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A quick definition of state's attorney:

A state's attorney is a lawyer who represents the government in criminal cases. They are elected or appointed by local officials to bring charges against people who are suspected of breaking the law. The state's attorney decides what charges to file, recommends sentences for offenders, and is the only lawyer allowed to participate in grand jury proceedings. They can also investigate people, grant immunity to witnesses and alleged offenders, and make plea bargains with defendants. State's attorneys are sometimes called district attorneys, public prosecutors, or prosecuting attorneys.

A more thorough explanation:

A state's attorney is a lawyer who is elected or appointed by local government officials to represent the state in criminal cases. They are responsible for presenting the case against individuals suspected of violating the law, initiating and directing further criminal investigations, deciding what criminal charges to file, guiding and recommending sentences for offenders, and participating in grand jury proceedings.

For example, if someone is accused of committing a crime, the state's attorney will be the one who brings charges against them and represents the state in court. They will also work with law enforcement to investigate the case and gather evidence.

State's attorneys can be appointed by the chief executive of the jurisdiction or elected by local voters. They are also known as district attorneys, public prosecutors, or prosecuting attorneys.

In the federal system, the equivalent of a district attorney is a United States Attorney, who is appointed by the President.

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Dkk

18:53

I'll always talk about the summer of barbenheimer like boomers who talk about woodstock 69 or whatever.

limpweeny

18:59

we all should have done stem

limpweeny

19:00

and been physicists and all that cool shit

limpweeny

19:00

instead we boutta do civ pro

Eggan

19:00

ur unreal

Eggan

19:01

i cant believe i would have been enrolled at UCI rn... its definitely a great school i just didnt feel like i fit in with the other students when i did pre orientation there

Eggan

19:02

also they didnt give me enough money to justify the cost

UnsuitableMaliciousHedgehog

19:03

Roll Tide

Dkk

19:06

UCI hella liberal and trans. I think you would like it. More liberal than like Berk and UCLA if you can imagine. @Eggan

Dkk

19:06

I did astrophysics for 3 years and hated it. Dropped out of my first college cus of it. @limpweeny

Dkk

19:07

Do not recommend studying physics. Super boring, a lot of math, and most results are not replicable.

Dkk

19:08

Ill say this though. I studied a lot of Otto Hahn and was happy to see him at the start of Oppenheimer. Made a little appearance. Nice tribute.

Eggan

19:08

@Dkk: i know the makeup of UCI but im not from california and i didn't like how i'd have to be isolated from the labor movement since it's not very close to LA and OC is mostly a bunch of rich people tbh

Eggan

19:09

i like berk's proximity to san francisco. the bay area is full of surprises when it comes to labor

Eggan

19:11

thats why i'm mostly centered on cities with major labor activity this cycle (besides chicago) such as NYC, boston DC (where the union headquarters usually are)

sadpadresfan

19:11

Anyone else hella concerned w the uptick in applicants? Not sure if I can use the LSD data of the past to reference

KnowledgeableRitzyWasp

19:12

some dean said they're only expecting 5-15% increase over the whole cycle, still not great, but not 30% like currently

sadpadresfan

19:15

Ohhh okay thank goodness. I saw +38% and lowk got scared

sadpadresfan

19:16

That doesn’t seem too bad if they increase class size by a bit 🙏

Dkk

19:23

Ahh that is true but OC Disney Unions. Can always be involved in those. Some of the biggest unions in California. I was part of that for a couple years but my union was corrupt. @Eggan

Dkk

19:24

Berk is definitely more fun. Unions in LA are of course the screen actors guild and then hospitality stuff like restaurants. It will be good wherever you go imo if that is what you are into.

Dkk

19:25

@sadpadresfan: yeah, Spivey said the same thing wasp pointed out. 30% to start to 15% at the end. I think part of it may also be people just want more variety. Maybe a similar amount of applicants but more variety. More waitlist movement potentially this year. Schools fighting harder for people.

texaslawhopefully

19:57

@KnowledgeableRitzyWasp: the NU dean. Him and Spivey did a podcast on it.

texaslawhopefully

19:58

And if you look at the numbers they're starting to come down. A couple weeks ago we were up 36 percent up, now we're only 26 percent up.

NotJustALawyer

21:03

@texaslawhopefully: if you are trying to do texas law, why not go to UT Austin. Probably better scholarships for you compared to Harvard and its a pipeline. Unless, of course, scholarships don't matter in your case.

jackfrost11770

21:17

i studied hard stem but i just hate being in an actual lab lol

jackfrost11770

21:18

depends on the type of lab work that you do, the only thing i did enjoy doing was bacterial genetics because that shit is super fast and fun, but working in a wet lab is just a lottttt of sitting and waiting around

jackfrost11770

21:18

hence law, lmao

texaslawhopefully

21:33

@NotJustALawyer: I'm trying to do an appellate clerkship and the very top schools just have better placement. And yes, I'm still considering UT, but I think with my numbers I can get scholarship money at most of the T14.

texaslawhopefully

21:37

Also I made my username before I had my lsat back and then UT was my top choice, but I’ve been somewhat open geographically. I also have ties to Texas so I don’t think it’d be hard to get back here if I left the state for law school.

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