Law School Anecdotes

Just another student in the law school hunger games.

[lawschoolanecdotes]

Waiting for the Course Change Period to Open

[grneyedmonster15]

SOL stands for ‘statute of limitations’ and ‘shit out of luck’ is merely the short-version meaning of ‘statute of limitations’

Alcohol becomes more important than food

Highlighters are more important than shampoo

You start nitpicking the meaning of every word on the restaurant menu

Logical fallacies on the web bother you even more than they used to

You have finals flashbacks when you watch The Hunger Games

Dean Winchester’s torture in Hell reminds you of your Con Law professor’s teaching methods

You wish the Doctor would pick you up in the TARDIS so you have more time to get your reading and outlining done before finals

You wish Hannibal would have the class gunners over for dinner

You start analyzing the clauses in Bilbo’s contract with the dwarves (like this guy did)

You’ve said “I could totally get that guy acquitted” when you watch crime dramas

You want to strangle undergrads who complain about their exams

You’ve stopped yourself from punching someone in the face by thinking of the bar’s character and fitness review

When someone says “supplements,” you think of books, not vitamins

You’ve caught yourself saying, “Yay! Only 50 pages of reading for tomorrow!”

[lawschoolruinedme]

16. You’ve discovered your most productive between the hours of 10:00pm and 1:30am

17. Even your cat thinks you’re becoming an asshole

18. You look at road signs and wonder if the word choices are dictated in the Highway Traffic Act

19. Summer vacation means dreading grade releases, then dreading fighting for space in classes, then dreading OCI prep, then dreading returning to school. 

20. You hoard the packs of free post-it-notes they hand out at events

21. You’ve called your printer an asshole at least once in the past month

[criminaljustish]

22.  You have gotten drunk before an evening class, then recaffeinated after class in order to study.

23.  You want to hit your TV whenever someone claims a Constitutional right to a phone call, rather than the ACTUAL Constitutional right to a lawyer.

24.  You have cited municipal code to someone who was neither a classmate nor a family member.

25.  You have a carefully constructed tower of papers and case books, and god help the fool that starts picking it apart while saying “can we just move this?”

26. You watch non-law people talk happily about their lives with a mixture of disdain and jealousy.  And also confusion, because you spaced out for a minute contemplating conditions on testamentary gifts that would pass muster and be hilarious.

[lawschoolanecdotes]

When Your Professor is a Real Life Professor Stromwell

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When a Professor is in a Particularly Bad Mood

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Successfully Answering On-Call Questions

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Attempting to Smile in the Lead-Up to Finals

[missycheerios]

[12b6]

"No one heard Hillary the day she showed cleavage"

[lawschoolanecdotes]

Holding Yourself Back from (Read: Murdering) Expressing how Disgusted You Are by Those in Your Class who Brag About Stock Holdings/Mutual Funds/Etc.

[thehermitofsidleypark]

When I invoke an obscure exception to the rule

[lawschoolanecdotes]

Coming to the Realization That There Are Just Under 7 Weeks Left Until Finals

[lawschoolanecdotes]

After a Whirlwind Week of OCIs, Event Planning, Lecture, Studying, and Attempting to Feed Your Cat and Yourself

[dailylawlschool]

Winning the position of moderator for dailylawlschool

At first, when I won the contest, I thought

But then, I remembered I was also a very busy person, with orgs to run, classes to attend, a job to do,  and a significant other to not piss off, and I started thinking…

But then, I was reminded that there are literally TENS of people out there who will be forced to study if I don’t create new content and I realized…

And for all of you who decide you don’t like my posts…

[lawschoolanecdotes]

TENS OF PEOPLE.

[lifeinbiglaw]

When you avoid conversations with staff on the way to get coffee…

(submitted by a visitor. Thanks!)

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The Night Before On Campus Interviews

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When People Ask Questions That Were Answered in Today's Reading.

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When a Partner or Senior Associate enters the room.