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I have a cousin who never studied much,we studied together but she gives most of her time to her phone than studies after writing the LSAT test she passed and I failed😣, I asked her how she did it, just found out she got her help from Mr Thomas ..
I'm also graduating law school this semester and your point about friends is so true! Not making many friends in law school is my biggest regret. So anyone reading this, make friends in law school!
Regarding your thinking you should have known what kind of practice you were shooting for to give you a "why" are you doing this when times where tough, I think in general this could be a recipe for heartbreak down the road. Sure there are electives in law school, and if you absolutely want to do nothing but criminal law and are prepared to work for little money and be a prosecutor or public defender there is a good chance that could actually happen, and maybe if all you want to do is be a civil litigator since that is the specialty of 50% of lawyers you might have a good chance of ending up being a litigator, but if your goal is to be something like a securities lawyer and you are not Order of the Coif and Law Review at a top 5 school forget it. Not going to happen. People have asked me well then how does a lawyer become a certain kind of lawyer and my answer is always that it completely depends of what job you get or what clients you get or the firm that hires you gets. I know a guy in Phoenix who specializes in dog bite and dental injuries. You think that was his plan in law school? Not even. It really is the luck of the draw. You are working in personal injury and you get a nice settlement in a dog bite case and all of a sudden you are the dog bite lawyer, or you have a case where you prove up $100k in dental injury remediation and you are the dental injury guy. Best of luck to you and all your classmates. My path has been "non-linear" and I would not wish it on anyone, but I have never regretted going to law school. Oh and BTW, I agree that the great friends I made resulted in law school being fun, but other than a small amount of networking, since I did not practice in the same city as my law school I never saw any or them again after law school so don't fret.
thank you for this!! i'm starting at ASU law this fall and your videos have been so helpful. can't wait to see how your life progresses post-graduation! :)
@@Josephcoll87 hi! i wonder how many other future students have watched all of jenn's videos haha. i actually watched these before i knew where i was going
Her point on remembering your why is very interesting. Just watched a video of a lawyer who left north america to skip undergrad and go straight to a U.K law school. She only wanted to study law and didn't want to waste her time studying anything else when in the end she she knew what she rly wanted to do
Can you makes vlogs when you study for the bar exam! Also a life update now that you just graduated law school congrats! Love your vlogs very motivating!
I've been following your law school journey for quite a while now and it has motivated me to study for my entrance exams. I'll be joining 1L in a few weeks. Good Luck on your Bar Exams.
Hey I've been watching your videos for a while now. I've applied to ASU and they have waitlisted me.... what else do you recommend besides a letter of continued interest?
Thank you for sharing Jenn. Did you grow up with affluent parents? Did you start RU-vid so you would not have to work a job in law school? What do you invest in?
Wow..it feels weird a bit to hear you say you just graduated law school,because its like yesterday I started following your law school journey and now it is complete..So counselor I would like to say congratulations and truly well-deserved.
I have not had a chance to see your video but I love reading the comments right now. I want to do in law school and I’m just nervous because of how expensive I hear it is, I am in Washington state.
Hey there! Love the video! I’m seriously considering law school for next fall, planning on taking a LSAT Princeton course this Fall - wondering if you have any recs on studying for the LSAT. Also if anyone else is reading this who currently attends law school I would love to chat with you! I’m a first gen student and have been a paralegal for over a year in California! I’d love to connect with anyone for advice!
hey! for the LSAT, my best advice is to have set strategies for the different sections and don't waiver from them on test day. Even if the question seems totally foreign, you'll waste time trying to invent a strategy on the spot. Just stick to what you've practiced as timing is a huge part of the LSAT. best of luck!
Is cold call as scary as it sounds? I'm an undergrad and I want to go to law school but sometimes I feel like I'm not the best when it comes to some kind of presentation. So I get a little nervous beforehand even when I know I have to do it and I'm prepared for it. How was getting a cold call for you?
most of my professors were super nice with their cold calls. and as long as you did the reading, you can at least share what you do know, even if it's not the exact answer to their question. I feel like a few weeks in you get a sense of how that professor cold calls (details vs general ideas, facts vs case holding or reasoning, etc.) and then you read in a specific way based on that. It really wasnt bad!
Anyone answer please: I always wondered how much you need to know about the political system? And the constitution. Do I need to know about legislators and stuff?
Hi! If I wanted to work in big law as a medical lawyer, would it be ok to go to a school that has a high rank in healthcare law and is in the state I want to practice or should I shoot for a T-14 school?
If you know that's what you want to do, I would go to a school that can help set you up in that field. A T-14 school would open a lot of doors, but if there's only one door you care about I'd say go for the school that can help you the most in that field! And I always advocate for going to school where you want to practice, that way you can network and set up long-lasting opportunities the whole time you're in school, in person!
talk to people you sit near in class! strike up conversations, exchange phone numbers. Also student orgs, clinics, and internships are great ways to meet people. Basically just bond over shared assignments, studying, etc.
I think another really important thing to think about the look is getting a first legal, paralegal, or office job right after Law School. Even if you do not pass the bar, a law graduate needs to know how the Law is actually practiced. We know the theory but not how to file or organize legal claims.
I'm still trying to understand why every American says that Law School is unlike anything else in undergrad or grad school... I don't think they would all be lying, of course, so obviously it must be something about the American Law Schools, but I'm really still trying to figure out what people mean by that. It seems to come up so often and to be "a thing"... I'm confused and curious haha For me anyway, it's really all the same... 🤷♀️ I guess the American system is really hard..? Anyone has a clue on this and on why that is?
I think it's because there's a ton of reading & your grade usually hinges only on the final exam. So all during the semester, you have no feedback or any idea how you'll do in the class.
@@aalegalfocus Thanks for your reply! I had found that out since I posted my question, but thank you anyway. It might also answer someone else's question. It must be a feature of Law Schools in the USA, because where I live, it's not like that. Law School is actually an undergrad, like in the UK, and you don't get only one exam at the end. You get at least 2 (mid-terms and finals) and some classes will also give 3 or put an essay or something as a third evaluation. That's why I was confused as to why people kept saying it was nothing like undergrad when it actually *is* an undergrad degree (LL.B.) where I live. We do get a ton of readings too, though haha (But that's also the same for people in Social Sciences or any program that are mostly essay-based and built on readings as 90% of the course/learning material vs. programs that are more technical/practice based. I don't read that much more in my LL.B. than I did in my B.Sc. in Political Science and History or in my B.A in Literature. All I did was read all the time too...!)
I’ll be a 1L with a 5 year old and I have no idea how I’m going to read all this shit and raise a child at the same time 🥴 I wish I knew other moms that went to law school after having kids
depends on the person! If study groups have worked for you in the past, law school will likely be similar. But if you know yourself to be more productive by yourself, that will likely carry into law school!
I’m 34 and my dream since I was a young girl was to become a lawyer. I let that dream go and focused on raising my kids instead. Lately I’ve had the little law school dream itch come back out of no where but I feel I’m too old already. 😔
It's a violation of animal welfare law for people to be using plastic straws and not double checking to see if the underwater pineapple from pbs kids was biodegradable or not. It must be plastic! I feel like being funny today. Sponge bob is not a sea sponge . . . so does he receive the same welfare checks? Either way his credit card bounces because it is under an ambiguous name. Interesting nomenclature, but I know how funny I am.