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What types of classes did you take as a current lawyer?

What types of classes did you take as a current lawyer? How much time did you spend studying them?

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Emily’s Answer

With the caveat that I'm in the US, I was an English and Theatre double major in college (undergraduate) so I took classes that required lots of reading and analysis. In law school, which is typically 3 years in the US, I took the standard fist year curriculum of Torts, Contracts, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Property, and Legal Research and Writing. My second year was a mix of required classes and electives, including Criminal Process, Criminal Procedure, Evidence, Corporations, and Insurance Law. My third year was all electives, including Negotiations, Mediation, Professional Responsibility, Tax Law, Advanced Family Law, and a clinic that gave me an internship and met weekly, so it made up the bulk of my credit hours. I earned a concentration in Family Law, so I chose classes that counted toward that certificate (although I am not a family law lawyer.) If the adage of one hour of studying and preparing for one credit hour in college is true, I would say it is at least 3 hours for your first year or so of law school, and then 2-3 hours after that.
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Doug’s Answer

Going through law school is a full-time job, even if you attend a part-time program like I did. Law school is quite different and much more intense than undergraduate college. Expect to read more than you have ever read before. The reading is often difficult since you are learning the legal terms and principles as you go, and you need to really pay attention to draw inferences from the reading. In order to keep up, you pretty much need to study every day/night. Although you need to find some time for yourself or you'll go crazy, you can pretty much count on law school being your life for 3 years (4 if you go part-time). It is important that people close to you (family, loved ones, close friends) understand that you won't have much time for them while going to law school. Even if you tell them, a lot of times they won't understand it. There are many required classes, some you may enjoy and some you won't (many times it depends on the professor). Required classes include: Torts, Contracts, Criminal Law, Civil Procedure, Criminal Procedure, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Property, Legal Research.
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