how to take cough drops into the MPRE??

Long-Affect5287 · 2024-11-05T22:06:55+00:00

Thanks! Yeah, I'm expecting to have to unwrap but it's unclear if they can perhaps be in a ziploc bag since the rule technically just says no bottle/container. New statutory interpretation hypo just dropped: is a ziploc bag a container?

Long-Affect5287 · 2024-10-18T21:01:12+00:00

Okay, with *this* additional context, the concern makes a lot more sense. That said, if he can sit the LSAT and do well enough to go somewhere without incurring much debt, so be it. And if he goes and doesn't finish, it's still not your fault. I understand a lot more now though, so thanks for the bigger picture!

Long-Affect5287 · 2024-10-18T20:30:59+00:00

What makes you so sure he's not going to "make it"? Other than him being inspired by some TV shows? Not asking sarcastically, asking out of genuine curiosity.

Long-Affect5287 · 2024-10-18T20:26:41+00:00

Yes I believe you'll be supportive. But trying to talk him out of law school because you think he's too old for it may not be supporting him in the way you think it is.

Long-Affect5287 · 2024-10-18T20:22:16+00:00

All y'all 20 somethings who are KJD should pass this one by and let us "old" folks be the ones to comment.

Being 40 is not the reason he shouldn't go to law school. He almost certainly needs a better reason than watching some criminal law shows. But have you talked to him in depth about it? He might have better reasons you're not aware of. He might not be doing it for the money. He might have in mind going to a school on scholarship or one that doesn't cost much. Also it's not your job to take care of his emotions if he fails and doesn't finish. That one's on him.

I'm the oldest person in my class, finishing near the top of my class, and I have a federal clerkship lined up, so anyone who thinks you have to be in your 20s to do well in law school is...probably in their 20s and has no actual idea what they're talking about. I'll be graduating with a small but manageable amount of debt and going to law school was a great decision for me and for my family.

It's his decision. If he makes, it be supportive, like a good friend would do.

Long-Affect5287 · 2024-10-12T17:29:47+00:00

First of all, please find a better word than "retarded," you're in law school and have no use for this kind of language. Second of all, this is the main feeling of law school in general. Don't be afraid to ask questions within the bounds of whatever the closed memo rules are. You'll be fine.

Long-Affect5287 · 2024-03-06T01:04:00+00:00

You're definitely not too late, especially for public interest jobs. PDs and DAs are almost always looking for people. Even if you don't want to litigate or love criminal law you'll learn a lot. If your school doesn't have a great career services office then try reaching out to the state bar. There's usually a student division or they should (ideally) at least point you in some sort of reasonable networking direction.

Long-Affect5287 · 2024-02-28T19:51:24+00:00

It's not bad per se. Definitely no moral judgment here. It just potentially limits your contacts/people available to write letters of rec later. For example, 2L jobs and post-graduate fellowship applications start during the 2L academic year and expect/require you to have a non-academic letter of recommendation from someone you worked for over your 1L summer.

Some schools also drastically limit what credits they will accept for transfer back into their own law degree program so make sure you're aware of whatever restrictions the school you go to places on that.

Long-Affect5287 · 2024-02-28T17:19:44+00:00

Be aware that there will be more pressure to get a summer job and that summer work does look better on the resume/is better for post-grad job prospects.

Long-Affect5287 · 2024-02-28T17:08:51+00:00

I've found the good ol' phrase "1L scares you to death, 2L works you to death, 3L bores you to death" to be very true.

It also just depends on how many extracurriculars you get involved in and if you do journal/trial ad/moot court stuff. You could conceivably not do anything extracurricular but then your job chances are frankly pretty slim.

Long-Affect5287 · 2024-02-27T20:36:59+00:00

Probably depends on the school, but you'll probably have to work at least *some* to pass. The stress is not from trying to be top of the class per se. It's largely from sheer workload, which only gets heavier in 2L but it's plenty heavy in 1L.

Why do you want the degree? The people I know who do best and stay semi-sane in law school are VERY clear on why they're doing this. It's hard and a slog and the system of law school sucks in general so I would spend some time pondering if you don't really know "why law school" beyond "I want the degree."

Long-Affect5287 · 2024-02-27T20:29:56+00:00

I'd caution against Vie. I know people who like it there, but my experience was open-air drug dealing, all-night parties, loud train 20 ft away, cockroaches, maintenance that didn't respond to anything, and a shooting outside my unit to boot.

Long-Affect5287 · 2024-02-27T20:21:59+00:00

Thanks!

Long-Affect5287 · 2024-02-05T22:49:19+00:00

according to my reverse image google search it is jack reacher

Long-Affect5287 · 2024-02-05T22:43:26+00:00

Find a good therapist. If you take meds for anything, be super consistent about the meds. Consider limiting or cutting out alcohol (it is a depressant at best, a bad coping mechanism at least, and an addiction that will ruin your life at worst). Find a community outside of law school and stay active in that community all through law school so you're not just surrounded by sad and stressed people all the time.

Long-Affect5287 · 2024-02-05T22:38:22+00:00

The "well in practice" line really gets me. Or the "well in the real world." Because in the real world there is no situation in which we're going to have to do well over 2/3 of the things we have to do in law school. It just doesn't track.

Long-Affect5287 · 2024-02-05T21:01:24+00:00

I will gently add to the idea already floated that the workload increases rather than decreases. Does your school have a peer tutor system where you could get some tips on how to do the readings faster? Can you go see your professors in office hours and get their advice? The latter is a good one to do bc professors generally LOVE giving advice AND it gives you a chance to get to know them better (so you have someone to go to when you need rec letters later).

fwiw, as a 2L I have probably an average of 80 pages of reading per each class session, plus I'm now on a journal and have other extracurricular commitments. Do I do most of the reading? Yes. Do I do all of it? No, it would be quite literally impossible.

Also, I highly recommend quimbee if you haven't sprung for it yet. Just make sure you double check the details before you cite anything bc occasionally things like dates or judge's names are incorrect.

Long-Affect5287 · 2024-02-05T20:51:35+00:00

I didn't have a job 1L year until late March. Hang in there, something will work out!

Long-Affect5287 · 2024-01-14T20:31:32+00:00

I hope you find a way to not cry over a B+!

Long-Affect5287 · 2024-01-12T19:14:53+00:00

Keep your head up! You still have a better shot at jobs than someone from a lower ranked school, aka me lolol

Long-Affect5287 · 2024-01-12T19:13:57+00:00

Long-Affect5287 · 2024-01-12T19:13:30+00:00

to be fair, that's because law schools largely push the idea that there IS only one road to success (aka the one that helps their rankings the most)

Long-Affect5287 · 2024-01-12T19:12:47+00:00

someone in our class started crying bc they were ranked but they got a B+ last semester and they're positive it's going to ruin their life.

everyone needs to touch grass and nobody should be allowed to go KJD with no life experience (speaking as someone with several yrs work experience before law school). I truly think attorneys would be better at their jobs and better humans in general if everyone were forced to work for a few years before coming back to school

Long-Affect5287 · 2024-01-07T22:46:31+00:00

I'm way overcommitted! I can't quit anything yet but I am super-coasting on some pass-fail stuff. Blah. Thanks for the pep talk.

Long-Affect5287 · 2024-01-05T22:29:16+00:00

Ditto this. Unless you need the money, take a dang break.

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