“I read Law School Confidential because I'm going to law school next year. I've been trying to figure out what the experience is gonna be like so I've been reading certain forums on the internet about law school and what law school is like. I was terrified so I decided to read this book to get some perspective.
The book covers the entire experience of law school. Actually, even before that it talks about how to choose where you apply, how to study for the LSAT; it recommends certain prep courses, that kind of thing; but then it also goes through year-by-year what to expect your first semester, second semester. It has plans for studying as well as plans for when you should send out applications for internships and that sort of thing, so it just covers the whole experience.
It does have a similar tone to these really terrifying law school forums. It's just as negative and just as sort of pessimistic about your chances. It also thinks that you should go to a Top 15 school and graduate at the top of your class if you want to do anything. But, what's nice and what's different is that he has a plan in case you don't. One of the things he says for your first summer internships specifically after your 1L year is that you're gonna have to send out hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of letters, and you'll probably be rejected hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of times, but you only need one acceptance, and that's okay. So I think having someone prep me for that kind of rejection is probably pretty helpful.
I would actually give this book right now in my life about 4½ stars. I would say if you haven't decided whether you want to go to law school yet, don't read this 'til you decide. This will terrify you; this will make you want to do anything else.”
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