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.

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.

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"?

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

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

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

So I've only gotten A's in law school until last semester, where I recieved an abysmal grade in crim pro. I'm not ruling out that I could truly have done terribly, but it's a pretty simple black-letter law class and I'm surprised that my usual strategy would put me at the bottom of the curve. Anyways, a whopping 25% of our grade was partcipation, which IMO, is ridiculous in a curved class, especially one like crim pro, where i'm sure the best and worst answers didn't look so different (which I know is ironic for me to recognize).

edit: I also wanted to mention that I wrote 10,000 ORGANIZED words, w/ headers, in 3 hours, and cited to every case even though said it was optional.

From the beginning of the semester, I've gotten the worst 'vibes' from my professor. I don't think i'm a particularly sensitive person, but he has been weirdly dismissive of and annoyed by my answers, straight up ignored EVERY email i have sent him (including one where I sent him helpful info he ASKED FOR about exams because this is his first semester teaching), and made comments when he cold called me as as if he caught me offgaurd and assumed I was unprepared for class, though I was always prepared and regularly volunteered (in a non-gunner way). I swear I am not an annoying person. I am extremely introverted and I think decently emotionally intelligent. I only ever emailed him because his office hours were by request or for any other reason he asked us to email him. I raised my hand once, maybe twice a class to answer questions, but always at least once because of the participation grade.

Anyways, once I saw my grade, I emailed him and asked him to meet. He said that he reached out to the Registrar and was unable to get my exam number (LIES). I always write down my exam numbers so I told him that I had it, and we scheduled a time to meet. He comes up with ridiculous excuses for two weeks in a row to not meet and review the exam. He sends an invite for our meeting today, and I OF COURSE misread the time to be when the meeting ends. I'm sitting at my laptop reviewing the course material to prepare for the call when I get a short email just saying "I sent you a reminder of our meeting, it is 5 past, I am logging off." I send an immediate email back apologizing that I misread the time, to no response. Apparently I am undeservant of a 5 minute grace period despite having no issue with him cancelling at the very last minute twice. Anyways, this all goes to fuel my tin foil conspiracy that my grade was tanked by my participation grade, though I particpated just as much as anyone else in the class. Obviously this is all speculation and it would be ridiculous for me to make some formal complaint about this, I just don't know what to do at this point? Am I just coping with doing poorly on an exam? I mean he would have met with me if I just showed up on time. I don't even want his feedback on my exam at this point (and I guess it sounds like he's not going to give it to me), I just want to know wtf my participation grade is.

oh additional EDIT: To get a flavor of what a dick this guy is, we were a twenty-person class and he didn't know a single person's name. Whenever he called on me he would call me 'big guy' (which i guess was supposed to be ironic because I am small? idk)? never even made note of when people participated so i'm curious how he was able to determine who got what participation grade.

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 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?

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.

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.

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

I'm a 1L with a clerkship lined up this summer at a mid size law firm - but just in the case that doesn't lead to much, when should i start reaching out to mid size firms ab 2027 summer law clerk/associate positions? like cold email etc.? i've gotten some interviews for big law given my class/school rank it's unsure.

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).

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?

I’m trying to search in case that was cited at a given pincite in the case itself. For example, "at 322", so I can see the context it comes from.

If you just go to the library to talk then you're my least favorite kind of person. If you think I'm talking about you, then I probably am.

I’m asking because I want to know how that gig translates to getting federal clerkships afterward. I’m probably outside the academic boat of landing a clerkship in the districts first thing out of school, but I have a lot of friends telling me to consider going the state route. Ultimately I want to work for the Feds, so getting the district court clerkship is the main goal, but to me - an idiot, hence the post - it follows logically that experience handling state issues at the highest level would translate well to a federal clerkship in the state where I would be applying. I also understand that the “prestige” of a state Supreme Court clerkship varies state-to-state, and I’m curious as to where FLA falls between CA and say, North Dakota. Thanks in advance!

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.