the not so big secret.

[quasiradiant]

so the not-so-well-kept secret is that law school sort of sucks. i mean, there are parts i really like. contracts class is actually genuinely fascinating, and we spent a whole day on the theory of promises, with no case law at all, which left many of my classmates totally irate. i, however, really liked it and immediately went out and ordered

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[rfkfortheusa]

i'm in the minority, it seems, but it's not so bad. and 1L is quite a thing to have been through, once it's over. it's long and busy and somewhat structured to induce a breakdown. but it's also structured to push limits, and that's never bad. i certainly had embarrassing times, awkward times, stressful times, and disappointments. but i also realized that i could do things i'd never thought i could. and property is just awesome. i hate civ pro.

i do recommend briefing cases, or at least putting something down on a computer in addition to class notes. knitting together and editing outlines at exam time is a great learning tool. putting them together from scratch is painful and makes exams worse than they need to be.

if you want to make friends, go to everything. my policy was never to turn down an invitation without a good reason. section dinners, trivia, the bars, wherever. much of it won't suit you (i even went to a club or two), but once you've made yourself available and met some people, you can narrow it back down to the things you actually like. and really, being humiliated by a tough, socratic prof is less painful when you know that the people around you feel your pain.