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A quick definition of legal advertising:

Legal advertising is when a lawyer or law firm advertises their services to try and get new clients. They can advertise in different ways like on TV, online, or in the mail. The rules for legal advertising are made by state bar associations, who want to make sure that lawyers are not lying or tricking people in their ads. It used to be illegal to advertise legal services, but now it is allowed as long as it is truthful and not misleading. If a lawyer breaks the rules, they could get in trouble and even lose their license to practice law.

A more thorough explanation:

Legal advertising refers to the promotion of legal services offered by a lawyer or law firm to attract potential clients. This type of advertising can take various forms, such as printing, mailing, television, and online advertising.

State bar associations regulate legal advertising and have different rules for defining advertising and restricting its content. These rules are often based on the American Bar Association's Model Rules of Professional Conduct, which are highly persuasive to state bar associations.

Legal advertising was prohibited by most states in the 1970s until the Supreme Court held in John R. Bates and Van O'Steen v. State Bar of Arizona in 1977 that legal advertising is commercial speech and thus is accorded First Amendment protection. State bar associations cannot impose blanket suppression on legal advertising, although they can restrict misleading or false advertisement.

For example, a law firm may advertise its services on a billboard or in a newspaper. The advertisement may include the firm's name, areas of practice, and contact information. However, the advertisement cannot be misleading or false, such as claiming to have won a case that the firm did not actually win.

Lawyers who violate legal advertising rules may face disbarment by state bar associations and could also endure judicial proceedings for engaging in false or misleading legal advertisement.

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babycat

22:49

Lol you’re all good

GodsPlanUltimately

22:49

I'm assuming then for status checking eventually that the school emails you that information once LSAC finishes processing?

babycat

22:50

Yep

GodsPlanUltimately

22:50

Thank you ╱|、 (˚ˎ 。7 |、˜〵じしˍ,)ノ

GodsPlanUltimately

22:50

Just stressing because this is my first and only app.

GodsPlanUltimately

22:53

Does the CAS Report send once the school requests it or do I have to send it ?

babycat

23:02

It sends automatically

babycat

23:02

Why only one app?

GodsPlanUltimately

23:06

I'm in a dual degree program that my undergraduate has where if you meet a gpa and percentile you can have your senior year be your L1 ! Cuts off a year of time and money and the partner was my top pick for law anyways. It all just worked out and since it's ED can't really apply anywhere else because the L1 transfers back to complete my degree. :)

babycat

23:14

oh that’s nice! I guess you have a high degree of certainty about the process then

Dkk

0:10

Welcome. About to eat another ghost pepper. @babycat

Dkk

0:24

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/doTlTAKqDKE

Dkk

0:27

God my mouth is burning so much

[] texaslawhopefully

0:45

@babycat: A few things. I mean, for one, this is my fifth year of undergrad (graduating with a dual BA/MA), so I don't think academically I'm incredibly behind or anything. Beyond, that I've explored other fields, and for the very niche area of public interest work I am interested in, law is the only way I can make a substantiative difference so why not start now.

[] texaslawhopefully

0:47

And also my other options just are not great. I could take a shit paying job at a think tank, I was offered a job at, but I don’t find the work interesting. Or I could continue in academia, getting a phd, but again just not especially interested in academic philosophy.

[] texaslawhopefully

0:49

I would say more, but I am very close to doxxing myself if I haven’t already.

Dkk

1:02

5th year at 19. That is amazing.

Dkk

1:02

So you started when you were 14. Wow.

Dkk

1:11

I tried to find you but if still in school, other names pop up first. Do you drink alcohol? If not, you should start drinking to catch up to me. @texas

[] texaslawhopefully

1:13

I started at 15

[] texaslawhopefully

1:13

turning 20 this year

[] texaslawhopefully

1:13

or well very beginning of next year

Dkk

1:15

My best advice is to start learning wine and cocktails asap. Take the introductory and certified sommelier exam as soon as you hit 21.

Dkk

1:16

I could not find you with that information. You are still probably pretty safe. Though I did not use all my search engines or filters.

Dkk

1:20

Gotta beat this guy: https://sommelierbusiness.com/en/articles/insights-1/q-a-with-the-youngest-master-sommelier-toru-takamatsu-354.htm

[] texaslawhopefully

1:21

@Dkk: That is good. Granted I don't think being doxxed would be the end of the world, but who knows.

[] texaslawhopefully

1:21

And, yeah, I have drinken a little bit over the last couple of years (what college student hasn't), but not a massive fan

Dkk

1:24

That is cus college people drink like idiots. I was not a fan at my first college and I did not start drinking until I was 22.5. The art of Sommelier stuff though is less about drinking and more about thought process. Kind of a puzzle like a logic game. Same with cocktails. You will love it if you hate college type drinking.

Dkk

1:25

It's something to do outside of the things you mentioned, it is useful for networking, and it will help you in law school. It will help you find exactly what you want to do in law school.

milktoast

5:40

Workin grinding

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