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Kevin · #**376** 03-27-2007, 11:45 AM

I was invited to the law review informational meeting. Anyone think it'd be worth doing?

GeekyPenguin · #**377** 03-27-2007, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Kevin

I was invited to the law review informational meeting. Anyone think it'd be worth doing?

Generally, it is - it's viewed as prestigious on your resume and can help you get jobs/stand out during OCI. However, if you're sure you're going into your dad's practice, it could be less important.

I didn't do the write-on because I thought it was too much work.

Kevin · #**378** 03-27-2007, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by GeekyPenguin

Generally, it is - it's viewed as prestigious on your resume and can help you get jobs/stand out during OCI. However, if you're sure you're going into your dad's practice, it could be less important.

I didn't do the write-on because I thought it was too much work.

That's sort of what I'm thinking...But on the brighter side, it does take care of my writing requirement. I'll go to the meeting I think. I'll see what it's all about.

KSigkid · #**379** 03-27-2007, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Kevin

I was invited to the law review informational meeting. Anyone think it'd be worth doing?

It's definitely worth doing; I think you get a lot of writing experience, and it looks amazing on your resume. The only restriction would be if you had the time to participate; I know with the one at my school, you have to be pretty active in the law review (either editing, putting together events, etc.).

If you can do it, though, go for it. It's a great honor; I may try to write on this summer if I have the chance; even though my grades are good I'm not going to grade on (it's the top 3 in my class).

thomaskat · #**380** 04-01-2007, 08:17 PM

I have a question, my kaplan course ends sept 26th and I registered for the lsat on the 29th of the same month, should I leave more time in between to review, or is it better to take the test that close to the conclusion of my course?

shinerbock · #**381** 04-01-2007, 11:32 PM

I liked having about 3 weeks between, but some people like to go straight into it.

It'll be alright, but a few weeks into the class you need to be getting a grasp on what your weakness is, and start doing at least a section a day 5 days a week (thats what I did, might not work for you). About half way through the class I was doing about 80-90 percents on LR and reading comp, but like 60 percent on logic games. So its easy to see, in a situation like that, that I've got a lot more points to gain by trying to bring up logic games as opposed to working to get another 5 or 10 percent out of the other sections. So probably 3 out of 5 sections I'd do would be logic games, and I'd try to take at least one full test a week (you'll do that anyway in Kaplan). Practice at home, doing sections, and make sure you time them and take it in a realistic environment.

On another note, I've always heard to take a break a couple days before the test. I did that, worked pretty well. Also, you should probably expect to make your average, as opposed to your high score. In my case I scored about 5 points over my average on a practice 4 days before the test, so after taking the real one I felt I bombed it. In reality I got the score that I had gotten on about 50 percent of the ones I'd taken, which was fine. Just don't get discouraged if you feel like you blew it on the real one, barring a breakdown on your part, you'll likely get what you have been getting. Good luck, I'm most of us on here will have our own methods that work, so just pick and choose, find what works for you.

thomaskat · #**382** 04-08-2007, 11:24 PM

thank you for the reply..knowing my personality, its probably better for me to take the test right off the bat, as much as I would like to say that Id spend 2 weeks studying, I am a massive procrastinator.
Cant wait to get this over with, it is going to dominate my summer.

adpiucf · #**383** 04-12-2007, 03:27 PM

I sent my law school deposite in today! Yikes!

shinerbock · #**384** 04-12-2007, 05:15 PM

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I sent my law school deposite in today! Yikes!

Yikes? Why?

I sent in like 5 law school deposits, at least it sounds like you know where you're going.

adpiucf · #**385** 04-13-2007, 10:37 AM

Because it's real now!

Now I have to start looking at housing... I think I am going to try to live alone.

shinerbock · #**386** 04-13-2007, 10:43 AM

I lived with three undergrad friends this year (1L) and it sucked. I mean, I like them, but its just too much. I've got a 2 bedroom for next year (just me) and I'm gonna try and stay there until I graduate.

unspokenone25 · #**387** 04-13-2007, 04:25 PM

I suggest living alone while in law school. When I was in law school, I moved out my mom's house into a one-bedroom apartment. I stayed there until I graduated. This can also be said for a majority of my friends from law school. Also, make sure you stay near campus. I had 24 hour access to my law school for those late night brief writing sessions and it helped living close. No one likes to spend the night at school.

shinerbock · #**388** 04-13-2007, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by unspokenone25

I suggest living alone while in law school. When I was in law school, I moved out my mom's house into a one-bedroom apartment. I stayed there until I graduated. This can also be said for a majority of my friends from law school. Also, make sure you stay near campus. I had 24 hour access to my law school for those late night brief writing sessions and it helped living close. No one likes to spend the night at school.

Depends on the campus I think though. If you're near mine, you're in a zone where you likely don't want to be. If you didn't get the college experience in undergrad, I don't suggest trying it now.* You do want easy access to the law school, however. We have a deck here, so I can come and park easily, whenever I want. If the distractions aren't bad around the school, sure, go for it.

*while it isn't the time to get the "college experience", there will be ample time to drink and what not. You'll just want to be able to separate from it when you need to.

GeekyPenguin · #**389** 04-13-2007, 09:52 PM

Living alone during law school is a good idea, I'm really happy that I've done it.

LegallyBrunette · #**390** 04-14-2007, 04:08 PM

Echoing the majority of people who have posted on this, I absolutely recommend living alone. After spending all day with law students, the last thing I want is to go home to them, too. As far as non-law roommates, I have friends who have had mixed experiences. If it's within your financial means, it's absolutely worth it.