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I'll be headed up to Oklahoma City next fall for law school. Just got my denial letter from Texas Tech tonight. Anyone want a partner in a plane for a few years?
I'll be headed up to Oklahoma City next fall for law school. Just got my denial letter from Texas Tech tonight. Anyone want a partner in a plane for a few years?
Thanks guys. That will be a long year with no aviation in it.
I'm going to Stetson in the fall and I've been reading 1L by Scott Turow. I must be crazy because it sounds like a lot of fun to me and I'm looking forward to starting classes. I do hope I'm able to maintain a healthier balance than he did during the first semester.Congrats on Law School Admission. Wait until you are a 2L before taking on any outside activities like family, watching football, flying airplanes, etc. Except for law school the years 1993 - 1996 are basically a complete blank.
I'll be headed up to Oklahoma City next fall for law school. Just got my denial letter from Texas Tech tonight. Anyone want a partner in a plane for a few years?
Couple of pieces of advice:
1. Grades do matter.
2. Never miss class.
3. Don't buy other folks' outlines.
4. If you get the chance, take a trial advocacy class (one where they make you act out being in court, and video it). Be prepared to be humiliated at all your irritating mannerisms and the like. Fix them.
5. Remember: Law is a very inbred profession, so you are going to meet a lot of self-absorbed jerks. Don't become one.
Good luck. Hold onto the rejection letters - when you're on the bench one day, they'll be worth framing and hanging in chambers.
I'm actually not joking.
Couple of pieces of advice:
1. Grades do matter.
2. Never miss class.
3. Don't buy other folks' outlines.
4. If you get the chance, take a trial advocacy class (one where they make you act out being in court, and video it). Be prepared to be humiliated at all your irritating mannerisms and the like. Fix them.
5. Remember: Law is a very inbred profession, so you are going to meet a lot of self-absorbed jerks. Don't become one.
I like the way you think. It's hanging over my desk tacked to the wall right now.
Having the occasional person say something like, "well you're not the typical attorney at all" is worth all of the money I could be making as the typical attorney.
Finally, keep in mind that the first year is like trying to drink out of a fire hose. There's a lot of information there; you can try as hard as you want, but you won't get 90% of it until you're out of school.
Sounds like being a pastor...I take it as a compliment when I hear others say, "you're not the typical pastor at all."
Sounds like seminary!
btw...the previous post was from Mrs. Bockelman...forgot I was in his POA account...lol
Good thing!
A bunch of Braniff International pilots decided to form their own "church" during the 70s, to avoid taxes. It did not turn out well for them- they got all kinds of introductions to the legal system, and some likely needed a subscription to the Soap-on-a-rope Club.
Hehe.
I'll admit that my single biggest regret is not applying to Harvard, simply to have the rejection letter. If I go on to do something noteworthy, which is doubtful to quite doubtful, I'd love to have that hanging on a wall somewhere.
Anyway, when you start, feel free to shoot me a PM if you want some pointers on the 1st-year classes. What amazed me after only a year out of school was how simple everything from first year actually was, yet how complicated it seemed at the time.
You're going to be reading cases decided in the 1940's and earlier (International Shoe, anyone?) - the language is damn near indecipherable, especially when you have to read 10 of them a night. I can literally explain all of the concepts that you're going to be reading about - be it personal jurisdiction, negligence, promissory estoppel, whatever - in 5 sentences or less. Might be of some help come exam time.
I was wondering about that. I thought that Greg had gone and gotten himself ordained!btw...the previous post was from Mrs. Bockelman...forgot I was in his POA account...lol
I will definitely be taking you up on that offer. I'm a big fan of making my life a little easier any way possible.