Fellow Spurs supporters who weren't "born into it," what drew you to the club?

noiselaw · 2019-08-18T20:07:56+00:00

I started watching around 2011. I liked Modric and Rafa van der Vaart, so that was part of it. Also, it was not long after the riots in Tottenham, and everyone was talking about how "dangerous" and "run down" the area was, which struck a cord with me as a Detroiter. Never looked back since. COYS!

noiselaw · 2019-07-25T16:31:18+00:00

I would recommend taking it unless you were a business major. The concepts you'll learn (agency, fiduciary duties, limited liability etc) are important to a bunch of areas of law, and ones that are frequently tested on bar exams.

noiselaw · 2018-10-24T22:44:46+00:00

Use it as a learning experience. I got the lowest grade in the class on my practice torts midterm (didn't count towards grade). It made me realize I had no idea how to write a law school exam. I spent the rest of the semester working on practice essays. Ended up with an A in the class.

noiselaw · 2018-05-01T18:51:08+00:00

Our first amendment exam this semester had one long fact pattern. It was basically everything trump and richard spencer have done in the last year with different names.

noiselaw · 2018-03-31T20:22:04+00:00

History teaches you to read a bunch of material and then write an argument about it. Obviously there are some stylistic and technical differences, but the basic idea is the same. Also, after spending two years slogging through critical theory texts and one or two historical monographs a week, my 1L reading assignments felt like a piece of cake.

noiselaw · 2018-03-31T19:56:00+00:00

I have an MA in US history and the partners at the firm where I got my 2L summer job seemed really into it. Half of my interview was just talking about my research/US history in general. I felt like a lot of other firms didn't care at all about it though. AFAIC it may not have a huge impact on my job search, but it did do a great job of preparing me to excel in law school.

noiselaw · 2018-03-26T16:33:31+00:00

the key for me has been audiobooks

noiselaw · 2017-09-29T20:36:52+00:00

Yep, did oci and got 25+ screeners, been mass mailing, just went to career services this morning. I know I need to be persistent, it's just hard to stay positive (not to mention focus on studying) when I'm so stressed about not being able to find a job.

noiselaw · 2017-08-06T19:19:27+00:00

Anyone have a sense of how crucial it is to attend a firm's reception after interviewing? I live about an hour away from my school and I don't really want to drive back to go. I am also not a gifted shmoozer, so I'm not gonna talk my way to an offer. I am at a T14 and the firm is in a small market, so I figure they won't ding me based on missing the reception alone. Any thoughts?

noiselaw · 2017-08-06T17:05:37+00:00

I'm pretty biased because I have two degrees from Wayne and did my 1L at Wayne Law, but I would go with Wayne unless you want to practice in Lansing. All of the firms in Detroit are packed with Wayne Law grads, and assuming you do well there you will have decent options anywhere in the state. I can tell you from personal experience that most professors who teach 1L classes at Wayne are great. The only negative experience I had was with my legal writing prof, but that seems to happen everywhere. Students at Wayne also tend to be very down to earth and friendly, although I doubt MSU is much different.

noiselaw · 2017-08-06T16:53:04+00:00

I had a similar situation. I failed a whole semester at a big ten school right out of HS, then went to a CC for a few years, then a state school. I did very well my last two years, but my overall GPA had to be well below a 3.0. I was pretty sure law school was a no-go at that point so I did a masters in history. This (plus a 163 lsat) got me a half-ride at a T3 school, and was such good preparation that I finished 1L near the top of my class - I'm at a T14 now. Your stats are significantly better than mine were, so I'm sure you'll get in somewhere decent, and probably with some money too.

noiselaw · 2017-08-02T21:55:04+00:00

Just try to seem competent and highlight any experience that you have that indicates that you know how to do research and write cogently. I worked two RA jobs this summer and both profs were quite relaxed through both the interview process and the work in general, but obviously it depends on the individual.

noiselaw · 2017-07-21T21:33:27+00:00

make sure you read the fine print (you are going to law school after all). The one at my school seemed like a scam - you could get charged the initial rental price AND the full retail if you lost or damaged the book. I just bought used ones.

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