Will Not Being in a Study Group Hurt Me? Forum

[03152016]

practical education is actually v important
firms want law schools to produce graduates w/ working knowledge of the business world
and law schools by and large do a shit job

a reading group like this one (it's not a course, it's more of a club, despite how it's listed) is substantially more useful to most students than spending a week on pennoyer

[thesealocust]

practical education is actually v important
firms want law schools to produce graduates w/ working knowledge of the business world
and law schools by and large do a shit job

a reading group like this one (it's not a course, it's more of a club, despite how it's listed) is substantially more useful to most students than spending a week on pennoyer

Talking to law students about their neuritic beliefs regarding case law is about as far from useful business training as I can imagine a thing being.

[MCFC]

I think he is defending the WSJ thing, not talking about study groups in general as business training.

Brut, I pretty much agree with you. I was just taking a good natured shot at NYU. Though it would be funny if they just skipped the business stuff and did like, a close reading of Peggy Noonan columns or something.

[03152016]

@tsl
ya mcfc is right, my last comment was re: the wsj thing from the last pg

and ya that would be funny
opinion pgs of wsj sometimes gives me mild aneurysms

[thesealocust]

ohhh I am illiterate sorry ;-;

[fisheatbananas]

Have people ever agreed to a study group only to find out later that it wasn't a good fit and dropped out/disbanded it?

What is good etiquette for such a situation?

I'm curious too. Well I'm kind of suspicious about study groups before even starting law school so I don't think I'd agree to one right away, I'd probably say no or something like "I'll think about it" or "Let me try it out for a few sessions" (if it even works like that)

[cookiejar1]

Usually there's like that one gunner in your study group who shamelessly pesters (and vets!) 2Ls/3Ls for their outlines tho and does all the leg work for you

dont know why anyone would turn that down

[lavarman84]

Have people ever agreed to a study group only to find out later that it wasn't a good fit and dropped out/disbanded it?

What is good etiquette for such a situation?

I just told them I was studying with a different group of people. If you don't want to study with them, tell them in a tactful manner or make up a plausible excuse. I doubt people care enough to hold a grudge. And if they do, whatever. Not worth hurting your grades to please someone else.

At my law school, it's pretty typical for people to drop in and out of study groups.(at least in my section)