Which are the friendliest law schools? Forum

[cantyoloforever]

At Yale, some students take notes on dumb things their classmates said in con law class, with the intent of using the comments against them at potential confirmation hearings on the future.

I wish I was making this up.

I'll allow this story, but only if you don't go to Yale

Holy crap they sound like buttholes.

Also, most of the T14 seem pretty friendly except for maybe Harvard.

1. I'd like to hear more about Yale being buttholes.
2. Why is Harvard considered unfriendly?

Harvard people are generally super friendly. Sometimes aggressively so. Of course there is a group of awfuls, but that's life.

1. Based on that story. I will now group all of them that way via laws of the Internet.
2. It just seems like a giant group of extremely ambitious people. Seems like people would be nice but not necessarily helpful unless it benefits them.

Wouldn't that be applicable to Stanford and Yale as well, or really any high ranking law school?

[bns212]

So it seems that the higher ranked schools tend to be less cutthroat (that's a surprise to me), and law school in general isn't as cutthroat as I've been reading. This makes me feel a lot better about the process. But can someone elaborate a little on what kinds of competition/examples of cutthroat behavior/aggression I can expect at any school?

[BigZuck]

So it seems that the higher ranked schools tend to be less cutthroat (that's a surprise to me), and law school in general isn't as cutthroat as I've been reading. This makes me feel a lot better about the process. But can someone elaborate a little on what kinds of competition/examples of cutthroat behavior/aggression I can expect at any school?

You know how sometimes in life you meet people that just kind of suck/are mean/are weird? It's like that.

No one is going to steal your laptop so you don't have your notes or whatever. It's a non-issue. Sure, I'd steer clear of Harvard, Michigan, etc. if you can help it. But not because of competitiveness/cutthroatness or whatever you want to call it.

[curry1]

So it seems that the higher ranked schools tend to be less cutthroat (that's a surprise to me), and law school in general isn't as cutthroat as I've been reading. This makes me feel a lot better about the process. But can someone elaborate a little on what kinds of competition/examples of cutthroat behavior/aggression I can expect at any school?

You know how sometimes in life you meet people that just kind of suck/are mean/are weird? It's like that.

No one is going to steal your laptop so you don't have your notes or whatever. It's a non-issue. Sure, I'd steer clear of Harvard, Michigan, etc. if you can help it. But not because of competitiveness/cutthroatness or whatever you want to call it.

Why those schools in particular?

[BigZuck]

So it seems that the higher ranked schools tend to be less cutthroat (that's a surprise to me), and law school in general isn't as cutthroat as I've been reading. This makes me feel a lot better about the process. But can someone elaborate a little on what kinds of competition/examples of cutthroat behavior/aggression I can expect at any school?

You know how sometimes in life you meet people that just kind of suck/are mean/are weird? It's like that.

No one is going to steal your laptop so you don't have your notes or whatever. It's a non-issue. Sure, I'd steer clear of Harvard, Michigan, etc. if you can help it. But not because of competitiveness/cutthroatness or whatever you want to call it.

Why those schools in particular?

LOL. I always thought you were a Michigan Man. We'll go ahead and add you to the list.

[dabigchina]

LOL. I always thought you were a Michigan Man. We'll go ahead and add you to the list.

I don't get this schtick

[curry1]

So it seems that the higher ranked schools tend to be less cutthroat (that's a surprise to me), and law school in general isn't as cutthroat as I've been reading. This makes me feel a lot better about the process. But can someone elaborate a little on what kinds of competition/examples of cutthroat behavior/aggression I can expect at any school?

You know how sometimes in life you meet people that just kind of suck/are mean/are weird? It's like that.

No one is going to steal your laptop so you don't have your notes or whatever. It's a non-issue. Sure, I'd steer clear of Harvard, Michigan, etc. if you can help it. But not because of competitiveness/cutthroatness or whatever you want to call it.

Why those schools in particular?

LOL. I always thought you were a Michigan Man. We'll go ahead and add you to the list.

I'm not a 'Michigan Man,' just interested to hear you flesh out your thoughts on the subject of this thread.

[BigZuck]

So it seems that the higher ranked schools tend to be less cutthroat (that's a surprise to me), and law school in general isn't as cutthroat as I've been reading. This makes me feel a lot better about the process. But can someone elaborate a little on what kinds of competition/examples of cutthroat behavior/aggression I can expect at any school?

You know how sometimes in life you meet people that just kind of suck/are mean/are weird? It's like that.

No one is going to steal your laptop so you don't have your notes or whatever. It's a non-issue. Sure, I'd steer clear of Harvard, Michigan, etc. if you can help it. But not because of competitiveness/cutthroatness or whatever you want to call it.

Why those schools in particular?

LOL. I always thought you were a Michigan Man. We'll go ahead and add you to the list.

I'm not a 'Michigan Man,' just interested to hear you flesh out your thoughts on the subject of this thread.

I already did, also thread was over when Sublime dropped his truth bomb all over this thread

LOL. I always thought you were a Michigan Man. We'll go ahead and add you to the list.

I don't get this schtick

Read some posts authored by Michigan students and it'll quickly start making sense

[cantyoloforever]

BigZuck is having fun at the expense of 0Ls (I think)

[mcmand]

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[t-14orbust]

At Yale, some students take notes on dumb things their classmates said in con law class, with the intent of using the comments against them at potential confirmation hearings on the future.

I wish I was making this up.

I'll allow this story, but only if you don't go to Yale

Holy crap they sound like buttholes.

Also, most of the T14 seem pretty friendly except for maybe Harvard.

1. I'd like to hear more about Yale being buttholes.
2. Why is Harvard considered unfriendly?

Harvard people are generally super friendly. Sometimes aggressively so. Of course there is a group of awfuls, but that's life.

Can confirm

[t-14orbust]

At Yale, some students take notes on dumb things their classmates said in con law class, with the intent of using the comments against them at potential confirmation hearings on the future.

I wish I was making this up.

I'll allow this story, but only if you don't go to Yale

Holy crap they sound like buttholes.

Also, most of the T14 seem pretty friendly except for maybe Harvard.

1. I'd like to hear more about Yale being buttholes.
2. Why is Harvard considered unfriendly?

Harvard people are generally super friendly. Sometimes aggressively so. Of course there is a group of awfuls, but that's life.

1. Based on that story. I will now group all of them that way via laws of the Internet.
2. It just seems like a giant group of extremely ambitious people. Seems like people would be nice but not necessarily helpful unless it benefits them.

Being nice to their classmates does benefit them in regards to future networking prospects

[lymenheimer]

BigZuck is having fun at the expense of 0Ls (I think) I applied to M and am offended at what BZ said.

Ftfy

[BigZuck]

BigZuck is having fun at the expense of 0Ls (I think)

I mean, yeah.

But no, really.

[texasellewoods]

Harvard is a super friendly place, my section is great and really supportive!! Everyone is willing to share notes and genuinely wants section mates do well - we all care about/like each other. I haven't heard about any crazy competitiveness going on, and its 1L exam week - if it doesn't happen now I doubt it ever will haha.

[cantyoloforever]

BigZuck is having fun at the expense of 0Ls (I think) I applied to M and am offended at what BZ said.

Ftfy

Haha, I am not offended whatsoever

[GreenEggs]

Feel free to PM me, but Michigan 1L here, and I find it quite friendly/collegial overall. There are always a few assholes pretty much everywhere you go and Michigan isn't immune but my section and most other people I have met seem quite nice and helpful. People share outlines and stuff like that pretty readily.

Definitely a Michigan student

[First Offense]

So it seems that the higher ranked schools tend to be less cutthroat (that's a surprise to me), and law school in general isn't as cutthroat as I've been reading. This makes me feel a lot better about the process. But can someone elaborate a little on what kinds of competition/examples of cutthroat behavior/aggression I can expect at any school?

You know how sometimes in life you meet people that just kind of suck/are mean/are weird? It's like that.

No one is going to steal your laptop so you don't have your notes or whatever. It's a non-issue. Sure, I'd steer clear of Harvard, Michigan, etc. if you can help it. But not because of competitiveness/cutthroatness or whatever you want to call it.

Why those schools in particular?

LOL. I always thought you were a Michigan Man. We'll go ahead and add you to the list.

I'm not a 'Michigan Man,' just interested to hear you flesh out your thoughts on the subject of this thread.

I already did, also thread was over when Sublime dropped his truth bomb all over this thread

LOL. I always thought you were a Michigan Man. We'll go ahead and add you to the list.

I don't get this schtick

Read some posts authored by Michigan students and it'll quickly start making sense

Wasn't there a ton of Michigan drama around OCI a couple of years ago? People erasing names from interview lists or something?

[Rubbishdump]

So it seems that the higher ranked schools tend to be less cutthroat (that's a surprise to me), and law school in general isn't as cutthroat as I've been reading. This makes me feel a lot better about the process. But can someone elaborate a little on what kinds of competition/examples of cutthroat behavior/aggression I can expect at any school?

You know how sometimes in life you meet people that just kind of suck/are mean/are weird? It's like that.

No one is going to steal your laptop so you don't have your notes or whatever. It's a non-issue. Sure, I'd steer clear of Harvard, Michigan, etc. if you can help it. But not because of competitiveness/cutthroatness or whatever you want to call it.

Why those schools in particular?

LOL. I always thought you were a Michigan Man. We'll go ahead and add you to the list.

I'm not a 'Michigan Man,' just interested to hear you flesh out your thoughts on the subject of this thread.

I already did, also thread was over when Sublime dropped his truth bomb all over this thread

LOL. I always thought you were a Michigan Man. We'll go ahead and add you to the list.

I don't get this schtick

Read some posts authored by Michigan students and it'll quickly start making sense

Wasn't there a ton of Michigan drama around OCI a couple of years ago? People erasing names from interview lists or something?

WTF