Wednesday, January 7, 2015

What the first week back at law school is like:

•       Getting back to campus is surreal (but maybe not in the best way). You immediately want to turn around, go home, make some hot chocolate, curl up in bed, and pretend it’s still Christmas.
•       Once that period of denial has worn off, you get into kickass mode and set the loftiest goals ever for yourself. This semester will be SO different …outlining every week, supplements for ever every big topic, and you’ll definitely be going to office hours more often, you swear.
•       Day one of with a new professor is a completely different experience. Instead of wondering if they’ll be “scary”, you find yourself wondering whether they like case names on the final, how detailed in-class briefs need to be, and whether you love or hate the fact that there wont be a midterm.
•       Hell, preparing for class is nothing like last semester either. Reading that used to take hours can be cranked out in one and your reading notes are starting to look more like the outlines you were making towards the end of last semester.
•       You realize your friendships with your law school peers really are different from any others you have; because, let’s be honest, no matter how much you tell your best friend about how many hours it took to find the right cases for your open memo—the only ones who really understand are the ones who were crying over it next to you in the library.
•       As much as you hate to admit it, as you slowly retreat into your study cave you know deep down there’s nowhere else you’d rather be.

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