How I Balance Law School and Everyday Life
When I began law school, I was warned to expect long nights, endless reading, and a relentless pace. I wasn't mistaken. The volume of work presented to an incoming student can be overwhelming. New students must adapt to the Socratic Method, which is a method in which the student is asked to stand and answer questions about the case in detail. These Socratic “cold calls” as they’re known may last five minutes or for the majority of an hour-and-fifteen-minute class, depending on the professor. Students will also be asked to read hundreds, if not over a thousand pages a week, between their five classes. This, along with learning the monumental amount of new terminology, the process of outlining one’s classes, and the concepts of legal writing and research, can be an intense culture shock for the untrained, new law student. What I have learned is that there is a need for healthy outlets to allow oneself to decompress. Being balanced means doing the things I enjoy, even whe...