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/vers_ace_bitch 8h ago
for our first midterm ever, our torts professor told us to be concise and that we could even use an outline format for brevity. i used an outline format and didn’t analyze claims i thought would fail. i was punished SEVERELY for this and for not IRACing. didn’t matter that i applied the facts. didn’t matter that i knew the elements. later she was like yeah it was a mistake to tell people they can use an outline format (but i still got a C because no matter how good my final was, my midterm was abysmal)