What do/don't did/didn't you like about BYU law?

[I.J. Reilly]

I know that there are a lot of former and current BYU law students here on the board and since my semi-request went unheralded in my Babs post I thought I would start a new thread to ask what your experience with BYU law was.

I am currently looking at a lot of different schools but for various reasons BYU is at the top of my list. The deposit is due on Wednesday so I thought I would get everyone's opinion. I'd love to hear the good and the bad to help me make my decision. Thanks!

[wuapinmon]

I know that there are a lot of former and current BYU law students here on the board and since my semi-request went unheralded in my Babs post I thought I would start a new thread to ask what your experience with BYU law was.

I am currently looking at a lot of different schools but for various reasons BYU is at the top of my list. The deposit is due on Wednesday so I thought I would get everyone's opinion. I'd love to hear the good and the bad to help me make my decision. Thanks!

I taught Spanish in the JRC building and the wind gusts on the pedestrian bridge in February would take my breath away. I actually had to wear a coat for the walk back to the JKHB.

And for some reason, the only on-campus copy of Derrida's Dissemination is in the Law Library and not the main one....damned inconvenient.

[BigPiney]

And for some reason, the only on-campus copy of Derrida's Dissemination is in the Law Library and not the main one....damned inconvenient.

I can't tell if that is enough reason to attend or not to attend right there.

[byu71]

I taught Spanish in the JRC building and the wind gusts on the pedestrian bridge in February would take my breath away. I actually had to wear a coat for the walk back to the JKHB.

And for some reason, the only on-campus copy of Derrida's Dissemination is in the Law Library and not the main one....damned inconvenient.

You are an attorney. All along I have thought you were a professor of English literature. I can't remember where I got the idea you were a professor, but I did.

[Babs]

You are an attorney. All along I have thought you were a professor of English literature.

I could have sworn it was Spanish.

[Babs]

I could have sworn it was Spanish.

Or linguistics? Something languagey.

[beelzebabette]

I can't tell if that is enough reason to attend or not to attend right there.

Having to wear a coat outside in February would be a swaying factor for me.

[wuapinmon]

I'm not going to mention my degrees on here because that never goes over well, but I will say that I am an Assistant Professor of Spanish, and that I am not a lawyer/attorney/advocate...I merely taught Spanish in the Law Building at BYU.

I do not teach English literature, but I do teach some literature in English. My scholarly interests include:

Jorge Luis Borges
Free Will, Foreordination, Foreknowledge, and Predestination
Julio Cortázar
Reggae, Rastafari, and Robert Nesta Marley
Banana Cultivation in literature
Equatorial Guinea
Afro-Hispanic Studies
Costa Rica
2nd-Language Acquisition by adult learners
Antonio Muñoz Molina
Detective Fiction
Xul Solar
Zoroastrianism
Gnosticism
e.e. cummings
and
Will Self

[byu71]

I'm not going to mention my degrees on here because that never goes over well, but I will say that I am an Assistant Professor of Spanish, and that I am not a lawyer/attorney/advocate...I merely taught Spanish in the Law Building at BYU.

I do not teach English literature, but I do teach some literature in English. My scholarly interests include:

Jorge Luis Borges
Free Will, Foreordination, Foreknowledge, and Predestination
Julio Cortázar
Reggae, Rastafari, and Robert Nesta Marley
Banana Cultivation in literature
Equatorial Guinea
Afro-Hispanic Studies
Costa Rica
2nd-Language Acquisition by adult learners
Antonio Muñoz Molina
Detective Fiction
Xul Solar
Zoroastrianism
Gnosticism
e.e. cummings
and
Will Self

I know what you mean. I wouldn't mention the honorary degrees I have from numerous Universities even if someone offered to pay me to tell them. It is enough that my familiy and very close friends know.

[I.J. Reilly]

Blast! My request for serious, life-changing information has been thread-jacked! That didn't take much.

[byu71]

Blast! My request for serious, life-changing information has been thread-jacked! That didn't take much.

It wasn't going any where. This hi-jacking will bring some interest and perhaps some answer to your questions.

[All-American]

I'm in the law school application process myself, but I can probably tell you no more than what you already know quite well about BYU Law.

At BYU Law, you will spend your three years of study surrounded by those who share your faith and your standards. For better or worse. It is comparatively inexpensive, and the median graduate will be earning close to a six digit salary. Graduation in the top percentiles will translate into plenty of options for in-state practice. Consequentially, competition is cut-throat; there are a number of reports of students hiding the books, and you won't have the advantage over the hung-over segment of the class.

[Donuthole]

I'm in the law school application process myself.

You are? Why haven't you mentioned this sooner?

[YOhio]

You are? Why haven't you mentioned this sooner?

Ladies and gentleman, Donuthole gives us all a nice example of sarcasm.

[Soccermom]

One thing I enjoyed about BYU Law is that I got different viewpoints on the law (from professors, not classmates). My friends who attended some Ivy League schools really only got a liberal slant. I felt like I got better instruction. Even my friends at those schools conceded that point.

The thing I didn't like was how competitive it was for jobs. As a BYU student, you have to be Top 10, and even then the pickings aren't as great as say a Columbia Law student of any ranking. For example, a few of my classmates got jobs at Milbank in NY City. That was considered quite the feat if I remember right. For my friends at Ivy League Schools, going to a place like Milbank was the ordinary.