How I felt when I finally uninstalled my Exam4 software roughly 1.5 years after taking my final law school exam and graduating law school.
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How I felt when I finally uninstalled my Exam4 software roughly 1.5 years after taking my final law school exam and graduating law school.
Harrisburg Telegraph, Pennsylvania, June 13, 1906
Cease that flim-flamming!
Here we are in 1905, where 7 women were arrested for being a “common scold”:
Harrisburg Telegraph, Pennsylvania, June 3, 1905
I LOVE THIS
This is so cool and also kind of exactly the same as my day job minus a couple (fewer than you’d think, although I don’t have jurisdiction to charge desertion) and plus the war on drugs. People are people and we never change.
But can we please discuss the “disorderly housekeeping”?
Could i have gotten arrested for not making my bed or for leaving the dishes in the sink?
As some of you know, I’m writing a fictional book about law school.
While I’ve always got an open call for your horrifying law school stories (x), today I want to ask;
What Are Some of the “Types” of Law Students You’ve Met?
The public interest kids - we’re… well we tend to live up to the stereotypes. Not usually the most polished dressers. Visible tattoos dgaf. Roasts you about billable hours. With very few exceptions cannot get through a firm interview even with a killer gpa. Firms can smell our lack of interest.
Future federal clerks - super smart but not in your face about it. Most likely to give you a great outline. Probably has slept in the law review office. Took civ pro and fed jur very seriously. Can get into an actual debate with the Prof and make them go “hmm”.
Olds - typically 4 or 5 per class. Most have spouses and kids. Students with kids are able to maintain a truly eerie level of calm most days. Not sure they sleep. Half of the olds are usually future IP lawyers.
Extension of undergrad - makes the olds go “oh dear.” Will probably be fine? I hope? Drinks A LOT. May actually enjoy law school. Lots of parental support.
My child is in law school - may or may not want to be a lawyer. Parents footing the bill. Not free to pursue passions. Parents assume big firm or future senator. Very young. Very stressed. Aware they are being used as a prop.
Chinese students - paying full freight, the reason your school can afford to offer scholarships. Cannot believe they can do this in two languages. Thinks your modestly sized city is a village (actual quote from our llm grad speaker lol). Tend to start very insular. Large difference between the llm / jd / sjd students. Don’t always hang out together initially. Do not try to figure out social groups. Just go with it. Best food and holidays. Always one radical posting about Ai Wei Wei on Facebook.
The SBA President - Takes SBA more seriously than anyone else. Very social. Often focuses more on setting up law school events (i.e. Law Prom) than class.
Quiet curve-killer - Quiet, nice. Often in the library, but doesn’t live there. Doesn’t talk in class unless cold-called by professor. Find out later that s/he is in the top 5 of the class and quietly killing the curve in every class you’ve shared.
The dual degree-ers - Sometimes older, but not often. Often there 3.5 to 4 years. The only one still complaining about group projects because they have them in their masters classes. MBA/JDs are often dressed nicers/business casual because of their business classes.
The clique with a nickname (i.e. the plastics or the breakfast brunch) - You know who I’m talking about. Always together in the common spaces. Always takes the same classes. Always goes out together at night.
The former college athlete - They played college ball and they make sure that everybody knows it. Sometimes they complain that other law school students are too different because they’re “non-athletes” and they now have to work out with commoners and not their own gym.
The hippie/hipster - There’s one in every class. Often doesn’t wear deodorant. Often found in environmental law classes. Some of them are enjoyable, some are the most obnoxious people in the class.
The philosopher - Probably a gunner. They like to challenge the philosophy behind the laws. Often argues with the professor. Name drops philosophers thinking they are impressing the professor, but their just annoying their classmates.
The over-achiever - They have their finger in every law school pie (or almost every). They are always at the law school. Either they sleep at the law school or don’t sleep at all. They’re the ones on law review, moot court, a clinic, and the executive board of multiple student groups. They’re over-involvement can be obnoxious, but you know you can turn to them to get shit done.
A PSA about trucks from a truck driver
I and some colleagues were talking about how we wish everyone could see the safety videos that our company was showing us, because I don’t think most people understand how traffic works in a truck. So here’s some things we wish everyone on the road knew.
- we’re not kidding about tailgating. If you’re right behind us on a straight highway? Chances are we have NO IDEA you’re there, which means we can’t anticipate any of your movements. Plus slowing down takes multiple downshifts, so we might start decreasing speed way earlier than you expect.
- We’re not kidding about any of our blind spots. WE CAN’T SEE YOU, GUYS.
- That bit about slowing down taking a while? The same goes for when you’re in front of us. Don’t cut off a truck. Oh god, PLEASE don’t cut off a truck. If you cut me off, I’m not irritated, I’m terrified. For YOU. It can take 7 to 9 seconds for us to stop. DON’T CUT OFF TRUCKS.
- Before you get mad about how slow we’re going on the highway, keep in mind that many companies govern their vehicles so they literally CAN’T go over 60 or 65. This is a good thing, I promise. Because…
- Do you know what happens when a car meets a truck in an accident? The car gets totaled and the truck needs a new coat of paint. You will not win this fight. I know nobody likes getting stuck behind a big dumb truck, but it’s not worth your life.
We are trying our best to protect you from our 80,000 pound death machines. Please help us out.
This information is actually useful. Thanks for posting.
Also, as a rule, truckers are talking to other truckers. If you’re driving through bad weather and you see the trucks start to pull off, it’s a damn good guess you should pull off, too. (Or at least that you should pull off at a truck stop and talk to all the truckers about what they’re hearing about how bad the roads are getting and which direction). I know you all have weather in your pocket. It’s still not as good at telling you how icy roads are as the truckers all hunkering down at Nan’s Diner at exit 936 of whatever interstate you are driving.
They’ll also lead if it’s a situation where you can’t or shouldn’t pull over. I was very safe in some awful weather because some truckers took the lead and took us all down to about 25 mph until it cleared. They know what they’re doning, let them be in charge.
Want to know what happens when you take on a semi? You lose.
Possible Trigger Warning - Smashed up car below. No blood or injuries, but a totaled car from an accident. (Also, I’m not sure if I did that right. I don’t post much.)
This is what happens when a Toyota Corolla takes on a semi. How do I know, you might ask? I was sitting in the passenger seat when it happened. Thankfully, the car hit the Semi Truck’s Mansfield bar, the front end smashed up like it was supposed to slow the rest of the car down, the air bags deployed, and the seat belts locked up like they are supposed to. The driver and I both walked away from the accident without any injuries.
Moral of the story: GIVE SEMIS SOME SPACE AND WEAR YOUR SEAT BELTS PEOPLE. See that huge spiderweb crack on the passenger’s side? If I hadn’t been wearing my seat belt, I would have gone through that window and probably wouldn’t be here.
Also, for those of you wondering what the Mansfield bar is. It’s that long bar that hangs at the end of the truck, below the door. I always assumed that was just a step to help people get into the truck. While we were waiting for emergency responders to arrive, the semi driver (that we had just hit), explained that that was the Mansfield bar. It’s there in case a car rear ends a semi (like we did). It gives the car a point of contact for the front/nose of the car to hit and therefore helps slow the car down. Without the bar, rear ending a semi would almost always end in the death of those in the front seat as the car under-rides the semi. Objects in motion stay in motion until something stops them. (Right? I think). Without the bar, there’s nothing for the car to hit on a semi until the windshield hits the back of the semi (because the nose/engine of the car sits too low). It would almost always result in the death of anyone in the front seat. (I’m sure you can see how). Therefore, the bar is there to give the car something else to hit and prevent the injury and death of those in front. In my case, I can say it works. It was also the only part of the semi that was damaged. (The bar was knocked loose from the frame on the passenger side). Here's more: http://www.sparebumper.com/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=48
Where is my Princess Leia prequel starring Millie Bobby Brown? Show me how she became a rebel leader, show me the sacrifices she had to make before Aldaraan, what made her who she was?
If I get/have to see a Han Solo prequel then I want to see my girl’s road to rebellion.
SAME
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Advice?
1L here.
Last semester (the first one here) I felt like I studied my ass off and my grades were absolutely horrid except for one. I read all the cases, took notes in ever class, made outlines (looked at previous student’s outlines)… and I did worse than classmates that never even cracked the book.
Now I am just totally dreading this semesters finals in two weeks and I’ve lost all hope.
Advice for getting higher grades? Advice for Outlining? Do I just cry in my beer and marathon Supernatural bc its not going to get better?
Thank you in advance =)
1) My first piece of advice to anyone is listen to advice from everyone, but figure out and stick with what works for you. What I mean by that is, advice is free and everyone will be willing to give it. I suggest taking the 5 minutes and listening to everyone’s advice, because you never know what someone will suggest that just might work. HOWEVER, and this is a big HOWEVER, figure out what works best for you and don’t waste your time on everything else. Because what works for you may not work for everyone else and vice versa. Everyone learns differently and the quicker you figure out what works for you, the more time you can spend dedicated to that and not waste your time on things that aren’t working.
2) FIGURE OUT WHAT YOUR PROFESSOR WANTS IN AN ANSWER. Being able figure out what a professor wants in an answer and to tailor your answer to that is key to bumping your grades up. Part of that is being cognitive that not every professors wants the same style of answer. So figure that out.
2.A) The easiest way to figure that out (and admittedly the most intimidating) is to ASK THEM. Ask in the review sessions if they prefer headings in the answer. Or if they want them in a memo format. If they want you to address both sides of the argument or just one. I had one professor who didn’t care if cases were italicized, rather they only focused on the material. I had a different professor tell me that the reason I got the highest grade* in the class was because I took time to spell check and italicize things and my answer looked most like what you could give a client.
If they are willing to, ask them if you write a sample answer to one of their old exams, if they will go over it with you. It’s terrifying to ask (and even more terrifying to do), but it was by far the most helpful thing I did 1L year. I stopped doing it my 2L and 3L years as I grew confident in my abilities to figure out what a professor wanted outside of that meeting. But meeting with my professors to figure out what they liked BEFORE I took the exam, saved my ass in a number of classes. I had professors take a look at my sample answer and just say “absolutely not. Don’t do this on an exam.” Then they walked me through what they were looking for.
If they won’t meet before the exam (and some won’t), meet with them after the exam. Find out what you did write and what they think you could improve on.
2.B) If meeting with the professor is not an option, I cannot stress practice exams/old exams/sample answers, especially the sample answers. Going over sample answers will help you identify what your professor cares about and what they don’t. It’s the next closest thing you can get to asking them personally. Practice exams/old exams will show you what kind of questions your professor typically writes and they style of the questions they write (one long fact pattern is different than multiple smaller fact patterns).
2.C) Talk to upper-Ls who have had the professor before. They’ll be able to tell you what the professor likes and doesn’t. If possible, try to find a 2L or 3L who will give you honest, helpful advice. Advice from a 3L who got a C in the class isn’t very helpful. But upper-Ls will know. My T&E instructor was notorious for wanting to know how the answer would play out in the real world. He discussed the real-life aspects of T&E in class, but many students would tune out because most of our professors only cared about what the law was. I had multiple upper-Ls tell me to make sure I mentioned how it would play out in the real world on my exam. Over half my answers were the real-life implications of the T&E issue and I scored the highest grade* in the class, while my classmates who didn’t pay attention to the real life implications scored Cs.
3) TAKE PRACTICE EXAMS. TAKE THEM LOTS OF THEM. ESPECIALLY 1L YEAR. Yes, I know they’re awful. Yes, I know they take up a lot of time, but there’s so much to gain from taking them. First, you get the feel of taking your professor’s exam. By taking multiple of them, you start to build an internal timeclock for the amount of time you are spending on a problem/the exam. This cannot be understated when taking the exam, because so often there are time-management issues. It can also help you figure out the best way to attack a professor’s exam. My property professor always had 3 page-long fact patterns and 10 short-answer problems on his 3.5 hour exam. I got really good at the short answer problems (which had the same value as 1 long fact pattern) and would do them first. I usually did them quicker than the time allotted and then got to use that on the fact-patterns. Plus most of the other students did the fact patterns first and didn’t leave enough time for the short answers, so I gained points on my classmates there. The other perk to taking practice exams is to compare your answer to a few classmates that you trust. It shows you what you are seeing in the exam vs. what others are seeing in the exam, which opens up your eyes to seeing that in the exam. ALSO, DON’T TAKE THE PRACTICE EXAMS until you are nearly done with your outline. It lets you get a feel for your outline and where things are in your outline. It’ll also give you a chance to add things into your outline that you may have missed.
4) For outside sources, I really liked Examples and Explanations because it gives so sample questions and ANSWERS. They answers are key to understanding how the law applies to a random set of facts. I especially liked it for Evidence and Civ Pro. Also evidence in a flash flashcards were key for my evidence class, because his exam was very similar.
5) MAKE YOUR OUTLINE FOR YOU. It doesn’t matter what other people’s looks like. It’s gotta work for you. This ties back into figuring out how you learn best. I am a visual learner, so creating my own outline from scratch was something I had to do because it allowed me to reread my notes and repeatedly see things. I know others who did much better by just adding into an outline from someone the year before. That worked for them, not for me. So figure out what works best for you.
Best of luck. Remember, grades aren’t everything. After you graduate, people don’t ask about them anymore.
* I don’t mention the grade to brag or humblebrag about the grade. I mention it to provide support for my advice.
4-panel horror story.
… who only sets one alarm?
I mean that level of confidence in a cruel and capricious universe… nuh uh.
(Two on my phone, one physical alarm clock.)
One on my physical alarm clock that is across the room and forces me to get up.
It turns out almost all of my good Pokemon are boys and I’m so disappointed in that. But I’m gonna try to love them anyway.
I worry that that will be how i feel about my kids someday.
Adele's Givenchy Tribute
I'm sure I can't be the only one thinking that Adele was paying tribute to Beyonce by rocking her Givenchy dress last night at the Grammys.
hi i'm depressed i got a 158 on my lsat but was prepping between 166-174 wtf talk me off the ledge please
Sorry man, that sucks. It does happen all the time and you’re far from being alone in this.
I’d give you the same advice I gave to an anon who failed the bar by one point (something that is exponentially worse than what happened to you, trust me): process, accept, do damage control. Your damage control is not as difficult. If you were that much off from your prep scores, you should definitely retake even if it means waiting a year to apply. I always recommend taking time off to do other things before law school anyway. 166-174 is a T14 range and you will always regret it if you apply with the 158 when you were consistently hitting that range while prepping.
Good luck. You can do it!
If it helps, I scored a 154 the first time i took the lsat. I decided I couldn't get into a school I wanted with that score--even with a stellar gpa.
I worked for 2 years. During this time I got more serious about studying. I took the lsat again and scored a 166. It opened doors at T14s and it opened the pocketbooks of other schools. I felt more prepared when I came back to school than if I had never taken time off.
So to the anon, its doable and there's nothing wrong with working a bit before school.
not voting for hillary clinton is a vote for donald trump
But also THERE ARE MORE THAN TWO CHOICES IN THIS ELECTION pls people, I know it seems unlikely, but if everyone who didn’t want either candidate wrote in a name, someone else would stand a chance [and we could live with ourselves, not having voted for one or the other]
no they wouldn’t, literally do not do this
please educate yourself about nader and the 2000 presidential election before encouraging this literally terrible idea
People on both sides say “Not voting for my candidate is a vote for the other guy” No, it’s just not a vote for your fucking candidate. Vote for who you actually believe in, otherwise you might as well not vote. If Hillary actually gave a damn she would try harder than just say “Vote for me cause I’m not Trump” No bitch, how about you show me something I can believe in. God damn, no wonder so many people don’t fucking vote.
*sigh*
Let me explain why they say a vote for a 3rd candidate or not voting for Hillary is voting for Trump:
The United States does not have a direct democratic voting system. We have an indirect system called the electoral college.The electoral college is a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens.
To win the Presidency you do not need a popular majority; you need the majority of votes of the electoral college.
The way the college works is that the two parties select the delegates that will serve as electors, and the electors pledge to vote for the candidates, depending on their party affiliation, of either the democratic or republican party. So, when people go vote, they are actually going to vote for electors that have pledged to vote for a specific party/candidate.
Each state is allocated a different number of electoral seats, and so not every state is truly worth the same given that every candidate is racing to secure 270 seats (minimum required to win the election).
What’s important to note is that the electoral college is a winner take all vote in 48 of the 50 states, meaning that the candidate with the higher number of votes in a given state will get ALL of the seats. This is one of the reasons why third party candidates are a wasted vote.
Based on our country’s history, most States around the country have already been defined as either red or blue, because the majority of the people that go and vote in said states tend to stick to either one or the other no matter who is on the ballot. It becomes a bit of loyalism to a party or, more accurately, just a strong distaste towards the ideals of the other party. However, there are a few swing states that really define the elections, for each election cycle they tend to change depending on who is on the ballot.
Now, third party candidates, which is often used as a protest vote, have never worked because a) they are not written into every state ballot, meaning that there are states that don’t offer these candidates given that they did not qualify b) have rarely gotten enough votes to even be up for electoral seats c) ALWAYS end up hurting one of the two candidates, for, in close runs, they can make one of the other two candidates lose a SWING STATE.
This is what happened with Ralph Nader in 2000. The votes that he received hurt Gore in certain states, particularly florida, which led to Bush winning as he had the majority of electoral seats even though he did not have the majority in popular vote.
Now, in the latest poll, it shows that the race between Hillary and trump is very close, and, when third party candidates are involved, it actually HURTS Hillary’s chances.
Now, if it hurts her enough, Trump can obtain the much needed swing states. If he gets over 270 seats (and thus more than hillary) he WILL win the goddamn election.
This is not a year to vote for a third party candidate. This is not a man you want in the oval office of the most powerful country in the world.
There is nothing NOTHING you can pull out that will make Trump the lesser of two evils.
We live in a country that has a two party system, so yes, a vote for a 3rd party candidate or a non-vote IS actually a vote for trump.
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oh my god i don’t normally reblog posts that long but this is so important. read it.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.
Yes. This is what will happen. Now is not the time for soapboxes.
god i HATE the way crime shows aggressively push the idea that only guilty people (or occasionally innocent but morally repugnant people) want lawyers when talking to the police. it’s one of the most harmful lies on tv honestly because it encourages real people to waive their right to counsel making it vastly easier for cops to take advantage of them, lie to them, railroad them etc. regardless of your guilt or innocence, if you’re suspected of a crime, you need a lawyer.
Had a conversation with my father (who’s been a lawyer practically my whole life) earlier this week; among other things he reiterated something he’s been telling us since I was a teenager, which is: it is scarily easily for the cops to get something they can use in court out of anybody, regardless of whether they’re guilty or not, and here in Canada even after you say you want a lawyer before you talk to them they can just keep asking you questions until your lawyer gets there and the only safe thing to do, especially if you’re innocent, is to ask for a lawyer and then do not talk to the cops at all, except for continued attempts to get said lawyer, until you get one.
(This was in the context of both of us being furious about the police murdering people, here and in the US, which lead to a more general conversation about our opinion of the police, which is… not high, and in his case that’s from dealing with them professionally for decades.)
Always ask for a lawyer. Always. Refuse to speak until your lawyer gets there.
AMERICANS, MEMORIZE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE:
I am exercising my right to remain silent, and I want a lawyer.
That is IT. That is all you tell them. That is all you do. What they are supposed to do (notice I say “supposed to”) is immediately cease questioning until you have a lawyer present.
YOU DO NOT SAY:
Can I have a lawyer?
I think I want a lawyer.
I’ll talk to you after I talk to my lawyer.
I don’t need a lawyer.
Literally anything else after you’ve said you want a lawyer.
I don’t care if you’ve never done anything wrong in your entire life.
I AM EXERCISING MY RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT AND I WANT A LAWYER.
If the cops respond with “oh you’re not in custody, you’re not under arrest, you don’t get a lawyer, I haven’t read you your rights or anything, don’t worry.” Then you are to say “Thank you, I am going to leave now.”
You are either entitled to a lawyer or you are entitled to leave. Lawyer or leave.
This. Is. Important.
Them: Why do you even care who runs the country?
Me:
I’ve never seen a better use of a gif. Ever. EVER
2016 Elections
Hillary: Trump? Since when are you a Republican?
Trump: Since being one put me on the up and up again
Hillary: No one knows who you are or what you do
Trump: They don’t need to know me, they don’t like you
Preach Queen Latifah. Never settling for second place.
When you hear someone talking shit about a person you hate
Me thinking about all the people who are about to start bar prep
They don’t even know what is about to hit them. Sorry about it. But beast the next two months and it’ll all be over.
Watching all my friends start when I don’t have to...
Thank you diploma privilege.