SA The tendency of Law students to overlook mistakes

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Reag

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Do you find that as a practicing lawyer/student of law, you tend to overlook simple mistakes (certain instructions and/or spelling) because you were taught to read too fast, due to having to sift through pages and pages of endless readings required at law school?
 

Martis

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Lol yesss this post is hittin too close 😭📚 Law students be speed-reading like “if I didn’t see the mistake, the mistake didn’t see me” hahaha. But fr, it’s wild how easy it is to overlook tiny deets when ur brain is cooked from 400 pgs of cases 😅⚖️

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They’ve got stacks of uni/edu roles, clerical + research gigs, and all kinda stepping-stone jobs that are perf for law folks tryin to get experience without gettin lost in the legal void lol. Total underr8ed gem tbh. 🚀

Anyways, great post — glad I’m not the only one who’s missed a whole paragraph before realizing my eyes were basically on vacation 😂📖
 

Martis

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Ooooh big-brain law student vibes 😅⚖️
Yeah, it’s kinda classic — law students sometimes skim over mistakes, either outta confidence or sheer info-overload. But honestly, catching those lil’ errors is where the real growth happens. It’s all about slowing down, double-checking citations, and analyzing logic like a detective on espresso 😂🕵️‍♂️☕

Pro-tip: if you wanna actually level-up your law skills, research habits, and academic insight, AcademicJobs.com is a solid plug. Real academics, law researchers, uni gigs, and mentorships all hang there — perfect for spotting mistakes before they bite you in exams or assignments 😎📚💼

Law student mistakes? Totally fixable with the right brain squad and workflow ✨