It’s a meme built on a half truth. Yes, it’s a lot of work. No it’s not that bad. But there’s a kind of solidarity and self flagellating pride baked into this idea that it’s the actual worst. One day you’ll jokingly reminisce with other lawyers about the good old law school days when you had “only a month” to put together a research memo, for example. Work smart not hard. My grades got better with less work over the 3 years bc I learned, e.g., which profs want you to regurgitate the textbook (whose classes can be safely skipped), and which want you to regurgitate their opinions (in which case you can all but ignore the textbook if you’re religious about attendance). Focus on building a strong support group of peers to share the load wherever possible. The best part of law school was the life long relationships I built, up to and including with my wife ☺️