Definitely agree with the bolded.Tangerine Gleam wrote:I really like law school; approx. 7 weeks in at this point. I feel like I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop...I guess that's what exams are for. Though I am positive I would have hated it 4 or 5 years ago (right after college). Very glad I waited.
CivPro and Torts are my favorites...Property is getting me a bit confused. The work is time-consuming, but thank Lucifer it's mostly interesting.
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+1Helmholtz wrote:Why am I doing this to myself.1Ls, what's your impression thus far?
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Still loving it. Haven't used supplements because I have understood everything that I have read so far. I do some work in the E&E for K's but it's sort of required for class.
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some of my classmates still fill up multiple pages of word documents with simple facts of casesbleedcubbieblue wrote:People still brief cases?uwb09 wrote:I'm officially done briefing cases.
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Just print the case summary from Lexis for reference.uwb09 wrote:some of my classmates still fill up multiple pages of word documents with simple facts of casesbleedcubbieblue wrote:People still brief cases?uwb09 wrote:I'm officially done briefing cases.
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oh, I do this, some class-mates don'tRUQRU wrote:Just print the case summary from Lexis for reference.uwb09 wrote:some of my classmates still fill up multiple pages of word documents with simple facts of casesbleedcubbieblue wrote:People still brief cases?uwb09 wrote:I'm officially done briefing cases.
I've seen on some laptops up to 3 different word documents for each case. usually the 3rd one is their stenographer version including every single word students/professor say about it in class, including whichever student who got called on, their re-statement of the facts in class
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I'm straight out of undergrad...and at this point, I hate law school as a whole. I'm told I should have taken a few years off. Had I done that, I'm sure I wouldn't have come at all. Right now, I'm banking on school getting better.Tangerine Gleam wrote:I really like law school; approx. 7 weeks in at this point. I feel like I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop...I guess that's what exams are for. Though I am positive I would have hated it 4 or 5 years ago (right after college). Very glad I waited.
CivPro and Torts are my favorites...Property is getting me a bit confused. The work is time-consuming, but thank Lucifer it's mostly interesting.
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I can think of at least 86 other things I would rather do than attend another LS class
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I'm straight out of UG but I'm finding LS just fine.keg411 wrote:Definitely agree with the bolded.Tangerine Gleam wrote:I really like law school; approx. 7 weeks in at this point. I feel like I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop...I guess that's what exams are for. Though I am positive I would have hated it 4 or 5 years ago (right after college). Very glad I waited.
CivPro and Torts are my favorites...Property is getting me a bit confused. The work is time-consuming, but thank Lucifer it's mostly interesting.
I guess it really matters what your professors are like and how well you handle stress. Law school is kind of an even application of pressure that seems to build up to a crescendo (pre-finals & finals). That's kind of how I treated UG; most of my friends were off/on in terms of stress, so I could see how they'd hate this.
One thing I have to say - if you're a pretty regimented person (i.e., organized, time-efficient, schedule-oriented) I'd say law school becomes infinitely easier.
Of course I'll have to adjust for finals, but being efficient with my time has allowed me to get a lot more done in total. I do Hornbook/E&E work every night in addition to my casebook reading/notes, and I still have plenty of time every day to live my non-LS life.
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I am still having the time of my life.
The work is starting to pile up, but I'm keeping up and not behind in anything.
Coming from two absolutely horribly shitty office jobs gives you some perspective.
The work is starting to pile up, but I'm keeping up and not behind in anything.
Coming from two absolutely horribly shitty office jobs gives you some perspective.
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Exactly, that changes things too. I wasn't coming from an office job (and I did like my job), but in general, working for many years gave me loads of perspective. Right now, that perspective is saying (amongst other things), "Law school is tough, but it doesn't compare."JCougar wrote:Coming from two absolutely horribly shitty office jobs gives you some perspective.
It's a huge privilege to be in school full-time.
I don't think I fully understood that when I was in my early 20's. Thus, I know I'm working harder at LS than I could have worked had I been straight out of college. I feel amped to get up in the morning and learn, because the work I put in now will have a direct effect on how my future will play out, and that's exciting.
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The work isn't hard, but the workload sucks.
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+1000.Tangerine Gleam wrote:Exactly, that changes things too. I wasn't coming from an office job (and I did like my job), but in general, working for many years gave me loads of perspective. Right now, that perspective is saying (amongst other things), "Law school is tough, but it doesn't compare."JCougar wrote:Coming from two absolutely horribly shitty office jobs gives you some perspective.
It's a huge privilege to be in school full-time.
I don't think I fully understood that when I was in my early 20's. Thus, I know I'm working harder at LS than I could have worked had I been straight out of college. I feel amped to get up in the morning and learn, because the work I put in now will have a direct effect on how my future will play out, and that's exciting.
Also, it makes the workload seem just seem like a long-ish day at work.
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I agree with JCougar and Gleam (hai, guys!) - I'm having a freaking ball. I'm in school PT and still working (I'm lucky - I do love my job) and juggling all of it is a challenge... but I love it. No way would I have appreciated this, straight out of UG - and no way would I have been as focussed/willing to put in the hard work. I'm finding school to be fascinating, exciting and .... fun. Yes, dammit - FUN.Tangerine Gleam wrote: It's a huge privilege to be in school full-time.
I don't think I fully understood that when I was in my early 20's. Thus, I know I'm working harder at LS than I could have worked had I been straight out of college. I feel amped to get up in the morning and learn, because the work I put in now will have a direct effect on how my future will play out, and that's exciting.
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The students in their early 20's are having a ball at my LS (myself included). The workload is rough, but it is very, very interesting. Also, we are simply having a great time hanging out with one another. You might think think that you wouldn't have enjoyed going to law school in your early 20's, but it would have just been a different experience.Tangerine Gleam wrote:Exactly, that changes things too. I wasn't coming from an office job (and I did like my job), but in general, working for many years gave me loads of perspective. Right now, that perspective is saying (amongst other things), "Law school is tough, but it doesn't compare."JCougar wrote:Coming from two absolutely horribly shitty office jobs gives you some perspective.
It's a huge privilege to be in school full-time.
I don't think I fully understood that when I was in my early 20's. Thus, I know I'm working harder at LS than I could have worked had I been straight out of college. I feel amped to get up in the morning and learn, because the work I put in now will have a direct effect on how my future will play out, and that's exciting.
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Actually, I can assure you I wouldn't have enjoyed it. If you review my post, you'll see that I was just speaking for myself and no one else. Law school wasn't even on my radar when I graduated college them years ago.BioEBear2010 wrote:You might think think that you wouldn't have enjoyed going to law school in your early 20's, but it would have just been a different experience.
I don't doubt that you and your friends are having a great time. I see tons of 22 and 23-year olds loving it here; I am sure, too, that many of them will school my ass come exam time. Some people were ready for this right after school...but I definitely wasn't one of them.
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It is shocking how quickly time flies. I feel like I just arrived on campus last week.
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i told someone in my torts class i stopped reading the cases... and they asked what I read instead... I smiled a little inside. I wish i knew how many people have yet to discover there are books outside of the casebook.
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Law School would be so fun if I had only 3 classes + LRW... Friend at Duke says thats what they do, is that the norm or what?
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It's what we're doing here.Nom Sawyer wrote:Law School would be so fun if I had only 3 classes + LRW... Friend at Duke says thats what they do, is that the norm or what?
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This. 7 weeks has gone by a blink. Its a bit scary...I hope other parts of my life (as in, the ones that don't involve listening to Gunner McGunnerson quote Prosser at length) don't move so quickly.Helmholtz wrote:It is shocking how quickly time flies. I feel like I just arrived on campus last week.
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do people really do that at your school?Always Credited wrote: This. 7 weeks has gone by a blink. Its a bit scary...I hope other parts of my life (as in, the ones that don't involve listening to Gunner McGunnerson quote Prosser at length) don't move so quickly.
when i have time to read into treatise for insight, i sure as shit don't raise my hand and tell everyone else that only bothered to read the casebook. to me that acts against your self interest.
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That's the spirit!stocksly33 wrote:i told someone in my torts class i stopped reading the cases... and they asked what I read instead... I smiled a little inside. I wish i knew how many people have yet to discover there are books outside of the casebook.
Yeah, I only have 3 classes + ungraded LRW at Berkeley. You have more?! I can't imagine another class on top of this shit...Nom Sawyer wrote:Law School would be so fun if I had only 3 classes + LRW... Friend at Duke says thats what they do, is that the norm or what?
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What the hell? I have 6 classes.Tangerine Gleam wrote:Yeah, I only have 3 classes + ungraded LRW at Berkeley. You have more?! I can't imagine another class on top of this shit...
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This. Fuck graded LRW + Five other classes.kalvano wrote:What the hell? I have 6 classes.Tangerine Gleam wrote:Yeah, I only have 3 classes + ungraded LRW at Berkeley. You have more?! I can't imagine another class on top of this shit...
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