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Taking Legal Writing during Undergrad
Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 6:38 am
by pugilistjd
If someone has already posted on this topic, please direct me to the right place. I ended up getting a B in an undergraduate legal writing course. It was taught by a Georgetown JD who self-admittedly almost flunked out of law school and failed the bar twice. He was bumbling, disorganized, and capricious.
Bottom line: Do admissions officers really care about undergrad grades in law-related courses? I'd hope they'd question their quality and consider the more rigorous courses I took within my major (philosophy). Or, maybe, they'll just focus on my GPA and not any particular courses.
Re: Taking Legal Writing during Undergrad
Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 6:41 am
by YankeesFan
pugilistjd wrote:they'll just focus on my GPA and not any particular courses
This is exactly what will happen.
Re: Taking Legal Writing during Undergrad
Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 12:09 pm
by CanadianWolf
Applying to Georgetown ?
Re: Taking Legal Writing during Undergrad
Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 4:45 am
by pugilistjd
CanadianWolf wrote:Applying to Georgetown ?
HAH!
Even if I get the requisite LSAT score for Georgetown, I'd rather go to a non-T14 school and have to work harder to find a job than go to Georgetown, get a job then watch GW grads run circles around me. But I only know of Gtown's degree mill rep. I would gladly be corrected by any current law students/alumni. My prof graduated in '72 and said no matter how many classes he failed, they would not flunk him out. Maybe, things have changed.
Re: Taking Legal Writing during Undergrad
Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 5:18 am
by IAFG
pugilistjd wrote:CanadianWolf wrote:Applying to Georgetown ?
HAH!
Even if I get the requisite LSAT score for Georgetown, I'd rather go to a non-T14 school and have to work harder to find a job than go to Georgetown, get a job then
watch GW grads run circles around me. But I only know of Gtown's degree mill rep. I would gladly be corrected by any current law students/alumni. My prof graduated in '72 and said no matter how many classes he failed, they would not flunk him out. Maybe, things have changed.
if you want to go to schools where people get flunked out, you're gonna need to go to T3/T4 in California.
Re: Taking Legal Writing during Undergrad
Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 11:28 am
by ahduth
pugilistjd wrote:CanadianWolf wrote:Applying to Georgetown ?
HAH!
Even if I get the requisite LSAT score for Georgetown, I'd rather go to a non-T14 school and have to work harder to find a job than go to Georgetown, get a job then watch GW grads run circles around me. But I only know of Gtown's degree mill rep. I would gladly be corrected by any current law students/alumni. My prof graduated in '72 and said no matter how many classes he failed, they would not flunk him out. Maybe, things have changed.
That guy got pretty punchy, pretty fast. I like it, this could be going somewhere.