I'm so jealous that you guys have your grades out already. It's week 3 and I'm still waiting for 3 more grades to come out. It's driving me crazy, and it's definately getting in the way of finished this memo.


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My percentile dropped a bit.. top third though. Could be worse.

I've been dying to able to post in this thread...
 

So, last year I got accepted to lawschool and decided not to attend that particular one and wait to reapply for fall '07. Well...I just got a call from the Dean of Admissions from one of my top choices notifying me of my acceptance!!!!!

http://www.clicksmilies.com/s1106/ak...smiley-064.gif CONGRATULATIONS!!!http://www.clicksmilies.com/s1106/ak...smiley-033.gif

Thank you!! :D

Congratulations, that's great news.

In other news, got my grades back, and I'm very happy. I even did really well in the impossible class that everyone was dreading.

However, there were lots of upset people when grades came out yesterday. You could just tell by people's faces how they had done.

This client counseling/negotiation class I have (required 1L) is really good, but it's certainly driving home that I'm just a 1L and have a TON to learn.

GPA goes down .03, class rank goes down 3. Sneaky.

Yeah, I'm wondering how it's going to work for my class; I heard the GPAs are usually bunched up pretty tightly.

They really are - there's clusters around certain GPAS.

What is with 3Ls who still raise their hands in every single class every single day? :rolleyes:

When I was in law school we had a 12 point scale. I think 100 or 4.0 makes much more sense. At least people are more accustomed to that.

We called them "helium hand" ;)

That stinks, I was hoping it would stop after 1L.

Some of them do, but the others view it as an opportunity to fill in the void. There are two people in my family law class who are dueling to see who can talk the most. We're starting a little game where when one of them raises their hand, somebody in my row will sneeze, and when the other one does, somebody will cough. I've never been above making juvenile noises in class to shut up the gunners.

I was invited to the law review informational meeting. Anyone think it'd be worth doing?

Generally, it is - it's viewed as prestigious on your resume and can help you get jobs/stand out during OCI. However, if you're sure you're going into your dad's practice, it could be less important.

I didn't do the write-on because I thought it was too much work.

That's sort of what I'm thinking...But on the brighter side, it does take care of my writing requirement. I'll go to the meeting I think. I'll see what it's all about.

It's definitely worth doing; I think you get a lot of writing experience, and it looks amazing on your resume. The only restriction would be if you had the time to participate; I know with the one at my school, you have to be pretty active in the law review (either editing, putting together events, etc.).

If you can do it, though, go for it. It's a great honor; I may try to write on this summer if I have the chance; even though my grades are good I'm not going to grade on (it's the top 3 in my class).

I have a question, my kaplan course ends sept 26th and I registered for the lsat on the 29th of the same month, should I leave more time in between to review, or is it better to take the test that close to the conclusion of my course?

I liked having about 3 weeks between, but some people like to go straight into it.

It'll be alright, but a few weeks into the class you need to be getting a grasp on what your weakness is, and start doing at least a section a day 5 days a week (thats what I did, might not work for you). About half way through the class I was doing about 80-90 percents on LR and reading comp, but like 60 percent on logic games. So its easy to see, in a situation like that, that I've got a lot more points to gain by trying to bring up logic games as opposed to working to get another 5 or 10 percent out of the other sections. So probably 3 out of 5 sections I'd do would be logic games, and I'd try to take at least one full test a week (you'll do that anyway in Kaplan). Practice at home, doing sections, and make sure you time them and take it in a realistic environment.

On another note, I've always heard to take a break a couple days before the test. I did that, worked pretty well. Also, you should probably expect to make your average, as opposed to your high score. In my case I scored about 5 points over my average on a practice 4 days before the test, so after taking the real one I felt I bombed it. In reality I got the score that I had gotten on about 50 percent of the ones I'd taken, which was fine. Just don't get discouraged if you feel like you blew it on the real one, barring a breakdown on your part, you'll likely get what you have been getting. Good luck, I'm most of us on here will have our own methods that work, so just pick and choose, find what works for you.

thank you for the reply..knowing my personality, its probably better for me to take the test right off the bat, as much as I would like to say that Id spend 2 weeks studying, I am a massive procrastinator.
Cant wait to get this over with, it is going to dominate my summer.

I sent my law school deposite in today! Yikes!

Yikes? Why?

I sent in like 5 law school deposits, at least it sounds like you know where you're going.

Because it's real now! :) Now I have to start looking at housing... I think I am going to try to live alone.

I lived with three undergrad friends this year (1L) and it sucked. I mean, I like them, but its just too much. I've got a 2 bedroom for next year (just me) and I'm gonna try and stay there until I graduate.

I suggest living alone while in law school. When I was in law school, I moved out my mom's house into a one-bedroom apartment. I stayed there until I graduated. This can also be said for a majority of my friends from law school. Also, make sure you stay near campus. I had 24 hour access to my law school for those late night brief writing sessions and it helped living close. No one likes to spend the night at school. :mad:

Depends on the campus I think though. If you're near mine, you're in a zone where you likely don't want to be. If you didn't get the college experience in undergrad, I don't suggest trying it now.* You do want easy access to the law school, however. We have a deck here, so I can come and park easily, whenever I want. If the distractions aren't bad around the school, sure, go for it.

*while it isn't the time to get the "college experience", there will be ample time to drink and what not. You'll just want to be able to separate from it when you need to.

Living alone during law school is a good idea, I'm really happy that I've done it.

Living Alone
 

Echoing the majority of people who have posted on this, I absolutely recommend living alone. After spending all day with law students, the last thing I want is to go home to them, too. As far as non-law roommates, I have friends who have had mixed experiences. If it's within your financial means, it's absolutely worth it.

The one bad thing about living alone is that you often have to meet people out, or else go somewhere to go somewhere else. I really hate having to drive to the bar, find a place to park, etc...especially considering I generally refuse to drive drunk (if you haven't picked up this habit yet in undergrad, I'd advise you to in LS). So, I've ended up having to pregame a lot and taking a fair share of taxis. Living by yourself is good. Living by yourself near other law students who live by themselves and don't mind driving when you go to the bar= better.

I also suggest that if you are going to live alone during law school, you might think about getting a pet (if you aren't allergic and you're landlord allows it). I got a cat after 1L year and she kept me from getting crazy around Finals. Bad side to that is you have a pet to take care of and they aren't too concerned if you have to a brief 10 cases before class or write an appellate brief for your moot court competition.

If you can, live alone!!! Around exam time, I avoid the libraries and its distractions. But I would have been much happier if I came home to a quiet house to do some hardcore studying. But that's not the case anymore now that I have roommates. I miss last semester!


Speaking of exams, good luck fellow law student!!

Good luck to you as well. This year has gone by really quickly, I'm guessing the next three will too (I'm in an evening program, so I'm in for four years).

Now if I can keep myself from stressing out about exams, getting on a journal, and everything else, I should be ok.

Aren't evening programs great? I'm in the same boat that you are. I *much* prefer the more mature classmates. I also think that the professors prefer classes which laugh at their dated popular culture references.

Good luck on your finals.

Thanks - it is great, although choosing classes for next year was a bit of an adventure. Luckily I was able to get into the two elective-type courses I wanted. My school has been good about having solid professors for evening courses though, so it all works out, i.e. very few adjuncts, almost all full-time faculty members.

I actually *love* the adjuncts our school gets. I had one last semester. He's a shareholder/partner in one of the state's larger law firms.

I have a summer school adjunct who had FEMA's Michael Brown visit class last semester.

Next semester, I have a trial practice course being taught by a former adjunct, now the school's general counsel who is a named partner in the state's 3rd (or 4th) largest firm.

The other guy teaching that class is the head of the public defender's office for Oklahoma County.

I actually prefer adjuncts. Not only are they good teachers, they're great people to know if you have to find a job after school.

True; I've had adjuncts for my practicum courses (negotiation, etc.) who practice at the larger firms in the area or work for the state, and I know they teach the trial courses here as well. I have nothing against them, the ones I've had have been very good, but I know that at some schools the adjuncts are overworked in their daily practice and don't have a whole lot of time/energy when it gets to the evening classes

I tend to prefer adjuncts too. Not only are they less caught up in the academy, they don't waste your time by assigning tons of pointless supplements and LR articles. I've had adjuncts who are on the bankruptcy court, named partners in firms, senior partners in firms, judges on state district and appellate courts, etc...it's nice to actually hear about real legal practice sometimes.

I have the option to live near the law school next year during 1L, either alone or with 2 roommates who are a 3L and a recent grad.

Prices for both options are within range.

The potential roommates seem pretty laid-back-- we're all randoms-- so if I lived with them it would be 2 girls and 1 guy total in a large house with our own bathrooms. Plus, I'll save a little money over living alone and have the potential benefit of living w/people who have already been through 1L and who may be able to help introduce me to others (read: possible summer job referrals and help adjusting to law school.)

On the other hand, I have lived alone during the last 2 years... and I like living alone. And the above posters advocate living alone... hmmm..... well, I do have a dog...

Any additional feedback or thoughts would be appreciated!!! Thanks again, GC Lawyers :)