Were You Hazed? Are you Being Hazed? This is the Place to Vent About Your Job

[unspokenone25]

Hi SummerChild,

Thank you for the calming words. Yes, very stressed, partially due to the hazing I have incurred this past year and right now with my clerkship. **Taking a deep breath**

I truly appreciate the advice. I truly don't know what practice I want to specialize in. I have learned (from observing some of my fellow law classmates) that sometimes you don't have a choice in the matter of which area you want to practice.

I also concur with what you said to Kamryn. All of that has to be taken into context whether you are in grad school, medical school, or law school. For example, I know that in the next five years, I also want to start a family. I also don't want to work for a firm that will require me to work too late and on a lot of weekends. Luckily the firm that I am clerking for now is a family oriented firm and just as prestigious.

Again, SummerChild thanks for the advice. It is really hard to get advice from another lawyer outsides of the law school setting.

Originally posted by SummerChild
Unspokenone25,
Girl, you must be extremely stressed b/c every post has some sort of profane word bleeped out. Relax. Don't let these folk get you all into a whirlwind of frustration.

Yes, professors can be crazy. But I say take it in stride. At least you are one of the last of the lawstudents who can say that you experienced the Socratic method b/c it *is* going away. It was rough on me but I appreciate the novelty of having had the experience now. It is one thing that has made lawschool fairly unique traditionally. Ha! He wanting dissenting and concurring opinions too? Well girl, that just makes your ability to synthesize a case and summarize it in one sentence (which may serve you when you start working if you're doing lit especially) that much more on point. In what area(s) of law do your interests lie? Don't feel pressed to choose btwn xsac and lit. B/c you are right that you don't really know. Try to do both at your firm this summer so that you will be able to say what you'd like to do full-time. Many firms let you do both and encourage it until you are about a third year associate. It depends on your practice area and whether the firm offers both sides of the practice.