Litigation v. Transactional Career Path Forum

[Anonymous User]

A in Civil Procedure
A in Contracts
B in one of the semesters of legal writing

(all other grades are A/A-)

Do these grades point to one or the other? How bad is the B going to look?

I´m at a solid school (not t-14)

[reasonable_man]

A in Civil Procedure
A in Contracts
B in one of the semesters of legal writing

(all other grades are A/A-)

Do these grades point to one or the other? How bad is the B going to look?

I´m at a solid school (not t-14)

With those grades, the only possible career path is trust and estates.

As an aside, this was one of the most creative ways i've ever seen someone brag about good grades. Well done.

[Anonymous User]

Not trying to brag. I know I have good grades. What I really want to know is whether the B in legal writing for one of the semesters will do more damage than just drop my GPA.

[CG614]

Not trying to brag. I know I have good grades. What I really want to know is whether the B in legal writing for one of the semesters will do more damage than just drop my GPA.

Drop out.

[dominkay]

What I really want to know is whether the B in legal writing for one of the semesters will do more damage than just drop my GPA.

"Finally, it’s important not to let lower-than-expected grades become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Recognize the psychological game going on here: many students expect their fall 1L grades to give them a lightning bolt of insight about their future in the legal profession. Too many students think that grades are destiny, and begin to take steps to readjust their expectations to what they think is their destiny. A student who gets a B+ in Torts and a B in Contracts just might think to herself, “Well, maybe I should practice tort law, because I’m better at that.” Some students react to the sting of lower-than-expected grades by tuning out, by deciding law is dumb, and by concluding that they just aren’t good at it.

"I urge students not to take that path. All grades do is measure how well you did relative to your classmates on a few 3-hour exams taken at a particular place at a particular time. They’re a snapshot of the judgment of one particular professor, rather than a Scarlet Letter sewn on for life that reflect your ability in that field. (I say that as someone who earned a B+ in his fall 1L Criminal Law & Procedure course and now teaches and writes in the field.)"

http://volokh.com/2010/01/16/thought-on ... ol-grades/