Law School - Page 16

KSigkid · #1 11-07-2008, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Kevin

I hear ya....

Remember when I told y'all that I decided not to even apply for Law Review after I got the invite? Well... I wrote the 'upper division' paper for my conlaw prof and now he wants me to polish it a little bit and submit it to the Law Review and other publications.

I'm trying to do this law school thing exerting as little effort as possible.

It's not working.

That's great though - being published would be quite an accomplishment.

I divide law school activities into two categories:

1) Lots of extra time with little pay-off

2) Lots and lots of extra time with a lot of pay-off

I feel like the chance to get published goes into the second category.

Kevin · #2 01-14-2009, 12:54 AM

Writing your own outlines is key. Use commercial outlines to supplement things, but do not rely on canned briefs or commercial outlines.

KSigkid · #3 01-14-2009, 11:53 AM

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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)

It's hard to say in the abstract, but I would think that would put you somewhere in the first quintile/quarter/whatever your school uses, and, at worst, at the top of the second quintile/quarter.

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Originally Posted by Kevin

Writing your own outlines is key. Use commercial outlines to supplement things, but do not rely on canned briefs or commercial outlines.

Exactly - I've only used commercial outlines a couple of times, and only to supplement my own outlines. It really helps me to study when I take my notes and convert them into outline form; it reinforces some forgotten points, and reminds me of some of the important cases and concepts that will most likely show up on the final.

On a completely different note: I figured I'd post this in this thread, since it seems a bit too specialized a story for News and Politics. Tom Goldstein has a really interesting post on SCOTUS blog about the recent Herring decision: http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/ .

Just thought I'd throw that out there...I haven't read the opinion as of yet, and I'm no expert in criminal law, but it appears that the Court may have made a huge shift here with regards to the exclusionary rule.

magichat · #4 01-14-2009, 12:57 PM

Thanks KSigKid

als463 · #5 02-10-2009, 08:50 PM

Okay...today I was accepted to a Conditional Admissions Program, known as TAP for Widener Law School....I am still waiting to hear from other schools but, I am super excited about this! I was wondering if any other GCers could help me out by giving me any advice about TAP or any other types of Conditional Admissions Programs?

If you can give me ANY advice at all-that would be greatly appreciated!

KSigkid · #6 02-11-2009, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by als463

Okay...today I was accepted to a Conditional Admissions Program, known as TAP for Widener Law School....I am still waiting to hear from other schools but, I am super excited about this! I was wondering if any other GCers could help me out by giving me any advice about TAP or any other types of Conditional Admissions Programs?

If you can give me ANY advice at all-that would be greatly appreciated!

Sorry, can't be much help; I've only met one person who went through a similar program (University of Baltimore, I think), and i didn't know them well enough to really get into details.

I would call up the Widener admissions department and see if they can connect you with a couple of students who went through the program. That way you can ask them specifically about their experiences with it, and ask them what kind of impact it had on their first year.

Good luck with the rest of the admissions process!

als463 · #7 02-11-2009, 11:49 AM

Thanks so much KSig! I think I will do just that! After hearing back from other schools-I am going to have a similar but, different question-most likely...Maybe you would be willing to help me with that, then.

Any other help would be great-thanks!

KSigkid · #8 02-11-2009, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by als463

Thanks so much KSig! I think I will do just that! After hearing back from other schools-I am going to have a similar but, different question-most likely...Maybe you would be willing to help me with that, then.

Any other help would be great-thanks!

Sure thing - people have been pretty helpful in this thread for future law students, so when you have any questions, feel free to ask.

Kevlar281 · #9 03-18-2009, 09:18 PM

Waitlisted today.

GeekyPenguin · #10 03-18-2009, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Kevlar281

Waitlisted today.

It's still early on, don't get discouraged. I always advise people who are waitlisted to send an additional letter of rec and letter of interest to the school.

KSigkid · #11 03-19-2009, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by GeekyPenguin

It's still early on, don't get discouraged. I always advise people who are waitlisted to send an additional letter of rec and letter of interest to the school.

Absolutely - I'm not saying this works for everyone, but I did this and I ended up getting admitted (even though I ended up attending a different school).

The main thing is not to get discouraged about the process. Good luck.

LegallyBrunette · #12 03-19-2009, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by KSigkid

Absolutely - I'm not saying this works for everyone, but I did this and I ended up getting admitted (even though I ended up attending a different school).

The main thing is not to get discouraged about the process. Good luck.

Agreed on both. I was waitlisted at one of my top choices originally, but was later accepted after sending an additional rec letter and a letter of my own expressing my continued interest.

Good luck. And enjoy your weekends while you can!

MysticCat · #13 03-19-2009, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by GeekyPenguin

It's still early on, don't get discouraged. I always advise people who are waitlisted to send an additional letter of rec and letter of interest to the school.

Certainly can't hurt.

I agree -- don't get discouraged. Wait-listed is better than a "no." Good luck!

Kevlar281 · #14 03-19-2009, 09:43 PM

Thanks for the advice and encouragement everyone. Quick question(s)…

I have two friends that are readily accessible to ask for a recommendation letter.

One is a graduate of the law school I am currently waitlisted at and the other is employed at a “Big Law” firm in the same market as the school I’m currently waitlisted at. So which one should I ask?

Also, what exactly should the continued interest letter include? I figured just short and to the point.

KSigkid · #15 03-20-2009, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Kevlar281

Thanks for the advice and encouragement everyone. Quick question(s)…

I have two friends that are readily accessible to ask for a recommendation letter.

One is a graduate of the law school I am currently waitlisted at and the other is employed at a “Big Law” firm in the same market as the school I’m currently waitlisted at. So which one should I ask?

Also, what exactly should the continued interest letter include? I figured just short and to the point.

I would go with the alumnus/alumna of the law school where you're waitlisted. Recs from alumni, especially good ones (i.e. not cookie-cutter ones) carry a lot more weight generally than recs from non-alumni.