Law School

[bruinaphi]

I would completely disregard the specialty rankings and go to the best law school that you get into. Lawyers care a lot more about what school you went to and what your grades were than what the specialty is that the law school is known for. I went to law school thinking that I wanted to practice Environmental Law (my undergrad was Geography & Environmental Studies). When I took Env. Law in law school and would be happy doing that some day, but since graduating I've practiced Criminal and Corporate Litigation and Corporate Transactional Law. I never would have guessed that I would be doing what I'm doing now when I started or even graduated from law school. To make a long story short I would go to the highest ranking school you get into if you are planning on applying for firm jobs.

I applied to a lot of law schools compared to some people primarily b/c I was a really borderline candidate for top tier schools and my counselor told me to apply to a lot of them to increase my admissions chances. I also had a lot of extraciriculars going for me (I played lacrosse and was on student government at a large state school). They boosted my admissions chances as well. It was very interesting to see where I got in and where I didn't.

The only advise I can give on the LSAT is to do your Kaplan homework. I took Kaplan too and I just did workbook problems again and again. I figured I couldn't practice too much. Back in the day we didn't get our results for 6 weeks -- that was actually the worst part -- waiting for results. I had a recurring nightmare about bailing on the LSAT every night for 6 weeks. Of course after that it was that I didn't get into law school and then after that it was that I failed out of law school. It is always something in the process unless you are smart and do it the way Valkyrie did.

It's a very emotional process. I lived in the house while applying and there were six of us going through it plus my boyfriend. Talk about tough tension to deal with -- ugh!

[Greekbro1]

Hey brothers and sisters,

Here's a really helpful tip for anyone considering going to law school or in law school now. Take a look at http://www.outlines.com/ , this site made my first year of law school so much easier! I pull a 3.4 GPA without living in the library like everyone else in my class.

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by Greekbro1

Hey brothers and sisters,

Here's a really helpful tip for anyone considering going to law school or in law school now. Take a look at http://www.outlines.com/ , this site made my first year of law school so much easier! I pull a 3.4 GPA without living in the library like everyone else in my class.

Besides the blatant spam quality of the post, I'll just mention that a 3.4 GPA doesn't mean across-the-board law school success. In some schools, depending on the curve, a 3.4 will put you in the middle of the class (not to mention that not studying at all in law school is a TERRIBLE idea).

Again, the rest of the post is useless spam, but just wanted to mention the GPA and studying things in case anyone took the post seriously.

[magichat]

Speaking of curves, can anyone tell me approximately where a 3.57 will end up on a 3.0 curve? (3.0 Median/2.95-3.05 Mean)

[deepimpact2]

Originally Posted by magichat

Speaking of curves, can anyone tell me approximately where a 3.57 will end up on a 3.0 curve? (3.0 Median/2.95-3.05 Mean)

Sigh. Must be nice to be on a 3.0 curve.