Law School Brag

[recondite7]

slush, what is law review exactly? Also how hard is that first year, I've heard it's really important to work your ass off for that one year because it basically sets everything else up.

Also how many jerk/[censored] were there in law school compared to undergrad?

[LetItBe]

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slush, what is law review exactly? Also how hard is that first year, I've heard it's really important to work your ass off for that one year because it basically sets everything else up.

Also how many jerk/[censored] were there in law school compared to undergrad?

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Law review is an academic journal (basically) put out by law schools. Being on law review means that you get to edit a lot of submitted articles, as well as do writing of your own. Law firms love them because of the amount of writing and editing experience you get.

As to the law school choice, I am in my third year of law school at University of Denver. I came out here not because I couldn't get into better schools (I did), but because of money (yay scholarships) and lifestyle (I love Denver). I now clerk at a prestigious but small plaintiff's firm here in town. My grades are good but not top 10%. I got the job by doing a for-credit internship, working my butt off, then getting offered a paid position. I will either be hired here or they will get me a job at another good firm.

My point basically is this: big law, yes, go to a big school. But for the other 90% of law jobs, getting a foot in the door is way more important.

There are lots of jerks in law school. Type-A personalities and all that. Try not to get caught up in it. First year is hard but not as hard as everyone makes it seem. It's more a matter of managing workload and knowing how to take a law exam than actual knowledge or smarts.

[jaminbird]

I find law school to be relativity easy academically, but it has destroyed me mentally and emotionally. I'm considering dropping out, but I don't have anything else going on right now, plus I'm more then halfway done so it would be quite a waste.

[Envyme_Mvp]

depends on what kind of law you're interested in practicing (if you are planning on such at all), simply going for free shouldn't be the entire reason for making such a life changing decision. That said, congrats. Baylor is a solid program, its the connections, summer associate work, and performance in LS that get you paid anyway.

[mlagoo]

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I find law school to be relativity easy academically, but it has destroyed me mentally and emotionally. I'm considering dropping out, but I don't have anything else going on right now, plus I'm more then halfway done so it would be quite a waste.

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what do you mean when you say you find it easy academically but it destroyed you mentally and emotionally? i would think that, if you found it easy, there would be no real reason to be stressed out.


for me, i've had a really hard time mentally and emotionally because it's pretty [censored] hard to me, and i've never been in an academic setting that was hard before. suddenly i need a work ethic, and it's not there... i don't want to wake up in the morning, i don't want to do my reading, i cut corners like its my job, etc.

i know adanthar has said repeatedly that law school was easy for him and he never went to class, but i think what i'm finally coming around to realize is that there are in fact lots of people out there who are smarter than me, and i'm just not capable of doing this. and there are people who have a similar intelligence level to me in law school doing very well, but those people work very hard to get the grades they do. i sneak by in the middle of my class and wonder at what point in my life i'm supposed to become motivated about what i'm doing.

[Lurker.]

go to highest ranked school that takes you.

[morphball]

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i don't want to wake up in the morning, i don't want to do my reading, i cut corners like its my job, etc.


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Just wait till you actually start practicing law...

[Gamblor]

i am currently in a canadian law school and i know how easy it is to get caught up in the whole "must work at biglaw or you're a failure".

Do whatever you want. If you want to know the law because you're marketable for a job after, then forget a lower tier school.

If you want to know the law because you just want to know to enhance your business acumen, then take the ride.

I don't go to class, i get a summary and pore over that the month before the exam, and i get a smattering of As and Bs. Thats enough for many biglaw jobs in Canada if you interview well and have a pimped out resume.

so apply that to the US market if you can.

[Gildwulf]

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i sneak by in the middle of my class and wonder at what point in my life i'm supposed to become motivated about what i'm doing.

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jesus that is depressing

[teddyFBI]

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