Not to hijack or anything but I'm curious if anyone out there worked during their 1L. Any advice, horror stories, etc?

I'm planning on working at least 10 hours or so... unless I can figure out how to make money doing nothing.

cheers

Wow, some pretty vehement opinions.... For those of you who say you should not work during 1L: There are plenty of people on this board and others who are currently attending LS who have said they have this schedule or that schedule in which they only do school work from say 7-5 during the week and on a bit on weekends. Then there are some who say, "DON'T WORK!" Can anyone comment on this gap in information? If you can be disciplined enough to get your studying/reading done and have time to chill at night, why can't you work a few hours?

As for borrowing from my parents... Nope, not gonna happen. My wife and I have been married for almost 4 years and are quite financially stable, the reason for wanting to work is to avoid as much debt as possible.

Anyhow, thanks for your opinions...

Anyone out there who is working as a 1L or LS student?

FWIW... Regent students won the National ABA Moot Court Competition last year and the ABA National Negotiations Competition a few weeks ago. So as much as the numbers aren't as high as other schools, there's incredible quality among the students and faculty.

Curious, is anyone attending?

Congrats. I'd like to go there.. we'll see I need to get off the waitlist first. Lake-effect snow isn't too bad though. Don't get me wrong, WNY winters are cold, long and harsh but it's all relative really. You'll get used to it... maybe.

If you like the outdoors, you'll love WNY. Much of south and southeast of buffalo is beautiful. Letchworth, finger lakes, Watkins Glen, etc.

Good luck!