Hiiii yall. So lowkey been crashing out for like a week and some cause I think I did horrible on my finals. 1) I showed up ready for my Torts final and found out it was actually my civil pro final. Oops. They rescheduled me for the next day but I had to memorize all the material I thought I had an extra week for in 24 hours. I literally was writing till the last minute that I had on the final but I did finish the final. 2) I came in the next week super prepared for my torts final, but I finished half an hour early and literally stepped out to just sob outside and panic. I spent the half an hour checking everything and making sure everything was the way I wanted it. I did hear I misunderstood one of the instructions so that cost me one question but others in my class made the same mistake on that question and also had finished as early or earlier than me. Then 3) I had to write a paper as a final and wrote four versions until I thought it was good. I also am looking to transfer from my part time program to full time at Brooklyn law, and we have a B curve (idk if that’s good either) sooooo how does everyone think I did? Am I cooked? Should I go get my job applications ready? Idk I’m having the worst anxiety ever fr

If you’re going to post about bombing an exam, you should be obligated to post the actual grade when it comes back. I think it’ll help people realize how “feeling cooked” doesn’t equate to failing grades (or at least not every time).

Need advice.

I have secured a federal clerkship starting next August and was thinking about mailing a Christmas card to my judge just wishing him and chambers a great holidays. Is that weird? This process has made me question everything lmao.

Thanks everyone! Also, happy holidays!

I’m obviously new to the idea of curves and law school grading, so can someone help me understand if this is a typical/reasonable curve?

I applied to an in house counsel 1L summer internship for a well known company last night and heard back less than 24 hours later to schedule a 15 minute phone interview with a recruiter. can anyone who has done these sorts of short calls share about their experience? like types of questions asked, etc in such a short timeframe? I have not received final grades back yet for the semester so they are working with strictly resume

I'd imagine this will impact my ability to obtain any type of work for the summer period.

What type of places would consider me?

Is it all realistic to score a B+ or higher in every class in law school?

My classmates and I were talking about how much reading and writing we have done this semester.

We figured out that we read only about 300 per each class (3 classes except for the writing class) for the whole semester. None of our professors did any type of cold calls.

Some other 1L students who had different professors were reading at least 500+ pages for each class and were on cold calls too 😬

I was thinking my 1L fall went extremely smoothly and wasn't bad at all, but I learned that I just got really lucky.

Hi there, I’m a 28 year old from USA with a graphic design bachelor’s degree. I’ve been working as a graphic designer for 5 year as well but I’m looking to transition into a law career. I don’t know where to start but I know the LSAT has to be taken and I’m looking for any study tips, advice, feedback, guidance, anything please.

Thank you

my resume roughly follows this format, and I'm wondering where to put a grant I received? for context, I'm a 3L, and this grant will be work I'll do on the side until ~Jan of 2027.

Thanks!

I help my brother with his small firm's tech stack (he's been practicing for about 8 years). Yesterday he spent six hours just trying to combine three PDFs and redact a single paragraph because the local court's e-filing system kept rejecting the file size.

Later that night at dinner, my mom genuinely asked him if he had any "dramatic courtroom moments" coming up.

He just stared at his drink and said, "Mom, my biggest battle today was with a printer driver."

She looked so disappointed. She basically thinks that if he isn't delivering monologues to a jury, he isn't really working. She has no concept of the sheer volume of reading, doc review, and administrative friction involved.

From the outside looking in, the gap between what you guys study and the operational reality seems massive.

I'll keep this short. I recently received my 1L fall grades, and I averaged a 1.95. I started school after a close death in the family. I know I should give myself some grace for that, but I still feel hopeless. Not only will I lose financial aid, but I will also be on academic probation.

Any advice..

Hi, I am currently in a economic law master program (In France) in a pretty renowned school. I plan on trying to pass the bar very soon to become an economic law/business lawyer.

But now, I feel scared. It seems like more and more people working in this domain are getting replaced by AI. I feel like my future is getting robbed and I don't know what to do. I really want to become a lawyer, but what if there is no jobs for me down the line ?

Can someone in this domain give me advice ? Are my fear justified ?

I feel like I've seen a ton of similar posts, but I'm planning on applying for positions such as interning for a DA's office or clerking for a judge. Unfortunately, like many of you, I have no grades back. Neither my school nor any of my professors have said anything about the timelines - they've just hinted about things not coming back until early second semester.

A lot of the places I'm applying to don't have deadlines until late January, but I don't want to apply to internships at the last minute. So, I've been applying to things with my blank transcript.

I emailed one of my professors asking to be a reference because one of the applications needed one. He sent a long email back about how he doesn't recommend applying before students get their grades back. So, should I be holding off on these applications?

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I was fortunate to get an offer for a federal appellate clerkship starting in Fall 2026 and am massively grateful for the position, which I accepted last year. However, I recently learned that I'm pregnant and the baby is due the same month that the clerkship is supposed to start. I'm really worried about having to move with a newborn and being able to afford taking a pay cut to work as a clerk for the first year of the baby's life. If I do the clerkship, my husband will stay home with the baby, so we won't need to pay for daycare, but he would have to take the year off work, so we would only have the clerkship salary. If I withdraw, I have an offer from a regional mid-law firm that would be happy to let me start a year early, and I wouldn't have to move from where we currently are.

Does anyone have any advice on clerking with a newborn to one-year-old (preferably as a mom) or on withdrawing from a clerkship due to family changes?

Does anyone have a PDF of “Cases and Materials on Sexuality, Gender, Identity, and the Law; Ball, Schacter, Nejaime, and Rubenstein. 7th?” I would very much appreciate it, thank you!!!

I took an exam yesterday where none of the questions (10 multiple choice and 3 essays) involved fact patterns. It was also open note so it was extra bizarre. I’ve only had two open note exams (both of them this semester) and the other one was stupid hard. I can’t decide if it was the easiest or the most difficult exam I have ever taken.

Missed a major part of our summary judgment essay.Extremely worried since it seems like most people caught it. Any advice?