waitlisted today around noon.  L2: 3.8/4.0 LSAT: 158  pretty decent softs! 

Hi All, I was fortunate enough to get my 2L transfer and had placed a hold on an apartment that is a stone's throw from the law faculty. The landlord is now in articling and was so amazing to deal with that I wanted to help her find a tenant. 1 bed/1 bath - bright, open concept, spacious Furnished Storage Room Parking stall $1850/month + Utilities (Approx $2000 all in) Will consider a well-behaved pet. Please text or PM me to be put in contact with the landlord. 639-525-1622 Stephanie

Same here, 3.3ish GPA, 164 LSAT

Same deal here. Almost same stats too! (3.3ish GPA) Vic is my first choice so I'm really holding out. 🤞  (Applied Discretionary)

Many thanks to both of you for your time and thoughtful answers. I really appreciate it. My goal is to go solo and set my own hours basically. The harder I work, the more hours I can bill. If I want, I take a month off in the summer. Or not. That's where I'm coming from. My thought is to gradually decrease Legal Aid work and replace it with private clients. So if LABC can keep me going for a year or two, then I'll be happy. Even if I would be getting paid more at a firm somewhere. I have a very large personal network and am well-connected in my ethnic community (I'm a mature law student, coming from a profession that made me sort of well-known). I can leverage that pretty well. But: I'd be quite happy if I can bring in around $110k gross as a solo, give or take, to start off. I've always been a solo of some sort in my professional life. I would love to have that in law as well. A close friend is a crim defence lawyer who does only Legal Aid work. I'm just in awe of the flexibility he has in terms of hours and scheduling. And he's his own boss. But I don't want to do crim work. Family, however, I'm very interested in. Is there a better way to go about what I'm trying to achieve? Or, rather, what's the best way? Again, I'd really like to thank you for your time.

Cross-claims and third-party claims are used more to indemnify a party and for apportioning liability between parties potentially at fault from the damages caused by the same event in the main action (the main difference between the two being what you mentioned, that for a cross-claim the party is already a defendant to the main action, and for a third-party claim, it is a new party than one listed in the main action. A counterclaim, on the other hand, is a separate claim. It doesn't have to arise from the same facts as what is being is litigated in the main action, although it usually does and both the claim in the main action and counterclaim are usually heard together in the same trial. An odd example, but one that comes to mind initially, is Judge Judy where, for instance, the plaintiff is a landlord claiming outstanding rent against a defendant, and the defendant is counter-claiming for something like entering the property without notice and causing damage to personal property. These claims are separate where, like you said, the plaintiff become a defendant to the counterclaim -- it does not have to do with contribution or indemnity per se like cross-claims and third-party claims.  I think the reason you went wrong (and I don't blame you at all) is because you got a bit hung up on the third-party aspect and automatically thought it had to be a third-party claim for that reason. But, that wouldn't really make sense in this scenario. Vernon wants to bring a separate counter-claim against both parties, which can be solely against the plaintiff in the main action or jointly against the plaintiff and another party. 

Received an email today for a waitlist spot. I have until May 26th to confirm. Inclusive stream. They said they will let waitlisted applicants know their spot on the list in June.  LSAT 158