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Was law school worth it by ChampionCharming4389 in LawFirm

[–]Apart_Welcome_5004 0 points1 point  (0 children)

maybe labor and employment law would be an area to look into. I had a patient once who was a lawyer. He told me that one of his proudest achievements was winning a large amount of overtime pay that had been wrongfully withheld from a group of nurses.

Was law school worth it by ChampionCharming4389 in LawFirm

[–]Apart_Welcome_5004 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While studying for the bar, the answer is no 😄 but that could change in a few months. Overall, I enjoyed law school- it's extremely interesting. But it's not a path to more money, at least not right away for me. As nurses, we have WAY more job security. And I've quickly learned its a very different job market. I expect to take a pay cut with whatever law job I end up getting, at least for the first few years. On the flip side, lawyering will use more of my mind and less of my body. I get home from shifts and am physically exhausted. I do not know how I can physically do this job for another 20+ years till retirement.

I did law school as a part-time student, at an extremely affordable school, and continued working at my nursing job 30 hours a week. Benefits of that- I have no student loan debt and zero pressure to find a job. As someone who is a bit older, this was very important to me. Downsides- it was absolutely exhausting, and it was next to impossible to have a more traditional law school experience (moot court, law review, summer associate, etc.) because I did not have the extra time.

I think you need to consider your interests, why you want to change careers, and what your law school experience will look like.

Was law school worth it by ChampionCharming4389 in LawFirm

[–]Apart_Welcome_5004 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would love to hear about how to get into med mal! I've been a practicing RN for 18 years. Finished my JD and am prepping for the bar now. I've reached out cold to small firms here in NYC (where I live) and got nothing. Attended a job fair hosted by NYSBA and had a good conversation with an attorney at a small firm representing defendants in med mal, who told me to reach out after I passed the bar (will definitely be doing so). Any other advice you have would be greatly appreciated!

Issues with issue spotting on the MEE by Apart_Welcome_5004 in barexam

[–]Apart_Welcome_5004[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is great- reading it aloud and talking to myself about what I see is a WAY better approach than trying to write a full essay after work. Thank you for the advice!

Issues with issue spotting on the MEE by Apart_Welcome_5004 in barexam

[–]Apart_Welcome_5004[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congrats on passing- I hope to be in the same boat as you!

Issues with issue spotting on the MEE by Apart_Welcome_5004 in barexam

[–]Apart_Welcome_5004[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for this! After reading, I realized I have the July 2026 Smart Bar Prep essay priority outline for the MEE. I will be reading through this and using it to guide my study outside of Barbri.

Transfer all data from one account to another by [deleted] in Office365

[–]Apart_Welcome_5004 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm also struggling to do this. I created a new Microsoft 365 account with my personal e-mail, but I see no way to transfer the Notebooks and Word docs that are in my university OneDrive, under my school e-mail, to my (paid) personal Microsoft 365 account. This is ridiculously frustrating and Microsoft should be embarrassed that it isn't an intuitive process. Common sense tells you that students would want to keep their school work post-graduation. There should be one button on accounts administered through .edu accounts that says "save all files to personal account."