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rothkowitz · Joined: 27 Apr 2006

Yes,it is bizarre that someone claiming to have a Phd couldn't have the wherewithall to sort themselves out without making a call for his/her hand to be held.

I did a masters but I don't think I would succeed in doing a PhD...or it would take too long.

You are saying you have a PhD aren't you?Then where are the research skills that would have got you out of this position?That's what seemed so odd to me.And to others posters.

I wasn't attacking you, though maybe I was a little abrupt.

rrlawyer3 · Joined: 05 Nov 2005

jinju · Joined: 22 Jan 2006

cubanlord · Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Location: In Japan!

Son Deureo! · Joined: 30 Apr 2003

Lemonade · Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Location: South Korea

ontheway · Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 9:12 am Post subject:

rrlawyer3,

It sounds like you are currently in Korea on a tourist visa with no money and no job. You're worried and crying in your beer on Dave's Bar and Cafe. Here's what you need to do:

Post an ad on Dave's above where it says "Post Your Resume". Write a nice letter and link to a simple resume and photo. You'll get 30 - 60 replys who all want to hire you right away. Check them out. Talk to them. Visit a couple. REMEMBER that relationships are more important than contracts. Get a new job. If you want, you can post your contract on here to have some old hands review it for you. It should take no more than week to get a new job. Your new boss should be able to help with housing and get you out of the mess you got yourself into. Before you start working, you have to go on a visa run to Japan. Do not work without an E2 visa in your passport.

Welcome to Korea.

Grotto · Joined: 21 Mar 2004

I smell troll bait!

Immature troll bait at that!

Otus · Joined: 09 Feb 2006

This could all be troll bait, but anyway, I have a couple of questions.

In NZ I did a law intermediate and could have completed an LLB in four years. Instead, I did a BA and MA

In the States, I gather you can do a JD (3 years) after finishing undergrad. school and then gain admission to the bar by way of public exam. I gather you can also do some kind of pre-law major.

In NZ, Australia, UK, you can go on to do a Masters, or Phd. Masters qualification is termed LLM, PhD would be termed 'Doctorate in Law' or something to that effect. It could also be in jurisprudence at both a Masters and Doctorate level.

I have also seen some American lawyers use the term LLM or LLB. Is this the same as a JD?

If you do graduate work in law school in the States, is the qualification also termed a JD? How would you distinguish it from the basic 3 year qualification?

poet13 · Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 9:02 pm Post subject:

umm, how come us non-lawyers were able to see something as obvious as, "can't sue for breach of contract without a contract"? Perhaps oral contract? If you thought of that though, then you must also realize how hard that is to prove...
Doesn't 'lawyering' have a lot to do with rhetoric? Your level of writing, simple sentence structure, and some of the mistakes (ex: I PROMISED HIM I WOULD RETURN IT WHEN MY LEASE IS UP AND WILL NOT LIE TO HIM EITHER.), suggest....I'm not sure. Certainly not a lawyer.....
You also apologized too much, and way too hard.

sniff sniff, methinks something stinks.

bellum99 · Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: don't need to know

I have some answers for you:

1: Let him sue you. This will probably never happen because of the time and cost but if it does then so what. All he can get is his share of the money from the house. He may lock the house (put a lien) but that would be stupid for him to do. Even if you lose in court you can appeal (3 times) and not show up for meetings many times and then delay delay delay everything. Trust me, he doesn't want to go to court.

2: Get a new job. You don't have an E2 job and the new boss didn't file the papers, so you can get a new visa and a new job. You said you have a LOR. Do that and move to a new address without telling him or anyone.
(Don't call him from the new home phone).

3: Don't worry about it. He won't want to go into court talking about that contract since it is illegal and he couldn't hire you anyway. I tell you he just being a normal Korean business man (all huff and puff but nothing to back it up). When they know they don't have a leg to stand on they usually try to bluff.

4: YOU CAN GO TO JAPAN!!!!!!! or another country. He hasn't blocked you from leaving Korea because he has to have a criminal case to do that and he only has a civil one (weak at best).

The most important thing to do is RELAX. Really relax and just let things go, but get a new house and a new job now. In a few weeks he will stop being an idiot and he will want to arrange something.

jmbran11 · Joined: 19 Jan 2006 Location: U.S.

A J.D. is not a PhD. Why does everyone keep saying that? A law degree is different, not a PhD. Very annoying.
And, also irrelevant to the question at hand.
Hasn't anyone learned from the situation here that a degree is no reflection upon one's intelligence, or knowlege, or potential for success.
Only, perhaps, one's perseverance, and possibly wealth.
Give the guy a break, and help him out if you can. Or leave him alone. Everyone *bleeps* up.

coolsage · Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 8:56 am Post subject:

All you have left is a guitar and a blow-up-bed? I smell a country- and -western song about to be born.