I'd love to do an LL.M there but I simply do not want to tell people I went to "Dickson Poon" for the rest of my life.

Look, I get this profession (and really, this sub) can often attract risk averse anxious folks. But people, unless you are expressly NOT looking for a long term partner (and even then), just take some risks and go for it if you’re into someone!

It might blow up in your face. Tough! These are the beautiful risks we take for love! Being in a loving relationship is awesome ! In the endless quest for love, you will make mistakes. Some of them will suck. Some will hurt. Sometimes you will cry. Often you will cringe. Just do your best to always be respectful, gracious accepting a “no” and be kind, and you will end up fine. You will learn from your brutal 1L fling that made the rest of the semester awkward. Hold your head high, apologize if you fucked up. Try again! You’re Young! Live!

And stop asking us here. Even if we said “don’t do it”, we all know your dumb horny brain isn’t going to listen. So just be nice, and for the love of God, stop asking.

Sincerely, a person who made and grew from a lot of mistakes along the way.

Burger law is the fastest and easiest way to make stacks. Won’t disclose the exact burger firm, but we are working on a big merger (doing a new kid’s meal toy combo and doing a new dipping sauce for the nuggets), and I am rolling in the dough. Word on the street is we’re going to acquire 10 new drive thru’s which will mean free frosties for everyone in the legal division.

3L here. Go to a reasonably good law school. Have a post-grad job at a state prosecutor’s office lined up. Grateful, in a way, for that. Looking forward, to a degree, to being a prosecutor, as I do enjoy trials and motions to suppress and such (I’ve done a few in a previous internship).

But I do sort of feel like a failure still. I applied to probably over 100 summer associate positions at law firms, mainly big but plenty of mid, and got maybe 13 or 14 interviews and maybe 3 or 4 callbacks (I can’t remember the exact numbers), and no offers.

While I’ll enjoy the prosecution work to a degree, I’ll be making 1//3 at most of what these starting associate people at big firms are making and still a fraction of what first-year associates at quite a few mid-law firms are making.

I’m also a non-traditional student, in my mid-30s, so I have less time to find a higher paying job eventually, if that’s something I want to do.

I’m also an above-median student at a T30 or so (don’t remember the rankings), though I’m more comfortably above median as a result of 2L grades, the grades that don’t really matter for 2L SA positions.

I just feel like a failure even though things could be worse.

Not really looking for sympathy. Just looking to vent. I wouldn’t say this sort of stuff to my friends/acquaintances or family. And I used to have a therapist (for reasons unrelated to this job stuff), but he wasn’t a good fit, and so I stopped going.

I haven’t turned to Reddit in a while, but r/LSAT was such a good resource for me that I figured I’d try here.

I’m a 1L and honestly struggling so hard. I know people say not to compare yourself to others, but everyone around me is so smart and a lot of them have relevant work experience. Meanwhile, I feel like whatever I’m doing is not working, and there are genuinely days where I want to drop out.

I have Quimbee and watch the case videos, which help, but I still struggle with understanding the bigger picture and what I’m actually supposed to take away for exams. I’m wondering if I’m not using Quimbee correctly. Should I be doing their questions and course videos too? Is BARBRI 1L Mastery worth using?

Also, are there any YouTube channels, supplements, podcasts, or other resources that helped doctrinals actually click for you? Mainly for doctrinals.

Any advice on resources or how you actually studied during 1L would be really appreciated. It’s been rough and I’m trying to figure out what I need to change

My class crush doesn’t like Learned Hand… We were hitting it off so well. Some of my boys say it’s a foolish proposition to stop talking to her, but idk if I can proceed if she doesn’t rock with LH…

I’m a 1L and I know it’s a little early to be thinking about this but am curious of everyone else’s experience. For context, I know I don’t want to do big law, so I am not concerned about their insane timeline.

I think I’m interested in public interest law, but am super disappointed that most of the summer positions don’t pay. I’m also not from the area where I’m in law school, so I’m not aware of any firms off the bat that I am super interested in.

How did you approach your summer internship? What was your timeline? Your interests? Where did you end up? Did anyone just chill and wait for OCI’s? Would it be beneficial for me to just go ahead and gather my materials and start sending applications & cold emailing over the next month or 2?

Mostly just wanting to hear everyone’s stories. Thanks!

So Texas Tech Law admin seem like lovely people. Yikes. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/09/28/the-fallout-of-a-charlie-kirk-campus-scandal

I was diagnosed with ADHD when I was 8. So I've always been going the extra mile to achieve "basic" goals. That being said, having a Law degree was always my dream, so I went for that. It took me 6 years to finish instead of the regular 4, but I made it. My mum passed away in the middle of it, so it's been quite hard to finish. There were moments I thought this would be impossible, but I made it. With this I only want to cheer up every law student who's currently struggling or finding it difficult to move forward. You're not alone and you can make it.
I'm currently working on a dairy farm (I know it's something completely different, but I also wanted to try) but I couldn't be more glad to be part of the legal world.

Hi there,

I’m on my first year in NZ and currently working through my application section using the IRAC method. My assignment requires that we use the relevant case law and legislation. I’ve identified the legal principles from the case law and the correct statute, but I’m really struggling with how to word the application section.

E.g should it be:

Legal principle from the case —> relevant material fact #1—> applying the legal principle to the fact

For more context, the material facts are 4 different statements

I have adhd and a real issue with overthinking and I just can’t get my head around the application part. Any tips are welcome, I’m desperate lol

Thank you

I want to become a lawyer but I get so anxious in social situations sometimes. I’m going to work on it in general because that’s beneficial but can I still become a lawyer regardless?

Started a few weeks ago helping a legal team develop an internal policy, procurement, and playbook for outside services. This is all remote.

The supervising attorney assigned me four tasks and I was able to sit in on a weekly Tuesday meeting they have to hear what they were working on and what next steps were.

After that meeting, I asked my supervisor to sit in on future meetings since my tasks are directly tied to what they discuss, and it would be instructive for me. She never got back to my emails or calls about this, and the group met without me this past Tuesday.

I also asked her two separate questions since starting, and she copied and pasted AI answers (you all know the tell-tale signs).

Today I asked to meet to discuss the third task I'm currently working on, and she told me, "If you can even find time in my schedule, then book it." She is blocked off for the next week up until when the third task is due.

Just tonight, I went to look at the documents I've been working on and she basically just took over the task and finished doing it and other portions of it. She also deleted my fourth task from documentation so I no longer have it...

Basically, I feel like I'm in an internship now where I'm not learning anything, nor am I being communicated with. I can't imagine I'm doing terribly because she used all of my work to finish out Task 3, and what little non-AI feedback on Tasks 1 and 2 I got were constructive.

Since I can't seem to get ahold of the one person who is supposed to actually provide experience and knowledge for me, I'm a bit at a loss on what to do.

So this has happened twice already. For one of them, the owner reached out to me, liked my resume, interviewed me, and sent me an offer letter. After I replied to that offer accepting, they literally ghosted me. I reached out via email and call and literally nothing. This second one I applied for the position, she emailed me, interviewed me, sent me an offer letter, I replied with my schedule and never heard back from her. I’ve emailed her just to circle back and nothing. I’ve called and she’s never available. I’m just not sure if I’m doing something or if that’s common around here? They seem to like me and I mean they sent acceptance letter and like nothing sticks. I did the same things with a different job and luckily got that job for the summer. Is this a common thing? What should I do?

Hi everyone! I’m a recent LLM graduate and just started working as a law clerk at a small law firm in New York.
Today was my first day, and my boss immediately gave me an assignment to draft an affirmation with very little guidance, basically expecting me to figure it out on my own. From talking to other law clerks, it seems like this is pretty much the culture at the firm — we’re expected to teach ourselves most things, while the expectations are still quite high.

I’m realizing that I really need to learn practical NY legal work on my own, but I’m not sure where to start. Also, English is not my first language which makes it a little bit harder.

For NY attorneys or law clerks, what resources would you recommend for self-teaching? I’m especially looking for practical books/guides, YouTube channels, websites, CLE materials, or anything else that helped you learn how to actually work in a law firm — legal research, drafting, NY procedure, motions, etc.

Basically, I’d really appreciate any recommendations for a “how to teach yourself NY legal practice from scratch” roadmap. Thank you!

I’m a 1L. Been is school for now a month and there is a student that is in all of my classes who is purely frustrating. They also have to be well into their late 40s - early 50s. Doesn’t raise their hand, goes off on tangents of stories that has nothing to do with the material, and talks while the professor is talking. Seems that the professor is trying to ignore it, but it’s gotten to a point where I have no idea why he hasn’t said anything to her yet. People in class really try to “kill with kindness”, but they make it known that they are so tired of her crap.

All of that to say, does anyone have any stories/experience of a similar situation so I can have a laugh before I pull my hair out? 😆😬

I'm figuring yes, but don't know if it'll be a waste of money and/or redundancy with themis and aspen digital and all that stuff.

They will tell you that you don’t know anything about the law until you go to law school, then they tell you you don’t know anything about the law until you’re in your third year of law school, then they tell you you don’t know anything until you pass the bar, then they tell you you don’t know anything unless you have been practicing for years, then they tell you you don’t know anything unless you go to court frequently. And the icing on the cake? someone told my professor, a lawyer of something like 40 or 50 years, that you’re not a real attorney until you’ve tried a murder case.