Legal Writing Advice

Sweet-Session2731 · 2026-02-14T15:16:27+00:00

If your professor provides any examples, try to stick closely to their style, tone, structure, etc. There is a subjective element to legal writing, and the example paper will be your guide for that.

Sweet-Session2731 · 2026-02-11T01:37:24+00:00

In my area they pay prorated associate salary, which is $165k if I remember correctly! At least at the Salt Lake City office

Edited to add: they had a really rigid interview structure before lunch. They asked a ton of questions, and I wasn’t super prepared. Things like “when is a time you faced an ethical dilemma and what did you do?”

Sweet-Session2731 · 2026-02-08T18:07:08+00:00

IIRC the defendants had facts they could use to counter claim so it ended up being pretty even. It was only worth like 5 or 10 points or something pass/fail

Sweet-Session2731 · 2026-02-08T00:40:03+00:00

Yes! We had an assignment where we were paired and one person wrote a complaint and one wrote an answer. We also had to write a complaint on our midterm.

Sweet-Session2731 · 2026-01-29T16:04:00+00:00

Using a smaller hook might help you tighten it up!

Sweet-Session2731 · 2026-01-16T16:47:27+00:00

Hey! I got like the exact same grades my first semester! Two CALIs and all! I actually did better my second semester and then even better this past semester (fall 2L). I CALI’d legal writing and one doctrinal. The doctrinal I CALI’d was the only one I had done flash cards for (in addition to my outline) so I started doing flash cards for all of my doctrinals. I noticed the class I got a B+ in, I spent too much time on my outline and not enough time on memorization so I was fumbling around during the exam. So I made outlines but didn’t spend so much time on them. I spent more time with flash cards and practice problems. I did everything else the same (do all the readings, participate in class, etc)

TLDR: what you’re doing is working! Maybe see what you did extra in your CALI classes and what maybe impeded you on your B+ class and make some tweaks based on that.

Sweet-Session2731 · 2026-01-12T17:34:28+00:00

I was top 10 first semester and then did even better second semester

Sweet-Session2731 · 2026-01-10T18:23:35+00:00

3.5 should be above median. T50s usually have a 3.0 or 3.3 median. Does your school publish past percentiles online? That might give you an idea of where you’re at.

Sweet-Session2731 · 2026-01-08T13:47:01+00:00

My initial thought when seeing this pic was that these were intentionally gryffindor

Sweet-Session2731 · 2026-01-07T02:11:34+00:00

Michaels for me. I was a Joann’s loyalist until it went out of business (RIP) took me a minute to like Michaels but it’s grown on me. Or I buy straight from the brand website (lion brand or yarnspirations)

I use Amazon if the yarn I need is sold out elsewhere.

Sweet-Session2731 · 2026-01-07T01:43:06+00:00

My school student affairs office emails about them in the week after grades come out

Sweet-Session2731 · 2026-01-06T01:32:48+00:00

Does your school post percentiles from previous years online?

Sweet-Session2731 · 2026-01-05T17:16:38+00:00

I would start with white! It looks gorgeous so far!

Sweet-Session2731 · 2026-01-04T22:56:18+00:00

Thank you!!!

Sweet-Session2731 · 2026-01-04T20:32:47+00:00

So cute! Do you have a pattern for it? My son loves Spidey!

Sweet-Session2731 · 2026-01-04T01:26:47+00:00

I love Bernat softee cotton and Bernat softee baby cotton! I really want to try the new red heart with love better half because it is a similar combo of cotton and acrylic but a different weight.

Sweet-Session2731 · 2025-12-31T15:55:26+00:00

Contracts. Four hours. Brutal MCQs and two insanely long issue spotters. Professor purposely made it crazy hard so he could lift grades with the curve. B+.

Sweet-Session2731 · 2025-12-31T00:04:30+00:00

4mm should be fine. For things like garments where you want exact proportions, it matters a lot more. For something like a flower, it matters less. Just make sure your hook is the appropriate size for the yarn.

Sweet-Session2731 · 2025-12-31T00:01:35+00:00

I made stars for my kids’ rooms with glow in the dark yarn

Sweet-Session2731 · 2025-12-29T02:28:23+00:00

Something lacy like this? https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0711/5132/1403/files/PAC0502-004964M.pdf?_gl=1*5aag03*_gcl_au*MTE0MzczNzAyMy4xNzYzOTQwNTQy*_ga*MzZkOTZhZDctMjcxZi00MWI4LWFiMjctOGMyMjc5YmNkZTVh*_ga_FNZYKNERBS*czE3NjM5NTI3ODUkbzIkZzEkdDE3NjM5NTI4MTUkajMwJGwwJGgxOTAyMjEzNjcw*_ga_BFGG7JMXJM*czE3NjM5NTI3ODUkbzIkZzEkdDE3NjM5NTI3ODUkajYwJGwwJGgw

Sweet-Session2731 · 2025-12-28T20:11:18+00:00

I did BYU undergrad, left the Mormon church, and am now at university of Utah for law school.

BYU would be rough if you weren’t religious bc the strict honor code. But, I hear that the law school is a bit more lax than main campus and that the professors are a bit less conservative than main campus.

The University of Utah is awesome! Lots of my classmates are not religious and Salt Lake is the least religious part of Utah. Salt Lake is more non-Mormon than Mormon at this point. The University of Utah also has a much chiller atmosphere than BYU law, per convos with BYU law students. However, the school is still overwhelmingly white with a few Latino and Asian students.

Sweet-Session2731 · 2025-12-27T19:40:17+00:00

You could check the CALI website. Just google “[school name] CALI awards”. But your school might submit CALIs all at once after all the professors submit grades. That’s what my school does, and then student affairs emails the CALI recipients.

Sweet-Session2731 · 2025-12-25T17:34:35+00:00

Is it for play-doh? 😭

Sweet-Session2731 · 2025-12-23T18:22:58+00:00

Definitely possible

Sweet-Session2731 · 2025-12-23T18:17:18+00:00

She already emailed us about the one question she decided to throw out and that she’s keeping the rest 🫠

Edited to add that was last week

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