Articles tagged with: law school life

Puppy Training: The ABCs Of a National Law University: Part I- Adjusting

Dear tennie weenie Law Student, Welcome to a National Law University. Whichever NLU it is; some things will apply; things which are perennial and all embracing. Things like laws(?) And you’ll have to adjust to these things. I call it puppy training. What I say here is not the gospel truth. I don’t s...

I Came. I Saw. I Changed. 17 THINGS that HIT you in an NLU. How to Prepare

Q. I have made it to a national law school. What should I expect? How should I prepare for a life at an NLU? Ans. 1. Prepare to be crushed and subdued in everything you think you are great at. If you are great at debating, you might not be in the debating team. Prepare for that. 2. Prepare for great...

The DREAMS Of a LAW STUDENT - Nothing Big Or Small About It

Law Schools can be stifling, stultifying and discouraging at times. People look down upon the ‘other’; sometimes very disparagingly. A mooter thinks mooting is ‘the’ thing. The cool guy thinks that ‘mooting’ is for nerds etc etc. I believe we should respect choices. Here is a simple piece on that be...

A hot girlfriend, a hot-shot job and the 5th years still leave crying

THE FIFTH YEARS ARE LEAVING The fifth years are leaving: The mooters are leaving, the debaters are leaving, Their trophies, proudly in the library sit, Smiling at the newer faces. The researchers are leaving, the writers are leaving. Their books and papers in the glass cupboard Tell us of the words ...

NLSIU? NUJS? NALSAR? The FASTEST, STRONGEST and the SEXIEST of law schools?

Crib means ‘to bicker’, says my dictionary. NLS cribs about its hectic schedule: the trimester system which doesn’t allow them to lead a sane college life. NUJS cribs how claustrophobic the 4-5 acre campus can get. NALSAR cribs how the college is in a village, far from the city and gets mundane at t...