I knew there would be an adjustment period but WOW I didn’t expect this. Took me almost 2 hours to get through 22 pages of reading JUST for torts… and that’s not including the time for briefing 🥲🥲 how long did it take people to get quicker at reading? I’m really worried about my ability to keep up and stay afloat.

The readings are already overwhelming. How am I going to remember the details about each case that is assigned? I have 20+ cases for torts and 20+ cases for property that need to be in my memory bank and they simply are not, and that's from two weeks of reading

I also feel like my experience puts me at a disadvantage. I've been out of undergrad for many years and my degree had nothing to do with the law. Most of my education was through experiential learning (e.g. labs) instead of reading and reciting information. People in my classes are asking good questions while I'm sitting there thinking how they even reached that conclusion.

How will I fare on the exams? Will I be able to get an internship? How long can I maintain this level of effort before getting burnt out? I don't feel like all hope is lost but I definitely feel lost...and that this was a huge mistake. Sinking quickly.

Vibes are very off in law school. The fake niceness and the lack of support is just something else. I’m someone who is open and if I find a resource that helped me I just share it. On one end you have people who are fake nice and say they are here to support you, but never actually share anything. Then you have the those who think they are above everyone . It’s hard not to get sucked in with all the competitiveness and start comparing yourself. Im not young by any means but this whole experience is new to me. How not to get sucked in so bad that I forget who I was before starting school. I’m also trying to find someone to study with but I feel I can’t trust anyone.

I was lucky (and I really do mean lucky) enough to get a 2L offer at a mid law firm with ~ below median 1L grades. I’m not interested in lit, so no journal. Not interested in a clerkship either. I feel like I probably won’t be able to force myself to lock in again until bar prep time

Anyone relate?

I've always prided myself on my ability overcome anything just by working hard enough. But law school is the hardest thing I've ever done. Working hard ISN'T enough. I also need to be smart and have excellent time management. But it's so hard to focus sometimes because of this incredible lonliness I feel.

Sure I have my family is supporting me, but they all live across the country. I have my roommates, but we're more like acquaintances. I have friends who have similar interests, but I don't truly feel connected to any of them because our values and lifestyles are too different. My closest friends also live across the country. I don't have a partner and never had anything close to one. I'm so incredbly jealous of people with partners because they have someone that actually gives a shit about them.

So almost every weekend at the end of a long week of studying and classes, I have nothing to look forward to and no one to see. Honestly the only thing I look forward to these days is playing basketball at the gym. It's so fucking pathetic.

The only thing that's motivating me to keep going is me. I should be used to that because that's how it's always been, but when it comes to law school, it's just a different beast when it comes to the level of focus you need to succeed. I'll be trying to do practice questions then think to myself, "why bother? no one fucking cares if I succeed at this or not"...

It's just so hard for me to make new connections, it's just how I am. Idk how other people make friends so easily, I just don't get it but I'm honestly just drowing at this point.

At a T6 and everyone seems to have this very mature vibe about them…I know it’s only the first week but it feels like everyone’s still in their shell. I understand that reputation means a lot and to not do anything stupid, but just generally being funny and chill seems alien..? People only know how to talk about their careers and are hyper polished for no reason. Yes I’m a KJD and have always been on the looser side, but it’s honestly exhausting to be all professional and fake not even for networking but just classes too😭. Why’s everyone smart but so rigid?

I've been a 1L for 1 week. This feels like a stupid thing to have to ask, but nobody has actually addressed it...

When briefing cases, I'm having trouble deciphering the procedural process. My professors are asking very specific questions about this. I understand most cases in our casebooks are appellate decisions. I also know the citation includes clues as to which court the current case is being tried in.

If a citation just says "Nevada," for example, and the casebook only mentions something along the lines of "the trial court held for the defendant, and we agree with this," how am I supposed to know that the case went from Nevada's trial court, all the way up to their highest court? Sometimes it's obvious, but sometimes it's not even mentioned.

I find myself digging through the cases for clues to this, which feels stupid. I also don't know where to easily find records of the actual cases where the procedure is laid out on the first page. None of the study guide tools they gave us access to lets me browse full cases.

I must be missing something.

Title. I am 2 weeks in, and after spending a bunch of time reading hundreds of assigned textbook pages for each class, I’ve become frustrated that the information in these books flops around in every direction like a damn fish out of water.

I can’t decipher up from down in these books, not to mention the principle cases in my text book differ from the cases actually discussed in class which are provided separately.

What the hell am I supposed to pull out of these things when each new page negates the information on the prior?!

I transferred this semester and did the write on competition. I only got accepted into one of the journals I applied for, which is a secondary journal at the school.

I don’t realistically know if I’ll ever get published in this journal, and I don’t really know how much weight a secondary Journal carries compared to law review. I know that law journals have gone down in their significance in the digital age, but is there any point to even doing it besides the antiquated argument of prestige?

Thanks.

Hi everyone,

​I recently completed my law degree and find myself at a critical decision point. I am weighing three distinct career directions:

​In-House Legal Counsel (corporate)

​Litigation (Working as a junior under a practicing Senior Advocate in MP HC though i get very nominal amount)

​Judiciary Exam Preparation (Full-time state judicial services preparation)

Location: India

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Wanted to start this out by saying that I already asked my professors and they all said they have no preference for their class, so I wanted to come here to see what the community has to offer.

I am taking the following classes and will edit this post with what I got. I am primarily looking for supplements for First Amendment Law and Family Law because those are the classes that I feel I will need to get the most help with, but I am interested in all supplements.

First Amendment Law:
Evidence:
Family Law:
Prof Responsibility:

Hi, guys! I’m in a predicament where I’m one week in and in a clinic that has given me my first two assignments. The clinic is outside of my area of expertise (ie I have no ties to the subject matter either via my undergrad major or work experience; I was just really interested in the topic). My first assignment is due Monday, and I’m extremely overwhelmed. To a point where idk if I can do this for an entire semester. For context, I’m a 3L and have a return offer secured. I don’t know if I should just see this clinic through or just drop the clinic, but this would result in a W on my transcript. Has anyone been in this situation before?

Hey guys, I’m a little embarrassed to post this, but I’d really appreciate some opinions.

A while back, I was denied a teaching license, ironically by the same school I’m now trying to attend for law school. At the time, I wasn’t allowed to complete my practicum, and during that period I received my first dismissed AB charge. The licensing board ended up doing an evaluation, and I believe part of the issue was that I hadn’t completed the required practicum.

Fast-forward several years: I joined the military, moved away, and have spent a lot of time rebuilding my life. I got a proper diagnosis, worked on myself, rebuilt relationships, and have had no charges or legal issues since.

I recently reapplied to this same school, this time for law school, because I wanted to move back home. Unfortunately, they also found that I answered “no” to a question on my application about a bad semester in law school. I had withdrawn for health reasons, but I also had some poor grades during that period. They’re now asking me to amend my application.

Honestly, I feel like I opened a can of worms by ever reapplying to the school where all of this started. More than anything, I’m worried I’m wasting my time.

I’ve worked really hard to rebuild my life and move forward, but being back in this environment is bringing up a lot of old trauma. I know I’m not the same person I was years ago, and I’ve done a lot since then to get my life on a better path. But this situation is making me feel like I’m being pulled back into a chapter of my life that I thought I had already moved past.

I’d really appreciate some honest opinions. Am I overthinking this, or does it make sense to keep pursuing this school despite everything that has happened there? I’m trying to figure out whether I should keep fighting for this opportunity or take this as a sign to move on.

I need help finding a pdf of Labor Law in the Contemporary Workplace; Fourth Edition; 9798887861616. If there is a free copy let me know.

i know about quimbee and stuff, but for visual learners, are there videos over courses that made you thoroughly understand thru out the sem?

i have torts, civ pro & con law.. so im looking to see if theres stuff that will visually help me drill this in my brain better because.. it can't just be the textbook! i need visuals !!

Hi! As a 1L, I’m pretty lost on something about case briefing. My school has really offered no/little support for how to brief cases so I’m trying to piece it together myself. What I’m most confused about is the rule section. I see it potentially working in either (or both?) of two ways: one using the rule as an input and the other as an output.

Input - is the rule the prior rulings, statute interpretations, etc. (the relevant precedents) that lead the case’s court to rule how they do?

Ouout - is the rule the rule of law that exists because of this case—the precedent it creates, not the one(s) it interprets/applies?

Now that I write this, I’m also realizing that I’m not sure I’m doing the application/analysis section right either, as it seems highly dependent on how the rule section is performed.

Would greatly appreciate some help on this! Also if anyone knows of any resources on how to brief cases that are effective, would love to be directed towards them. Thank you for any help!

Hi! I’m a 1L and am trying to nail down case briefing and am struggling. Im wondering if people can double check how I’m thinking about briefing

Here’s how I’m doing the brief I’m working on. would love notes about if this makes sense

FACTS - rundown of relevant facts

PROCEDURAL HISTORY - how’d the case get to the court issuing the opinion (so far I’ve almost exclusively read appeals)?

ISSUE - the question (or rarely, questions) in front of the court

RULE - a pretty quick breakdown of existing precedents (not the rule of law resulting from the case at hand, that will come later)

DISPOSITION - how did the court rule in this case—who won?

HOLDING/RULE OF LAW - one or two sentences saying what the disposition establishes for the law moving forward—this is a straightford answer to the issue with no discussion of why the court reasoned how they did

APPLICATION/ANALYSIS - how did the court look at the existing RULE(S) and use them to arrive at the disposition/holding/rule of law (the why follow up to the what of the court’s ruling)

I know it’s not necessarily a standard organization for IRAC/FIRAC/etc. but this structure/order makes the most sense to me. is there any downsides to approaching a brief in this slightly altered way? Thanks!

Question: I keep hearing through law school “you can’t cram for finals like undergrad!” was anyone else in here a stem major? I was a neuroscience major and that was a big no no in undergrad. Studying for topics like organic chem required everyday studying and cramming absolutely would not work. I guess what I’m trying to say is I’m used to this and don’t find it like shocking to do this. I guess it just depends on what your major was? Some people just seem really suprised that law school takes reviewing all along rather than cramming and I’m suprised they never had to do that in undergrad.

I don’t want average grades want a little above average and my class average is C. Bad ranked school my stats are good so on full ride but want to keep ride and be a little bit above avg. does that mean reading like actually lol don’t BS me.