13. This list is not exclusive.
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12. Everyone talks about the “real world,” but no one can quite articulate what that means.
11. Everyone agrees that one exam at the end of a semester is pedagogically unsound, and bears little resemblance to the above-mentioned “real world,” but no one does anything about it.
10. If stress is good preparation for the “real world,” I must be really prepared now.
9. The Rule Against Perpetuities: it seems straightforward until you try to apply it. But it’s fun, in a twisted and evil sort of way!
8. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
7. Lawyers are the biggest fans of lawyer jokes.
6. Debt is inevitable. Accept it, deal with it, plan for it.
5. Perhaps surprisingly to many, the professors really want you to succeed.
4. Law students are smart and talented.
3. Most barriers to success are artificial: the curve, the single exam, the pace. Without these to sift us out, most students would succeed.
2. Many, perhaps most, law students are interested in the public good. (But see “debt is inevitable,” above.)
1. There is one true answer to any legal question: “It depends.”
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Thanks for sharing this information I was looking for some good information on what its like to study law to pass onto my niece who is interested in the subject.
She did want to take my word for it as I went to Uni years ago!
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