Category: Law School v. “Real Life”

  • Law Practice & Accommodations

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    Gemma Smyth
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    “I can’t grant someone an extension if a judge has ordered something to be done by a certain time. It’s making sure that we’re properly equipping and supporting those students who… need some extra supports when coming up with the systems that will work for them. Because the justice system is not accommodating…” (19) 

  • Law School v. “Real Life”

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    Gemma Smyth
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    “[Students are] fixated on what they learned in law school; that you have to be objective, that you have to look for the specific legal issue that’s come up. And our approach in the clinic is very different from law school. We have social workers who also work within our clinic, so we have a broader approach when it…

  • Law School v. “Real Life”

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    Gemma Smyth
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    “I find myself saying over and over again, which I probably shouldn’t… “Here’s what you learned in law school, here’s how you really do it,” and they’re not always the ideal and how it works in real life are not always the same… You don’t memorize, you never in real life need— well maybe when you’re in the…

  • Law School v. Clinic

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    Gemma Smyth
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    “I think sometimes there’s a challenge depending on just the faculty as a whole and how supportive the faculty may be of the students in the program… [S]tudents… have to miss class quite a bit for court appearances and we travel in the district… Students undoubtedly will be missing class and sometimes they feel that…