Official Law School Sucks Thread

Shilly · #1 10-17-2007, 06:00 PM

www.philalawyer.net

tarheeljks · #2 10-17-2007, 06:05 PM

so who should i listen to op or noah?

schaef · #3 10-17-2007, 06:15 PM

OP sounds like the typical 22-23 y/o kid who goes to law school because he can't think of anything better to do. Noah's advice is good, but make up your own mind. Except the part about paying full-price for a non-premium school... that statement was objectively true imo.

Riverman · #4 10-17-2007, 06:30 PM

Eh, I went because I enjoyed my legal classes in undergrad. I'm not personally taking on any debt, so whatever.

The thread is kind of demonstrating why the profession is not for me. A bunch of "I am great, you are an idiot" posts. But I probably should have expected that.

Lanzalot · #5 10-17-2007, 06:54 PM

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The thread is kind of demonstrating why the profession is not for me. A bunch of "I am great, you are an idiot" posts. But I probably should have expected that.

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Your coming around.

My advice, not that you asked for it or probably want it, is to finish school and become a embittered anti-social contract attorney like me. You can peruse 2+2 all day at work. Move to an area where contract attorneys make $40/hr and there is a great poker scene (cough, L.A.) and live happily every after. If you can.

Edit: I hope your taking CP and ST b/c they are on the bar in the state you hope to be admitted to. Otherwise, that's your own fault.

Peace, my brother. I do hope you find some happiness in the profession. I have to sign off now because I am not allowed to work past 7 p.m. at this law firm. I'm only here until 7 because I decided to take off Friday and want to go to the Sands AC implosion tomorrow night, so I have to get as close to 40 hours as I can.

Ya' follow?

FlyWf · #6 10-17-2007, 07:39 PM

I really like all 8 weeks of law school I've gotten through. It hasn't been very hard and doesn't require nearly the amount of time people claim it does. And the people here are mostly nice.

Reading for most of the day? We have to read like 20-30 pages per class, sometimes with spikes to 40-50. Am I getting really lucky?

Hey_Porter · #7 10-17-2007, 07:57 PM

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Edit: I hope your taking CP and ST b/c they are on the bar in the state you hope to be admitted to. Otherwise, that's your own fault.

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I even think "take it if it's on the bar" advice is bad. You should only take it if you plan on practicing it. You can learn what you need to during bar study. Best decision I made was to ignore the advice of folks who said that you should take as many bar classes as possible. It'll only make you hate law school even more.

NickMPK · #8 10-17-2007, 08:18 PM

I went to law school mostly because I hated working and wanted to be a student again. I enjoyed law school, but (no surprise) hated working as a lawyer just as much as I hated working before law school. So I decided to become a student again...this time getting a PhD.

I'm only a couple month in, but this seems like where I belong...and they actually pay me to be a student! Law school was really expensive, and ultimately a waste of three years of my professional life, but at least it showed me what I really wanted to be doing. Plus, I developed a research plan for my PhD while in law school, and got most of my recommendation from law school professors (I didn't really get to know any profs as an undergrad) so I couldn't have gotten into an elite PhD program if I hadn't gone to law school first.

So I have pretty mixed opinions about the whole thing. For me, I think it was something I had to do to ultimately get me to the right path, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone else unless they really want to be a lawyer. If you just want to be a student again, you'll save $60K/year by going for a PhD instead.

schaef · #9 10-17-2007, 08:44 PM

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Eh, I went because I enjoyed my legal classes in undergrad. I'm not personally taking on any debt, so whatever.

The thread is kind of demonstrating why the profession is not for me. A bunch of "I am great, you are an idiot" posts. But I probably should have expected that.

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Not accusing, just sounds like...

kagame · #10 10-17-2007, 06:30 PM

Can someone please explain the process one would go through to not pay full tuition? Are we talking scholarship and TA jobs as a form of assistance? Or do they simply not charge the stated price? Thanks in advance.