Meeting #3
September 16, 2009
I.
Reminders:
a. Don’t forget that dues are due on September 23rd!
b. There will be NO meeting during the LSU Fall Break
c. October 9th is the late date for dues and applications
II. Chapter Service Project
a. Boo at the Zoo
i. Held on Saturday, October 17, from 9-5 pm
1. Contact Emily Wojna for more information
III. Law Student from LSU
a. Advice:
i. Take the LSAT more than once
1. Start studying early
1. Start a month early
2. Come up with a routine and stick to it
3. Continue to look at LSAT materials up until it is time to take it
ii. Studying for the LSAT:
1. Take a lot of practice tests
2. Only section that you can ace is the games section
iii. Application process for Law school:
a. If you are in the 160s, don’t try to apply to schools like Harvard
b. Pick a few schools that are out of your league
iv. Law school
1. First year
1. Spend your free time studying/catching up on the day’s
assignments
i. Time management is key
2. You start learning about the different areas of law such as
corporate, environmental, etc.
i. You have no control over what classes you take your
first year
1. LSU requires their students to take a writing
class
3. Hardest part of your first year: reading a case
4. Treat law school as you would a job
2. Do your homework
1. Reading cases, making outlines
2. Know what is talked about in class before you go
3. Throughout the semester:
1. Keep up with the readings
2. As it gets closer to finals, start preparing an outline
4. The teachers
1. Are more open and available to helping their students
compared to undergraduate students
5. The grading for Law school
1. First year is generally a 2.6
i. Grading is the most important your first year of law
school
2. Grading is based off of a bell curve
6. Summer: LSU in France or clerkships
1. Some try to boost their resumes my doing clerkships at law
firms
i. A law firm evaluates your work as a “clerk” and if they
like you, they may hire you when you graduate
2. Also, LSU has a requirement that everyone must take summer
school at some point
7. MBA/JD program at LSU
1. He wouldn’t recommend it, only because you won’t be able to
put in as much time as you would have you just gone to law
school
i. Try to pick one or the other
v. Life after Law school
1. General rule: go to school where you would like to practice afterwards
1. But, you can go anywhere