Tuesday, September 7, 2010

It's Lonely at the Top

During my 1L year, everyone in the full-time program spent hours upon hours together. I think we all--even people like me, who didn't make a lot of close friends--felt bonded to the group. As 2Ls we began to scatter a bit as electives became available to us, but I still saw the same faces all the time.
Now I'm suddenly surrounded by strangers. The line between full-time and part-time students is completely blurred, my classes are full of 2Ls whom I've never met, and everyone in the 3L class seems to have more obligations off campus than on. In a sense, it feels like law school is already over. 1L and 2L were the war; 3L is just a mop-up operation.

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