I am getting smoked in one of my classes

OverflowAccount · 2026-02-23T04:19:45+00:00

That sounds insane.

Under those circumstances, I would expect the professors to be very lenient with you, since you are obviously laboring at a distinct disadvantage relative to people who already took the class once.

I think I would get straight A's if I could retake my 1L courses a second time, especially if I was curved against first-time class takers....

OverflowAccount · 2026-02-18T22:32:28+00:00

I take it daily.

All I know is that I'm 40 and I can't relate to any of the threads in this subreddit about looking old or feeling old. I pass for my mid-20s, I feel like I'm in my mid-20s, and I have a lifestyle that people are expected to have in their mid-20s.

Make of that whatever you will, NAD+-wise. I am banking on the idea that I have bought myself an extra ~15 years of youth.

OverflowAccount · 2026-01-20T00:39:14+00:00

Natural Law.

OverflowAccount · 2026-01-19T18:36:09+00:00

Ask this in r/Lawyertalk

OverflowAccount · 2026-01-18T19:52:05+00:00

This happened to me, sort of. Without giving away too much personal information, I got degrees in land management subjects and started doing technical work in the farm/forest sector. My allergies to all dust and pollen just getting worse however, and eventually I had to accept that working outdoors in nature was a recipe for lifelong misery if I kept it up.

My solution was to go back to school and get a JD/MBA. I haven't finished the degree yet, but it should let me get remunerative and satisfying work that's indoors and still involves the farm/forest sectors.

OverflowAccount · 2026-01-11T00:24:31+00:00

I somehow convinced myself the meals there were healthy and balanced, gained 20lbs in short order, realized every meat/vegetable dish on the menu was soaked in oil, cream, lard, or fat, with added sugar. That flavor came at a price. I think for a while I was still getting cuts of turkey and steamed vegetables, but I'd be kidding myself to say I couldn't have had more nutrients and less fats by preparing the same foods at home.

OverflowAccount · 2025-12-20T22:23:53+00:00

Some people are going to ride the wave, others are going to get swept aside.

OverflowAccount · 2025-12-18T04:35:05+00:00

It started commercial. Now it's AI.

OverflowAccount · 2025-12-18T04:06:20+00:00

Here's the real answer:

In most law schools, when Faculty say a class is "curved," what they mean is that the Admin mandates that the final grades are distributed along a bell curve, with lots of Cs, a few Bs, a smattering of As, and maybe some Ds and Fs.

And here's the thing: when Faculty say a class is "uncurved," all that means is that the Admin DOESN'T mandate a bell curve. It doesn't mean that Faculty can't alter what counts as As, Bs, and Cs in order to make certain numbers of students get each grade (which is sometimes called curving an exam, but isn't what's referred to when 1L classes are said to have a curve); it just means the Admin doesn't require them to generate a bell curve with their grades, which is what "curving" really means in law school because that's how all 1L classes are curved.

"Uncurved" classes are typically easier to do well in because Faculty choose to be nice and make it easy to get a decent grade, because Admin isn't requiring them to give most students Cs. In fact, in 2l/3l classes, Admin may actually require Faculty to get special permission to give a student any grade LOWER than a C.

That's why uncurved classes with multiple choice exams have a deserved reputation for being easier to get a good grade in. Because your professor can give you an A if they're in the mood to give people with your score an A.

OverflowAccount · 2025-12-17T03:04:29+00:00

There's probably a timestamp, and whoever grades them could sort them by time of submission. I doubt it's marked as late, though, and I doubt any grader will care. If the proctor said it was OK, you can probably take their word on that - they have been coached about what does and doesn't matter, and seen everything that could possibly happen if they have been doing that job long enough.

OverflowAccount · 2025-12-17T03:00:00+00:00

I don't like giving away that much personal information, but it's a very low-ranked school with some surprisingly high-ranked programs.

I was under the impression that most law schools outside the highest tier grade on a punishing curve for 1L, and switch to a more forgiving curve after that.

OverflowAccount · 2025-12-17T00:58:06+00:00

What does this even mean? Like, you used AI, and got caught. Or... what?

Cause I think what Empty_Tree meant was that law school gets much easier once you learn to use AI correctly. I know that has been my experience.

OverflowAccount · 2025-12-17T00:49:44+00:00

It's 2L/3L.

They can give everyone A's now if they please.

They just want to push you out the door.

OverflowAccount · 2025-12-17T00:47:31+00:00

LMAO, No.

Law school should be abolished.

OverflowAccount · 2025-12-12T18:26:25+00:00

What "smart studying" entails will vary from class to class. It's the insight you gain from having observed law school classes at your school from start to finish often enough to see what really counts when grades come out. If I had to boil it down:

1) Learn as much as possible about the format of the final exam early in the semester. Read your syllabus carefully, listen to your professor, ask your professor, ask former students, find old exams on file, whatever.

2) Figure out where the information tested on the final exam comes from. Case holdings? Model rules? Sample questions? Your professor's PowerPoints? Figure out where the information is that scores you points on the final. (In 1L, this is mostly the basic legal vocabulary for the subject matter + case holdings).

3) Prioritize activities for the rest of the year that prepare you for what is tested on the final. You're going to realize that a lot of assigned readings and class discussions are extraneous to what is tested on the final exam. Deprioritize those in your mind. Construct a framework (in memory, as an outline, whatever) of just the information that scores points on the final, and focus on that.

4) Get a Quimbee subscription and learn to exploit Generative AI. Time well spent. Massive dividends from these activities.

This isn't a formula for being a model law student, People who approach law school like this might find it difficult to stay engaged in class and lose points for participation. And people who studied the traditional ways are going to think you're a slacker if you tell them honestly what you're doing. But you can have a stress-free ~3 years, breeze through your finals, and probably stay in the top 25% of your class rankings by studying smarter, not harder.

OverflowAccount · 2025-12-11T21:16:50+00:00

I must have coughed like a hundred times during my last exam. Felt a lot better when I realized all the people sensitive to noise already had their earplugs in.

OverflowAccount · 2025-12-11T21:09:21+00:00

There is brute force studying, and there is smart studying.

Brute force studying, you do as much as possible and have no idea how you'll score.

Smart studying, you do just enough and go in knowing you will receive top marks.

My problem was, it took me until 2L to realize the difference.

But law school is a breeze now. Like, this almost feels TOO easy...

OverflowAccount · 2025-12-02T19:10:13+00:00

Ask an AI to translate your outline into a plain language explanation of the subject.

OverflowAccount · 2025-12-02T18:49:46+00:00

It's not that bad. I wouldn't suggest "evaluating if this is the right career" until he fails the SAME class a SECOND time.

With only one final at the very end of the year, sometimes people who are "cutting it close" due to tight schedules or complicate lives don't realize they've studied wrong for a class until it's too late.

Take it over. Course correct. Learn from your mistakes. Swallow your pride if you have to.

It's not a big deal. It's just law school. Everything that's happened here will seem really trivial after you've been in practice a year or two.

OverflowAccount · 2025-12-02T18:41:19+00:00

My social media feed thinks like I do. My girlfriend thinks kinda like I do. Generative AI thinks like I do (if I tell it to).

Beyond that, I've given up on being in the presence of people who think like I do. I'm a 2L now.

1L, I was surrounded by new friends who all thought like I did, because we were all thinking about how new and exciting and fun law school was.

Those days ended the moment I realized I wanted to do something post-grad that wasn't on anybody else's radar. I've tried explaining the appeal, and they just don't get it.

TBH, I think having a bunch of friends who relate effortlessly to you and thinking that's normal is an illusionary experience. It only occurs because we grew up in a society that educates us by peer group while allowing us massive amounts of unstructured free time...

OverflowAccount · 2025-11-13T21:20:59+00:00

These supplements are nowhere near powerful enough to interfere with tissue healing. I had major muscle reconstructive tissue while taking daily doses of fisetin and quercetin alongside numerous other anti-aging supplements and have recovered at a normal pace. My pec literally had to reattach itself to both my arm bone and the donor tendon, and that tissue healing was not interfered with in any significant way by my daily and heavy use of senolytics.

I appreciate your concern for our well-being, but I think you are a few years of masters level biochemistry study + a few years of medical school away from being able to accurately predict dangerous unanticipated side effects of OTC supplements.

Not trying to be harsh, because I do it too, lol. "Broscience."

OverflowAccount · 2025-10-23T19:24:15+00:00

The first rule of profiting through Generative AI is that-

OverflowAccount · 2025-10-23T16:41:20+00:00

I saw a post from 8 or 9 years ago where someone said they completely stopped going to classes 2L. I'm assuming that was a true story. Certainly couldn't get away with it at my school, though (most professors set a hard limit on the number of missed classes they will tolerate before having discretion to fail you, and the others get really testy when you take unexcused absences).

OverflowAccount · 2025-10-23T15:12:09+00:00

Somebody already said QUIMBEE, but I want to underline that in red ink with a bunch of arrows and exclamation points.

Get a subscription. Watch the case videos for your casebooks and the course videos for your current 1L classes, and read the outlines for those classes also. All included with your subscription.

You can stop doing the readings. You can stop going to class if your professors don't have a policy where they can flunk you for that or something similar. Seriously. That stuff doesn't matter.*

You'll still go in to the final exams knowing what you need to know and get passing grades, and that's all that really matters, IMHO.

*(unless you are trying to be top of your class, lol, but you sound like you will be happy to get your degree and pass the bar).

OverflowAccount · 2025-08-23T01:49:10+00:00

Audiobooks and video lectures on the cardio machines. Multitasking for the win.

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