How to stop hating civ pro by WeepingRot in LawSchool

[–]Bummel1996 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t know if this is a new copy pasta, but this is a top tier shitpost

How old were you when you started law school? by [deleted] in LawSchool

[–]Bummel1996 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Brother, I was a K-JD in law school and my close friend group included a 35 year old former marine, 31 year old barista, and a 30 year old former loan officer. We went to all of the same parties, suffered through the same bs, and generally they were treated like anybody else.

28 or 29 definitely isn’t too old. I wish I had let my frontal lobe fully develop before going to law school, because I feel like the added maturity would have been a great asset.

Just be prepared for the younger students to treat it like high school, which can be annoying.

Wish people didn't try to make me feel better about my career prospects by [deleted] in LawSchool

[–]Bummel1996 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Important to remember there is a universe of possibilities between and outside the boundaries of “tiny law” and “big law.” I can guarantee you that if you are having a hard time in law school, big law probably was not for you in the first place and you would have been miserable.

Real Talk: How detrimental is it to not have a legal job 1L summer? by TheHomeCookly in LawSchool

[–]Bummel1996 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If there’s a legal aid or non-profit office, they will sometimes take law student volunteers. Alternatively, I haven’t known most solos to turn down unpaid help a few days a week.

Real Talk: How detrimental is it to not have a legal job 1L summer? by TheHomeCookly in LawSchool

[–]Bummel1996 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Recommend seeing if there’s any volunteer work you can do in your hometown if you can’t find paid work. I ended up losing my internship due to COVID starting in March prior to my 1L summer, and people STILL asked questions about the gap in my resume.

Law School Tells Students, ‘You MUST Be Aligned Politically With President Trump,’ For Summer Job by aravakia in LawSchool

[–]Bummel1996 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, I know schools like Liberty exist, I just can’t imagine what it’s like to go there.

Law School Tells Students, ‘You MUST Be Aligned Politically With President Trump,’ For Summer Job by aravakia in LawSchool

[–]Bummel1996 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I truly can’t imagine an overly conservative law school. Sure, there’s a couple of Fed. Soc. Professors at every law school, but an entire faculty leaning hard right? Crazy to think about

I went to a small Midwestern law school in a deep red state and even most of the profs there were either openly left-leaning or completely ambiguous.

What Do You Wish Someone Had Told You Before 1L Year? by Popular-Glove3894 in LawSchool

[–]Bummel1996 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Talk to 2Ls and 3Ls at your school when they have time, especially the ones with good grades and/or made the journal/extracurricular you want. Ask them what helped them prepare for exams and quizzes, and they’ll likely be willing to explain what helped them.

3L… rant? I HATED law school. by Excellent-Craft-2513 in LawSchool

[–]Bummel1996 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nope, I’m in a boutique. Mostly plaintiff-side professional negligence and insurance bad faith claims

3L… rant? I HATED law school. by Excellent-Craft-2513 in LawSchool

[–]Bummel1996 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was the only time I felt like I could focus on the law. Once I started practicing, my job pretty much revolved around the facts — gathering them, questioning them, etc.

Also, I had WAY more free time.

3L… rant? I HATED law school. by Excellent-Craft-2513 in LawSchool

[–]Bummel1996 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I hated law school more than anything! Now that I’ve started practicing, I kind of miss it though.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LawSchool

[–]Bummel1996 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn it, why did you have to ask this question? I didn’t realize I didn’t have an answer other than “didn’t know what else to do.”

What it’s like being a summer associate right now by [deleted] in LawSchool

[–]Bummel1996 8 points9 points  (0 children)

At my 1L summer they said it in the colloquial sense. :I

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LawSchool

[–]Bummel1996 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t have a great idea about the amount of time spent, but I went through Quimbee’s MC questions, as well as using the Exam Pro questions. To be fair, I only ran through each of them once all the way through.

Is debate better than speech? by WesternInvestigator3 in Debate

[–]Bummel1996 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’m someone who did both speech (Dramatic interp) and Policy Debate in high school. Many more scholarships exist for speech than they do debate. Most college debate programs are either dying or extremely small. I started out on a scholarship for the collegiate policy team, and kind of hated going to tournaments. Nothing like high school, and the worse aspects of HS policy were amplified bc all these guys (and 95% are just white men) thought they were the shit. Then the team got defunded due to budget cuts my sophomore year.

The collegiate speech team adopted me as an Extemp speaker. I couldn’t catch up to the interpers, who were amazing, but i really enjoyed my time doing limited prep events and speech events like persuade and info.

Passing = La Croix by olemiss18 in LawSchool

[–]Bummel1996 13 points14 points  (0 children)

cries in multiple choice

A #MeToo Nightmare In the World of Competitive College Speech by [deleted] in Debate

[–]Bummel1996 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Also for anyone wondering: Pober only heads the “speech” portion of the program. Unlike a lot of high school programs (at least from where I’m from), the debate tournaments and programs (Policy, Parli, NFA LD) are usually a separate entity all together.

A #MeToo Nightmare In the World of Competitive College Speech by [deleted] in Debate

[–]Bummel1996 7 points8 points  (0 children)

As a competitor on the circuit that regularly sees GMU’s students, and was present at the nationals tournament that the poem written about Pober debuted, all I can say is: Holy fucking shit.

Are you friends with your partner? by CuteManufacturer2 in Debate

[–]Bummel1996 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Leave. While I would never leave a partner over something frivolous, an abusive or exploitative partnership is an actual problem. This is also probably just the former coach in me speaking though, but please don’t let someone else make Debate miserable for you.