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would anyone find out if you used an online professional edi...
Titillating death wish
  04/20/05
Maybe, no b/c journals suck anyway, yes.
electric puppy organic girlfriend
  04/20/05
not worth it. you should be able to edit it fine yourself. i...
comical thirsty address
  04/20/05
In passing, a UG prof of mine, whose word I have no reason t...
Shivering elastic band
  04/20/05
For some reason, your moniker seems oddly appropriate for th...
Slate tanning salon toaster
  04/20/05
those online professional editing services are usually run b...
Razzmatazz Institution Shitlib
  04/20/05
Would anyone find out? Probably not. Is it worth the ris...
arousing psychic
  04/20/05
you probably won't get caught, but if you do your legal care...
Blue talking really tough guy
  04/20/05
you're a cheater.
Submissive galvanic ratface generalized bond
  04/20/05
this is obvious
Titillating death wish
  04/20/05
that's a great way to not get on law review. you think the e...
Overrated amethyst patrolman
  04/20/05
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Titillating death wish
  04/20/05
It seems like it would be really easy to get a member of you...
carmine hell national security agency
  04/20/05
Yeah, if your family members are also unethical scumbags.
arousing psychic
  04/20/05
Yeah, just ask Uncle Joey. He'll help you. Remember the ti...
dashing disturbing piazza
  04/20/05


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Date: April 20th, 2005 2:26 AM
Author: Titillating death wish

would anyone find out if you used an online professional editing service? is it worth the risk? am i being a douchebag for considering it?

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=168585&forum_id=2#2597209)



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Date: April 20th, 2005 2:28 AM
Author: electric puppy organic girlfriend

Maybe, no b/c journals suck anyway, yes.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=168585&forum_id=2#2597224)



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Date: April 20th, 2005 3:33 AM
Author: comical thirsty address

not worth it. you should be able to edit it fine yourself. i just don't see the potnetial payoff being worth the risk. (doing it will not guarantee law review/journal, if it would it may be worth it, but i still wouldn't risk it and I am a pretty risky/law breaking kinda gal.)

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=168585&forum_id=2#2597428)



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Date: April 20th, 2005 4:10 AM
Author: Shivering elastic band

In passing, a UG prof of mine, whose word I have no reason to doubt, once claimed to have used a professional editor when applying to Cambridge; he got in. It sounded to me as if he would have no qualms about the decency of using professional editors as a means of edging out other scholastic competitors. If he was speaking with academia in general, the route you are entertaining looks to be consistent with protocols.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=168585&forum_id=2#2597555)



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Date: April 20th, 2005 5:29 AM
Author: Slate tanning salon toaster

For some reason, your moniker seems oddly appropriate for this post.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=168585&forum_id=2#2597750)



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Date: April 20th, 2005 5:31 AM
Author: Razzmatazz Institution Shitlib

those online professional editing services are usually run by english majors and other dummies. it'll actually lower your chances of writing on if they edit it for you. the last thing you want to turn is is mental masterbation. also, they're not going to bluebook for you/check your cites. so what's the point.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=168585&forum_id=2#2597756)



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Date: April 20th, 2005 5:42 PM
Author: arousing psychic

Would anyone find out? Probably not.

Is it worth the risk? That depends. Do you value your own integrity at all? How much do you want to practice law? If someone finds out (low probably), you probably won't pass character & fitness review (high cost). Regardless of whether anyone finds out, you will be acting without integrity (high cost to some, low to others) for certain (certain probability).

Am I being a douchebad for considering it? Yes.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=168585&forum_id=2#2600287)



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Date: April 20th, 2005 5:44 AM
Author: Blue talking really tough guy

you probably won't get caught, but if you do your legal career is over, even in the unlikely event you get past the moral character determination. getting past your ethical lapse, a prospective employer is going to be asking what kind of writer you really are if you have to cheat your way on to law review, and wonder whether the writing samples you submit are legit.

proper citation form and the quality and logic of your legal argument is >>>> important than some stylistic crap that you might get from a professional editing service.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=168585&forum_id=2#2597790)



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Date: April 20th, 2005 6:35 AM
Author: Submissive galvanic ratface generalized bond

you're a cheater.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=168585&forum_id=2#2597859)



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Date: April 20th, 2005 9:32 AM
Author: Titillating death wish

this is obvious

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=168585&forum_id=2#2598132)



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Date: April 20th, 2005 9:32 AM
Author: Overrated amethyst patrolman

that's a great way to not get on law review. you think the essayedge people know what the bluebook is? please

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=168585&forum_id=2#2598135)



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Date: April 20th, 2005 5:15 PM
Author: Titillating death wish



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Date: April 20th, 2005 5:25 PM
Author: carmine hell national security agency

It seems like it would be really easy to get a member of your family or a close family friend (people who were on law review or are lawyers) to help you cheat, wouldn't get caught that way as long as you kept your mouth shut.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=168585&forum_id=2#2600210)



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Date: April 20th, 2005 5:46 PM
Author: arousing psychic

Yeah, if your family members are also unethical scumbags.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=168585&forum_id=2#2600308)



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Date: April 20th, 2005 5:56 PM
Author: dashing disturbing piazza

Yeah, just ask Uncle Joey. He'll help you. Remember the time he carried that brick of coke home that we bought on vacation in Columbia?

It might work, but you'll be *PWN3D* if anyone finds out about it. We're talking about your entire future career. And the edit might be bad, in which case you won't make the review anyway. On the other hand, if the edit is good and nobody finds out, they're still gonna wonder how it is that you, a B+ editor, came in with a 99.999th percentile edit.

(https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=168585&forum_id=2#2600370)