From Above the Law authored b
“The weather has been relatively cool where I live for the last few days. It has served as another reminder that within a matter of days, new bright-eyed and bushy-tailed 1Ls will be arriving to terrorize us start their first semester of law school. As I prepare for them to get here, I can’t help but wonder if they know that everything about their life is about to change.
I remember being absolutely terrified my first few weeks of law school. There was a constant stream of insecure thoughts: Am I good enough? Am I smart enough? Is this what I actually want to be doing with my life? What if I fail? As I fell into the stride of the semester, those thoughts subsided and were replaced by feelings of confidence.
But that wasn’t the most important thing that changed. When all was said and done, I left law school a completely different person than when I arrived. The shifts and changes happened gradually, and I was not at all prepared for it. I went to law school ready to work hard and be stressed. What I hadn’t expected was the extent of personal change I experienced. I wasn’t ready for it and no one ever told me to prepare for it. So, dear 1Ls, consider this your heads up.”
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