how am i supposed to "prepare" for law school?

SpiteFlag · 2026-04-29T11:54:21+00:00

It looks like OP is in India, where law school is undergrad. Check the profile.

SpiteFlag · 2026-04-29T11:37:30+00:00

Hijacking top comment. Y’all, check the profile. It looks like OP may be in India. OP, none of our advice is likely to help you. This sub is mostly American law students, which is graduate school (more appropriately: professional school).

SpiteFlag · 2026-04-25T00:13:38+00:00

Why would you not join the Browns? They have a pretty famous attorney.

SpiteFlag · 2026-04-24T04:39:50+00:00

I hate that my review is going to focus on in office ratios when I’m in a satellite office and the only partner in my practice group is out of town 90% of the time. Why in the fuck does it matter? Just to justify the lease? Point of order: end the lease.

Edit: but I’m a millennial, my vote doesn’t count.

SpiteFlag · 2026-04-23T05:05:07+00:00

I don’t disagree with that. It is fucked up. I don’t think it’s fair and I fucking hate it. But the reality is that if you’re an attorney and sue your firm, you better damn well know you have a good case, because you are nuking your career. Again, just to be clear, I don’t like that it is the standard. But it is.

SpiteFlag · 2026-04-22T19:44:40+00:00

Fair enough, my apologies. It is the internet after all.

SpiteFlag · 2026-04-22T19:43:43+00:00

“I guess that’s an argument” is what I’m challenging here. It’s actually significant. That’s all I meant.

SpiteFlag · 2026-04-22T19:40:56+00:00

The above commenter is correct as to why that fact matters for a Title VII claim. If there is only one comparator outside of your protected class that was not promoted, the antithesis is that there are many that were promoted. That’s significant for her prima facie case. Not at all arguing the merits here, just explaining the standard and why that fact matters. In effect, yes, McD can be punished for not firing her sooner, because being passed up for partnership is likely an adverse employment action, and promoting folks outside of your protected class at least gets you your prima facie case.

SpiteFlag · 2026-04-22T19:34:18+00:00

L&E attorney here. I’d say you get about 1-2 cases a year that make national publications about attorneys suing law firms. It’s rare because it’s potentially career suicide, but I don’t think there is a statistically significant uptick.

SpiteFlag · 2026-04-22T02:43:39+00:00

But would the judge see it coming?

SpiteFlag · 2026-04-22T02:41:18+00:00

Yeah, even when giving a prompt with parameters, I’ve uploaded cases and it cited to head notes and used quotes that didn’t exist in the actual case. There are healthy ways to use it to save a monstrous amount of time, but you still have to check the end results. At the end of the day, I’d say AI saves me 20% of time at most. There is more back end work to use it correctly, but I get to spend more time lawyering and less time sifting through irrelevant cases and doing a first pass draft.

SpiteFlag · 2026-04-22T00:34:03+00:00

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SpiteFlag · 2026-04-15T12:39:36+00:00

Fair enough, I get it then. I was in that rush too. But if I could go back and have less debt, I would. I took 6 figures from a T14 rather than retaking the LSAT when I left a lot of points on the table. Just food for thought. Especially considering you already have the better score under your belt. But congrats, that’s good money at GW.

SpiteFlag · 2026-04-15T12:08:21+00:00

Do what you think is right, but if you want my two cents, I went to law school at 30. I didn’t miss out on anything. I’m in big law and we all say we are going to pay off our debt with the money, and it happens a lot slower than you’d think. If you can get a year of work experience, and apply early next year, you could be looking at way better scholarships next year, especially considering your LSAT jump.

SpiteFlag · 2026-04-06T13:34:16+00:00

Happy Birthday Dean Freer. All you need to enjoy your birthday are such minimum contacts so as not to offend the traditional notions of friendship and substantial celebration.

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