I know I’m being dramatic but she literally called on me just to read from the case but I didn’t know which one she wanted and then she just picked someone else. I feel like a fucking idiot. 4 pages of notes just for the prof to think I’m a fucking idiot. What good is anything if I can’t even raise my hand and ask a basic question or read from a fucking book. I’ll get over it but damn my mood plummeted from walking in a forest to lungs imploding underwater.

After watching Cardi B on trial from a civil lawsuit, I need to know which law school the alleged victim's lawyer went to and not apply. That lawyer should be utterly embarrassed by how he conducted himself throughout the whole trial. There was a reason why no other lawyer would take this case because they knew it was BS from the beginning, and rightfully so.

EVERYONE IS SO SMART AND ANSWERING AND ASKING SMART QUESTIONS AND COMPLETING THE READINGS BEFORE CLASS EVERYONE IS SUPER HUMAN AND I AM CRASHING OUT!

how am i supposed to have time to do all the readings and brief all the cases and oh don't use AI and make sure you can brief a case yourself you need the skills as a lawyer PLEASE MAYBE I AM NOT MEANT TO BE A LAWYER

also participation grades--> i can not think of a single intelligent thing to say so guess. i am getting a 0 there too.

i just want to have time to enjoy life, spend time with people i love, and be young, guess that's over.

crash out completed. goodnight.

My self esteem has cratered to a level I haven’t felt since I unhappily found out my prom date was an out lesbian. How can I recover from this? Doubtless next class everyone else will be showing off their scores (all 10/10s of course, fucking nerds) and when it finally comes time for me to show mine they’ll just laugh and laugh and tell me I have a small dick (5.8 inches is actually ABOVE the American average, not that they care) and I’ll cry and shit myself.

Should I just withdraw to save myself the embarrassment?

Basically how do you keep up with your notes for reading and class? Do you brief cases directly in your casebook and type them up to your computer later? Any advice for not falling behind?

I’m three weeks into 1L and handwriting helps me retain info much better, but it takes me a long time. Typing my briefs doesn’t work for me and I struggle to stay organized that way. Right now I brief in my casebook, add professors’ comments during class, then rewatch lectures and handwrite notes into a notebook since I can’t write fast enough in real time. It helps me learn, but it’s very time consuming. Is this effective, or is there a better way for handwriters to manage notes?

3L started last Monday and today I got a call from the firm I spent my second half of 2L summer with just for them to tell me “[the partners] all liked you” but that had no intention of extending any offers right now.

Not really sure how to feel other than pissed and not sure how badly the panic will set in after the shock wears off. It sucks because this was the ideal firm for me to work for.

Really regretting letting my GPA fall during 2L now. But it is what it is, I guess.

I dont know if its because ive been out of school for so long, but i HATE gunners, i hate how everyone acts like they know everything, the pressure of cold calls, and everyone just trying to one up another

I’m ohhh so many sleepy. Also, I didn’t do new readings. :(

Oh my luck

Hi all,

I’m going to have to teach myself constitutional law. The professor I have is incompetent at their job. Does anyone have any suggestions on resources that helped them to learn con law issues in particular?

Currently I’m using Studicata’s free videos on YouTube and am going to probably buy Quimbee or some other resource like that to supplement my studying.

Thanks!

I try to make small talk at the beginning of class and it doesn’t go anywhere. I sit alone during all my breaks. Idk what I’m doing differently than others. I’m an approachable person. I’m conscious of the way I am. I watch other 1Ls walk to class together and sit together at lunch and I’m just a fly on the wall.

I’m an Indian law student, currently in my 3rd year of law school. I want to do something with my current degree of Bballb hons. I’ve tried asking many people around but only got the cs with law as an answer please help me figure out if there is any course, degree or certificates I can do which will help me boost my career and will be applicable both in India and abroad.

Hi fellow colleagues and future colleagues! If any of you have a LLM degree from a European university on IT/IP law, im looking for an advise to choose which school im gonna apply for. (Would be pleased to listen if anyone have a LLM on another subject of law)

Does anyone else feel completely lost. Everything is very overwhelming and I am not sure if I am comprehending information. Some kids seem like they know everything but I just am at a loss for words

Hey everyone, quick question about what to include under employment history for bar C&F in NY. I did some volunteer work at a church during my undergrad years, but I'm not sure if I should include it. It was unpaid, non-law-related, and just a couple of hours a week. This does not seem to fit the definition of employment in NY, so I'm not sure if I should include it

Graduating undergrad with an English major and 3.4 GPA (college majors: physics —> chem —> finance —> compsci —> switched to English my last year to salvage my GPA), but I withdrew from SO many classes due to mental health problems, my GPA is probably going to look like more of a 2.5 or worse after the LSAC recalculations…

I’ve been consistently scoring 177–180 on my practice lsats (depending on my level of focus) these past few months with no time accommodations. I’ve probably scored in that range on 50 or so practice tests. Going to keep studying because I have some time before I need to take the real thing and I need to increase my chances of recreating my practice scores

Interested in cities that don’t require a car like Chicago, Boston, Philly, and NYC. Tuition and living costs don’t matter.

Asking on here because I just found out what I once thought was a “trash” school in my state that literally everyone I know got into, actually has one of the best trial law programs or whatever in the country

Also, would it look bad to literally call individual law schools to get more info or ask specific questions?

hi all,

1L here. my professors are telling us to make an outline without telling us what that entails, can someone give me a rundown besides "a summary of the class"?

update: thank you everyone!! i have started my outlines!!!

Title. Will I have time to pursue a relationship in 1L?

Accepted a return offer with mid size firm. Honestly did not love the culture and am not sure I would accept full time offer but felt like I had no other options. Now my dream firm is interested but the midsize firm won’t accommodate scheduling to split. What to do!!! The Career office people really scared me about rescinding my acceptance. Is it really that bad 🙏(Obviously I would not rescind unless I had an actual offer from big firm in hand.)

I'm in my second year (of the 5 year law school in India) and I've been getting rejected from almost every other law firm. Now I know you might say that firms tend not to take interns from second year but then I've seen people getting internships at good places from quite early on with or without references. I just wanted to know what is it that I can do to make myself stand out. Also specifically asking, will Research Internships under Professors from top universities help? Is that a thing which firms consider? And if not then what is it which I can do apart from publications and all??

I just do not understand how or why it exists as it does and has for so long. I bought the paper version because I had to but (naively) thinking, “well, this is a citation guide, surely I’ll be able to find similar rules online.” Now that I’m actually using it, it’s clear digital would function so much more efficiently.

It seems the only place you can get it is from its official website, which requires a subscription. Law schools have the physical version in libraries but it seems no library has a digital version (I guess to push the subscription?). Westlaw, Lexis don’t get you access. It’s weird to me that you have to subscribe to a book rather than buy it outright when you can buy the digital version. It is also weird that a book which is central to the entire field of study of law is not easily accessible digitally, even within law schools themselves. I studied in grad school prior to law school and compared to MLA, APA, and Chicago, I have no idea what’s going on here.

That’s not to mention the bizarre, inconsistent, and idiosyncratic rules that it includes for what seem to be no reason whatsoever. The abbreviations are just random, the spacing feels random, and laboratory is still “Lab’y” in the brand new edition.

I’m aware that the cases will usually have the cite on them and that things like SumiNote will generate citations. Anyway, I guess this is mostly just a standard 1L rant about the illogical supremacy of the Bluebook. And also a request to send links to alternative digital versions of newer editions than the Indigo book, if you know any links.

Edit: I’m not complaining that it isn’t free. I’m complaining that it’s a subscription (other books aren’t, even if new editions come out), and that it isn’t easily accessible via law libraries (other books are), or as easily accessible as citation manuals in other fields (like Turabian, MLA, APA, etc.). This is not me saying “I want this expensive thing for free!” This is me saying I don’t understand why it’s so inconsistent with every other metric I would compare it to.

Obviously the name carries weight, but everytime I read about Howard it seems like it has a really solid reputation for a school that's otherwise really middling in terms of academic performance (the median lsat is 155 and it's ranked pretty low). Is Howard truly a first choice school for many people that aren't local to the area in the first place?