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Its been pretty fun so far, but very different from undergraduate.  There is quite a bit of work, but from some of the horror stories I have heard compared to how it seems now I think I can handle it.  I am definitely not looking forward to having only one test in just about every class.  Definitely no pressure there.

The professors are pretty intense, but they seem to have a decent sense of humor.  I am a pretty big talker in class, so I am not intimidated by having to stand up in class for an hour in front of everyone.

Anyone else here in law school?

Currently I am taking:

Contracts

Torts

Civil Procedure

and a few other classes about writing in law school.



We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers…Also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls.  The only thing that really worried me was the ether.  There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. –Raoul Duke

It is hard to shed anything but crocodile tears over White House speechwriter Patrick Buchanan's tragic analysis of the Nixon debacle. "It's like Sisyphus," he said. "We rolled the rock all the way up the mountain...and it rolled right back down on us...."  Neither Sisyphus nor the commander of the Light Brigade nor Pat Buchanan had the time or any real inclination to question what they were doing...a martyr, to the bitter end, to a "flawed" cause and a narrow, atavistic concept of conservative politics that has done more damage to itself and the country in less than six years than its liberal enemies could have done in two or three decades. -Hunter S. Thompson

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I'm going to court tomorrow. Does that count?



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Meth possession?



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Onyxmeth said:

I'm going to court tomorrow. Does that count?

 

 lol, you are on lately.



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Onyxmeth said:

I'm going to court tomorrow. Does that count?

Ouch, hope it is just something basic like a traffic ticket.

 



We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers…Also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls.  The only thing that really worried me was the ether.  There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. –Raoul Duke

It is hard to shed anything but crocodile tears over White House speechwriter Patrick Buchanan's tragic analysis of the Nixon debacle. "It's like Sisyphus," he said. "We rolled the rock all the way up the mountain...and it rolled right back down on us...."  Neither Sisyphus nor the commander of the Light Brigade nor Pat Buchanan had the time or any real inclination to question what they were doing...a martyr, to the bitter end, to a "flawed" cause and a narrow, atavistic concept of conservative politics that has done more damage to itself and the country in less than six years than its liberal enemies could have done in two or three decades. -Hunter S. Thompson

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akuma587 said:
Onyxmeth said:

I'm going to court tomorrow. Does that count?

Ouch, hope it is just something basic like a traffic ticket.

 

Family court. Custody stuff involving my daughter. More fun than Castle Crashers! Woo Hoo!

 

 



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It is an option I am currently considering. I am likely transfering to Miami (Oxford) to finish my major in Diplomacy and Foreign Affairs. Then law school is a possibility. Miami (Oxford) is known as a feeder school, so that helps my prospects if I choose that route.



I'm a lawyer, so I have been to law school. Of course here in Quebec, we use Civil law instead of Common Law, the law degree you need to be admitted to the bar is a bacchelor's degree and lawyers need to wear a judicial robe to trials (not a powdered wig, thank goodness). We also do a year of Bar School where you learn how to be a lawyer as opposed to your bacchelor's degree which is all theoretical. The failure rate at Bar school is very high, then you need an articleling position (internship).

Best advice: do you required reading BEFORE class. Good luck. :)

Other lawyers on the site: BigJon
Other law students: X-Machina (Stewie Avatar) and a couple others whom I am forgetting.

*Also don't get it in your head that you are going to strike it rich right away. It takes a long time to get your name out and build enough trust for people to put their (financial or personal lives) in your hands.



Machina-AX said:

Thanks for pointing me to the thread Dogs Rule.

I finished Law School this year (Cardiff Law School in the UK).  My qualifications actually came through today :D


I studied:

Tort law.
Contract law.
Public law.
Foundations of English law.
Land law.
Criminal law.
Tort law (horrendous, avoid if possible).
Family law.
European Union law (actually good. I oppose our membership of the EU so it made for some interesting debates/discussions in class).
European integration, policies and politics (ditto).
British government and politics.
Italian government and politics.


It was alright. It's not as hard as some make out and I was able to skip all the optional classes (the lectures) and only attended compulsory ones (the tutorials and seminars). This meant I had to do more reading at home but I preferred it that way.

If someone asked me for advice before going to Law School in the UK I would say the following key points:

- Don't spend much time on essays or work that doesn't count towards your final mark. Only do what is required of you on these pieces of work and no more.

- Do the reading before class but also try to focus on the bigger picture from the reading. Some professors would set specific questions to answer before class or something rather than looking at the topic overall, you really shouldn't let this divert you from your core aim of learning the topic for the exams.

- Know what topics you will revise for the exams as soon as possible. Often you will be given a list of say 10 key topics you'll be learning over the course of the year but you'll only need to know (for example) 7 out of those 10 for the exam.

You wouldn't beleive how many people I knew would turn up for the exam having learnt all 10, when I will have learnt just 8 (7 minimum + 1 back-up just in case), in greater depth than they did and in less time.



And good luck :)

 

 

Congrats, and thanks for the tips.

 



We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers…Also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls.  The only thing that really worried me was the ether.  There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. –Raoul Duke

It is hard to shed anything but crocodile tears over White House speechwriter Patrick Buchanan's tragic analysis of the Nixon debacle. "It's like Sisyphus," he said. "We rolled the rock all the way up the mountain...and it rolled right back down on us...."  Neither Sisyphus nor the commander of the Light Brigade nor Pat Buchanan had the time or any real inclination to question what they were doing...a martyr, to the bitter end, to a "flawed" cause and a narrow, atavistic concept of conservative politics that has done more damage to itself and the country in less than six years than its liberal enemies could have done in two or three decades. -Hunter S. Thompson