Afternoon everyone!
Hope you are all doing wonderful this afternoon. So I've completed my LPC and I thought this will be the perfect time to look back on my journey and bust some myths that I believed before starting my journey.
1) Law school will be stylish. So who has seen Suits or How To Get Away With Murder? Both shows feature people in the legal sector and they are all dressed impeccably. Most of the characters in the shows lead very beautifully gorgeous lives with the perfect house and the perfect car. In reality, law school is not stylish. Most law students wear whatever they want to. They all come from varied economic backgrounds. Some days you'll see the odd few people wearing business casual outfits but really it depends on the weather and if there are any events going on.
2) Law is all about reading large textbooks and journals. For the large part, textbooks provide further guidance and knowledge on legal topics. It is pretty useful for essays and coursework. They also provide alternative perspectives on applying legal points. On the other hand, the law is all about application. While you can read a huge load of textbooks and journals, it's not very helpful if you don't know how to apply it or use it effectively in an essay or coursework. Essentially this myth can cause you to waste so much time and energy so firstly know what you need to know and only use textbooks and journals when you want to supplement your knowledge further.
3) To do well in exams I must memorise absolutely everything on the syllabus. Exams at law school tend to have problem questions and essay questions. Problem questions require you to look at a fact pattern and then apply the law to the facts to come to conclusions on the legalities. While memorising might be great for an exam which asks you to regurgitate information, it will be useless for essays and problem questions. You must know how to apply the information you learn to do well. Memorising will only get you so far.
4) People at law school are posh and snobby. In reality, people are from all different backgrounds and cultures. There is so much diversity and culture so you will never see the cliques or elite groups. You might be familiar with this cliquey behaviour from movies like Legally Blond in which the main character is ostracised because she is not traditionally academic. This was not my experience at university. People were very welcoming and supportive. Law schools prioritise diversity. The posh and snobby stereotype is pretty much a stereotype.
5) Law is the most certain immovable thing. Okay, this one I based entirely on Tamil films. I believed that law was certain and codified in a single instrument and never changed. Boy was I wrong. I attended my first contract lecture and realised that that was a complete and utter fallacy. The lecturer was throwing out cases left and right and I understood right then and there that law was very changeable and very uncertain. Also, I understood that the law didn't derive from one single source. It was a moment where my mind was absolutely blown.
So who believed any of these myths? Do you have any other myths that you believed before starting law school?
Good luck to you all and I will see you in my next post!
Sincerely Sinthu
Hope you are all doing wonderful this afternoon. So I've completed my LPC and I thought this will be the perfect time to look back on my journey and bust some myths that I believed before starting my journey.
1) Law school will be stylish. So who has seen Suits or How To Get Away With Murder? Both shows feature people in the legal sector and they are all dressed impeccably. Most of the characters in the shows lead very beautifully gorgeous lives with the perfect house and the perfect car. In reality, law school is not stylish. Most law students wear whatever they want to. They all come from varied economic backgrounds. Some days you'll see the odd few people wearing business casual outfits but really it depends on the weather and if there are any events going on.
2) Law is all about reading large textbooks and journals. For the large part, textbooks provide further guidance and knowledge on legal topics. It is pretty useful for essays and coursework. They also provide alternative perspectives on applying legal points. On the other hand, the law is all about application. While you can read a huge load of textbooks and journals, it's not very helpful if you don't know how to apply it or use it effectively in an essay or coursework. Essentially this myth can cause you to waste so much time and energy so firstly know what you need to know and only use textbooks and journals when you want to supplement your knowledge further.
3) To do well in exams I must memorise absolutely everything on the syllabus. Exams at law school tend to have problem questions and essay questions. Problem questions require you to look at a fact pattern and then apply the law to the facts to come to conclusions on the legalities. While memorising might be great for an exam which asks you to regurgitate information, it will be useless for essays and problem questions. You must know how to apply the information you learn to do well. Memorising will only get you so far.
4) People at law school are posh and snobby. In reality, people are from all different backgrounds and cultures. There is so much diversity and culture so you will never see the cliques or elite groups. You might be familiar with this cliquey behaviour from movies like Legally Blond in which the main character is ostracised because she is not traditionally academic. This was not my experience at university. People were very welcoming and supportive. Law schools prioritise diversity. The posh and snobby stereotype is pretty much a stereotype.
5) Law is the most certain immovable thing. Okay, this one I based entirely on Tamil films. I believed that law was certain and codified in a single instrument and never changed. Boy was I wrong. I attended my first contract lecture and realised that that was a complete and utter fallacy. The lecturer was throwing out cases left and right and I understood right then and there that law was very changeable and very uncertain. Also, I understood that the law didn't derive from one single source. It was a moment where my mind was absolutely blown.
So who believed any of these myths? Do you have any other myths that you believed before starting law school?
Good luck to you all and I will see you in my next post!
Sincerely Sinthu
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