Persons have been bashing WCSL, and all the other non-traditional law
schools on here for years before I started law school at WCSL in 2003.
In hindsight, the bashing comments haven't changed and neither have the
egomaniacs who post them.
How many attempts it takes to pass the Baby Bar really doesn't matter I
think. Its simply one of the requirements to sit for the bar exam. The
fact that I passed it on the first attempt is more a reflection on my
dedication and the amount of work I put in to prepare than what school I
attended. As long as you don't give up you are in the small percentage
that succeed.
I recently took the California Bar Exam so I'm not yet a member of the
bar.
But the education I obtained via WCSL, although not traditional, was
really not so different than had I gone to a regular physical law
school, ABA or otherwise. I have spoken with a great many ABA students
and lawyers - they are not any smarter for having gone to an ABA law
school.
Sure, I didn't have the profs, I didn't have the library, I didn't have
class every day. But I did have nearly 20 years of direct experience in
the law as a paralegal, 4 years of clerking during law school, and I
supplemented my education with live seminars for every class I was
responsible for.
I'm not saying thats what anyone else should do. In fact you should
listen less and think more - its YOUR education and YOUR future.
The "you will never work at a big law firm" BS is nothing more than a
reflection of someone else believing that is the only way to be a "real
lawyer."
Well, I worked at MoFo, Lyon & Lyon, Foley & Lardner, and quite a few
other very large law firms as a paralegal and frankly you ABA guys can
have all that. I want no part of it. I don't want to work that hard.
Generating revenue in disability law is more about business skills than
law skills and last I checked they are not testing business skills on
the bar exam. Sure, you have to know how to practice but if you know
where to go to obtain that skill set you will do just fine. Will you
get "rich"? Who knows. Who cares. Its your personal goal, not the
mandated race in life.
I am very pleased with my experiences with WCSL. DL law school was the
only viable option open to me to become an attorney so thats the method
I selected.
I am already working in a firm - where I have been for 4 years - so I'm
not looking for a job. I wonder how many ABA grads out there are
looking for that perfect 80 hour a week job? I never work more than 30
hours a week by choice - because I can.
I have ABA lawyers who regularly refer their clients to me for
immigration or disability matters. I have good friends who are ABA
lawyers who regularly discuss cases with me. Not because of where I
went to law school or what my diploma looks like. Because I earned
their respect by performance.
Ignore closed-minded ignorance of the kind sprayed around
this "chatboard."
Determine that you want to be a lawyer and go about the business of
doing so in the manner you decide is best for you. No one else can make
that decision for you.
DH
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