Law School

[MassNole]

Re: Law School

Civil Procedure sucks but is also painstakingly easy.

[J.R. Locke]

Re: Law School

Oh law. I am a political science major and the natural progression is to law. I decided to get a degree in social science education so I could teach and coach football.

Good luck though! Networking and your personality will end up mattering far more than what school you go to when you do look for a job.

[Pete1210]

Re: Law School

Last day of orientation starting in a few minutes.

What they've told me so far:
1. Law school will become your life
2. Do not be an idiot in your personal life, because it will come back to haunt you the rest of your life. Also, a great quote from an old Miami lawyer... "Do not go to downtown Miami where lewd things happen"

That's about it. Sounds like it will be a lot of hard work and I'm almost in the right mindset for it, just have to start getting those study habits down.

Any words of advice out there for a 1L?

Go to all your classes. Be prepared for class by doing the reading and case briefing assigned. Participate in class discussion.

You can get all the work done, do well and still have free time and a social life.

[ASB37]

Re: Law School

Ok so I have to start prepping for the LSAT. I refuse to take any courses or classes like kaplan etc, because I took them for the SAT's and hardly noticed any improvment.

I'm not the best test taker, more of a paper writer so I know I need to mentally prepare myself for a long grueling test. Also I took a practice LSAT with no prep or studying and scored a 145 which isn't really good. I'm looking to score in the 160-165 range.

Right now I'm looking at getting some books or things like that to help me prep. I plan on spending some extra time during the semester studying, but will use winter break as my hardcore studying time.

[Brankles]

Re: Law School

Ok so I have to start prepping for the LSAT. I refuse to take any courses or classes like kaplan etc, because I took them for the SAT's and hardly noticed any improvment.

I'm not the best test taker, more of a paper writer so I know I need to mentally prepare myself for a long grueling test. Also I took a practice LSAT with no prep or studying and scored a 145 which isn't really good. I'm looking to score in the 160-165 range.

Right now I'm looking at getting some books or things like that to help me prep. I plan on spending some extra time during the semester studying, but will use winter break as my hardcore studying time.

Whatever gets you prepared, you don't necessarily need to take a course. If you buy a book or two and take at least 6 or 7 practice tests, that should get you ready enough for the LSAT. The more you practice, the better you'll get.