Law Students

Gut Check Time

By Casebook Sherpa

Last night was one of those nights for me. If you’re a law student - or have ever been one - you know what I’m talking about…

a paper due in a week that you have no idea how to write (or research)…

50 pages of case reading staring you down…

just received below average grades (in your estimation) in two classes (thankfully, just mid-terms, but still)…

It seems like there’s no time. If you’re not careful, it’s easy to back yourself into thinking it can’t humanly be done - or, more dangerously, that YOU can’t get it done. At least that’s what I can feel like - nearly arriving at your wit’s end, wanting to throw in the towel.

And then it kind of dawns on you (even if you don’t want to believe it): somehow you’re going to make this happen and you’re going to get through it. To get to this epiphany though you need patience. Sometimes the supply of that precious commodity is more plentiful than others. Incidentally, I’m not suggesting law school is unique in this way or perhaps even worth this kind of heartburn.

What do you do when you just never get to that point, though?

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Full post as published by Fight The Hypo on January 23, 2008 (boomark / email).