Law School

[_Opi_]

Most t4 schools curve fairly low; nonetheless you need a C average to get a J.D. Why is this a problem?

KDDani, while this is true for some, it's not true for others. My LS is considered a T4 by the USNews, and has a bad reputation for variety of reasons (some of which I agree with). However, academic-wise, it is tougher than many of the surrounding t14 or t2/3/4 schools to maintain a high GPA. It is specifically designed that way. I know our C's are equivelant to UMIchigan's Bs .

[BobbyTheDon]

Originally Posted by _Opi_

Most t4 schools curve fairly low; nonetheless you need a C average to get a J.D. Why is this a problem?

KDDani, while this is true for some, it's not true for others. My LS is considered a T4 by the USNews, and has a bad reputation for variety of reasons (some of which I agree with). However, academic-wise, it is tougher than many of the surrounding t14 or t2/3/4 schools to maintain a high GPA. It is specifically designed that way. I know our C's are equivelant to UMIchigan's Bs .

:::cough cough BULLSHIT cough cough:::

A Cooley C is not equivalent to a Michgan B.

I'm sorry

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by GeekyPenguin

FYI for everybody, Amazon.com has a deal going where if you spend $150 on textbooks, you get $15 off. I ordered all of the books that I could on there this semester and saved $75 over my bookstore.

Thanks for the heads up. I was told I'd hear from professors, but I'm just going to take a ride over to school this weekend and figure out what I need.

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally Posted by AXiD670

I'm all that I missed this post while I was on vacation. My books arrived today, and I am amazed that $450 worth of books fits into such a tiny box. Of course, I didn't have to buy books in undergrad (we rented them), so I really have no point of reference. I bought eight books for three classes.

I think I paid around that for my first semester of books. I hate that the stupid federal rules of ___ are always so expensive.

[rho4life]

Originally Posted by AXiD670

So, one of my attorneys at work walks over to my desk and starts digging around in my box of books (sitting on the floor next to my desk). He says, "What's this?" I told him they were my books for law school. He starts pulling them out and telling he hated this class, this class wasn't that bad, this class sucked, etc. Then he says, "Of course, I hated law school." I asked him why he went if he hated it, and he was like, "Well, it beats being a plumber." Muahahaha!

Most lawyers hated law school. It is NOT fun. There were a few fun days, that involved beer, margaritas, guest lectures. There were more days spent ruining my eyes studying minute details about cases that were skimmed over in 30 seconds.