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Reag

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We all know how long a 1.5 hour movie feels, and that's entertainment. Imagine going through notes for 4x2 hours every week!
 

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If you can't cope with 2 or 3 hour lectures, then law is not for you.

People with short attention spans should be in sales or marketing.
 

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In fact, long lectures may be method to weeding out the people who can’t cope. If you can’t withstand a lecture of that length, you’d likely have no hope in a trial or drafting an involved document.
 

Reag

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In fact, long lectures may be method to weeding out the people who can’t cope. If you can’t withstand a lecture of that length, you’d likely have no hope in a trial or drafting an involved document.

This isn't a trial or a draft where you'd get paid for the hours you do.

It's attitudes like this which is why depression and mental illness rates are sky high amongst law students.
 

Reag

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But anyhow, that's what fierce competition is all about I guess.

*** Can someone please delete this thread, and my post within the last 48 hours, so no other unexpecting student can see them. Cheers. ***
 

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TV has produced a couple of generations of students who seem to think everything is solved in 1 hour. :(

There were times I thought equity lectures were too short. I'd happily sit through 4 hours of lectures on equity. Too me it brought the law alive to the real world.

As to fierce competition, well this is an internalised behaviour, not forced on you by others. I have no intention of working for a top tier law firm and spending 12-14 hour days making the partners richer. But each to their own.

And all professions requiring advanced skills and knowledge have higher rates of depression and mental illness than the general population. It is a function of being self-motivated and driven that is the cause, not the profession.
 

Reag

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There were times I thought equity lectures were too short. I'd happily sit through 4 hours of lectures on equity. Too me it brought the law alive to the real world.

that's only if you can find someone willing to talk for 4 straight hours!
 

Reag

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As to fierce competition, well this is an internalised behaviour, not forced on you by others. I have no intention of working for a top tier law firm and spending 12-14 hour days making the partners richer. But each to their own.

Same with me. I only did law mainly because I took an interest in the subject.[/QUOTE]