Woody Allen and the California Bar
Nihilism may be the way to go...
If you have seen Woody Allen's new movie, Matchpoint, one of the themes of the movie, besides the fall of the net ball, is that we don't have to believe in anything in. I am going to stretch this, and talk about the current cesspool that I am experiences. That's right folks - I am preparing to give the California Bar Exam - the most difficult dog trick in the dog and pony show, jump through the hoops experience that is law school.
Now, no one will allow me the poetic license of claiming that I did law school straight and narrow. I don't think I have attended an entire class, or been on time for anything. I did, however, have some love for the little nuances of law, the finer points that one must navigate, if only to wallow in self-indulgent patting on back on the cleverness of self and chosen future profession.
And then you get to law school. Here - they actually tell you - be a sheep. Forget the nuances - they don't want that in lawyers. Learn the blackletter law, learn how to apply it. Self indulgent fantasy of brainy self comes crashing through the door. Another intellectual fake. Its all been mostly meaningless. Eire doctrine - took up months in first law school - here is half a page on it. Move on!!!
So, for future law school folks! First, if you don't really want to be a lawyer for the love or the money, get out!!! Second, take Barbri the summer before the lawschool. This will achieve the following.
1. You can see nervous, twitchy, J.D.-holders reaching new lows of neurosis with questions such as "how many flash cards did you do today," take snapshots liberally, seal them in an envelope with a promise to open it after you have graduated, and include a flashcard with giant lettering - I WILL NOT BECOME THIS PERSON!
2. This is the only useful suggestion - get the Barbri outline - keep it for every class and relearn it - and do nothing else - I will make you a personal promise redeemable with a beer (I am not stupid!) that you will graduate with a 3.0 even if you don't read any other books in law school, or go to any class, and you breeze through the bar.*
(You think this is silly, imagine how I feel after going to half the classes, and sort of reading, and now think of the poor sods who actually did the reading before every class.)
3. I can only write in point form.
*This is not a contract, or anything actually enforceable.
If you have seen Woody Allen's new movie, Matchpoint, one of the themes of the movie, besides the fall of the net ball, is that we don't have to believe in anything in. I am going to stretch this, and talk about the current cesspool that I am experiences. That's right folks - I am preparing to give the California Bar Exam - the most difficult dog trick in the dog and pony show, jump through the hoops experience that is law school.
Now, no one will allow me the poetic license of claiming that I did law school straight and narrow. I don't think I have attended an entire class, or been on time for anything. I did, however, have some love for the little nuances of law, the finer points that one must navigate, if only to wallow in self-indulgent patting on back on the cleverness of self and chosen future profession.
And then you get to law school. Here - they actually tell you - be a sheep. Forget the nuances - they don't want that in lawyers. Learn the blackletter law, learn how to apply it. Self indulgent fantasy of brainy self comes crashing through the door. Another intellectual fake. Its all been mostly meaningless. Eire doctrine - took up months in first law school - here is half a page on it. Move on!!!
So, for future law school folks! First, if you don't really want to be a lawyer for the love or the money, get out!!! Second, take Barbri the summer before the lawschool. This will achieve the following.
1. You can see nervous, twitchy, J.D.-holders reaching new lows of neurosis with questions such as "how many flash cards did you do today," take snapshots liberally, seal them in an envelope with a promise to open it after you have graduated, and include a flashcard with giant lettering - I WILL NOT BECOME THIS PERSON!
2. This is the only useful suggestion - get the Barbri outline - keep it for every class and relearn it - and do nothing else - I will make you a personal promise redeemable with a beer (I am not stupid!) that you will graduate with a 3.0 even if you don't read any other books in law school, or go to any class, and you breeze through the bar.*
(You think this is silly, imagine how I feel after going to half the classes, and sort of reading, and now think of the poor sods who actually did the reading before every class.)
3. I can only write in point form.
*This is not a contract, or anything actually enforceable.
posted by The Argumentative Punjabi at 3:39 PM
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