Anyone here attend law school?

[Palerider957]

Man, there is some real wisdom on this board. It's good to see a thread without the b.ithc fest.

You guys are really stirring up some old thoughts in me. When i finished my undergrad, I was really torn between flying and law school. I come from a family of lawyers, so it was the natural order. But, flying called me a bit harder and here I am. If I ever lose my medical or just get plain PIS.SED OFF, I may pull the pin and head off to law schoo.

My cousin, an attorney, swears by Kaplan. If I were to go back to school I think I would sink the $$ into the program for sure.

I guess I don't have a lot of add to the above posters, but the thread was a real breath of fresh air.

 

[Palerider957]

Jetlink:

Just curious, what are you going to do when you finish law school? Stay with flying, or practice law (or both)?

 

[mesaba2425]

I'm in the process of applying. I used the Kaplan study guides and scored a 168 on the LSAT.

 

[LAPD Airship]

Re: NYU - Part Time???????????????

LAPD Airship:

An intern in our office noticed that you, according to your post, are a part timer at NYU. She is confused, for according to NYU's registrar and the LSAC law school guide they have no part time program whatsover. None. Thus, there seems to be an inconsistency with the above quote from your post and the information promulgated by the NYU Law School Registrar and LSAC. Please clarify this inconsistency for us. It must be excruciating attending law school part time at NYU and flying.

Is she confused or are you confused? Your intern needs more work if you kids are researching this....BUT to answer your question..the long and short of it....

I am a transfer student, being a 1L at a Texas school about 5 years ago now (just prior to getting into flying full time) in which I completed many credit hours. When I clerked for Jones Day, I made a lasting impression I guess with a couple of partners who I now "promulgate" credit for calling in some favors for me at their alma mater. I thus have a "reduced load" first year schedule that was approved for me being a xfer student yet needing to get back into the swing of things without having to take the full load of bovine statology (BS) busy work classes that I have already taken. Soooo, the "part time" status was not all together accurate in the traditional sense.

As for years 2 and 3, we shall see how that goes, but as you surely know, it is no where near the level of intensity as 1L.

I would not describe what I am doing as excruciating, but rather challenging (or maybe stupid??). So far so good...its finals time and I have made it just fine. Of course, I slam click on the overnights which are actually good for me to get me out of the social temptations of NYC on the nights I am actually at home. Plus I carry this 80 pound (and I am not exaggerating) backpack with me everywhere I go...read/work on sits at the airports, overnights, and cruise flight segments


I am now a master of time management. And thank god for Lexis and high-speed internet....its my own mobile library.

So what are you? An airline pilot and a lawyer? A lawyer and a weekend warrior?

I am aware of two lawyer-pilots at Continental, and 1 at American. I am sure there are more out there.

To answer someone else's question, I plan to stick to flying as long as I can see some upward mobility in this industry. When I quit after year one to start flying, that is all I wanted to do. When I clerked at such a large firm such as Jones Day, that sealed my desire not to work in such a large firm doing sometimes interesting, most of the time not so interesting work (at least to me anyway). This will allow me to have more control over my life and never be dependant on an industry that is so subject to the unknown. At least people will always sue each other

I needed some mental stimulation in my life. Law school was the answer to this and maybe one day I will run for a judgeship or something. Flying, while a good and easy profession, is NOT mentally stimulating except for the times I get to yell at gate agents, TSA idiots, and other morons whose job I have to know in addition to mine because they are morons and for some reason pilots are held responsible for everyone else's inaction.

 

[Looking4Traffic]

Law School Selection

I agree with PaleRider -- it's been interesting reading everyone's comments on this thread and surprising to learn just how many pilots have taken a shot at the LSATs and at law school itself.

I would just like to respectfully disagree about one thing that FlyLawyer had to say: that you need not be concerned about whether the school is a "Tier 1, 2, 3 or 4" law school. I'm not familiar with that nomenclature but I feel strongly that an applicant should ABSOLUTELY be concerned about the quality (and ranking) of the school they consider.

If you don't believe me, call the placement office at a top 30 law school and ask them how many law firms came on campus to interview the L2s for summer clerkships last year. Ask the same question of a top 100 law school. Then take a look in a Martindale Hubbell at the resumes of personnel in reputable law firms throughout the country -- take a look at where these people went to school. Stop by your local US Attorney's office or the Attorney General's office or the County Attorney's office -- find out where those guys went to school. I can tell you that the vast majority of these attorneys graduated from a top 30-50 law school.

If you want to hang your own shingle in a small town, then by all means go to a "Tier 4" law school. But if you want to maximize your options when you graduate, then you better be in the top 1/3 of your class at a quality law school or the top 1-2% of your class at that "Tier 4" law school (and on the Law Review) or you'll find yourself with quite a bit of debt and few job opportunities in this lawyer-gluttened market.

"Thank you your honor, the State rests."