Remember that time you showed up to an early morning class incredibly hung over after getting rip-roaring drunk with your friends the night before and you had to excuse yourself to quietly vom it out in the nearest bathroom? You’re not alone.
This is just one of the horror stories that’s shared among law school graduates across the country. In fact, it’s one that’s shared in BuzzFeed’s latest video about law school horror stories. You may have already seen the video already, since it’s going viral. As of this writing, it has 557,940 views, and it’s climbing higher by the second.
“I feel like I blocked a lot of it out. I think law school is traumatizing,” says Tina, one of the law school graduates featured in the video. From cold-calling nightmares to library sob sessions to moot court sexism to final exam freakouts, this video captures the some of the worst that law school has to offer in a nutshell. Check it out:
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What’s your law school horror story? You know you have one, so feel free to email us (subject line: “Law School Horror Story”) or text us (646-820-8477) and tell us all about it. We may feature some of them here in an upcoming post on Above the Law.
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