Knowing what you know now, What would you do differently before law school?

[ElizaB]

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[NearBurned]

I would fix my credit to obtain more student loans so that I didn't have to go to LS part-time and work full-time.

[midjeep]

I would fix my credit to obtain more student loans so that I didn't have to go to LS part-time and work full-time.

Oh great, now I am getting worried 

I had a deliquent credit card (long story but I paid off a credit card, moved, but didn't cancel the card....had a fraudulent charge added but didnt know, and it went unpaid for three years). The deliquency was taken care of, but I am still in the process of cancelling more cards I didn't even know I had.

Another thing to add to my list of things to do before law school. This is almost starting to feel like a "things I would like to do before I die" kinda list 

[angelalex]

Definitely perfect your typing skills. Read a lot, including some boring *&^%, just for practice. Go to a law school section in a bookstore (law SCHOOL section, not real law stuff) and just get familiar with all the supplements and study aids. After that, it depends on your major.
     If you majored in pre-law or you've been around lawyers your entire life, relax and hit keg parties all summer.
     I majored in philosophy and minored in English. I'm not sure when all that "deep thinking" is supposed to come in handy.... Law school readings (mostly cases) can be long and hard and boring, but once the rules are sifted out, it's all memorization. Compared to people who majored in areas like accounting and math, I need MEMORIZATION skills--which require a high tolerance for repetition, something I lack. This summer, I will work on memorization!
     At my school, the impact of writing skills is minimal the first year--one 3-hour class first semester, and I now know that legal writing breaks most of the rules of "good" writing in other academic fields.
     So...if I were doing it all over, I would work on memorization and read something like Law School Without Fear. Twice. Maybe once in July and once in August.
     I would also watch Law and Order often. Seriously. It'll give you a context for your criminal law class.

[menses]

Not really!

[insidedition]

Oh great, now I am getting worried 

I had a deliquent credit card (long story but I paid off a credit card, moved, but didn't cancel the card....had a fraudulent charge added but didnt know, and it went unpaid for three years). The deliquency was taken care of, but I am still in the process of cancelling more cards I didn't even know I had.

Another thing to add to my list of things to do before law school. This is almost starting to feel like a "things I would like to do before I die" kinda list 

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