Eeee! I start law school tomorrow!

[eyesroll]

Well, I start orientation. But there's already reading and writing and I have to sit through a performance by the blasted ComedySportz troupe. But still.

Eeee!

Orientation reading finished: Check.
Orientation notes that were sent to me in effing PowerPoint, printed out in three-to-a-page format: Check.
First-day reading and notes done: Check.
Directions to the parking structure, orientation schedule, locker combination readily available: Check.

Eeee!

[Katina]

1. congrats & good luck

before you know it, you'll be freaking out preparing for your bar exam. (sorry, I couldn't resist..so you can :spank: me )

[eyesroll]

2. Wisconsin = diploma privilege = no bar exam!

I graduate on a Sunday and will be able to practice on Monday.

(But freaking out about finals will be good enough.)

[huskerlaw]

3. Good luck!

I'm a law professor (oy, it looks weird to type that, this semester is my first) and our 1L's started orientation yesterday.

I was in your shoes just 6 years ago, so best wishes to you and let me know if you need any moral support!

[eyesroll]

4. Cool! What do you teach?

My Legal Writing prof is my age, I found out, and there's a Property prof who was born in 1978. This'll be a new experience for me. (I'm used to being one of the youngest in the room, not one of the oldest. Which, it seems, I will be -- most >30 students at my school do the evening program; I'm doing full-time days.)

[huskerlaw]

6. Hahah, interesting

I teach legal research...and I was born in 1978.

I was the 2nd youngest in my law school class, which wasn't necessarily a good thing. It was difficult to get some of my classmates to take me seriously. We didn't have a night program, so some of my classmates were significantly older. You may find that your classmates turn to you for advice or give your opinion on classwork more weight. You can use that to your advantage, obviously!

I'll be teaching 4 sections of daytime students, who do all seem young (mostly right out of college), but also 2 sections of night classes in which I'll be younger than most of my students. My boss is encouraging me to make myself look older for those classes (and she's insisting that I make them call me "professor").

[eyesroll]

9. I already got the "ohmygod I can't believe you're SO OLD" from someone

at an incoming student reception last month.

She thought I was 27.
I'm 30. (Which, I realize, in the grand scheme of things isn't that much older than the average 1L. But still.)
She was 24. Apparently, 30 is "so old."

Eep.

[huskerlaw]

10. Goodness.

She thought 30 was OLD? :scared:

I had a couple of people in their 50s in my class, but again...no night school option. Actually, I found myself hanging out with a group of women who were in their 40s because I couldn't stand the cliquish high school-ness of the frat boys/sorority girls that were my age.

[northzax]

15. hah, I'm 31

and I have a date with a 24 year old tonight, what does that make me, a cradlerobber? and before anyone goes all ageist on me, I had a date last weekend with a 35 year old, so I go both ways.

[Floogeldy]

5. Congratulations.

Everyone you know who hasn't been to law school will slowly, but surely, turn into an idiot. Your life is about to change so drastically that it will take you months and months to catch up, if you can handle it. :)

[huskerlaw]

7. Months??

I graduated from law school 3 years ago and I STILL haven't caught up! ;)

[eyesroll]

8. Heh...my SO and I agreed on two things:

1. If we're arguing and I start parsing the meaning of the word "is," he automatically wins the argument.
2. If I ramble too much about torts, he'll start singing the Soviet national anthem (he's studying history, with a concentration in the cold war, and a possible minor in Russian).

[u4ic]

11. Best of luck, eyesroll!

:grouphug:

[martymar64]

12. Best of Luck from this Law School dropout!!

I hope you did better than I did. Law School was where I hit the wall academically. I'll stick with filmmaking instead.

[Richardo]

13. "You come in here with a skull full of mush ...

...and you leave thinking like a lawyer."

Well, not YOU, eyesroll, but your classmates. The mush thing, I mean. Not the lawyering.



Best of luck, eyesroll! :hi:

[HEyHEY]

14. Will you be done by October? I may need a lawyer then

;-)

[Kat45]

16. Wishing you luck, but I'm sure you'll be fine.

You seem like you have your act together, Stacie. Everyone gets starting-a-new-school (or job) jitters. When you find the stress building up, take a few minutes to look at Olive and it should bring a smile to your face and relax you a bit. (It works for me with Grace.) Give Olive extra scritches for me.
:hi:

[deadparrot]

17. Good luck!

Let us know how it went! :hi: