Hard to say. I'm pretty firmly committed to the philly area so probably temple or villanova
Also relatively debt averse so I'd have to get a good scholarship from BC or Fordham to want to go but that's not very likely for me
Any advice? lol
[] baddestbunny
12:25
what’s a good scholarship for you? what would make BC or Fordham worth it?
12:25
Hmmmm let me think
[] baddestbunny
12:25
fordham’s max aid they give is 45k per year
Bunny I can possibly get a 75%+ scholarship from villanova or temple, and I'd be moving back in with my parents if I went there so I'd have near-zero COL. It'd be really hard to beat that
I would prefer BC over Fordham just because I like boston more, but I'm expecting a WL there tbh
I would maybe consider BC with $ but I don't know how to decide if a better biglaw chance is worth the COL + higher tuition
12:50
How do I know if my status checkers are properly linked
12:59
@ChowieBean: right now, Michigan, but there are several that come close. How about you?
13:05
@Law01: I haven't gotten the status checkers to work at all. When I sent an email to the LSData folks the other week, they said they were working on fixing them
13:10
but I think "Last Checked" would change from "Never" to something else
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