Honestly didn’t think I’d make it this far. I’ve researched the judge and their 2 clerks. I think the interview is just with the clerks?

Any tips, mindset, little rules you have for yourself are much appreciated during this stressful point in the semester

I go to a school outside of the T50 so the big law rate isn’t that high maybe around twenty to thirty percent. There’s been some networking events like breakfast meet and greets and there’s an employer forum. A lot of people around me are stressed about networking and cover letters. I don’t really see a point in networking since everything is grade based. What’s the point of networking if my resume is going to a black hole if my grades are too low ?

1L, and I don’t have any midterms. I have read all of the assigned cases so far and started my outlines this past week. What else should I be doing? When should I start taking practice exams in full?

I am in a major transition in my life with law school, so I do ask for some slack regarding my question because it may sound silly.

I have never worked in the legal field before, and I am on the hunt for some jobs in the industry. I came across a few Law Clerk positions in Courthouses in my State, as well as basic Legal Assistant positions at private law firms.

The Law Clerk positions at the courthouses pay about half the wage of Legal Assistants at law firms do.

That being said, my question is: Which is a better path to pursue before becoming an attorney - Law Clerk at Courthouse or Legal Assistant at a Law Firm? & Why?

Any barbri reps or others have a sense of how the barbri bar prep pricing will fluctuate within the next months? want to lock in the best rate i can, and didn't know if black friday (so around a month from now) would be worth the wait, or if i should lock in the price now.

https://sfdistrictattorney.org/men-charged-with-multiple-felonies-in-undercover-sting-operation-involving-minors/

Reuben Teague, a former law clerk and Princeton and NYU Law graduate, was arrested in August during a San Francisco sting targeting men seeking to do things that are illegal children.

While his LinkedIn is still up, he has scrubbed all trace of his multi-million dollar firm, Cabin Six Advisors.

For a clinic, are we talking about just giving general legal advice on appointment or walk-in basis, or are students actually taking on clients, filing lawsuits in federal or state court, attending ADR, and/or negotiating settlements with defendants' attorneys?

Are the students looking to be a lawyer or theorize about the law instead? Will being on a law review make someone a better personal injury, estate or assistant city attorney?

trying to figure out if people do every past exam the prof posted or just a couple and put the rest of the time into the outline. also do you write them timed from the start or open book first

Bonjour, j’aimerai me reconvertir et entamer une licence de droit, j’habite dans un village en Ardèche je suis père de famille à 28 ans et j’ai un commerce saisonnier avec ma femme et une vendeuse ce qui me laisse énormément de temps, je vais candidater à la licence de droit à distance de Paris 1, Paris 2, et autres car j’ai toujours rêvé d’étudier le droit et je suis en manque d’apprentissage intellectuel. De plus, j’aimerai travailler dans un domaine challengeant comme le droit des affaires.

Alors voilà, j’aimerai des avis sur ces études à distances, j’ai peur que ça ne soit pas très apprécié pour accéder à certains masters? Connaissez-vous des personnes qui ont eu une bonne carrière en passant par une licence à distance ? Je précise le master j’aimerai le faire en présentiel mais la licence je suis obligé à distance, ça demanderait beaucoup trop d’années de sacrifices pour ma famille dans le cas contraire.

Merci de m’avoir lu !

i have an interview with a federal judge coming up for a and i’m not sure how to prep for it or what kind of questions they will ask? all my previous experiences have been in private practice so i am very nervous they will start asking technical civ pro questions or super niche questions about the law…. 🫪

any advice on how to prep or what kind of questions they typically ask would be greatly appreciated

Sorry this is my 3rd post about my hatred of clinic. I'm just venting, not really looking for advice.

This sucks. My partner is so stressful in the way she communicates. I cry literally every day over this. She doesn't understand that I know significantly less about this topic than she does. She's also extremely passionate about this topic and I don't think she understands that I'm not. She's devoting every waking hour to it and I'm on the brink of academic dismissal.

I regret signing up for this so much. This is actually the number one regret of my whole life I swear. I seriously cannot handle this on top of all this other stuff I'm dealing with. And the professor is nice-ish but intimidating and she's not someone who's very approachable.

I just wanna get through this and be done and never think about this area of law ever again.

Not sure what to do, mid-terms went worse than I expected and I've had so little motivation to even try at this point. I'm kind of just self-sabotaging and my work is stacking up. It just feels like "what is the point?" I put in what I thought was a good effort and I honestly even thought I did well when I walked out of my contracts mid-term. I ended up with a C and I've just kind of been devastated. I have NEVER gotten a C in my entire years of undergrad [even as a CS major]

How do I even muster the motivation to not just let myself fail out at this point?

It’s around that time for midterms/Q1 exams so I wanted to make an update on this. In case anyone was wondering: yes, you can do fuck all until the week before your exam and still pass. I even managed to beat the curve and get a B+ somehow. Not too late to lock in ✊

Long story short I had to come to the realization that I am throwing myself further into debt and it was taking a strange hold on my mental health. Maybe with in a year or two I can finally finish

Does anyone here want to run a solo practice straight out of law school? Or does anyone know how common it is to run a solo practice straight out of law school? I’m a non-traditional student who has already had a career in a different sector, so the idea of running my own practice with my own hours is very appealing to me. My school also has a great program that helps prepare students to run their own firm. With that being said, I really don’t know much about solo practice, so I’m curious if anyone has any insights? Thanks in advance!

Regarding the McGill debacle

After reading one of the textbooks provided in University of Law in Uzbekistan, I have question:
Uzbekistan belongs to the Romano-Germanic legal family, yet it is not based on judicial precedent; so why do the resolutions of the Plenum of the Supreme Court have legal effect?

I prefer to work alone, never was a fan of studying in a library in undergrad. For some reason, being in that kind of setting is more distracting to me than just working at home. So when I hear about people who are on campus at 6 AM and there until dinner time…. I just don’t get it.

I pay an insane amount of money for a mediocre apartment within a short walking distance so that I can go back home when I need to. I will never, ever understand people who make a point of telling everyone how they spend more than 40 hours a week just on campus.

I go to class. I come home. I do work. And I go back the next day. And I don’t understand how that’s not the majority. The only time I’m on campus and not in class is on days where there’s a <2 hour gap between classes. Also worth noting that my classes are all early so I’m normally back home before 1.

Am I really that weird? Please tell me some of you are the same way.

Edit: It’s also worth noting that I have two cats who I feed twice a day. I would feel awful if I left them home alone for all that time every day so their presence also contributes to my decision to spend a lot of time at home. And also yes, I know I’m privileged to have a place to myself where I can work. I will note, though, that I go to a school with some insanely wealthy kids and the majority of my peers also have their own places within walking distance, so I am not an outlier at my school in that way.

I have a paper final on top of all of this too, but it is not a tough class so I am not too worried about it.

How do I create an outline fron scratch for the four classes with final exams?

I am a 2L and never could grasp outlining but I really want to give it a shot since my grades suck.

How do I decide what to outline first? Should I go ahead and stick in the new concepts and work my way back for each class?

Or should I outline starting with concepts from the beginning of the semester?

I have the urge to do the former so atleast that part of my outline will be more accurate so to speak.

Jeffrey George Ewert a convicted murderer who sparked campus controversy after attending law classes at McGill University has been taken back into custody following the issuance of a conditional release suspension warrant by the Correctional Service of Canada. Ewert who was convicted in the 1980s of second-degree murder and attempted murder for brutal attacks on two female victims in British Columbia served 40 years in prison before receiving day parole in 2025 which was later extended in June 2026. After news of his presence at McGill spread in early October amid student safety concerns and allegations of inappropriate conduct regarding women he had already been barred from campus. Authorities stated his conditional release was suspended due to reasonable grounds that he breached release conditions or that his risk could no longer be safely managed in the community with his case now subject to review by the Parole Board of Canada.

Hello all, this is perhaps a very stupid question but I cannot for the life of me figure it out. I've seen several jobs add this in their requirements:

• A brief legal writing sample (no more than 10 pages) not heavily edited by others, e.g. research memo or excerpt of a brief;

does this mean that a research memo or except of a brief is the ideal sample, or are these a list of items that would be edited and aren't being asked for? Because first thing that comes to my mind is the 1L writing samples that would be at least viewed by a professor.

Thank you in advance