2L and Back Again Forum

[BirdLawExpert]

has the election changed anyone's law school plans?

JAG is off the table for me, now. I'm not voluntarily entering a chain of command with Donald Trump at the top.

[beenoparte125]

has the election changed anyone's law school plans?

JAG is off the table for me, now. I'm not voluntarily entering a chain of command with Donald Trump at the top.

I found this article to be very helpful in my internal struggle about this same topic:

https://www.lawfareblog.com/more-donald ... department

[foregetaboutdre]

has the election changed anyone's law school plans?

JAG is off the table for me, now. I'm not voluntarily entering a chain of command with Donald Trump at the top.

As someone with a deep military family - the chance a JAG officer (regardless of branch) sees anything close to combat is about as remote as you can get. Honestly if that was the case - shit has hit the fan in that locale or there's another draft.

[BirdLawExpert]

As someone with a deep military family - the chance a JAG officer (regardless of branch) sees anything close to combat is about as remote as you can get. Honestly if that was the case - shit has hit the fan in that locale or there's another draft.

I've already been through the entirety of Air Force ROTC in undergrad and have many friends in the military. The issue isn't being in combat, the issue is that I'm interested in operational law, and I don't want to be involved in enabling operations that I believe to be fundamentally opposed to the nation's interests. Military officers have an obligation to oppose clearly unlawful orders, but must obey all other orders under penalty of court martial; I fully expect Trump to operate in that grey area of morally questionable, but not outright illegal. I don't want to enter that world, and be resigned to repeating, "there's nothing that explicitly forbids that activity" ad nauseam until I separate.

I found this article to be very helpful in my internal struggle about this same topic:

https://www.lawfareblog.com/more-donald ... department

Appreciate the article. I feel much the same way about general positions within the bureaucracy of the government (I would have no problem working in federal law enforcement, for instance), but the military is a separate calculation in my head due to the obligation of obeying orders.

[tedler]

Obviously not an easy job to get, but the ACLU is going to get a lot of interesting and valuable work going forward. Would be awesome to be a part of that

[Bearlyalive]

has the election changed anyone's law school plans?

Now looking a little bit less seriously at anti-trust law. Seems like there could be some uncertainty in how enforcement changes under Trump. May focus more on USAO.

Not that it matters all that much. Unlikely to get a FedGov job right out of law school anyways, so Trump will unlikely be president when I apply. Probably gotta do my time in Biglaw regardless of who is president.

[Smallville]

finally getting to work on my final brief for my legal writing class and it is so clear why I held off 2 weeks after getting it to start... this is torture. It doesn't help that I'm starting to get pretty tired but I know this will be the most I get done of it for a bit bc of the way I work but just wanna stop and go to bed

[Bearlyalive]

Been having 6+ hour nightly rehearsals for our Law Revue show. RIP sleep. Thank god I have nothing else this week except class.

[ugg]

Obviously not an easy job to get, but the ACLU is going to get a lot of interesting and valuable work going forward. Would be awesome to be a part of that

Going to try to get ACLU this summer. When I fail, I'll try 2L

[Slytherpuff]

Obviously not an easy job to get, but the ACLU is going to get a lot of interesting and valuable work going forward. Would be awesome to be a part of that

Going to try to get ACLU this summer. When I fail, I'll try 2L

Try applying to the Brennan Center as well!

[lymenheimer]

Law School Tuition: $60,000
Law school books: $700
PSN subscription: $30
Hours spent on Top-Law-Schools.com/forums: error
The realization that finals is less than a month away and I haven't actually used any of the information on TLS to my advantage: holyfuckshootmenowhowdidigethereworkingonmyoutlinehalfdowntwoandahalftogofuckme

[ugg]

Obviously not an easy job to get, but the ACLU is going to get a lot of interesting and valuable work going forward. Would be awesome to be a part of that

Going to try to get ACLU this summer. When I fail, I'll try 2L

Try applying to the Brennan Center as well!

Do you have any other suggestions for minded 1Ls interested in gender justice/reproductive rights/civil rights in general???
I've heard CRR. There are SOO many options and it's hard to sort out which ones are actually worth pursuing.

[Slytherpuff]

Do you have any other suggestions for minded 1Ls interested in gender justice/reproductive rights/civil rights in general???
I've heard CRR. There are SOO many options and it's hard to sort out which ones are actually worth pursuing.

I'll let you know if I can think of some more! I think you should apply broadly and then once you have internship offers, talk to people who worked there previously to see how substantive the summer work actually is.

[daisrt]

Anyone using audio lectures to supplement their studying? I've found Richard Freer's Law School Legends super helpful.

[Slytherpuff]

This backfired when I posted in the 2L thread, but I just wanted to see if any 1Ls wanted to take part in TLS Secret Santa this year. The sign-up deadline is coming up soon!

[ChristineBaskets]

Is it normal that this graded memo is causing me physical pain?

[The Abyss]

Final memo submitted. That's one class down for the semester.

[alora]

Is it normal that this graded memo is causing me physical pain?

i had to take a break from working on it earlier today when i felt myself getting intensely, physically anxious lmao

[ugg]

I feel like I have no idea what I'm doing ever and that I must be fucking SOMETHING up, though it's hard to know what

[Wipfelder]

I feel like I have no idea what I'm doing ever and that I must be fucking SOMETHING up, though it's hard to know what

I've had at least ten section-mates say the same thing. Statistically speaking, at least some of them are wrong.

You are okay! You've got a plan, stick to it as best you can.

[tedler]

I feel like I have no idea what I'm doing ever and that I must be fucking SOMETHING up, though it's hard to know what

Yeah no worries this is a thing

[BirdLawExpert]

Every time I feel like I'm about to make a really good point in my final memo:

[alora]

how long are your outlines?

[evanesco]

how long are your outlines?

Mine are all about 30-40 pages. Then I have a few attack sheets.

[Smallville]

how long are your outlines?

not very long at all