That's Law School...

Law school is different. Very different from undergrad. Most of us didn't get lower than a B in college... In law school, my teacher told us that 50% of us will get lower than a B-. This is because of the law school curve.

Our first evidence of this was our first paper. The average for the class was a 71 and the median was a 69. She forewarned us that our grades would be that low since we are learning a new skill. Secondly, this paper was only 10% of that grade because she expected our grades to be that low.

My score was higher than the average score but I was still pretty depressed. However, when i actually looked at her comments on my paper, I felt alot better. She literally must have taken more than an hour commenting on each and every one of the papers she needed to grade. The commenta were detailed, comprehensive and definitely beneficial to my understanding of the assignment. It left me with very little questions and I am ready to move on to my next paper. Additionally, she also scheduled mandatory conferences with us to go over our papers individually. Honestly, a few weeks ago I hated this process of going into a paper dark without any guidance, but know I am understanding what they were trying to do. I am also very impressed that my teacher would take the time to comment in that much detail and to provide me with 20 minutes to meet with her one-on-one.

Our second paper is an extension of the first by adding just a few more cases to the analysis. So after seeing where I made mistakes (which definitely were very minor ones I can correct in 30 mins) I definitely feel like I can get a very good grade on my second paper.