Question for lawyers/law students

[kddani]

Originally posted by ktsnake
Everyone I've talked to thus far (students, lawyers, judges) has told me how I'll have such an edge on everyone in my classes because of my experience dealing with real clients, real situations, a variety of different types of cases, etc.

I honestly don't think you'll have any edge in your classes, except perhaps a trial techniques or client counseling class, or eventually a clinic or practicum- which you won't have first year. You WILL have an edge in getting a job b/c you'll have that on your resume.

Law school, especially first year and your substantive law classes, really isn't reflective upon the actual practice of law. If you haven't touched much substantive law, then you really don't have an edge. Law school doesn't really deal with real situations, lol. However, you may have a psychological edge if your classmates think you have an edge

But, caveat- Personal advice: don't talk all the time about your work at your dad's firm. Don't use it for examples in class. You'll end up being "that guy".
We had a guy who had worked for a firm, not sure in what capacity, but he'd always talk about it like it made him king shit. In reality, it made him king dipshit. Most of the time he was totally pulling things out of his behind or was saying things that were dead wrong.