Current URM students taking Q's Forum

[20121109]

There's something about Jarrett's posts I really dislike.

On another note, I'm more than happy to answer any questions. I know I've only been in school for a little while but I think I have some wisdom to share <3

You wanna yay or nay my latest PS before I send it out to the big H?

Send it my way, tk

[Jarrett]

There's something about Jarrett's posts I really dislike.

On another note, I'm more than happy to answer any questions. I know I've only been in school for a little while but I think I have some wisdom to share <3

What is it that you don't like gaia? anyway I just wanted to get an opinion from other TLS users.

[Kohinoor]

*poke*

[Thirteen]

*poke*

How was OCI at your school for URMs, and for the class as a whole?

[Kohinoor]

*poke*

How was OCI at your school for URMs, and for the class as a whole?

not great and pretty bad respectively.

[YCrevolution]

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[ArchRoark]

*poke*

How was OCI at your school for URMs, and for the class as a whole?

not great and pretty bad respectively.

Seconded.

Respective to what? ITE? Previous OCIs? Other T14s?

[bk1]

lol. Respective to the order the questions were posed.

[JazzOne]

lol. Respective to the order the questions were posed.

lol

[ArchRoark]

lol. Respective to the order the questions were posed.

lol

RC fail. That's what happens when I browse TLS on my phone.

[bk1]

lol. Respective to the order the questions were posed.

lol

RC fail. That's what happens when I browse TLS on my phone.

Happens to the best of us.

[jgloster]

I would like to ask, how racist are law school students (if this hasn't been asked already). Are they anything like the people on this board?

[bk1]

I would like to ask, how racist are law school students (if this hasn't been asked already). Are they anything like the people on this board?

Law students are the biggest anti-Semites this side of Iran.

[Thirteen]

I would like to ask, how racist are law school students (if this hasn't been asked already). Are they anything like the people on this board?

I'm a 1L at a school in Texas, and I have yet to encounter overt or subtle racism. I hang with everyone during the day at school and on the weekends, and couldn't be having a better time (other than legal writing, haha). For me, it hasn't been an issue at all.

[EbonyEsq]

Question for 1Ls/2Ls etc: Are you of the opinion that US law school degrees are worth its weight in gold? Is it worth the debt knowing how oversaturated the current US legal market? Knowing this fact, why did you still decide to attend law school ?


As a side note I'm still looking at applying to US law schools but am also considering taking the UK route which will cost me considerably less. I currently work in BIGLAW and find it peculiar that more and more first year associates and lateral hires are of British/Australian/Canadian persuasion. In some instances firms pay these associates to attend law school in the UK...with stipend and an offer upon completion of their studies. Yet, US law students have to take out major debt for the same position???

Yeah, I don't get it. Perhaps the Europeans know something that we (Americans) don't.

[Kohinoor]

Question for 1Ls/2Ls etc: Are you of the opinion that US law school degrees are worth its weight in gold? Is it worth the debt knowing how oversaturated the current US legal market? Knowing this fact, why did you still decide to attend law school ?


As a side note I'm still looking at applying to US law schools but am also considering taking the UK route which will cost me considerably less. I currently work in BIGLAW and find it peculiar that more and more first year associates and lateral hires are of British/Australian/Canadian persuasion. In some instances firms pay these associates to attend law school in the UK...with stipend and an offer upon completion of their studies. Yet, US law students have to take out major debt for the same position???

Yeah, I don't get it. Perhaps the Europeans know something that we (Americans) don't.

It's worth it if you run the numbers and it's worth it. There is no blanket answer. How much debt would you incur? Considering your school, wWhat is your best and worst case scenario upon graduation and the probability of each?

[Kohinoor]

I would like to ask, how racist are law school students (if this hasn't been asked already). Are they anything like the people on this board?

Some are, most aren't. As in life, so in law school.

[EbonyEsq]

Question for 1Ls/2Ls etc: Are you of the opinion that US law school degrees are worth its weight in gold? Is it worth the debt knowing how oversaturated the current US legal market? Knowing this fact, why did you still decide to attend law school ?


As a side note I'm still looking at applying to US law schools but am also considering taking the UK route which will cost me considerably less. I currently work in BIGLAW and find it peculiar that more and more first year associates and lateral hires are of British/Australian/Canadian persuasion. In some instances firms pay these associates to attend law school in the UK...with stipend and an offer upon completion of their studies. Yet, US law students have to take out major debt for the same position???

Yeah, I don't get it. Perhaps the Europeans know something that we (Americans) don't.

It's worth it if you run the numbers and it's worth it. There is no blanket answer. How much debt would you incur? Considering your school, wWhat is your best and worst case scenario upon graduation and the probability of each?

Girl, I ain't applied yet. Applying next cycle. Best case scenario is being offered a decent amount of scholarships/grants so I won't graduate with much debt. I hate debt. Hate it because once you have it its usually only one way presented to get out of the hole: BIGLAW.

And BIGLAW life is another hole in and of itself.


So its fair to assume you weighed the pros and cons before taking the leap and decided LS was still the best option for you?

[JazzOne]

Question for 1Ls/2Ls etc: Are you of the opinion that US law school degrees are worth its weight in gold? Is it worth the debt knowing how oversaturated the current US legal market? Knowing this fact, why did you still decide to attend law school ?


As a side note I'm still looking at applying to US law schools but am also considering taking the UK route which will cost me considerably less. I currently work in BIGLAW and find it peculiar that more and more first year associates and lateral hires are of British/Australian/Canadian persuasion. In some instances firms pay these associates to attend law school in the UK...with stipend and an offer upon completion of their studies. Yet, US law students have to take out major debt for the same position???

Yeah, I don't get it. Perhaps the Europeans know something that we (Americans) don't.

If I had known in advance that I would get the offer I got at OCI, I would still have decided to go to law school. If I only knew how hard it was to find work in this field, I would not have gone.

[Kohinoor]

Question for 1Ls/2Ls etc: Are you of the opinion that US law school degrees are worth its weight in gold? Is it worth the debt knowing how oversaturated the current US legal market? Knowing this fact, why did you still decide to attend law school ?


As a side note I'm still looking at applying to US law schools but am also considering taking the UK route which will cost me considerably less. I currently work in BIGLAW and find it peculiar that more and more first year associates and lateral hires are of British/Australian/Canadian persuasion. In some instances firms pay these associates to attend law school in the UK...with stipend and an offer upon completion of their studies. Yet, US law students have to take out major debt for the same position???

Yeah, I don't get it. Perhaps the Europeans know something that we (Americans) don't.

It's worth it if you run the numbers and it's worth it. There is no blanket answer. How much debt would you incur? Considering your school, wWhat is your best and worst case scenario upon graduation and the probability of each?

Girl, I ain't applied yet. Applying next cycle. Best case scenario is being offered a decent amount of scholarships/grants so I won't graduate with much debt. I hate debt. Hate it because once you have it its usually only one way presented to get out of the hole: BIGLAW.

And BIGLAW life is another hole in and of itself.


So its fair to assume you weighed the pros and cons before taking the leap and decided LS was still the best option for you?

Yeah, but I've always been the type to make my decisions with Excel open and some decision tables and spreadsheets running.

[YCrevolution]

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[Kohinoor]

le bump for Q's

[whattheheck]

le bump for Q's

It's been said to obtain outlines from 2L's prior to the beginning of the school year once you find out who your professor's are but how does one go about do this? Is it something that you simply ask for or is money always involved?

[Kohinoor]

le bump for Q's

It's been said to obtain outlines from 2L's prior to the beginning of the school year once you find out who your professor's are but how does one go about do this? Is it something that you simply ask for or is money always involved?

Money is (almost?) never involved. You can either tap an available public outline bank, get an outline from somebody you know (most common route), or get the outline reserves for an organization you're in (law review being the most prominent example).

[whattheheck]

I am currently aiming for Fordham. But I will also be applying for Brooklyn, St.Johns or Cardozo. Would you choose a full scholarship from a Tier 2 regional school or sticker price at a Tier 1 school?