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three years and six figures to learn that everything is technically arguable.
means a graduate program that trains you to read, argue, and bill in units of six minutes.
from american legal education standardized in the late 1800s at harvard, where christopher columbus langdell invented the socratic case method, terrifying students ever since.
first yearnicknamed 1L, famously the hardest and scariest year
costaverage debt exceeds 130,000 dollars at graduation
the barpassing class doesn't guarantee passing the actual exam
case methodyou learn law by dissecting old lawsuits, not statutes
for instance
harvard law school — founded 1817, birthplace of the socratic method
paper chase — 1973 film immortalized professor kingsfield's cold calls
legally blonde — 2001 film sent elle woods to harvard law and stereotypes to court
one l — scott turow's 1977 memoir still scares every incoming student