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in propria persona

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A quick definition of in propria persona:

In propria persona is a Latin phrase that means "for one's self." It is used when a person goes to court or represents themselves without a lawyer. This is also called pro se. Only people can represent themselves in court, not companies. When someone who is not a lawyer writes their own legal papers, they should write "in pro per" under their name on the first page.

A more thorough explanation:

Definition: In propria persona is a Latin phrase that means "for oneself." It is used to describe a person who represents themselves in court without the help of a lawyer. This term is also known as "pro se."

It is important to note that only individuals are allowed to appear in propria persona. A corporation, even though it is treated as a natural person, cannot appear in propria persona. For example, in the case of Osborn v. Bank of US, it was held that a corporation "must always appear by attorney, either to institute or defend a legal proceeding. It cannot appear in person, and it can only constitute an attorney by written power, under its common seal."

When a non-lawyer files their own legal papers, they are expected to write "in pro per" under their name in the heading on the first page.

Example: John is representing himself in court for a traffic violation. He is appearing in propria persona because he cannot afford a lawyer.

Explanation: John is representing himself in court without the help of a lawyer. He is appearing in propria persona because he cannot afford a lawyer.

in pro per | In re Gault (1967)

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starfishies

10:26

I never expected schools to care so it's a pleasant surprise that they do haha

starfishies

10:26

when i was undergrad I did ED and it came out right around xmas

EvolBunny

10:26

All I know is tons of schools had "waves" first week of december last year, like dec 8ish lol I had hoped the human side with thanksgiving's date this year would make them do a wave this week before, like imagine the emotional tie for someone that could get hys getting their duke A this week and celebrating with family, maybe they come to duke now when before it was a no. But the good money bet is that dec 8-17 is when the waves come

babycat

10:27

@Dkk: Awww dk that’s so sweet thank you

[] CripTheLaw

10:27

Hey anyone else have issues configuring automatic status checkers? when I add my username and password nothing seems to happen...

starfishies

10:28

they dont work from what I hear and most ppl don't recommend sharing that info with any website anyways

starfishies

10:28

but ive not heard of any disasters after people input their login anyways so you should be okay

[] CripTheLaw

10:29

fair enough thanks!

ClassyPleasantHeron

10:29

I'd only check a status checker to make sure my application is complete. Anything else is just asking for an anxiety attack. Schools will contact us when they have a decision ready.

snow

10:30

thats a good mindset to have

[] CripTheLaw

10:30

yeah I just submitted about 10 applications and submitting several more the next few days so I thought it would be easier to track them to make sure they all went complete

babycat

10:34

what I do is make a Google doc and put the links to all the status checkers in it

ClassyPleasantHeron

10:35

If you still have LawHub, I believe that checker still works.

babycat

10:35

lawhub doesn’t have every school on it though

snow

10:35

@babycat: have you submitted all your apps yet?

babycat

10:36

i got maybe three more to do. 10 done so far

snow

10:36

you sending cooley?

babycat

10:38

I’m applying Cooley binding ED

babycat

10:38

😋

snow

10:39

in all honesty, youd probs get rejected from cooley

triplethread

10:39

omg whoever recommended law hub thank you

snow

10:40

yall ever have someone try to tell you a "feel good" story but it makes you feel worse

triplethread

10:40

it doesnt have all of my schools but it does half over half which kills a lot of time for me

triplethread

10:40

have over half

llama

10:41

here is a doc to keep track of status: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AlCNmqI-lPLMjSi2FlP8xoROTvdMCP2Wu0RKlO89AJE/edit?gid=0#gid=0

triplethread

10:43

@llama: that looks complicated no thanks

llama

10:46

@triplethread: no worries

starfishies

10:54

thats a beautiful spreadsheet what

starfishies

10:54

i wish i saw that before i made my notion board

EvolBunny

10:55

Just lay there and llama will do all the work

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