C&F Issue Forum

[mmoonb09]

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[fats provolone]

four minors sounds pretty aggressive. id dial it back before you get expelled again

[BillsFan9907]

What constitutes aggressive behavior ?

[bugsy33]

I was suspend from my 1st college due to aggressive behavior and expelled from another due to the same reasons within a 6 month period from each other. I was accepted back into the first college which I am currently attending now. I will not graduate until Fall of 2015 and those incidents happen in 2011/2012. I will graduate with magna cum Laude with a dual major and four minors. Also, I have a 167 on lsat and I am a URM. What are my chances I get into a good law school?

That might cause you some issues if you're applying straight out of college. I would do two things if I were in your shoes; First, go get a few years of work experience which will help distance you from the incident (and also give you good w/e!). Second, ask whoever is writing your LoR's to comment not only on your academic ability, but your character. I'd also start racking up a lot of community service stuff. I think you'd be fine if you did those things. Either way I doubt it will be an issue for the bar as long as it was an isolated incident and you disclose everything properly.

[mmoonb09]

What constitutes aggressive behavior ?

it was agressive trust me

[whitespider]

You asked about this last year. Except for having an LSAT now, everything is the same.

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 0#p6927680

A: Get as much distance from it as you can. Take a few years to work and save up cash. Schools won't want to take a chance on you only a couple years after those incidents.

B: You're accused of some pretty serious shit. Consult a C&F attorney to find out whether you'll face significant challenges being admitted to the state bar you're interested in.

C: As was mentioned last year, it's not a great idea to post this on the internet. I'd delete both these posts and go consult an attorney before you invest hundreds of thousands of dollars in something you might never be able to obtain.

[Cpt Zapp Brannigan]

Ouch, bro. This doesn't look good re: chances at bar or LS acceptance. I don't mean to be a dream smasher but a suspension/expulsion from 2 colleges makes law school unrealistic*. (*if any of the 4 smaller offenses involved sexual lewd acts or domestic violence/restraining order violation, then you are 100% not getting into LS, anything involving law enforcement and probably nothing involving children). I would not bother applying this cycle or next. Only way to overcome this would be years of work experience that prove you're stable plus an explanation. Coping with a death of a loved one or battling an untreated mental illness you've since better learned to deal with are the only two things I can think of that might fly in a few years...Even then, contact a CF attorney before spending $$.

And not to be patronizing, but are you sure LS is a good fit for you? It's high stress, requires tons of personal interactions, and seems to have fairly ruthless outcomes for those who fall behind or can't "play the game." If you've struggled to be understood or had a hard time dealing with conflict in undergrad, LS will be way way worse. But I suppose that's a bit out of my lane.

Whatever path you chose, yeaaaaaah, deleted your post history at some point