By Martha Kimes
No one was more surprised about her acceptance into Columbia Law School than Martha Kimes. Stuck in that purgatory-like state between college graduation and a career, Martha wasn’t sure what to do with the rest of her life after she graduated from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. She’d always excelled at multiple choice exams and being a lawyer sounded intriguing, so she decided to take the LSAT. She was shocked when she scored in the 98th percentile; hello, Ivy League! She’d always wanted to live in the Big Apple so upon her acceptance into the best law school in NYC, she and her college boyfriend got married and moved to Manhattan.
No one was more surprised about her acceptance into Columbia Law School than Martha Kimes. Stuck in that purgatory-like state between college graduation and a career, Martha wasn’t sure what to do with the rest of her life after she graduated from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. She’d always excelled at multiple choice exams and being a lawyer sounded intriguing, so she decided to take the LSAT. She was shocked when she scored in the 98th percentile; hello, Ivy League! She’d always wanted to live in the Big Apple so upon her acceptance into the best law school in NYC, she and her college boyfriend got married and moved to Manhattan.
Martha soon discovers that law school is incredibly difficult, extremely competitive and completely exhausting. “Conventional wisdom holds that during your first year of law school, they scare you to death, during your second year, they work you to death, and during your third year they bore you to death.” In addition to attending classes, completing mountains of assigned reading and passing grueling exams, Martha must also participate in moot court, write for a law journal (preferably the most prestigious one, Columbia Law Review), complete important summer internships AND pass the bar exam. Her first year grades will determine her entire future.
If you've ever considered attending law school or even if you just enjoy a good law-related tv show like LA Law or Law and Order, this is a fascinating look at what it's like to attend one of the best schools in the country. It was both entertaining and informative, and hard to put down. Hopefully, Ms. Kimes will write another great book about her life as a lawyer!
If you've ever considered attending law school or even if you just enjoy a good law-related tv show like LA Law or Law and Order, this is a fascinating look at what it's like to attend one of the best schools in the country. It was both entertaining and informative, and hard to put down. Hopefully, Ms. Kimes will write another great book about her life as a lawyer!
2 comments:
I thought the author seemed greedy and self-righteous. How many descriptions of expensive lunches were really necessary.
As someone who eats bagged lunches most days, I kind of liked reading about those fancy lunches!
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