Law School Discussion

Wally here.

I thought that it would be nice to check in as a 3L.  Not knowing what else to say, I thought I would share two observations:

1) As utterly ridiculous as my neuroticism was (and I am embarrassed by it, in retrospect), it may have been warranted.  How ironic: every last anxiety-ridden bit of it has become something of conventional wisdom.  T6 still not a good idea at sticker?  Check.  Studying for daylight?  Check.  Not counting on any BigLaw position?  Ditto.

2) Ideally, life is long and full of surprises.  As cliche as it sounds, I hope that the last two years have made all of us more open-minded about what qualifies as our future.  When I was a few years younger, I was always stressed because I tried to will certain predetermined outcomes.  I would map out my future and then panic if anything went awry.  These days, I just focus on living.  Eating.  Enjoying whatever it is I do.  Miss one job, I hope I find another.  Not this girl, I hit on another.  "One doctor, one ecstasy, one illness, one woman, one man / May hide another.  Pause to let the first one pass . . . It can be important / To have waited at least a moment to see what was already there."

Where do you guys go to school?  Damn.   

I might do that.  Worse comes to worse, I heard that Lexis or Westlaw have the cases on them.  We'll see.  I'll talk to a few of the 2Ls.

Agreed.  It seems like Skadden and Weil are easier than some lower-ranked firms, especially lower ranked ones in DC.

The point is that there are a handful of very selective firms and a large number of less selective ones that are happy to have HYSCCN associates.

I think.   Feel free to correct any misconception.

There are two issues here:

1.  If the material is easy and lucid to you, it's probably easy and lucid to everyone else, raising the curve for everyone.  People are often shocked when they don't do as well on "easy" tests because they forget that the test was as easy for everyone else.

2.  Policy is important, but most important when dealing with SCOTUS and issues that could go for either party.  That's when policy arguments are most relevant.  Your goal is to be able to take general concepts and understand them in an exam sense.  I would start taking exams now.