I'm not going to law school, I don't even live in the US, but I still watch your videos because they're very interesting and you're a very good speaker. Keep it up!
I found the best shot at getting an A was to study the professor as much as you study the material. Knowing how the professor looks at exam answers helps you to ensure your answers contain what they are looking for.
qdllc: what the hell kind of educational philosophy is this ? Play your man, not the ball ? Important thing in law school (or any school) is to understand the stuff, not just learn it like a Taliban without questioning it. I think study groups is the best way to learn stuff like law. You always need another (preferably complementary) perspective.
Ben Flynn - I’d suggest you reread what I wrote. You can know the material, but if you don’t know how the professor grades the exam, you may miss out on many of the points you could score in an essay question. I had a property law professor who painted insanely complex legal scenarios then asked what the law would ultimately rule. She never told the class what she was looking for in the answer. It was an upperclassman who explained that she wanted a legal analysis of each step independently. So, A to B results in ? Then, B to C results in ? All the way to the end of the Gordian knot she tied for the exam question. Fail to follow this process and you could easily miss half the points she would have awarded for a “complete” answer and analysis.
This is all great advice but it's difficult to do when you're not attending classes in person. Imagine being a first year working through material on your own with very little guidance. I pray I make it through this year with good grades, 2020 has been a wild year
Wish i had found this video sooner. My first semester grades in law school are so bad, I have been feeling so overwhelmed and essentially like a fish out of water. I am a mom of three juggling life and my dream school course! It's never too late to improve though. Thank you so much for this🙂
First year they work you to death. Second year they scare you to death. Third year they bore you to death. I’m a 71 year old autistic PhD who’s applying to law school for 2024. Wish me luck!!
@@LC-rl7cd @maryamnural-jerrahi5378 y'all are both awesome! I'm 28 years old in my first year of law school after 7 years in engineering and I felt like I was too old to be embarking on what feels like a huge life change but I'm learning to not compare my journey to others! Good luck with your studies!💫
I really like your story. For me I know I'm not naturally brilliant like my brother who's actually a Rhode scholar and everything really came quickly to him. But what I am is persistent. I want to be a lawyer because of all the human rights violations I experienced in Jamaica. I like to think to myself "I may not have all the brains but I have the heart." I applied to law school for this year but didn't get in so I'm back to studying for the LSAT again and hoping for next year.
I finally found someone who has the same mind as me. I'm in second year in law school, and I know absolutely nothing from the class. I'm not smart and my effort is also limited. I don't have any basics for law but I like law and wanna be a lawyer. I wanna find justice and help people. Just like you, " I only have the heart not the brain". Let's not give up and work harder for what we love.
I knew you were more accomplished than some of the other law school youtube channels but wow congratulations on doing so well. I'm going to be starting my 1L year and I love watching all your videos.
The fact that "gunners" place themselves at risk of the skewering you'll never forget....every day...multiple times per day....willingly....is why they're important and useful in the field regardless of whatever grades they graduated with (as long as they did graduate...and pass the bar).
I've decided to try and get into law school. I graduated college a while back so I'm a little scared of getting back into it, but I'm thankful for videos like these they're such a huge help.
Don’t get discouraged. I didn’t do all that well my first year. (I did well, but not great. It took me a while to catch on.) But I ended up graduating in the top 15% from a top 10 law school. And won the AmJur Award in one of my classes (highest grade on the final exam). Study hard, study smart, and try to have fun. (Join a study group. It’s really valuable for the help, friendship, etc.) Practice for exams by studying your professors’ old exams, if they are available. And look up your professors’ published law review articles! Most likely, those concepts will show up on the final. After the first year, you will be amazed at how more confident you feel and how much easier it gets.
I graduated and was pretty much mediocre at best. I had no idea what I was getting into. I graduated and passed the bar in Virginia, but this was all a struggle for me.
@@ewatokarz577 Thanks for the reply! I am a native Filipino. My highschool only taught Filipino and English. But some of my classmates who transferred to public schools had Spanish classes. It's absolutely amazing to know.
@@ewatokarz577 That's cool for me. No need to worry about it :) My country has different dialects in every region and I did not even get to learn some of them.
My dad was a lawyer. His experiences basically made me not want to be a lawyer. But a lot of what you discuss is exactly what he went through going through law school, and as a lawyer.
9:45 We grew up in rural poverty and could not afford college then. I watch this channel to learn and because LE is humble and grounded. The content is always relevant and explaining the actual laws over someone’s opinions is better towards understanding. I wish I had had the same chances sometimes.
It doesn't matter what the topic of these videos is, I'm going to watch them. My LSAT test date is quickly approaching and this channel helps me keep things in perspective. Everything from making decisions regarding law school choices, managing debt, extracurriculars in school, and post-graduate goals are addressed on this channel. Purchasing the Legal Eagle program for law school is a no-brainer and I'll be purchasing it before attending law school next year. I really appreciate the work you guys are doing and I'm thankful that you're helping us navigate through school so we aren't wasting time on unnecessary task. Thank You! - T. Young
Definitely resonate with the feeling you describe in getting straight As first semester. I got an A+ in three classes and an A in the fourth during my first semester and when I got my grades I just started crying. The relief after weeks of waiting, the affirmation that I really do belong in law school, knowing that my family will be proud, etc. was just overwhelming. I really thought I bombed all of my exams despite all the effort I put in so to see that I was #1 in the class was just one of the best feelings of all time. I'm a week away from 1L spring exams and hoping I can recreate the success from the first semester. Great video, this is all spot on and I'm sure it has helped a ton of people.
Today I'm a musician but before, I graduated in Civil engineer and worked in banks for many years and hated review legal documents. For some reasing I really enjoy this channel. I hate legal jargon and most of the time do not trust lawyers but the amount of good info here is awesome. Love this channel!!!
My in-class professors are amazing and I am learning so much simply because of their modesty and willingness to be patient and clarify a talking point if you don't understand it. It keeps the class less tense and they are constantly stressing the point of asking questions if you need clarification. Then again I am in a lower-end community college/technical school, in my pre-requisite classes before my actual degree program, but I am definitely learning a lot. One of my best moments this year has been getting 100%'s on my first lab and lecture exam in Human Anatomy. Definitely makes you feel good when you accomplish something^^
It must have felt exhilarating to open your first law school report card and see all As. I will be a 1L in just a couple weeks and I hope to experience that as well!
@@christianlourenco5652 Well I will be a 3L in the fall so only one year left. Law school has been a great builder and breaker of self-confidence. I've discovered new skills I never knew I had but also became humbled by the talents and experiences of others.
I'm the kinda gunner that speaks to test the validity of my thoughts and my understanding of the topic against the expertise of the lecturer/Professor. I don't get embarrassed if I get things wrong because the entire point of my speaking out is to learn rather than to show off. I hope other gunners adopt this attitude.
Me too! I’m a gunner like that too and it tends to come out the most if I 1) genuinely love the class and/or Professor 2) am incredibly interested in the particular topic. I’m a pretty curious person and participating and asking questions and verbalizing my thoughts and knowledge whilst getting input from professors and peers is how I learn the best. But I do know sometimes I have a tendency to not know when to shut up or sometimes I do come off as show offy. I’m working on it though.
I am studying in UK. I’m at the LPC stage. I honestly felt the same in my first month which is something I have not ever felt before. I really appreciate this video 👍🏽 Hopefully it helps
It's been 4 months since i started law school and I'm still slacking off. My peers are really into it (studies) and i don't know why i don't take it seriously bec. I know i'm not giving my best yet. I still have issues to fix bec.i always watch youtube, play online games etc. Some already given up law school. I'm still hanging on. Something tells me that no matter what i will continue this. I do admire you and grateful to you for sharing your knowledge. Your videos remind me to "go back to your studies NOW!!" 😂😅😄
@@kentaviouskcpk957 Im still in law school. Made some changes and kept on learning. Slowly progressing but im not yet the person i wanted to be because Im still adjusting. I failed major subjects, then re-took them and passed. Now im left behind, my peers are now ahead of me bec.of my failure. But i just keep going.
You're a really good explainer (as you should be😂) I don't even have much interest in being a lawyer but your videos are super inspiring to do what I'm pursuing
Congratulations to your younger self. 😀 Your stories reminded me of my self last school year. I took a different major, although, the joy is pretty much similar.
I’m a psychology undergrad student from Toronto & am minoring in law. I’m hoping to get accepted in Osgoode Hall Law School or UofT Law. This video really inspired me to study hard, ace my exams & get As. It made me truly see that nothing is impossible if you set your mind to it. Now I feel so much more ready to start second semester & really prove myself wrong by being the best that I can be. Thank you for this really inspirational video! 💕🙌🏽
Mechanicl engineering student here. Wow there is such a difference in our degrees. In engineering, at least where I study it, asking a question or asking the proffessor for a clarification is never laughed at. Not every one understands everything and many people are just scared to ask. I am one of the people who raise their hands often and ask for a better explenation and the lectors are more than happy to provide it, it is just not something to be mocked for. That proffessor seems like a dick, but hey he was a post modernist. I know the feeling of suddenly getting to university and realizing you are no longer the smartest person in the room, but I tell myself that my advantage is the self awereness to realize it and work around it. And I am still one of the smarter people in there, just not always in the 5% anymore. To be honest I love it. Having some actuall "competition" (really friendly competition might I add) is very inspiring and gets the best out of people. Realizing what subjects you are good at and where you struggle and finding peole with opposite struggles is half the battle won and you make good friends at the same time.
Absolutely agree with everything you said. Where I am studying medicine atm also has the culture you described rather than the one in the video. I may also add that I enjoy having the "gunners" in my class (although the closer we get to exams the harder it is to stop it from getting to me and freaking me out), because they literally tell you the answers when you don't know something! How awesome is that? If I don't know the answer I now know, and if I do know the answer I get instant confirmation. Plus, the lecturers wouldn't feel too lonely if students interact back with them. I'd also go to the gunners in spare time to ask questions if I know they are good at a particular topic. I mean, we each has our own strength, I have my strength that others come for help too. Our cohort established a "trading" of knowledge from very early on, and it's immensely helpful.
Man this sounds so useful! first week of law school here and you sound exactly how I am so I’m definitely going to try this method... especially being that it’s 99% remote 😭
I think that a good reason for becoming a good lawyer is finding yourself and your capabilities over everybody. You have to look at them with superiority and I think that's what this guy have been doing.
I'm taking the Bar in May 2019 - and I haven't been to Law School. Thanks to the Apprenticeship laws, I've done my seven years of gathering evidence, building cases, writing decision drafts, briefs, subpoenas etc.
Objection: If your exam is being graded on a curve, you’re being cheated. Exams should be point based. If you address the points in your answer, you should get the points and whatever grade it adds up to. I knew a guy who got his exam grade bumped up to an A by pulling the A example put on review and showing the professor how his answers hit all the same points.
I don't know if you're just talking about law exams or exams in general, but I have taken organic chemistry courses where the exam averages were in the high 20%s and let's just say a curve is not only necessary but a part of the standard procedure there.
@@Am-Not-Jarvis Curving isn't terribly rare (not everywhere of course) but school wide curves are. So not just the exam is curved, but all grades handed out for the term are curved against eachother.
Your grade gets based on your relative percentile within the class rather than your results on the exam. So in a 10 person class everyone might get over 90% only the top 2 will get an A, the bottom 2 fail, and everyone else is distributed based on the desired grade curve everywhere else. This means that every class will produce X As, Y Bs, and Z Fs.
I am a first year law student in Germany. Here things are so different not just regarding the legal system we operate in but also regarding law school. Three straight A's are unheared of over here. There is actually a saying about our grades (which operate on a 0-18 Points Scale): "God achieves 18 points, the professor hit 15 and the best of you guys come in at 12 points tops" For motivation purposes I sometimes wish I studied in the US (but then again you guys have tuition fees and student debt... :D).
I'm a law school student who live in korea, and I love you channel ! :) I had similar experiences when i just got into a law school. I thought people in law school no need to have sleep... lol and hate gunner so much
I got all As in High School, College, and Grad School...all this with English being my third language, yet I got TERRIBLE grades my first semester in law school. I really don't like law school at all but it's too late to back out. On that note, could you make a video about careers for people who have JDs but don't want to practice law? I love your channel, and it makes law sound less awful :)
It's so interesting to hear about how different law school is in the US compared to my country (Sweden). We don't go to any undergraduate program, but rather go directly from high school to law school, it's 4,5 years instead of 3, the exams are usually very similar to the classes (usually we're given a case with lots of background information and then asked to identify the legal issues and offer a solution), and the first semester is without a doubt the least important of all when it comes to grades. Oh, and we only have 7 different law schools in the entire country (up until just 2-3 years ago only 6)
I'm a college student in my first semester of Junior year and I'm currently working on a criminal justice degree among other things to try and get into the FBI. I've been teetering between Law and Federal Law Enforcement and your videos inspire me to work hard and do better. The FBI also likes people with law experience so I guess I'll go on with my question. I'm planning on interning for a law office this summer and then interning the following summer for the FBI, do you think this would be enough along with a CJ degree to get a good inning with the FBI or should I try and continue my degree in Law school and get myself better situated with more options?
Really appreciate all this golden information you’re sharing with us. Anyway you can mention obstacles for those who want to go to law school but have a criminal record? On my last year of my undergrad and hoping to pursue law but want to be prepared of the challenges I’ll face having a record. Thank you 💕
I enjoy your channel, good stuff. It reminds me of my own law school experiences. You’re spot on about issue spotting exams; somehow I figured that out as well during my 1L year and ended up doing well enough such that it sustains me to this day. Listen to this guy he knows what he’s talking about, I can vouch.
I certainly felt like a gunner in my computer science classes. Eventually I stopped raising my hand because it seemed like I was the only one who actually knew the answers. I’d find myself being asked to help other students with questions, and then I’d find myself showing them how to use the documentation to actually find the answer to their problem. I always felt like a simple google search could have fixed things, but people are often too lazy to do even that these days.
not everyone can afford to move away from hone or pay for a top law school. I did fine with a law degree from my local university and help from the lawyers and judges I worked for even before I went to law school. I started as a paralegal with a local prestigious law school where many of our partners went on to be judges in the State Appellate Court and Court of Appeals. They wrote one of my letters for my application to law school along with the head of my undergrad department. They then gave me advice and a job throughout and after law school until I decided to leave for a job with the Federal Government.
This is kinda old now, but the thing with 'postmodern' professors is that it is impossible to argue or have a constructive discussion with them, except to suggest that something is _even more_ of a construct than they originally envisioned. If you question the validity of postmodernism itself, they'll just accuse you of not understanding it (an accusation the field bolsters by writing in the most obscurantist way possible). It's like arguing with a conspiracy theorist - completely unfalsifiable.
Why do I understand everything you say, but when there is an english speaking visitor, my brain is freaking out and I can only say.. "London is a capital of the Great Britain.." -.- Thank you for your videos, I've just signed up here to subscribe. I hope to find more Legal English here to get smarter :) Best wishes from your russian colleagues!)
Try Sir William Blackstone's "Commentaries on the Laws of England". It's one of the few English books that are still be referenced by the Supreme Court. Not only is it a fantastic introduction to legal theory and the structure of law court systems, Sir Blackstone seemed to realise that being a law student sucked and stresses the importance and prestige of studying the "noble science". It made law school significantly less painful for me. It's also freely available on the web in pretty much every format you could think of.
D. James Stone is a really good person. By that I mean that he is a kind and caring man besides being very intelligent. Attorney Stone shows more compassion in 10 minutes than Donald Trump has shown in 74 years! D. James Stone you are one of America's heroes. Thank you for being a decent and honest human being!
I just subscribed to your channel and been watching your past videos. Do you have any video that addresses issue spotting? Please send me a link if you do it in one of your past videos. Thank you
I'm not going to law school, I don't even live in the US, but I still watch your videos because they're very interesting and you're a very good speaker. Keep it up!
same here
He’s also nice on the eyes so that helps
postmodern professor
same!
@@vtpub5652 And very much a relativist: everything's relative to those final grades !
I found the best shot at getting an A was to study the professor as much as you study the material. Knowing how the professor looks at exam answers helps you to ensure your answers contain what they are looking for.
qdllc: what the hell kind of educational philosophy is this ? Play your man, not the ball ? Important thing in law school (or any school) is to understand the stuff, not just learn it like a Taliban without questioning it. I think study groups is the best way to learn stuff like law. You always need another (preferably complementary) perspective.
Ben Flynn - I’d suggest you reread what I wrote. You can know the material, but if you don’t know how the professor grades the exam, you may miss out on many of the points you could score in an essay question. I had a property law professor who painted insanely complex legal scenarios then asked what the law would ultimately rule. She never told the class what she was looking for in the answer. It was an upperclassman who explained that she wanted a legal analysis of each step independently. So, A to B results in ? Then, B to C results in ? All the way to the end of the Gordian knot she tied for the exam question. Fail to follow this process and you could easily miss half the points she would have awarded for a “complete” answer and analysis.
This is all great advice but it's difficult to do when you're not attending classes in person. Imagine being a first year working through material on your own with very little guidance. I pray I make it through this year with good grades, 2020 has been a wild year
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Wish i had found this video sooner. My first semester grades in law school are so bad, I have been feeling so overwhelmed and essentially like a fish out of water. I am a mom of three juggling life and my dream school course! It's never too late to improve though. Thank you so much for this🙂
I hope things got better for you. I start law school at Loyola on Monday and I’m a mom of 4.
First year they work you to death. Second year they scare you to death. Third year they bore you to death. I’m a 71 year old autistic PhD who’s applying to law school for 2024. Wish me luck!!
How awesome. I'm 57 and accepted for fall term at Purdue Global Law. Very excited to be a law student. I hope you are a student too.
@@LC-rl7cd @maryamnural-jerrahi5378 y'all are both awesome! I'm 28 years old in my first year of law school after 7 years in engineering and I felt like I was too old to be embarking on what feels like a huge life change but I'm learning to not compare my journey to others! Good luck with your studies!💫
Bro, you have no ideal how much you’re getting me prepared to get into law school. Thank you!
Glad to hear it!
Same here
Update after 4 years
I really like your story. For me I know I'm not naturally brilliant like my brother who's actually a Rhode scholar and everything really came quickly to him. But what I am is persistent. I want to be a lawyer because of all the human rights violations I experienced in Jamaica. I like to think to myself "I may not have all the brains but I have the heart." I applied to law school for this year but didn't get in so I'm back to studying for the LSAT again and hoping for next year.
I finally found someone who has the same mind as me. I'm in second year in law school, and I know absolutely nothing from the class. I'm not smart and my effort is also limited. I don't have any basics for law but I like law and wanna be a lawyer. I wanna find justice and help people. Just like you, " I only have the heart not the brain". Let's not give up and work harder for what we love.
What do you mean by naturally brilliant?
Update?
what do you get ?
I knew you were more accomplished than some of the other law school youtube channels but wow congratulations on doing so well. I'm going to be starting my 1L year and I love watching all your videos.
Thanks! But I'm not special. Anybody can do it with the right mindset.
How is it going? I’m a (struggling) 1L right now and could use any optimism😂
The fact that "gunners" place themselves at risk of the skewering you'll never forget....every day...multiple times per day....willingly....is why they're important and useful in the field regardless of whatever grades they graduated with (as long as they did graduate...and pass the bar).
Yep, gunners are admirable because they put up their best effort and pride in the face of humiliation all the time and don't shirk away from failure
@@iannordin5250 Like first out of the trenches?
I've decided to try and get into law school. I graduated college a while back so I'm a little scared of getting back into it, but I'm thankful for videos like these they're such a huge help.
Don’t get discouraged. I didn’t do all that well my first year. (I did well, but not great. It took me a while to catch on.) But I ended up graduating in the top 15% from a top 10 law school. And won the AmJur Award in one of my classes (highest grade on the final exam). Study hard, study smart, and try to have fun. (Join a study group. It’s really valuable for the help, friendship, etc.) Practice for exams by studying your professors’ old exams, if they are available. And look up your professors’ published law review articles! Most likely, those concepts will show up on the final. After the first year, you will be amazed at how more confident you feel and how much easier it gets.
I graduated and was pretty much mediocre at best. I had no idea what I was getting into. I graduated and passed the bar in Virginia, but this was all a struggle for me.
@@coolbreeze2.0-mortemadfasc13 how much in debt?
"studying French, German and Spanish at the same time in different classes". Welcome to high school in Europe
wow
@@ewatokarz577 Thanks for the reply! I am a native Filipino. My highschool only taught Filipino and English. But some of my classmates who transferred to public schools had Spanish classes. It's absolutely amazing to know.
@@ewatokarz577 That's cool for me. No need to worry about it :) My country has different dialects in every region and I did not even get to learn some of them.
Or music school in the US. source: studied opera in college
My dad was a lawyer. His experiences basically made me not want to be a lawyer. But a lot of what you discuss is exactly what he went through going through law school, and as a lawyer.
9:45 We grew up in rural poverty and could not afford college then. I watch this channel to learn and because LE is humble and grounded. The content is always relevant and explaining the actual laws over someone’s opinions is better towards understanding. I wish I had had the same chances sometimes.
It doesn't matter what the topic of these videos is, I'm going to watch them. My LSAT test date is quickly approaching and this channel helps me keep things in perspective. Everything from making decisions regarding law school choices, managing debt, extracurriculars in school, and post-graduate goals are addressed on this channel.
Purchasing the Legal Eagle program for law school is a no-brainer and I'll be purchasing it before attending law school next year. I really appreciate the work you guys are doing and I'm thankful that you're helping us navigate through school so we aren't wasting time on unnecessary task. Thank You!
- T. Young
Nice, thanks for watching.
Hey, this is a bit late but if you've already done your LSAT, I hope you got a great score, and if you haven't done it yet, best of luck to you!
Definitely resonate with the feeling you describe in getting straight As first semester. I got an A+ in three classes and an A in the fourth during my first semester and when I got my grades I just started crying. The relief after weeks of waiting, the affirmation that I really do belong in law school, knowing that my family will be proud, etc. was just overwhelming. I really thought I bombed all of my exams despite all the effort I put in so to see that I was #1 in the class was just one of the best feelings of all time. I'm a week away from 1L spring exams and hoping I can recreate the success from the first semester. Great video, this is all spot on and I'm sure it has helped a ton of people.
This is giving me the motivation to become a lawyer. The story literally made me cry.
Id love to see you talk about Sovereign Citizen "pseudo-law" tactics.
Today I'm a musician but before, I graduated in Civil engineer and worked in banks for many years and hated review legal documents. For some reasing I really enjoy this channel. I hate legal jargon and most of the time do not trust lawyers but the amount of good info here is awesome. Love this channel!!!
My in-class professors are amazing and I am learning so much simply because of their modesty and willingness to be patient and clarify a talking point if you don't understand it. It keeps the class less tense and they are constantly stressing the point of asking questions if you need clarification. Then again I am in a lower-end community college/technical school, in my pre-requisite classes before my actual degree program, but I am definitely learning a lot. One of my best moments this year has been getting 100%'s on my first lab and lecture exam in Human Anatomy. Definitely makes you feel good when you accomplish something^^
It must have felt exhilarating to open your first law school report card and see all As. I will be a 1L in just a couple weeks and I hope to experience that as well!
How is law school?
@@christianlourenco5652 Well I will be a 3L in the fall so only one year left. Law school has been a great builder and breaker of self-confidence. I've discovered new skills I never knew I had but also became humbled by the talents and experiences of others.
@@tiredhoneybadger1916 would you say he's right in this video?
Great advice sir, I am studying part time and working full time am getting As in every exams, thank you sir, you have been a great help. God bless you
I'm the kinda gunner that speaks to test the validity of my thoughts and my understanding of the topic against the expertise of the lecturer/Professor. I don't get embarrassed if I get things wrong because the entire point of my speaking out is to learn rather than to show off.
I hope other gunners adopt this attitude.
Good point
Me too! I’m a gunner like that too and it tends to come out the most if I 1) genuinely love the class and/or Professor 2) am incredibly interested in the particular topic.
I’m a pretty curious person and participating and asking questions and verbalizing my thoughts and knowledge whilst getting input from professors and peers is how I learn the best.
But I do know sometimes I have a tendency to not know when to shut up or sometimes I do come off as show offy. I’m working on it though.
I am studying in UK. I’m at the LPC stage. I honestly felt the same in my first month which is something I have not ever felt before. I really appreciate this video 👍🏽 Hopefully it helps
Ahhh, I remember when I wanted to be a lawyer. But then I took the LSAT, saw my score, and suddenly decided that grad school was a much better option.
Thats really great man. You put in the work. Made it happen. Thats awesome. And the part with your parents really being proud of you... just great
Can you do a video on the different fields of law?
I’m starting law school this fall. Thank you for all of the valuable content.
I'm a first year grad student and though I'm not studying Law, I find your videos, especially this one, VERY helpful! Thank you LegalEagle :)
I'm going to be starting my 1L year and I love watching all your videos.
Are you a 3L now?
It's been 4 months since i started law school and I'm still slacking off. My peers are really into it (studies) and i don't know why i don't take it seriously bec. I know i'm not giving my best yet. I still have issues to fix bec.i always watch youtube, play online games etc. Some already given up law school. I'm still hanging on. Something tells me that no matter what i will continue this. I do admire you and grateful to you for sharing your knowledge. Your videos remind me to "go back to your studies NOW!!" 😂😅😄
how are you doing now ?
@@kentaviouskcpk957 Im still in law school. Made some changes and kept on learning. Slowly progressing but im not yet the person i wanted to be because Im still adjusting. I failed major subjects, then re-took them and passed. Now im left behind, my peers are now ahead of me bec.of my failure. But i just keep going.
Ugh, I wish these videos had existed before I went to law school, very good advice!
You're a really good explainer (as you should be😂) I don't even have much interest in being a lawyer but your videos are super inspiring to do what I'm pursuing
Congratulations to your younger self. 😀
Your stories reminded me of my self last school year.
I took a different major, although, the joy is pretty much similar.
I’m a psychology undergrad student from Toronto & am minoring in law. I’m hoping to get accepted in Osgoode Hall Law School or UofT Law. This video really inspired me to study hard, ace my exams & get As. It made me truly see that nothing is impossible if you set your mind to it. Now I feel so much more ready to start second semester & really prove myself wrong by being the best that I can be. Thank you for this really inspirational video! 💕🙌🏽
I dont know if you'll see this. Did you get in? Im currently trying to figure out what i need and what to do to get in U of T.
Any up day
Hello Deven. Excellent to hear a story not of competence, but of Excellence.
Im not even planning on becoming a lawyer, but my love for The Good Wife makes me love watching all your videos.
Im in my first semester of law school and all those tips are really fire me up to score well in my final. Thanks!
Mechanicl engineering student here. Wow there is such a difference in our degrees. In engineering, at least where I study it, asking a question or asking the proffessor for a clarification is never laughed at. Not every one understands everything and many people are just scared to ask. I am one of the people who raise their hands often and ask for a better explenation and the lectors are more than happy to provide it, it is just not something to be mocked for. That proffessor seems like a dick, but hey he was a post modernist.
I know the feeling of suddenly getting to university and realizing you are no longer the smartest person in the room, but I tell myself that my advantage is the self awereness to realize it and work around it. And I am still one of the smarter people in there, just not always in the 5% anymore. To be honest I love it. Having some actuall "competition" (really friendly competition might I add) is very inspiring and gets the best out of people. Realizing what subjects you are good at and where you struggle and finding peole with opposite struggles is half the battle won and you make good friends at the same time.
Aw that is a lovely message overall. Where do you study?
In NTNU in Norway :)
Absolutely agree with everything you said. Where I am studying medicine atm also has the culture you described rather than the one in the video.
I may also add that I enjoy having the "gunners" in my class (although the closer we get to exams the harder it is to stop it from getting to me and freaking me out), because they literally tell you the answers when you don't know something! How awesome is that? If I don't know the answer I now know, and if I do know the answer I get instant confirmation. Plus, the lecturers wouldn't feel too lonely if students interact back with them.
I'd also go to the gunners in spare time to ask questions if I know they are good at a particular topic. I mean, we each has our own strength, I have my strength that others come for help too. Our cohort established a "trading" of knowledge from very early on, and it's immensely helpful.
I’m sending this to my first cousin. She’s heading to law school this year! She’s so excited but she’s also a nervous wreck.
You are such a good storyteller
Man this sounds so useful! first week of law school here and you sound exactly how I am so I’m definitely going to try this method... especially being that it’s 99% remote 😭
I think that a good reason for becoming a good lawyer is finding yourself and your capabilities over everybody. You have to look at them with superiority and I think that's what this guy have been doing.
Who watches this for no reason?
Yeah, I totally don't care about lawyers. In fact I think it should be automated.
i'm an engineering student with no interest in being a lawyer, but damn these videos are interesting.
I watch this to procastinate my actual work as copywriter xD
art student watching for no reason at all
I'm watching this as a dropout and I'm wallowing in my regret.
The sinister “wouldn’t you like to know” was what compelled me to stay
I'm taking the Bar in May 2019 - and I haven't been to Law School. Thanks to the Apprenticeship laws, I've done my seven years of gathering evidence, building cases, writing decision drafts, briefs, subpoenas etc.
1st day of law school and this is so relatable already
thanks so much for this video!
Objection: If your exam is being graded on a curve, you’re being cheated. Exams should be point based. If you address the points in your answer, you should get the points and whatever grade it adds up to. I knew a guy who got his exam grade bumped up to an A by pulling the A example put on review and showing the professor how his answers hit all the same points.
Canadian law schools are mandated to curve the entire school.
I don't know if you're just talking about law exams or exams in general, but I have taken organic chemistry courses where the exam averages were in the high 20%s and let's just say a curve is not only necessary but a part of the standard procedure there.
@@Am-Not-Jarvis Curving isn't terribly rare (not everywhere of course) but school wide curves are. So not just the exam is curved, but all grades handed out for the term are curved against eachother.
What is a curve?
Your grade gets based on your relative percentile within the class rather than your results on the exam. So in a 10 person class everyone might get over 90% only the top 2 will get an A, the bottom 2 fail, and everyone else is distributed based on the desired grade curve everywhere else. This means that every class will produce X As, Y Bs, and Z Fs.
I am a first year law student in Germany. Here things are so different not just regarding the legal system we operate in but also regarding law school. Three straight A's are unheared of over here. There is actually a saying about our grades (which operate on a 0-18 Points Scale): "God achieves 18 points, the professor hit 15 and the best of you guys come in at 12 points tops" For motivation purposes I sometimes wish I studied in the US (but then again you guys have tuition fees and student debt... :D).
I'm a law school student who live in korea, and I love you channel ! :) I had similar experiences when i just got into a law school. I thought people in law school no need to have sleep... lol and hate gunner so much
Intersting! I intend to go to grad school, u give good advice!
I have 3 exams left to graduate😁 hoping for the best🤞🤞
Best of luck to you!
@@jonathan99097 thank u!
Great video legal eagle!!
"The best teacher failure is." - some green old dwarf
Do a reaction to the miniseries The Night Of, a lot of lawyering there.
That's the one on HBO right?
Yessz it is :)
It is official. I have found the friendliest smile in the world. I don't want to be a lawyer at all but that smile reeled me in. I love this man.
This is true higher-ranked, generally more marketable law school have harder grade curves.
57 YO L1 here. Close to straight A’s in undergrad and grad school. Law School is definitely cultural shock.
It's unfortunate that your future depends so much on your first semester of law school.
It HAUNTS you FOREVER if you don't do well.
I got all As in High School, College, and Grad School...all this with English being my third language, yet I got TERRIBLE grades my first semester in law school. I really don't like law school at all but it's too late to back out. On that note, could you make a video about careers for people who have JDs but don't want to practice law? I love your channel, and it makes law sound less awful :)
Me: watches this while being supposed to write my assignment
Watching this from South Africa
Extremely helpful.
It's so interesting to hear about how different law school is in the US compared to my country (Sweden). We don't go to any undergraduate program, but rather go directly from high school to law school, it's 4,5 years instead of 3, the exams are usually very similar to the classes (usually we're given a case with lots of background information and then asked to identify the legal issues and offer a solution), and the first semester is without a doubt the least important of all when it comes to grades. Oh, and we only have 7 different law schools in the entire country (up until just 2-3 years ago only 6)
I'm a college student in my first semester of Junior year and I'm currently working on a criminal justice degree among other things to try and get into the FBI. I've been teetering between Law and Federal Law Enforcement and your videos inspire me to work hard and do better. The FBI also likes people with law experience so I guess I'll go on with my question. I'm planning on interning for a law office this summer and then interning the following summer for the FBI, do you think this would be enough along with a CJ degree to get a good inning with the FBI or should I try and continue my degree in Law school and get myself better situated with more options?
That moment you realize that you are a gunner
Hello LegalEagle, I'd like to request you react to the TV SHOW 'Suits'. Thank you!
You’re very inspiring !
You have amazing hair fam lol
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Really appreciate all this golden information you’re sharing with us. Anyway you can mention obstacles for those who want to go to law school but have a criminal record? On my last year of my undergrad and hoping to pursue law but want to be prepared of the challenges I’ll face having a record. Thank you 💕
Your vidoe itl's will help me on law school is as well
I enjoy your channel, good stuff. It reminds me of my own law school experiences. You’re spot on about issue spotting exams; somehow I figured that out as well during my 1L year and ended up doing well enough such that it sustains me to this day. Listen to this guy he knows what he’s talking about, I can vouch.
I certainly felt like a gunner in my computer science classes. Eventually I stopped raising my hand because it seemed like I was the only one who actually knew the answers. I’d find myself being asked to help other students with questions, and then I’d find myself showing them how to use the documentation to actually find the answer to their problem. I always felt like a simple google search could have fixed things, but people are often too lazy to do even that these days.
Of course they are and as you progress, you'll find it to your advantage :)
Well explained experience with A A A !
Another video I would like to see is Law School for part-time students
Thanks for the idea.
You could have watched "The Paper Chase" to get a TV-flavored sense of what law school is like.
There is no greater phrase in the English language than "Everything's gonna be okay."
not everyone can afford to move away from hone or pay for a top law school. I did fine with a law degree from my local university and help from the lawyers and judges I worked for even before I went to law school. I started as a paralegal with a local prestigious law school where many of our partners went on to be judges in the State Appellate Court and Court of Appeals. They wrote one of my letters for my application to law school along with the head of my undergrad department. They then gave me advice and a job throughout and after law school until I decided to leave for a job with the Federal Government.
Inspiring
This is kinda old now, but the thing with 'postmodern' professors is that it is impossible to argue or have a constructive discussion with them, except to suggest that something is _even more_ of a construct than they originally envisioned. If you question the validity of postmodernism itself, they'll just accuse you of not understanding it (an accusation the field bolsters by writing in the most obscurantist way possible). It's like arguing with a conspiracy theorist - completely unfalsifiable.
Great channel man, did you ever get straight A's in law school?
If this gets me the 1L grades I need (shooting for NYC Big Law, so pretty high), I'll fly over to Cal to buy you drinks all day.
This is Fantastic advice, what would you recommend doing today? how would you implement this strategy?
Why do I understand everything you say, but when there is an english speaking visitor, my brain is freaking out and I can only say.. "London is a capital of the Great Britain.." -.-
Thank you for your videos, I've just signed up here to subscribe.
I hope to find more Legal English here to get smarter :)
Best wishes from your russian colleagues!)
I would love to meet you on It's new York and other state and country as well
Can you do a video on good books to read before starting law school.
That's a good idea.
Try Sir William Blackstone's "Commentaries on the Laws of England". It's one of the few English books that are still be referenced by the Supreme Court. Not only is it a fantastic introduction to legal theory and the structure of law court systems, Sir Blackstone seemed to realise that being a law student sucked and stresses the importance and prestige of studying the "noble science". It made law school significantly less painful for me.
It's also freely available on the web in pretty much every format you could think of.
conker690 Is there a Latin version of it?
Jackie Levine yes I’d also love to see a video like that!
I have a feeling this is going to be a big channel. I'll just want to put this out there now.
OBJECTION! 4:35 *studies
D. James Stone is a really good person. By that I mean that he is a kind and caring man besides being very intelligent. Attorney Stone shows more compassion in 10 minutes than Donald Trump has shown in 74 years! D. James Stone you are one of America's heroes. Thank you for being a decent and honest human being!
Did you ever consider transferring after receiving those 1L grades?
He's right about the students in law school. I felt totally out of my depth.
I need to talk to a lawyer,on how the lawv work as well
A whole nother huh? Haha that phrase cracks me up.
Law school sounds surprisingly similar to how my sister has described medical school
Nice!
Tbank you
I just subscribed to your channel and been watching your past videos. Do you have any video that addresses issue spotting? Please send me a link if you do it in one of your past videos. Thank you
Great video! Please what law school did you go to?
It' in the video! UCLA. Go Bruins!