[ContemptofCourt]

Law school is not particularly difficult. There are no difficult concepts to master. Instead, the three years are spent learning to think like a lawyer. That is the difficult part...because alot of what we do is quite unnatural.

I'll never forget telling my legal writing insturctor that I had to unlearn everything I ever knew about writing to ace her class. She didn't appreciate that comment, but it was true (and I promptly unlearned everything she tried to cram down my throat).

[jude24]

There are no difficult concepts to master. Instead, the three years are spent learning to think like a lawyer. That is the difficult part...because alot of what we do is quite unnatural.

I would agree, with the additional note that professors who think 150 pp./night reading assignments make law school like trying to drink from a firehose.

I'll never forget telling my legal writing insturctor that I had to unlearn everything I ever knew about writing to ace her class.

I was lucky. I learned - from experience - technical writing from my undergraduate education. The skills I acquired from that carried over surprisingly well for legal writing, so that I mostly needed to unlearn a few bad habits (like throat-clearing segues).