Law Students

The Competition Myth

By Ms. JD

Ed. Note: This summer, Ms. JD solicited law school myths from law students across the country.  Many students weighed in on the subject of competition. Are law students really monsters that will tear pages from books, steal notebooks from lockers, and hide outlines?

Sara Brucker, UC Davis School of Law, writes:

Law students aren?t monsters. I lost a close friend my first year of law school and missed several weeks of school. Without request, without explanation, several of my classmates sent me their class notes and picked up copies of worksheets and handouts for me. I was not expecting such a generous gesture. I really believed the scare tactic books that every law student has read (or secretly read), that tell you the unseemly stories of cutthroat students ripping pages out of books, deleting outlines, stealing flash drives, etc. I wish I would have started school with more faith in the honesty and integrity of my fellow students.

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Full post as published by Ms. JD on August 09, 2008 (boomark / email).