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August 04, 2005
Five minutes vs. a whole year? You decide.
With a synopsis like this, who needs three years of law school?
Hey, fellow 1Ls-to-be: we can skip straight to 2L now!
Hat tip to JD2B.
Posted by kristine at August 4, 2005 12:51 PM
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Sadly, that article does a pretty good job of summing it up. :)
But it left out what you *really* learn as a 1L:
1. You learn that law school is less like college, and more like high school.
2. You learn that there _are_ those annoying people that shoot their arm up to spout incoherent bullshit everytime the professor asks what was pretty clearly a rhetorical question.
3. You learn that many of your classmates are there to be money grubbing ambulance chasers. But that just as many have noble and lofty goals which they will have to compromise in order to pay off the overwhelming and soul crushing debt they have assumed just to be there.
4. You will learn that it is frighteningly easy to get the government to throw money at you, as long as you are enrolled...
5. You learn that you've just paid for the most expensive set of self-study courses you will ever take.
6. You learn that faculty are strange and weird animals. That some are every bit as intimidating and horrible as The Paper Chase would have them made out to be. And that for every one of them, there's another who could give a shit about teaching--he's polishing his next paper--but for those two dorks, there are two more who are really fantastic and great people who genuinely want students to learn.
7. You will learn that the law can be inspiring and intellectually challenging. And you will learn that the law can be mind-numbingly tedious and chew-your-own-arm-off-to-escape boring.
8. You'll learn that the school will never stop seeking new and innovative ways to squeeze every precious penny from you as long as you live. (What, graduating in two years? Have you thought about the class gift? Fees? Time for your student health evaluation technology licensing record keeping system upgrade, nominal fee.)
9. You'll either learn to live with the ego shattering experience that is being a dweeb with a rolling-backpack or learn to live with lower back pain.
10. You'll learn that the law is not what you thought it was, nor what your friends think it is, nor what your family think it is. And you'll be shocked at how little you really knew and understood about how law governs our society. At times, it will both delight and frighten the living shit out of you.
Posted by: Dave! at August 5, 2005 05:09 AM
Is it too late to get my money back? Dave's comments scared me. I'm prepared for soul crushing debt and mind numbing boredom, but not lower back pain.
Thanks for a great site! I've used it a lot since I decided to go back to school and found that it is an excellent way to procrastinate at work (and informative too).
Posted by: Jess at August 5, 2005 12:26 PM
as someone who used a rolling backpack (because of a history of back problems), i will say it was incredibly helpful. just don't be a jerk and roll it over people's feet.
Posted by: em at August 7, 2005 11:09 PM