1L Exam Prep and Motivation Thread Forum

[JenDarby]

leg reg final tomorrow. got drunk tonight. what can you even DO for that cluster fuck of a course? ! can't wait to interpret some statutes in a few hours.

[FeelTheHeat]

I would have been a mechanic.

[sundance95]

lol i have gone crazy forreal

but purely hypothetical, if you could time travel back to the weekend before 1st week of law school, would you do it

If the moon were made of green cheese, would you take a bite?
Would you rather be the top scientist in your field...or have mad cow disease?
If you were a hot dog, and you were starving, would you eat yourself?

[Guchster]

If I had to go back in time before 1L I'd set this building on fire.


I wouldnt even piss on this hideous library to save a few books.

[Dany]

If I could time travel I wouldn't go to fucking law school in the first place.

[Shammis]

Anyone have a good K's outline? Especially if you used Kaddish (shit of a text btw). Im trying to compare mine to a good one and my Prof is new so we're shit out of luck.

[bdubs]

If I could time travel I wouldn't go to fucking law school in the first place.

Wow, weren't you one of the super positive people 1 year ago?

[Dany]

If I could time travel I wouldn't go to fucking law school in the first place.

Wow, weren't you one of the super positive people 1 year ago?

Yup.

[sundance95]

If I could time travel I wouldn't go to fucking law school in the first place.

Wow, weren't you one of the super positive people 1 year ago?

Yup.

see? they did teach you to think like a lawyer.

[bk1]

If I could time travel I wouldn't go to fucking law school in the first place.

[Lasers]

if you could do 1L over again, starting the first monday after your last final, would you? (assuming you didn't do well)

would you know everything you know now? would it be the same teachers? if so, i would in a heartbeat.

[TTTLS]

If I could time travel I wouldn't go to fucking law school in the first place.

So, so credited. Absolutely no redeeming value whatsoever. One of my superiors at work told me she has no sympathy at all since she warned me and knew I had read extensively about how bad the legal market truly is. I never thought school would be this bad though. I knew it would be hard work, but I didn't think I wouldn't feel any sense of accomplishment after surviving my first year.

Glad to be working again though. Hopefully I come back refreshed and drop this whole martyr attitude that has made me so annoying and unloveable.

[Lasers]

i don't feel quite as bad as you guys do...yet

get back to me in a couple months when i strike out at oci though. oh lawd.

[Flips88]

How I feel about submitting my write on piece now:

[bk1]

How I feel about submitting my write on piece now:

Glad you survived the hobos.

[crossarmant]

If I could time travel I wouldn't go to fucking law school in the first place.

So, so credited. Absolutely no redeeming value whatsoever. One of my superiors at work told me she has no sympathy at all since she warned me and knew I had read extensively about how bad the legal market truly is. I never thought school would be this bad though. I knew it would be hard work, but I didn't think I wouldn't feel any sense of accomplishment after surviving my first year.

Glad to be working again though. Hopefully I come back refreshed and drop this whole martyr attitude that has made me so annoying and unloveable.

Maybe I'm the rarity in this field, but I've never enjoyed class or coursework as much as I have with law school work. I enjoy the way it makes you think and link things together, if it weren't for the fact they the grades pretty much control your entire professional trajectory I would find the exams actually somewhat fun. I really enjoyed my 1L year, at least in terms of the workload. I'm definitely not one of the people who would have never gone to law school if they could go back in time.

[cinephile]

If I could time travel I wouldn't go to fucking law school in the first place.

Same here. And I don't think it's just exam stress, I really don't enjoy "thinking like a lawyer." I'm 90% sure I'm going to return to teaching and this was just a waste of time and $.

[piccolittle]

i don't feel quite as bad as you guys do...yet

get back to me in a couple months when i strike out at oci though. oh lawd.

Ditto. Probably because I haven't done any work all semester and have totally given up the idea of coming out of 1L with anything higher than a 3.0

[Guchster]

i don't feel quite as bad as you guys do...yet

get back to me in a couple months when i strike out at oci though. oh lawd.

Ditto. Probably because I haven't done any work all semester and have totally given up the idea of coming out of 1L with anything higher than a 3.0

There is no preparation that could've helped your grade for con law nor crim law. Get ready to type and bullshit and may the odds be ever in your favor.

[istara]

Last exam starts in 45 minutes... too bad it lasts for 2 days O.o

*headexplode*

[lawyerwannabe]

Didn't know if every school had a writing competition or not. It's nice to know that I have company.

[alicrimson]

If I could time travel I wouldn't go to fucking law school in the first place.

So, so credited. Absolutely no redeeming value whatsoever. One of my superiors at work told me she has no sympathy at all since she warned me and knew I had read extensively about how bad the legal market truly is. I never thought school would be this bad though. I knew it would be hard work, but I didn't think I wouldn't feel any sense of accomplishment after surviving my first year.

Glad to be working again though. Hopefully I come back refreshed and drop this whole martyr attitude that has made me so annoying and unloveable.

Maybe I'm the rarity in this field, but I've never enjoyed class or coursework as much as I have with law school work. I enjoy the way it makes you think and link things together, if it weren't for the fact they the grades pretty much control your entire professional trajectory I would find the exams actually somewhat fun. I really enjoyed my 1L year, at least in terms of the workload. I'm definitely not one of the people who would have never gone to law school if they could go back in time.

+1. For all of the whining I do about school, I do enjoy it. I like my sectionmates, the people in the 1L class, pretty much everyone I run into, and the work is interesting and challenging. I think the one exam to rule them all + super curve is what makes it seemingly unbearable at times. All in all though, I'm very pleased I decided to go to law school. Its what I've always wanted to do....though with lawyer parents whether that's nature or nurture is questionable.

[merc280]

Are there any good books out there I can use to prepare for citations and general write on help?

[JenDarby]

Finals dont stress me out at all, but I'm not sure I would do LS again. I got drunk last night and it was greeaatt. Final today? DEGAF

[lawyerwannabe]

i don't feel quite as bad as you guys do...yet

get back to me in a couple months when i strike out at oci though. oh lawd.

Ditto. Probably because I haven't done any work all semester and have totally given up the idea of coming out of 1L with anything higher than a 3.0

There is no preparation that could've helped your grade for con law nor crim law. Get ready to type and bullshit and may the odds be ever in your favor.

This feels spot on for CrimLaw but not ConLaw IMO. If you boil down ConLaw, it is actually much easier to apply than most other classes (compared to Contracts and Crim and Property).