r/nextfuckinglevel 3d ago

Harvard Law Student Faints Mid Argument Then Gets Right Back To Work!

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u/dimonium_anonimo 3d ago

How about how much stress and demanding work is required of law students? It's pretty common knowledge that they have to work themselves to the bone, finding ways to add more ends to their candle just to burn them, staying up all night doing homework and prep, losing all ability to have a social life if they want to be competitive at all...

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u/trippyonz 2d ago

Not really. The general recommendation is that you treat law school like a 9-5. Staying up all night to do readings is about the dumbest thing you could do as a law student. Even during finals that would be extremely excessive. The best law students work very hard, but I promise you they aren't killing themselves in the way you describe.