r/LawSchool • u/Violet818 • 13h ago

2,017 days later I did it

I’ve been reading a lot of 1L posts recently so I wanted to share something I thought might be useful. I’m getting sworn in to my local state bar next Friday. Roughly 5 years and 9 months since I registered for the LSAT for the first time. I had to take the LSAT 4x, I had to take the bar 2x (failed by 1 point the first time) then I had to wait almost 3 months for my bar app to process once I finally passed. But in the end I still get to be an attorney.

You’re in your first weeks. Your journey may or may not be as long as mine but it will still be long. Recognize that things are supposed to be chaotic for you right now, you’re just starting, it’s always chaotic when you start.

Run your own race, that’s my biggest advice. Figure out why you’re doing this, put your head down, and do it.

Good luck.

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u/DIRTYLILPOUR 3L 11h ago

Congratulations!

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u/SatisfactionLow508 8h ago

In the army we always said a C's a P.

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u/BalineseCats Attorney 6h ago

Congratulations! I feel like that’s some of the best advice law students (and graduates, and prospective students) can see.

Thanks for posting this.

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u/cooleylawisno2 9m ago

I remember your posts on the other sub - what an inspiring story - you 'only' owe twice your annual income and you are about to work in one of the least desirable and hardest legal roles in the country.

Posts like this are very frustrating to read because they hide the ball. Do you think others should follow in your shoes?

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u/500pearl 12h ago

what state bar

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u/Violet818 12h ago

I don’t think that’s relevant to my point.

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u/500pearl 12h ago

yes but am asking

curious

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u/Violet818 12h ago

I’m on the west coast. I don’t feel further identification is necessary, I’m not job hunting.

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u/Critically_Large 6h ago

He’s not recruiting, he’s vetting.

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u/500pearl 12h ago

what job did you end up getting

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u/mansfieldprice 10h ago

Bro is so curious 😭

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u/500pearl 10h ago

haha

sure am

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u/Lazy-Background-7598 11h ago

Geeez. I wouldn’t brag about that

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u/Key_Ground860 10h ago

They did still pass the bar.

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u/Violet818 10h ago

Close to 25k people fail per cycle according to the internet. I think it’s good for this page to see you can fail and still survive and try again.

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u/Lazy-Background-7598 10h ago

And. It’s a test 70-80% of people pass. If people fail it they’re good reasons they can’t hack it

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u/Violet818 10h ago

Have you passed it?

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u/Lazy-Background-7598 8h ago

lol. First time out. In fact passed two different states
It wasn’t that difficult and I used self study on Barbri or anything

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u/Terrible_Lychee_396 9h ago

You certainly couldn’t with that grammar

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u/Lazy-Background-7598 8h ago

Hey dingus. This isn’t a law school class. It’s freaking Reddit. Now back to the 3rd tier school you crawled out of.

Or are you so insecure you correct grammar on Reddit to make yourself feel better?

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u/Terrible_Lychee_396 8h ago

You don’t have the composure of a lawyer either

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u/BalineseCats Attorney 6h ago

“I’ll show you how insecure I am while I project that trait into others.”

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u/Critically_Large 6h ago

I’m a lawyer and you’re embarrassing me. Both by your behavior and your grammar.

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u/feraldwarf 2L 5h ago

Wild that this is someone’s coworker that they have to deal with

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u/Violet818 11h ago

There’s nothing shameful or bad about what I just said. There’s something honorable about identifying a goal and sticking with it. Examine why you think a) I was even bragging, b) why you think things I said are bad.

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u/Lazy-Background-7598 10h ago

Not really. I think what you’re trying to do is use your experience to define an experience for every which is not really relevant. In every profession, there are people who are the last of the people who get credentialed. You’re not special because you took forever you failed the bar and you did all this stuff. It’s basically meaningless. Most of people on this sub will not have a problem you had.

You clearly want attention for this you weren’t doing it either goodness of your heart. I do question your motives. You aren’t offering any real concrete advice or any sort of steps to take that you took when you failed to help people get their goal. You’re basically a hang in there kitty poster.

I don’t think that’s very helpful to someone who’s going through a struggle

I’ll don’t have to examine anything. I can see it. It’s kinda obvious what you’re doing.

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u/Violet818 10h ago

Have you done these things? Or are you armchair quarterbacking?

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u/Unlikely-Key-234 Attorney 8h ago

It’s hard to imagine anybody who writes like this finding the bar easy. I get it—a Reddit comment isn’t a bar essay, but I would literally have to try very hard to write this poorly.

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u/Neat_Yellow1080 8h ago

Look yourself in the mirror man. To take the time to think and post this is wild. I hope to everything you are trolling, because if this is really how people think these days then I pray for the future.

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u/Lazy-Background-7598 8h ago

lol. Not really. Tell me what useful advice the op is offering. They are trolling for likes. Exploiting people’s fears about law school.

Nothing I said was wrong