Law School Discussion

I actually just read a book about what your doing and have been trying it myself. "The handbook for humans" by James Sloman. It really has had a profound affect on me. Too bad not so much on my practice scores!

I plan on attracting client like any other small business. Advertising, contacts, and word of mouth and referrals from other atty's. I know several atty's who have their own practice and started right out of lawschool. I am expecting it to be 2-3 years before I have an extremely lucrative practice but this is still much more acceptable (to me) than slaving away at some firm. But as for MOST people gain reputation by working at firms I don't find that statement to be correct. I don't think Billy Bob who got a DWI cares about how your resume reads and Fred and Suzy who are about to lose their trailer house because they can't make their payment probably don't care about where you went to law school. An don't kid yourself there is alot of money to be made handling those cases. Is is glamorous? Is is LA Law? NO but. Would it be rewarding? Can you make really good money AND have time for your family doing this. Absolutely! There is a place for everyone. And those of you who have dreams of LA Law I think you will find these expectations hard (although not impossible) to meet. I for one am a realist.

I plan on starting in January. I am applying to STCL. Ok it's a 4th tier, but I don't plan on being unemployed either. I plan on being self-employed. That is the whole reason I am going to law school. All I need to do is pass the bar. So mesirow your contention that All or Most schools that start in January are "Bad" is wrong. Bad for whom? Not bad for me. Since I don't want to work in a firm anyway I really don't care what the employment rate is for my school of choice. What diff. does it make if my JD has Harvard or STCL on it? Either way it will be hanging in a small office somewhere and the clients I can attract probably won't care one way or the other as long as I do a good job with their case. Just wanted to throw in that everything is a matter of prospective. Even if I got into Harvard (highly unlikely) I would go to STCL because I want to start sooner, it's cheaper, and I probably could not convince my wife to move up north.

I too have kept a spreadsheet since Feb. I keep track of every section I study broken down by time and # of sections. Also have all of my practice score's. I definately has helped my focus on what I need to work on. Although it really just comes down to the games. Damn them.