What Happens in Law School
Note to self - find out what happens in law school. I was trying to remember scenes from "The Paper Chase" today and all I could come up with was a bunch of geeks arguing over their notes. Does the faculty in law school really drone on at length in an attempt to put you to sleep, and then pick students off the seating chart to torture with obscure questions? Sounds like something only a kid could love.
I have a friend who has been institutionalized a few times, but who insists that the mental health professionals are "working for him." It's hard for me to understand how he holds onto that thought when the orderlies hold him down and administer drugs. I'm not interested in an education that resembles that sort of experience in any way. After 15 years of being in business for myself, I don't need to be treated like some kid going through hazing to get in with the right crowd.
So, what really happens in law school? How many hours a day are spent in lectures, how many hours working in groups, and is the main "product" written papers or multiple guess tests on Latin comprehension. Do students give presentations in every class, are there staged confrontations, is the whole thing one long exercise in memorization?
I wonder if young law students know the answers to all these questions. Maybe it's in their DNA, or their lawyer parents tell them the score. Good thing I have studying for the LSAT's to keep me busy, or I'd have talked myself out of law school already:-)
I have a friend who has been institutionalized a few times, but who insists that the mental health professionals are "working for him." It's hard for me to understand how he holds onto that thought when the orderlies hold him down and administer drugs. I'm not interested in an education that resembles that sort of experience in any way. After 15 years of being in business for myself, I don't need to be treated like some kid going through hazing to get in with the right crowd.
So, what really happens in law school? How many hours a day are spent in lectures, how many hours working in groups, and is the main "product" written papers or multiple guess tests on Latin comprehension. Do students give presentations in every class, are there staged confrontations, is the whole thing one long exercise in memorization?
I wonder if young law students know the answers to all these questions. Maybe it's in their DNA, or their lawyer parents tell them the score. Good thing I have studying for the LSAT's to keep me busy, or I'd have talked myself out of law school already:-)
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