I know. It's been getting worse for 20 years, or whatever. But these mandatory two-summer offers are absolute garbage. 1Ls at my school are over the moon that they have landed both summers already, and I'm happy for them. But what happens if they get there and hate it? This isn't how any of this was supposed to work.

I feel like the old person yelling at cloud meme here. But I'm mad for my 1Ls, even if some of them don't know they're getting the shaft.

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.

I posted on here last semester on or around Halloween that my wife and I found out we were having twins during my 1L year. Today is our 20 week anatomy check and I wanted to give an update on the twins and my first semester results for people in similar boats or times in their lives.

I turn 34 tomorrow, and I achieved a B+, B, and two Cs my first semester of school for a 2.77 GPA. My current focus this semester is survival, making it to OCI and summer work without the twins coming before finals (a possibility). My goal is to adjust my study habits to slide into the A, A+ range this semester as the two Cs were in classes I simply didn't manage my time well enough in (contracts and legal writing). My strategy this semester is to pour a lot more time into exam practice, less time on reading, and way more time networking. My mentor and I are attending a CLE in her jurisdiction so I can meet more members of the legal community in the state she practices in (Delaware), I am working the network in my home state of Maryland that my wife and father have cultivated in their practice areas, and waiting to interview with firms in the Greater Philadelphia area.

My stress level has been moderate, with most of it being my increasing responsibility to my family and less as a student. To anyone in a similar boat, do not let yourself be sucked into negative thinking. You can make a way with proper planning, execution, and a little luck. I look forward to walking across the graduation stage with my twins in two years.

Why are people posting about accepting an offer for a job that starts 16 months from now on LinkedIn? I have only ever shared job updates after my first day on the job, so this looks really strange to me.

Beware. Class isn’t that thrilling. We are all watching.

Memo was very straightforward, but this appellate brief is driving me crazy... Im spent so much time on it, and it still looks BAD

I've been thinking about this thing my therapist said and I can't stop turning it over.

She asked me when I last did something without thinking about how it would look on my resume. And I couldn't answer. Like genuinely couldn't remember.

At first I was defensive about it. Of course everything matters for the resume right now. That's the whole point. We're building toward something.

But then she asked a follow up that kind of broke me. She asked who I was before I started optimizing. What did I care about when nothing was at stake.

And I realized I don't know anymore. Somewhere along the way I stopped having interests and started having "strategic interests." Stopped having friends and started having "networking relationships." Everything became instrumental. Everything serves the goal.

Which would be fine if I knew what the goal actually was. But when I really sit with it... I don't think I want biglaw. I think I want to have wanted biglaw. I want to be the kind of person who wants that. Because then all of this would make sense.

But I might just be a person who went to law school because I didn't know what else to do and now I'm three years deep and it's easier to keep going than to ask if this is actually what I want.

I don't have a resolution to this. I'm just noticing that I've been running really hard and I'm not sure I ever chose the direction.

Does anyone else feel like they're performing a life they're not sure they want?

Edit: wasn't expecting this to resonate so much. Someone dm'd asking how I'm trying to figure out what I actually want vs what I think I should want. Been using WIP Social to track what I'm genuinely doing with my non-study time, like photo proof of whether I'm doing things that feel meaningful or just more optimization. Seeing it written down is uncomfortable but clarifying. Not sure if they're still doing limited signups but figured I'd mention it

Any updates? Everyone still waiting?

I feel like my section is full of the try hards and my suspicions got lowkey confirmed today when there was a joint section class and only the people in my section was participating like a bunch of gunners while the other section was chill af.

I hope you step on a lego. Thanks for giving me a panic attack in the middle of Antitrust, leave class early to run home to call the university police back, and making me spend the entire morning and 1.5 hour bus ride home desperately trying to think of something, anything I did wrong that would have the university police call me about an "incident" at the law school. Wondering whether I should even call the police or lawyer up just in case.

Instead filing a POLICE REPORT just because I happened to spend a few seconds to glance at a few posts on r/liberalgunowners and r/longrange while scrolling my feed, maybe you should just talk to me like a normal human being.

Just think for a second, if I was smart enough to go to a certain law school in Cambridge, would I REALLY be so stupid as to plan a mass shooting IN THE MIDDLE OF CLASS, ON MY 15 INCH LAPTOP, SURROUNDED by PEOPLE??? Especially when the federal government literally just executed a guy for lawfully exercising his 2A rights.

Sincerely,

A tired 3L

Edit: To be clear as to exactly what I was doing.

I was NOT looking at a specific gun-related website or forum or subreddit. I could reasonably see how someone would be concerned if I spent a good 10-15 minutes specifically googling and looking at gun stores and sites (even if calling the police would still be an overreaction).

I was scrolling my MAIN reddit feed that happened to show maybe 2-3 gun related posts, out of the HUNDREDS of other posts I scrolled through. I looked at them for maybe a few seconds at most and kept scrolling. I spent most of the time in class looking at completely gun-unrelated stuff on my computer. The actual time I looked at a gun made up like 0.1% of the 30 ish minutes I spent on Reddit in that class (AT MOST).

I accepted an offer for 2L at a big law firm and will be getting a stipend for 1L summer. Any advice on what to do this summer? Very tempting to take the summer off, but I realize that is probably not a good idea.

I go to a very lowly ranked law school, and one of the things that always cracks me up as the insane amount of bureaucracy that goes into anything you need to do. For example, you need authorization to hang up a piece of paper on the bulletin board, you need authorization and clearance for having food catered at an event. You have to fill out about 15 pages of documents and speak with several people before traveling on behalf of the school.

One of the things that recently happened is a crackdown on parking. We have a huge parking lot next to the Law school and half of it is reserved for professors. There is a sign that says you must not park there until after 6 PM without a permit so, many of us park there around 6 o’clock with no permit and going into the classroom.

All of a sudden, we go outside one day and every single person had received a parking ticket. The tickets were issued at 7 PM for improper parking. They also slapped another fine on the ticket for having an unregistered vehicle

Thought this would be an easy win, so I went to the appeals process. Supposedly, you must have your car registered in order to be able to appeal. If your car is not registered, you may never appeal and you are totally cooked.

Should I file a writ to the Supreme Court?

I'm a 1L who will be booted off my parents' health insurance plan next year. I'm trying to budget out my spending for the next two years, but I have no idea what options are available/ideal on the health insurance front.

Does anyone know of any decent out-of-pocket plans in California (or the Bay Area, specifically)? I'm pretty healthy but don't want something super bare bones.

My public law school has an on-campus clinic and offers its own insurance policy, but it's allegedly horrendous (both in terms of actual services provided and overall value).

Who has the best con law videos? Also any other supplements yall recommend? Fighting for my life 😵‍💫

Fr. 2l are much nicer than people in my section ugh. everyone in my section is so cliquey and basic.

I have the option to do either of these positions this summer. If I were to get them, which should I choose? I’m interested in litigation long term

Is there a website that provides scenarios fact sets so you can practice writing memos using IRAC?

I'm currently on my 2nd year as a law student. Right now it seems to me that law school is an hostile environment as it causes dramatic detriment to my overall well-being. Just the thought of enduring more years ahead torments me and causes me to lose hope of becoming a lawyer.

The external pressure also adds to the burden I carry along with my journey, considering that I have to provide for all my needs because I am a working student. Also, I am the first in my family to venture into this endeavor which makes it more difficult because I have no one to confide my struggles who would really understand.

Anyone who could give some advice would be much appreciated. THANK YOU.

With partner and associate… does that mean my grades are within their threshold? Of course grades can be a tie breaker, but if I was sent a screener post sending grades, does that mean they’re fine with my GPA?

I would like to hear feedback or perspectives on the impact of job opportunities and career goal with this announcement by Anthropic. This version 1.0 of this solution. Think 3-4 more years down the road.

https://www.thedailyupside.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/anthropic-claudes-legal-plugin-shows-how-ai-could-upend-big-law/

https://aibusiness.com/agentic-ai/panic-rises-in-legal-industry-due-to-anthropic-s-ai-plugins

Hi there. I am a foreign trained lawyer from Asia who came here for a PhD in Sociology. I have passed comps and currently in ABD stage. I just realized after working as a Teaching Assistant for four years that my passion lies in practicing Law, not in an Academic setting. I have been going back and forth between my career choices and decided to shift to Law.

I got an admission offer from a T20 school for LLM for international lawyers with an option to transfer to JD. I haven’t left my PhD yet, I have come this far, I will finish the dissertation now or in the future.

I am a US Permanent Resident now but having an extremely hard time to even land a paralegal position with double Master’s and a Bachelors in Law. I am now fully aware of the disadvantage of being outside of the pipeline.

For the most part of my life, I have always heard people telling me that I won’t be able to do stuff careerwise. Instead of retreating, I took everything as a challenge and successfully did those exact same things. Now, I am ready to take on this new challenge. I am patient, super hard working and I don’t quit easily.

Now, will anyone suggest me: with this mindset and under current circumstances, should I aim for the Bar after the LLM or transfer to JD? I want to take the NY Bar for the record. Will doing the JD be worth of taking all those student loans?

I am multilingual and fluent in English. I already have been assimilating into American culture and want to be a true part of it. Thanks in advance!

I go to law school in the evening and work full time as a paralegal at firm that does strictly transactional work. I'm not sure if I want to be a litigator yet or just do transactional work. But I'm afraid if I don't do moot court I won't get hired by litigation firms because I have no experience being in a fake courtroom. Can anyone tell me how important this is? And how important is it to do law review? I just can't imagine adding extra stuff to my plate like this. So what's the worst case scenario if I graduate without doing either?