OFFICIAL 1L Exam Prep & Motivation Thread (CSWS) Forum

[BlueLotus]

Spent all day outlining because we inexplicably have March finals. Anyone want to trade?

What kind of f*ckery is this?

[Bronck]

Spent all day outlining because we inexplicably have March finals. Anyone want to trade?

What kind of f*ckery is this?

lolquartersystem

[BlueLotus]

Spent all day outlining because we inexplicably have March finals. Anyone want to trade?

What kind of f*ckery is this?

lolquartersystem

Even if my #s were UChi caliber, I would hesitate to consider them for that reason alone, lol.

[RoseAberlone]

Morning grinders! Sent in my brief draft last night — gave all the fucks I had for ungraded legal writing and it's time to get back into material that matters!

[BlueLotus]

Morning grinders! Sent in my brief draft last night — gave all the fucks I had for ungraded legal writing and it's time to get back into material that matters!

Tso jelly. This advocacy memo makes me hate life.

[005618502]

Spent all day outlining because we inexplicably have March finals. Anyone want to trade?

What kind of f*ckery is this?

lolquartersystem

Even if my #s were UChi caliber, I would hesitate to consider them for that reason alone, lol.

Definitely one reason I didnt go to Chicago. Plus that is the most miserable school I have ever visited. One of my best friends from UG went there when I took a year off (I think he is a pretty cool dude). I went to visit him at the beginning of a quarter for 5 days... most boring, unsocial and nerdy place I have ever been. There is a reason people say that is where fun goes to die

EDIT: damn, that sounds hateful, I dont hate UChi, and I know SOME cool people that go there. Sorry if that came off over the top, just the truth for my personal experience

[MauriceGains]

Gotta love wasting a weekend that could've been spent learning something interesting or relevant to write a BS memo.

One more section to go, and my argument has to fly in the face of all logic without avoiding bad facts and while being persuasive.

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[Nova]

UGHHH. I didnt get much done this weekend.

Gotta pick up the pace.

[Bronck]

UGHHH. I didnt get much done this weekend.

Gotta pick up the pace.

Derped all afternoon. Gotta do shit tonight

[Tiago Splitter]

Some bizarre force caused me to start outlining today. Felt very awkward.

[Robert Paulson]

For some reason writing this terrible brief has motivated me to start grinding in my doctrinal classes.

[stillwater]

For some reason writing this terrible brief has motivated me to start grinding in my doctrinal classes.

id give anything to do work for my doctrinal classes at the expense of this ungainly brief.

[BlueLotus]

Some bizarre force caused me to start outlining today. Felt very awkward.

I wish that force would come my way, hah!

[Robert Paulson]

Does anyone know how accurate Westlaw citations are?

[mephistopheles]

Does anyone know how accurate Westlaw citations are?

there's at least one example where they're wrong (though i can't remember which). why not just write your own?

[stillwater]

Does anyone know how accurate Westlaw citations are?

there's at least one example where they're wrong (though i can't remember which). why not just write your own?

usually the westlaw cites have everything oyu need to know. they give you a weird citation if its an unpublished opinion otherwise Ive found them to be accurate.

[Robert Paulson]

Does anyone know how accurate Westlaw citations are?

there's at least one example where they're wrong (though i can't remember which). why not just write your own?

Yeah, I probably should have, but I left my ALWD manual at home and now I don't feel like cite checking :/

[Bronck]

Taking forever to get a fucking 1l summer job. I need to start applying to more...

[MauriceGains]

Taking forever to get a fucking 1l summer job. I need to start applying to more...

What's the credited response on this, anyway? I haven't been applying to jobs that I have no interest in, given my understanding of the correlation between summer jobs and post-graduate jobs. That's restricted me to a grand total of four applications so far. Two interviews, and only one where I have a legitimate shot. Should I be casting a wider net?

[stillwater]

Taking forever to get a fucking 1l summer job. I need to start applying to more...

What's the credited response on this, anyway? I haven't been applying to jobs that I have no interest in, given my understanding of the correlation between summer jobs and post-graduate jobs. That's restricted me to a grand total of four applications so far. Two interviews, and only one where I have a legitimate shot. Should I be casting a wider net?

i guess the game plan is to spam the shit out of people. I think i probably send out a couple hundred apps and only got 3 interviews... Glad I don't have to think about applying for jobs anymore though.

[Bronck]

Taking forever to get a fucking 1l summer job. I need to start applying to more...

What's the credited response on this, anyway? I haven't been applying to jobs that I have no interest in, given my understanding of the correlation between summer jobs and post-graduate jobs. That's restricted me to a grand total of four applications so far. Two interviews, and only one where I have a legitimate shot. Should I be casting a wider net?

i guess the game plan is to spam the shit out of people. I think i probably send out a couple hundred apps and only got 3 interviews... Glad I don't have to think about applying for jobs anymore though.

Ugh... I've gotten 1 interview via mass mail (not sure how many apps I sent out that way -- 40? I guess the number is more like 75 if you include the NYU PILC Fair, where I only got 1 interview, lawl), the rest have come from Spring OCI . . . radio silence on most and rejections on some. One CB.

I guess I need to cast a wide net this week....

[smaug_]

I guess I need to cast a wide net this week....

If you're willing/interested in PI stuff, it might be worth talking to the SJI folks. My search is really specific and they've been very helpful. (They're way more helpful than OCS. OCS has been fine so far, but they don't seem to have the same level of dedication or the same type of connections that SJI has.)

[Bronck]

I guess I need to cast a wide net this week....

If you're willing/interested in PI stuff, it might be worth talking to the SJI folks. My search is really specific and they've been very helpful. (They're way more helpful than OCS. OCS has been fine so far, but they don't seem to have the same level of dedication or the same type of connections that SJI has.)

Definitely willing to do PI stuff. Don't really care what I do at this point, I just want a job. Thanks for the tip.

ETA: along the same lines, at what point should we start to get worried that we don't have a job?

[RoseAberlone]

I guess I need to cast a wide net this week....

If you're willing/interested in PI stuff, it might be worth talking to the SJI folks. My search is really specific and they've been very helpful. (They're way more helpful than OCS. OCS has been fine so far, but they don't seem to have the same level of dedication or the same type of connections that SJI has.)

Definitely willing to do PI stuff. Don't really care what I do at this point, I just want a job. Thanks for the tip.

ETA: along the same lines, at what point should we start to get worried that we don't have a job?

I am also interested in this question. People keep saying it's still early but I feel like I've been looking for ages.

Also, is there consensus that a bird in hand is worth two in the bush (if I'm even saying that right)? I have an offer that I'm not that pumped about but should I just take it and be done?

[RodneyRuxin]

Legal work is better than no work.