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Wasn't sure how to title this, but I am an RN working in Washington state. I work in a cath lab where I am required to wear hospital scrubs, a hair net or cap, and a mask. I recently applied to a different lab (still in WA, not union, non profit).

I am very qualified with years of experience in a niche area and a very busy environment, an old coworker who works at the potential new place participated in my interview and spoke highly of me the entire time, and I felt everything went well. My manager and assistant manager spoke highly of me over the phone with my potential new manager, and all my coworkers speak kindly about me. The manager did not call the meeting an interview until just as I arrived when he texted me, "Surprise! Might be a few people with us interviewing 😊". Prior to this he called it, over the phone, "meet the team and see the lab" (I am not dumb and figured it was an interview as the phone call was not much of one).

I was told there were 10 other applicants, but only 2 with prior lab experience. I just found out I was not selected, and when asked how I could improve, he said,

"Yes, fair question. I think you’re very very qualified *my name*. And you would bring an excellent background, knowledge, and skill set.

I do think at little *hospital name* we are very traditional in our decorum, dress code, and professionalism. After having some discussions with my boss and others, I do think we’d have some concerns with the dress code/piercings and they enforce the policy very strictly.

I hope you do not take that personally. You honestly seem like an awesome person!"

Looking through their policies, all I found was that protruding, loose jewelry must be removed due to safety, and surgical areas; which includes my unit; must have piercings covered by a mask (yanking or falling out I assume for loose and protruding, none of mine protrudes or is loose and is all hidden by my mask)

I am obviously quite upset about this and I feel that my appearance is integral to my identity as a queer person. I feel the manager was offput by my appearance and biased against me. I have no legal background but I want to know if I can pursue some kind of discrimination lawsuit.

The Atlantic ran a piece that Patel says has libeledd him by alleging that he has alcohol problems.

From the pulbic record and the history of such suits, do you think that Patel has good chance of making money with his suit ? [USA, Virginia]

I’m a first-year law student trying to get an early start in the legal field, but I’m not hearing back from anyone. I’ve applied to a bunch of roles and even tried cold emailing firms, but nothing seems to be working.

Is this normal for 1Ls, or am I doing something wrong? Any advice on how to actually land that first opportunity would help.

I was driving in New York state and was over the speed limit. I am an out of state driver. the office said they won't write my speed on the ticket,. I believe that was them being nice. Ticket says "speed not reasonable or prudent".

I believe the officer also had their camera on and they asked me why I was going at this speed and whether I was aware. I responded and acknowledged that I was aware.

In this scenario, would it make sense to hire a traffic attorney and plead not guilty? seems very contradictory and this is my first time getting pulled over. Don't want this somehow turning out worse than just pleading guilty.

Say for example, John Smith is a short (abnormally small) fat Italian plumber whos hat has an M on the front center (his business logo) and he wears blue overalls and a red shirt/hat. John Smith decides he would like to make a video game depicting himself. Would Nintendo likely win a lawsuit for copyright? If they would, then wouldn't that mean Nintendo owns John Smiths image and likeness?

Hey! So I was sneaking around with my gf and long story short we got caught. She said if I get caught again, she's going to call the cops and have me arrested. Can she even do that? I've known my gf since before I was 18 if that matters

I was hit by a car while in a crosswalk back in December. The driver ran a red light. I got a lawyer and they demanded the max amount his policy is for: $100,000. His insurance is sending the check and they’re asking me to sign something where I won’t go after any more money from him.

Just one of my medical bills from the hospital is $92,000. PT so far is $5,000. I’ve gotten nerve blocks, seen so many doctors, and I don’t know what the final number is going to be. Definitely over $100,000 though. Is this it? Someone else made a mistake and now I’m in medical debt on my own? There’s nothing else my lawyer can do?

Everyone said I wouldn’t have to pay for my bills so I wasn’t expecting this outcome.

Edit: the accident was in Las Vegas, NV.

Hi there, so I have been personally injured due to a machinery in our multi residential building. This happened with someone installing these and using non stop since last summer. I can’t go into all the details here. But when doctors hear that it’s due to a machinery/appliance - environmental cause., they don’t want to create that nexus for me. I actually have solid objective evidence of muscoskeletal injury due to this., but no doctor wants to actually stick their neck out like this., so no personal injury lawyer wants to take my case. The environmental mechanical energy has been objectively confirmed/documented. I am currently displaced from my home due to the unsafe conditions. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

I was thinking about the terminology, and it's relatively vague. Clearly, 50% is not enough. On the other hand, 99.9% is certainly enough (I think). But if you could prove there was a 90% chance committed a crime, would that be enough to convict? What about 95%?

In the last few months I have been hearing about people committing horrific crimes and getting handed community service, or some other slap on the wrist.

Is there a legal way for the victim of a crime, or the family member of the victim of a crime to challenge the sentence of a crime they feel is wrong.

Also is there a legal way to hold the judge accountable if they hand out a excessively light sentence to someone who re offends.

Lets say Bob Smith was given 3 months in jail for killing someone. Then the 2 weeks after Bob gets out of jail he kills someone again. Under similar conditions. Could the judge be sued?

Im not talking about any specific cases

Good evening, I am tasked by a college course to interview someone in my ideal profession as a final assignment. Would anyone be willing to DM me and answer a few questions? Ideally in Kentucky, even better if you are a prosecutor. Thank you for your time.

Fellow attorneys, I’ve had my law license for two years now. For those two years, I’ve worked at a small firm in IL. For a few months now, the work environment at my firm has became a lot worse and I’m processing that I have to find a new firm. I’ve started working closer in proximity lately with the managing partner and he has been verbally abusive on more than one occasion. I think he made some bad investments at the beginning of the year and he’s been taking it out of his staff. It really feels like he uses us as a punching bag.

I can’t continue to work here, but I’m worried about applying to new firms and not being able to use him as a reference. We’re just not on good terms. Does anyone have any guidance on how to navigate this? Or even just some words of encouragement? Realizing I have to leave has been difficult. I love the work but it’s becoming really unhealthy to continue to work for this person.

I worked at a restaurant for 7-8 months and one

Manager was terrible and I reached out to hr and they did a culture interview on everybody there I told them everything I’ve seen heard and put up with then went home the very next day I worked at the end of my shift when I was calling out I got pulled to the manager office there I was told I was let go but little backstory I was given a write up for making a joke towards a African American co-worker they make jokes Like that all the time so I thought I was fine but I got a write up for it so I stopped making those type of jokes and I thought I was good now to the real topic so that was my only write up I live in NC so you need at least 3 write ups or 2 that violate the same thing but I only received one write ups and this is all my termination letter said due to violation of company policy in light of new evidence tm has already had a write up for the same violation tm also made light of previous write up with managers and crew member’s at this time tm will be terminated

I didn’t sign it because one what’s the new so called evidence I don’t know if I have a case but I really feel like I do I just feel like it was odd that I spoke to hr one day and voiced complaints about this manager then the next day I’m terminated.

And I only make $7 an hour and the other side wins, how do I pay the verdict?

short and sweet today also got absolutely destroyed in the law school subreddit LMAO I should have expected reddit to be reddit. Pls take a deep breath this is just a question.

I wanted to get into law in undergrad but my (insurance lawyer) dad dissuaded me by telling me any law field i was interested in was not worth it due to lower salary. I understand where he is coming from with the steep student loans, but I want to see if anyone here has a new perspective. it is okay to agree just be normal about it! thank you!

My motives: i've always wanted to get into fields to help people. My background is in mental health and child development research so I’m trying to find that same satisfaction somewhere with more tangible impact, but honestly also higher pay than academia can ever offer me :/

Ocala, Florida. I have a VOP from 9 years ago for not paying fines, not fully completing community service and not completing a shop lifters class. My court is tomorrow and I've already completed the shop lifters class, I have already applied for community service with the humane society and they accepted me (I already signed all the paperwork) but they won't let me without a community service log from the PO. I've already applied for a payment plan too just because I don't have the money yet (and tbh I don't want to pay it if I get jail time anyways) but it said I have to complete this court hearing first. I think I've shown effort that this was a misunderstanding and I am capable of completing and being compliant. But does any of this even matter? Am I guaranteed jail no matter what? Does being so old of a charge help or hinder my case?

Location : Philadelphia, PA

Hello everyone, 2 years ago I went to an hospital after midnight via cop car. Back story: Around this time I was going through a lot mentally, I was depressed for months. I was at my boyfriend house & we got into an argument and I decided to leave his house (with no where to go) to clear my head and he end up calling the police on me because he thought I was going to unalive myself.

The police came to my location and ask if I needed to talk to a psychiatrist. I said yes anyway because I did need someone to talk to at that moment and did not feel comfortable talking to my boyfriend. The cops took me to the nearest hospital because that’s the only one they knew that will help at that time of night and it was a close distance. I made sure to confirm that I was just coming to talk to someone and that I can leave whenever, that’s what I was told when I arrived. And that they let my boyfriend know so he will be able to pick me up when I’m ready.

Once I got in the hospital I was took to the second floor and they took my ID & insurance etc. I was told I needed to be triage before I talked to the psychiatrist so that’s what I did but at this point it felt strange because I came to just talk to someone not get all these questions asked and temp check etc.

I was then took into a room and had to wait to talk to someone, once I did the lady ask if I wanted to unalive myself or someone and I said no which was the truth I just needed someone to talk to about what I was going through. I made it clear to her that I did not want to stay and that I wanted to leave after. She said okay and that she had to call one of my family members to let them know I needed to get picked up 🚩.

I’m gonna try to make this short: I end up staying for over 10+ hours, I was trapped in a room with mental patients & 1 guy was going thru withdrawal. I was told that a doctor will talk to me but they never came and they took my phone so I could not get anyone number to contact me. The person that they did contact was my boyfriend sister and they told her they think I shouldn’t go home. It was so stressful I end up crying for hours feeling helpless & hopeless, I kept asking for a doctor and they said 30 mins every few hours I did ask. It was a very traumatic experience for me I felt like I was being held against my will and genuinely going crazy inside.

Aftermath: my boyfriend step dad works at the hospital and i did ask for him but they said they didn’t know who I was talking about. He end up coming up to the room that morning to talk to me and told me that I needed to “act normal” and to “stop crying”. Because of him I only end up staying a couple hours more when they told him I would have to stay 72 hours because I was showing signs of being stressed. The doctor never talked to me and I was discharged. They charged my insurance and want me to pay out of pocket for the visit. I called them and my insurance to explain the situation and my insurance supposedly disputed twice but I am still getting notices to pay til this day (I don’t have the same insurance anymore.)

What do I do now? I really want to sue them for emotional distress but I don’t know if their polices prevent me from doing that. Any advice will be extremely helpful.

I worked with an attorney to help advise on a contract dispute. Started over a year ago in April 2025. First invoice was in November 2025. It was only a few hundred dollars after the retainer was applied.

Fast forward to April 2026, I receive another invoice. This one has 6 billable hours that are plainly duplicated from the November invoice (same dates, same hours, same time sheet notes). Not only that, but it also has billable hours scattered all around April 2025-November 2025 that were not included on November’s invoice.

I did email since 6 hours are duplicated, but I’m also upset since it appears hours were omitted from the December invoice. Not to mention, I now question everything since it just seems so odd.

Obviously, I’m waiting to hear from the attorney on their position for this, but what would you do here? Is it fair to be upset? Are there ethical rules or legal obligations on not just invoicing randomly?

Is a lease break allowed if a person had a medical emergency and can’t stay alone at the apartment and go back to college for at least 9 months! Need some advice, Thank you