Café de Nuit

LadySoth and Dimitri: Thanks for the well-wishes! I still have a few steps left to accomplish (eg there are a few irregularities on my application, mostly because I moved around England and China as a kid and they need to confirm that stuff) but things should be moving along nicely now.

GavinB: Finally, a real-life horror check caused by that post! Nicely done, good sir!

HMB, congratulations on joining Matlock and Perry Mason in the exciting field of law! I'll be sure to watch your exploits on TV on a regular basis.

Thanks for the encouragement, Zettaijin! I'll try to walk tall in their proud footsteps!

LadySoth wrote: I'm looking at grad schools right now, but have only recently begun to consider a legal degree. How many years did your degree take to complete? I'm studying English and History right now, would these be good foundations to succeed in Law school?

Heya LadySoth!

A law degree in America is usually 3 years long. Make sure you apply to an ABA-approved law school. The list is here: http://www.abanet.org/legaled/approvedl ... alpha.html

For law school rankings, U.S. News and World Report does a listing. But bear in mind that in recent years, a lot of students at the top flight law schools have found themselves unable to get employment worthy of their tuition fees. It may be well worth your time to look at a public school with lower rates.

Law is a very writing intensive discipline, so any background in writing and critical reading is going to help. Even so, the logic part of law is going to be very familiar to most mathematicians. Your background in English and History will be very helpful - I'd strongly suggest you apply! Given that you have two degrees, you'll likely be better off than most of your colleagues, who usually only have a generalist undergrad degree and who might find the sudden increase in workload hard to cope with.

If you have an idea of an area of law you want to get into, that will help a lot in selecting electives and (possibly) even study abroad programs.

Before you can apply to law school, though, you'll need to take the LSAT exam. The deadline to apply is usually around December. The test is given in February (at least, quite possibly another time of year as well but I don't remember). You do not need to sign up for any courses but I do advise that you read some LSAT review books first. I passed on my first try after self-administering a study course (Kaplan, I think. It was riddled with errors so I'd suggest Princeton or other review books).

Bear in mind law school is a lot of work so if you have a family or a significant other, make sure they're supportive and understanding.

And make sure you don't have any mice.

...because mice are scum.

You like Mario? I like Mario! Hey, everybody loves Mario!

Yay Mario!

You fear M. Bison? I fear M. Bison! Everybody fears M. Bison!

Eek! M. Bison!

You miss London? I miss London! Everybody misses London!

Alas, London!

You post-apocalypse? I post-apocalypse! Everybody post-apocalypse!

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Help, it's a thunderstorm!

Mario throws fireballs? M. Bison throws fireballs! They both throw fireballs!

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Mario rules the world. Peach is at his side. They live happily ever after.

Yay memetic crossovers!




The end.

The London pic is too awesome to describe. What RPG is the background from?

Hmm, I actually don't know. It's possible that it is not from an RPG but is instead just from a CGI showcase.

Wow! Barely made my madness save there after seeing those pictures.

Hey that's great about your bar exam HMB, one step closer, congrats form a fellow law student.

Thanks Baron! May your Saturdays be spooky and fright-filled... for everybody else!

I've always had my suspicions about Mario...



...and all those mushrooms he carries around with him. What's he planning?