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Dress Code for Class?

Post by Ahem_aroma » Wed Mar 12, 2014 10:13 am

Silly 0L question here. what do people wear to class in law school? My Undergrad was a big state school where the uniform was pretty much leggings and sorority gear for women and equally casual clothes for men. I figured law school was a cut above but do people dress up for class? Are jeans okay? Is it highly school specific ?

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Post by Br3v » Wed Mar 12, 2014 10:14 am

Ahem_aroma wrote:Silly 0L question here. what do people wear to class in law school? My Undergrad was a big state school where the uniform was pretty much leggings and sorority gear for women and equally casual clothes for men. I figured law school was a cut above but do people dress up for class? Are jeans okay? Is it highly school specific ?

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Jeans are fine. Wear what you would wear to like dinner with friends.

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Post by rad lulz » Wed Mar 12, 2014 10:20 am

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Post by Merylian » Wed Mar 12, 2014 10:20 am

You're fine as long as you don't look like a slob or a hooker.

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Post by BillPackets » Wed Mar 12, 2014 10:23 am

rad lulz wrote:Most people wear suits

Professors look down upon those who dont
Merylian wrote:You're fine as long as you don't look like a slob or a hooker.
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Post by MKC » Wed Mar 12, 2014 10:24 am

Ahem_aroma wrote:Silly 0L question here. what do people wear to class in law school? My Undergrad was a big state school where the uniform was pretty much leggings and sorority gear for women and equally casual clothes for men. I figured law school was a cut above but do people dress up for class? Are jeans okay? Is it highly school specific ?

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Post by kaiser » Wed Mar 12, 2014 10:26 am

Wore a T shirt and jeans most days. Maybe a polo shirt or other button-down shirt from time to time. Almost all girls would dress in a similarly casual manner. In the end, school is school.

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Post by bjsesq » Wed Mar 12, 2014 10:33 am

Ahem_aroma wrote:Silly 0L question here. what do people wear to class in law school? My Undergrad was a big state school where the uniform was pretty much leggings and sorority gear for women and equally casual clothes for men. I figured law school was a cut above but do people dress up for class? Are jeans okay? Is it highly school specific ?

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I wore sweat pants and hoodies. Nobody gives a fuck.

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Post by transferror » Wed Mar 12, 2014 10:34 am

Whatever is left in your closet that is clean...or near exams, whatever is the least dirty

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Post by arklaw13 » Wed Mar 12, 2014 10:37 am

I remember exactly zero times where I've ever noticed or cared about anyone's clothing. I'm sure the same is true for most people. Profs usually wear suits to class, but I've seen some looking pretty prole on days when they're not teaching. Doubt they ever notice what students wear.

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Post by bjsesq » Wed Mar 12, 2014 10:39 am

arklaw13 wrote:I remember exactly zero times where I've ever noticed or cared about anyone's clothing. I'm sure the same is true for most people. Profs usually wear suits to class, but I've seen some looking pretty prole on days when they're not teaching. Doubt they ever notice what students wear.
Cue the fat yeti dude wearing a banana hammock and nothing else first day of class.

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Post by Hutz_and_Goodman » Wed Mar 12, 2014 10:51 am

In my class there are people who wear a suit every day, lots of people who wear button down shirts, all the way down to people wearing basketball shorts or even pajamas to class.

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Post by Yukos » Wed Mar 12, 2014 3:00 pm

Merylian wrote:You're fine as long as you don't look like a slob or a hooker.
I look like a slob most days.

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Post by KD35 » Wed Mar 12, 2014 3:07 pm

Ahem_aroma wrote:Silly 0L question here.
You're right, it was a silly question. People dress however they want to dress. There's a 3L who wears a suit every day. There's a 1L who wears a dress shirt every day. There are girls who wear yoga pants everyday even though they shouldn't. That being said, law school is a professional school (in theory) and so it can't hurt to dress nice but not worthing going to restock your entire wardrobe in order to clothe yourself. Wear what you want, and wear the clothes that you feel comfortable having others see you in.
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Post by Mr. Pancakes » Wed Mar 12, 2014 3:09 pm

Ahem_aroma wrote:Silly 0L question here. what do people wear to class in law school? My Undergrad was a big state school where the uniform was pretty much leggings and sorority gear for women and equally casual clothes for men. I figured law school was a cut above but do people dress up for class? Are jeans okay? Is it highly school specific ?

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It's the same as undergrad. whatever the fuck you want.

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Post by thebobs1987 » Wed Mar 12, 2014 3:25 pm

I think if you wear a suit to class and it isn't for work or something, you look like a tool. But I also wouldn't wear pajamas either. Anything in between is cool

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Post by banjo » Wed Mar 12, 2014 3:31 pm

You can wear whatever you want. That said, occasionally a fellow 1L might gchat you and tell you to come to some lunch panel because there's good food and entertaining attorneys. There will be other times you'll forget you RSVP'd to some firm reception. Keep a clean collared shirt in your locker just in case.

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Post by horriblegb » Wed Mar 12, 2014 3:32 pm

thebobs1987 wrote:I think if you wear a suit to class and it isn't for work or something, you look like a tool. But I also wouldn't wear pajamas either. Anything in between is cool
agreed. I knew people who wore their suits for OCI or their jobs around school all day like a humble brag. I always changed on my out or to the interview.

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Post by francesfarmer » Wed Mar 12, 2014 3:58 pm

I told my (lawyer; not shitboomer) boss that i'm gonna wear biz cazj every day (because after 5 years of working my whole wardrobe is biz cazj) and she said my classmates will definitely develop a mocking nickname for me if I do so.

She went to H in the late 90s and wore a grey sweatshirt the whole time, apparently.

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Post by Pokemon » Wed Mar 12, 2014 6:30 pm

Dress to impress. When the professor will have to decide between tens of papers that sound fairly similar, s/he will probably give the benefit of the doubt to the student who took the class seriously.

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