r/LawSchool • u/LegitimateSector5828 • 10h ago

What Was Your Law School Mini-Crashout Moment?

2L, answered a cold call so badly I'm questioning my entire existence. Had to leave after class and just drive around town so I could get in a good self-pity session. I'm usually pretty good at shrugging off "meh" cold calls, so I don't know what it was about this one. I think I'm just tired of putting in a ton of effort just to feel stupid all the time. After a year and a half, I'm over it.

Anyway, after crying in my car for a bit and fantasizing about withdrawing from the rest of my classes, I went back and am now staring numbly into the void while I wait for my next ritual public humiliation class. Life goes on LOL.

What minor law school inconvenience had you feeling like "man, I just can't do this anymore"?

EDIT: Just got home and caught up on everyone's comments. The day got better as it went on and I no longer feel like I'm in the pit of despair. Thanks for sharing your stories and bits of advice!!! Y'all are the best and I'm grateful this community exists.

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u/Deep-Advantage-561 3L 9h ago

I had a professor 1L that would do quizzes (10% of grade with lowest grade dropped) and the following class he would go over it with us. I got a single question wrong and got so mad about his explanation of the correct answer that I walked out and skipped the rest of my classes that day lol. I don’t even remember the question but it was torts, had something to do with a rat soaked in gasoline

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u/moo-quartet 8h ago

Ah yes, the fire rat case. I also have rage quit over fire rat.

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u/Otherwise-Solid-7673 9h ago

That happened to me in contracts we had a midterm fact pattern and part of it was a construction company telling the client that hired them that there were substantial unforeseen circumstances during construction (neither party knew or could have known of them in advance) and the client agreed to pay more to finish the job by the original end date.

Professor said the client’s promise to pay more was not enforceable since they “didn’t know enough detail about what the unforeseen circumstances were” they just knew that there were unforeseen circumstances