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Death Sandwich posted:So I'm fixing to head to Emory Law in the fall, and I've got a question about law school student cultures in general. I'm sort of concerned that I'm going to be stuck hanging out around a bunch of stuck-up, WASPy, lame people - the kind that I generally tried to avoid during undergrad. Does anybody here go to Emory that wants to shed some light on the student culture there? Any body from any law school want to confirm that diverse student populations do exist? I really don't want to have to start listening to Dave Matthews Band and shopping at Hollister I guess it depends on where you go to law school. I went to one in California and it was pretty diverse in terms of ethnicity and interests. I don't think that I ever saw anyone wear a Hollister shirt or talk about DMB though.
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Tetrix posted:Thoughts on joining a secondary journal? Is it worth the work? I would like to clerk if possible, so that weighs in favor of it. Am I going to get pigeonholed by employers thinking that I am only interested in the topic of the journal? Look at the number of jobs that "prefer" or "require" journal/moot court. While a secondary journal isn't going to look as good on your resume, it will beat out the other people who don't have it, assuming same grade range, for landing the interview. Also, if everything on your resume says "I am an International Law Panda" and you're going to be on the "International Law" journal, yeah, it will say that. If your experiences are varied, I bet an employer will look at it and say, "Not good enough to make Review, but better than others who didn't suffer a year as a staff writer."
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Death Sandwich posted:So I'm fixing to head to Emory Law in the fall, and I've got a question about law school student cultures in general. I'm sort of concerned that I'm going to be stuck hanging out around a bunch of stuck-up, WASPy, lame people - the kind that I generally tried to avoid during undergrad. Does anybody here go to Emory that wants to shed some light on the student culture there? Any body from any law school want to confirm that diverse student populations do exist? I really don't want to have to start listening to Dave Matthews Band and shopping at Hollister . Omerta fucked around with this message at 03:18 on Aug 17, 2011 |
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Death Sandwich posted:So I'm fixing to head to Emory Law in the fall, and I've got a question about law school student cultures in general. I'm sort of concerned that I'm going to be stuck hanging out around a bunch of stuck-up, WASPy, lame people - the kind that I generally tried to avoid during undergrad. Does anybody here go to Emory that wants to shed some light on the student culture there? Any body from any law school want to confirm that diverse student populations do exist? I really don't want to have to start listening to Dave Matthews Band and shopping at Hollister First, DMB put on a great live show. Don't knock them until you go see them at The Gorge. Second, law school socially is what you make of it. Yes, there will be Hollister wearing tools. There will also be wolf shirt wearing turbo nerds if that's more your bag. You'll meet people of like interest, don't worry about it. EDIT: Start liking golf btw, you have some killer courses near you.
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Omerta posted:I'm going to Emory next year. I enjoy golf/am white/come from a wealthier family but jesus what a stupid loving question. I can't wait to avoid you because I'm too busy wearing hollister. I've made my first friend! Seriously though, I was kidding about the whole Hollister/DMB thing. I'll just go edit it out of my original post. As for my other concerns, Emory gave off a certain vibe when I visited the campus and I was just looking to confirm/deny the impression that I got. It seems like I have nothing to worry about. Additionally, by reading the beginning of this thread I found out that you are a fellow Central Florida goon. Care to grab a beer sometime? I promise we can drink in a judgement-free zone. 
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Death Sandwich posted:The serious part of my question dealt with the diversity at law schools because I am sort of worried that, especially at Emory, the environment will be more predominantly-WASPy than I am used to. Why don't you even read your school's website? I remember coming across that page frequently when I was considering enrolling at Emory.
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Omerta posted:I'll wear my finest wolf shirt and bring my katana so you can spot me. Haha, excellent. I've got the trendiest haircut in the world right now and I dress like a hipster douchebag; the bright pink sunglasses should give me away if I remember to bring them.
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Tetrix posted:Thoughts on joining a secondary journal? Is it worth the work? I would like to clerk if possible, so that weighs in favor of it. Am I going to get pigeonholed by employers thinking that I am only interested in the topic of the journal? If you don't have a particular area of the law that you know you are dying to do, try to pick the second-most varied journal in your school (for example my school has a Business & Securities Law Journal, that's a lot less likely to lead to pigeonholing than the Animal Law Journal or the now-defunct Law & Gender journal). Then try really hard to get on the E-board/get a note published/do something leadership-y. EDIT: Also from what I can see the "work" on a secondary journal is pretty minimal.
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Death Sandwich posted:So I'm fixing to head to Emory Law in the fall, and I've got a question about law school student cultures in general. I'm sort of concerned that I'm going to be stuck hanging out around a bunch of stuck-up, WASPy, lame people - the kind that I generally tried to avoid during undergrad. Does anybody here go to Emory that wants to shed some light on the student culture there? Any body from any law school want to confirm that diverse student populations do exist? My roommate for the summer goes to Emory. The nicest thing I can say is that she's the most repulsive human being I know. I assume everyone at Emory is similar. She isn't stuck up, so much as a gigantic whore with this shrill cackle that pierces concrete. We literally had a noise complaint from the neighbors because of this girl's laugh.
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Woo hoo transferring to Minnesota!
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in absentia posted:My roommate for the summer goes to Emory. The nicest thing I can say is that she's the most repulsive human being I know. I assume everyone at Emory is similar. But she puts out, right? 
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The Arsteia posted:Woo hoo transferring to Minnesota! Congrats!
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in absentia posted:My roommate for the summer goes to Emory. The nicest thing I can say is that she's the most repulsive human being I know. I assume everyone at Emory is similar. She's not being a whore so much as practicing valuable job interview skills.
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in absentia posted:My roommate for the summer goes to Emory. The nicest thing I can say is that she's the most repulsive human being I know. I assume everyone at Emory is similar. How did 'loving all her friends go'
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Dear future Emory Lawgoon concerned about diversity: Sonali Chitre That is all.
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The Arsteia posted:Woo hoo transferring to Minnesota! Take all the Feld classes you can. And Simon. Simon can get you hooked the gently caress up with jobs, and Feld is just 100% awesome.
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Tetrix posted:Thoughts on joining a secondary journal? Is it worth the work? I would like to clerk if possible, so that weighs in favor of it. Am I going to get pigeonholed by employers thinking that I am only interested in the topic of the journal? If you want to clerk, I'd definitely recommend joining a journal. Even more so if your school has a journal in a field that interests you.
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BigHead posted:Take all the Feld classes you can. And Simon. Simon can get you hooked the gently caress up with jobs, and Feld is just 100% awesome. Simon is the man. Also take Cribari's small classes. I also recommend the advanced trial practice class if hopeman is teaching it.
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HiddenReplaced posted:Dear future Emory Lawgoon concerned about diversity: Sonali Chitre Would you like to clarify this for the rest of us?
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I thought emory was a law firm, not a school?
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edit: never mind, I don't really care
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methamphetamine posted:I'm having a really hard time trying to decide between Boalt and Columbia as a transfer. Boalt would be cheaper as I am in-state, and I want to practice in California. On the other hand I feel the greed for lay prestige making me want to go to Columbia instead. Is this a good idea? I'm kinda late in replying, but... If you want to practice in California, go to Boalt. loving duh. There's is no added prestige as to Columbia over Boalt in California. Among laypeople or lawyers. The only prestige bump you'll get is when you're vacationing or visiting friends on the East coast. This is a no-brainer.
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methamphetamine posted:I'm having a really hard time trying to decide between Boalt and Columbia as a transfer. Boalt would be cheaper as I am in-state, and I want to practice in California. On the other hand I feel the greed for lay prestige making me want to go to Columbia instead. Is this a good idea? The other comments have gone to the contrary, but I will say this - I'm looking to apply in my totally non-East Coast region at smaller firms and the Columbia name has kicked down the door so that my ~*~stellar personality~*~ can shine through. I can't offer any massively anecdotal evidence in support of Boalt. Just two cents.
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from the gif thread in PYF.
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Another HD semester, placing me in the top 10 students in my year.  Edit: Had an amusing picture to follow but my link is not working. Neurosis fucked around with this message at 17:28 on Jul 12, 2010 |
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Thanks for the various opinions about boalt vs. columbia, I ultimately decided to go to Boalt, and everyone's advice was very helpful. This morning, though, I got into Harvard so I'm gonna go there. I'll probably take some flak for this but I feel like getting into Harvard makes me entitled to say this to all the incoming 1Ls: STUDY IN THE SUMMER BEFORE LAW SCHOOL RIGHT NOW. Yes, this goes against OP "canon" or whatever, but I personally know almost every student in the top 5% at Cornell and almost all of them studied extensively in the summer before. Read the Examples and Explanations or Gilberts!
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methamphetamine posted:I'll probably take some flak for this but I feel like getting into Harvard makes me entitled to say this to all the incoming 1Ls: STUDY IN THE SUMMER BEFORE LAW SCHOOL RIGHT NOW. Yes, this goes against OP "canon" or whatever, but I personally know almost every student in the top 5% at Cornell and almost all of them studied extensively in the summer before. Read the Examples and Explanations or Gilberts! I've met a couple of people who did really well for themselves at Columbia and they took pre-1L courses. They said it helped a lot. Anything you can do so that you're not spending the week before your finals struggling to understand the legal concepts you actually need to apply in your exams is worth it. Some people think it "ruins" your learning experience or that you're setting yourself up to get knocked down by the professors, but if it's a tool in a varied arsenal, I don't know why you shouldn't take it if you can afford it. I wish I had done it since I learned a lot more from outlines and BarBRI like courses than anything my professors or study groups had to offer (which was like the blind and/or the deliberately obtuse leading other blind people through a minefield).
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methamphetamine posted:Thanks for the various opinions about boalt vs. columbia, I ultimately decided to go to Boalt, and everyone's advice was very helpful.
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methamphetamine posted:I'll probably take some flak for this but I feel like getting into Harvard makes me entitled to say this to all the incoming 1Ls: STUDY IN THE SUMMER BEFORE LAW SCHOOL RIGHT NOW. it'll be much harder to get ahold of one when you're already homeless
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TyChan posted:I've met a couple of people who did really well for themselves at Columbia and they took pre-1L courses. They said it helped a lot. Yeah totally. I didn't take a pre-law course but I did go through the civpro, contracts and torts E&E books and I felt it gave me a big advantage. When everyone else was going crazy reading their first cases I already had a good sense of where the prof was going to go with it. Also, I think if you are the type of person who is going to get "burned out" from too much law, then you aren't suited for biglaw anyway. Linguica posted:Wait, you go/went to Cornell Law? And you blanketed the top schools with transfer apps? Not blanket, but I applied to Boalt because I wanted california practice and instate tuition, and columbia/harvard/stanford. Didn't apply to yale, seemed too hard to get in.
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I biked across the country before I went to law school. Didn't help my GPA any, but it gave me something interesting to talk about, so there. Also, with your name, you should come work criminal law in the valley.
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methamphetamine posted:I feel like getting into Harvard makes me entitled to say...  gtfo you ugrad child
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Lykourgos posted:
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Lykourgos posted:
It isn't like he got into Yale.
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The OP of this thread is simultaneously the most impressive one on the forums, and incredibly depressing. I guess that's apropos.
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Lykourgos posted:
get studyin or your gonna fail lmao
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpM07PQYNns loving owned hahahaha
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Phil Moscowitz posted:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpM07PQYNns Oh my god i have an erection
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