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11-26-2008, 02:50 AM
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centurion
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Law School
Did anyone else vastly over-estimate the difficulty of law school. I do the reading required answer a few questions a week and its so standard..i thought id be stressed out and **** for the whole time but its really quite easy even with the minimum work
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11-26-2008, 04:48 AM
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Pooh-Bah
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Re: Law School
what school?
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11-26-2008, 04:56 AM
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Re: Law School
I think the difficulty of ANY school is largely overblown because the majority of the people either struggle with many of the concepts, or they are lazy when it comes to doing the actual work, so it seems tough when push comes to shove. I think Medical School is legitimately hard. Graduate programs at their culmination (theses and dissertations) are legitimately hard. Beyond that, regular classes in grad/business/law school really aren't that bad if you have a reasonable strategy for them, a decent work ethic, and the appropriate intelligence.
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11-26-2008, 09:53 AM
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banned
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Re: Law School
werd.
just make sure you're in the top 1% so you can get a job in a couple years when the economy is further tanking.
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11-26-2008, 09:57 AM
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Re: Law School
Lawyers don't get paid well because it's hard. They get paid well because it sucks really hard and is boring as hell.
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11-26-2008, 08:47 PM
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adept
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Re: Law School
I can say without a doubt that, at least for me, law school takes infinitely less time/work than undergrad did.
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11-27-2008, 02:48 PM
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Re: Law School
that's right, INFINITELY BITCHES
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11-27-2008, 09:18 PM
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centurion
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Re: Law School
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Originally Posted by waggles1
Did anyone else vastly over-estimate the difficulty of law school. I do the reading required answer a few questions a week and its so standard..i thought id be stressed out and **** for the whole time but its really quite easy even with the minimum work
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have u taken a final or seen ur grades yet?
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11-27-2008, 11:24 PM
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Mother FAQer
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Re: Law School
law school is easy, the hardest part about getting J.D. is getting in.
I guess in the US theres a ton of crappy schools so even that's easy.
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11-28-2008, 12:13 AM
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centurion
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Re: Law School
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Originally Posted by vqchuang
have u taken a final or seen ur grades yet?
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Indeed sir in 3rd semester
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11-28-2008, 02:25 AM
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journeyman
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Re: Law School
Does comin from a professional school (pharmacy) help your chances when getting into law school? And if you wanted to practice a specific and more exclusive type of law (pharmaceutical law), would you go to a specific law school specializing in that or do you specialize later? Not really close to graduating but I may consider it later, theres only a handful of pharmaceutical lawyers in ontario (canada) so I guess I'd probably have to go to the states right?
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11-28-2008, 06:59 PM
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centurion
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Re: Law School
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Originally Posted by waggles1
Indeed sir in 3rd semester
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ah, in that case, ya LS is pretty easy.
LS takes up about the same amt of time as UG for me.
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12-02-2008, 02:34 AM
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adept
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Re: Law School
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Originally Posted by eviljeff
that's right, INFINITELY BITCHES
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You always rain on my hyperbolic parade.
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12-04-2008, 11:17 PM
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Pooh-Bah
Join Date: May 2006
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Re: Law School
After not working that hard first semester and doing well, I spent most of law school playing cards, playing golf, and playing gin at the race track. Bar studying wasn't really that much different. I played golf 2-3 times a week in May and June and told myself I would stop playing in July and really focus, but I got a new driver towards the end of June and naturally had to break it in.
I'm doing the mentor program at my law school and am a pretty horrible match with my mentee, at least as far as our law school experiences. He's stressed about everything, spends 10 hours at the law school everyday (even early in the semester), had his outlines done weeks ago, reads everything assigned, and doesn't drink.
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12-05-2008, 06:05 AM
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adept
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Re: Law School
Quote:
Originally Posted by waggles1
Did anyone else vastly over-estimate the difficulty of law school. I do the reading required answer a few questions a week and its so standard..i thought id be stressed out and **** for the whole time but its really quite easy even with the minimum work
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this thread is useless without law school name dropping.
i'm sure florida coastal is pretty easy even for the 130 lsat folks.
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12-05-2008, 01:29 PM
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Re: Law School
lol ss
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12-05-2008, 07:47 PM
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banned
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Re: Law School
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Originally Posted by Hey_Porter
After not working that hard first semester and doing well, I spent most of law school playing cards, playing golf, and playing gin at the race track. Bar studying wasn't really that much different. I played golf 2-3 times a week in May and June and told myself I would stop playing in July and really focus, but I got a new driver towards the end of June and naturally had to break it in.
I'm doing the mentor program at my law school and am a pretty horrible match with my mentee, at least as far as our law school experiences. He's stressed about everything, spends 10 hours at the law school everyday (even early in the semester), had his outlines done weeks ago, reads everything assigned, and doesn't drink.
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LOL. I've signed up for the mentor/mentee program twice. Each year they've assigned me two people. I have yet to meet one of them.
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12-05-2008, 07:51 PM
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banned
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Re: Law School
Also, I hereby designate this the official "Law School BS Chatter Thread" because the other thread is ungodly long and the title isn't right.
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12-05-2008, 11:20 PM
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Re: Law School
thought about writing up my advice/thoughts about the (CA) bar exam. I'm pretty sure no one would read it now, but it might come in handy for the 3Ls in May. anyone interested in this?
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12-06-2008, 02:21 AM
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Re: Law School
I thought you took the NY exam?
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12-06-2008, 02:26 AM
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Re: Law School
nope. went to school in NY, practicing in CA
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12-06-2008, 03:11 AM
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It's the other way
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Re: Law School
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Originally Posted by Eyedea
Also, I hereby designate this the official "Law School BS Chatter Thread" because the other thread is ungodly long and the title isn't right.
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I thought the OOT December low content thread was the law school bs thread.  
Also before I put Dschrmiedreu on ignore I was doing a pretty good job of derailing the NBA Season thread in SE into discussions about res ipsa loquitur and such, but we weren't able to reach critical mass there.
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12-06-2008, 09:08 AM
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banned
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Re: Law School
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Originally Posted by eviljeff
nope. went to school in NY, practicing in CA
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what are you practicing for?
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12-06-2008, 09:12 AM
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banned
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Re: Law School
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Originally Posted by eviljeff
thought about writing up my advice/thoughts about the (CA) bar exam. I'm pretty sure no one would read it now, but it might come in handy for the 3Ls in May. anyone interested in this?
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Can you include the first months at a firm? Please go into detail about confidential client matters, proprietary info, etc.
I'd read both! (shocking, right?)
Thankfully the MA bar is a lot easier that the CA bar, but even still, whereas failure in past years meant embarrassment and taking it again while still working, not sure firms will bother keeping people around now.
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12-06-2008, 11:38 AM
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grinder
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Re: Law School
Quote:
Originally Posted by eviljeff
thought about writing up my advice/thoughts about the (CA) bar exam. I'm pretty sure no one would read it now, but it might come in handy for the 3Ls in May. anyone interested in this?
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how was taking another states bar?
did you do a bar prep class or just study on your own? if you did barprep, then do you think just getting the books from someone else would have been sufficient?
how much harder is the bar than the average law school final?
what was your study strategy, how many hours a day, etc.
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