For those in Law School: What sort of preson shouldn't be in law school?

[StevePirates]

People who aren't careful and meticulous.  For example, those who misspell words in thread titles.

You think THAT'S bad?  Check out the sadness this girl must be experiencing (Spam warning this link goes to a post on my blog, but still it's funny.)
http://jollylawger.com/?p=197

[StevePirates]

People who aren't careful and meticulous.  For example, those who misspell words in thread titles.

You think that's bad, check out how sad the girl in this story must be.
(warning: this link does go to my blog, but it's on point to the above remark.)
http://jollylawger.com/?p=197

[cwhelan]

People who aren't careful and meticulous.  For example, those who misspell words in thread titles.

haha.. perhaps true

[Thistle]

People who aren't careful and meticulous.  For example, those who misspell words in thread titles.

You think that's bad, check out how sad the girl in this story must be.
(warning: this link does go to my blog, but it's on point to the above remark.)
http://jollylawger.com/?p=197

Now, a degree in international studies does include at least one geography course, right?

or history, either, apparently.  double fail, miss chen:

1)  it was in central europe
2)  on 1-1-93, it split into the czech republic and slovakia.

[StevePirates]

Yeah.  I feel bad for the girl.  I'm sure she actually knows the difference, but was just speaking colloquially without thinking that she was going to be reported verbatim.

I really wonder if the reporter chose that particular quote on purpose.

[Legal Ease]

There is one girl in my class who sort of embodies the "oops, I shouldn't have gone to law school" idea, or at least what i know of it... I know she left some sort of courthouse job to attend school because she has a lot of knowledge that couldn't have come from elsewhere..  I remember at the beginning of the year, she mentioned "this [law school thing] better be good because i left a good job for it."  And at the end of the year, she said, basically, she thinks she regrets coming. 

All I can say about her personality is that she meandered into class late quite often, sometimes only by a minute or so. It makes no sense to do that; in law school, that is an absence, and you only get so many absences before you get dropped and failed from the class.  When she was in class, she seemed to be daydreaming all the time.  She would occasionally be interested in a discussion, enough to say something, but it seemed only if it was a subject matter personal to her that she would speak up. [Don't get me wrong, I think she is a fine person and very likeable, just seemed disappointed in having decided to attend.]

I think people need to be able to appreciate the challenge of making policy, and maybe be inspired by the impossibility of getting case decisions absolutely right, or at least be able to tolerate a lot of dry reading. You have to find a way to make some pretty boring material seem interesting. Otherwise, you're going to feel like you're just reading a bunch of mundane arguments about nothing in particular, ALL YEAR, for three years. 

Then there is an aptitude factor when it comes to writing exams.  If you aren't a good writer coming in, then you better be prepared to live with mediocre grades.  Mediocre grades aren't the end of the world, but to some students, they can be very de-motivating.

Of course, being a practicing lawyer is supposed to be a whole different story. Academia is one thing, practice is another. You cannot test some of the lawyer-skills on paper. Many academic skills probably transfer though.

The types who prospered?  Meticulous, attentive, disciplined, and talented in organizing and presenting arguments on paper.  Preferably humble, but not always. But even if you lack the academic talent part, you can still pass and quite possibly be a talented attorney, just not in the academic sense.  But you'll need to be able to live with getting C's while in school.   

Then there are the types who don't listen but speak all the time.  They seem to think that they have already figured out the correct way to solve legal issues before they got to law school.  They fail out. I suppose you wouldn't be reading this if you're one of those. LOL

my two cents, good luck

[TraciRai]

People who enjoy having a life outside of working probably shouldn't be here.

[juliemccoy]

People who aren't careful and meticulous.  For example, those who misspell words in thread titles.

I feel even worse for this guy:
And Mike Hou, 21, thinks he may have set a record by getting five undergraduate degrees in just three years: anthropology, clinical psychology, international studies, Chinese studies and political science. With all that, he said, “I'm going to law school. I want to practice law and operate in a lot of different fields.”

Ummm, yay for your record... You can has cheeseburger now?

You think that's bad, check out how sad the girl in this story must be.
(warning: this link does go to my blog, but it's on point to the above remark.)
http://jollylawger.com/?p=197