Law School Bound

I haven’t posted for a long time and I figured it was time for a bit of an update.

I believe my last post was about how I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with my life. I had left wanting to be a police officer and was a bit frantic. I got some great ideas from the blogstaff. I went to the bookstore and checked out What Color is Your Parachute. It was a good starting point but still nothing shot out at me. With no answers in sight, and the knowledge that only I was the one to provide them, I just let the whole thing rest for a while. I quit worrying.

I continued on, going to College for Police Foundations and found it easy-peasy. It was annoyingly simple. Grades 90-95+. Just a bunch of silliness. However, though my grades were great in everything, I could still find my weaknesses in the program. It seemed I was doing the best in the law classes that incorporated things like the criminal code, federal statutes, provincial statutes, and case law. I wasn’t excelling as much in the actual policing related classes. The classes more prone to teach the proper procedures of arrest and the correct way to write a police report. Blah!

There were a few times when I asked a question in class and the instructor scoffed, "Thats a question for lawyer foundations!" Ha, it was really that simple, 'Lawyer foundations.' The next thing I did was go out and buy an LSAT prep book. Next, I booked an appointment with my trusted academic advisor whose sons are both practicing lawyers. I thought a chat with her would be the best way to possibly get some information about applying to law school, and more importantly, if that was what I really wanted to do.

I arrived at her office and had a great talk with her. She was the newly appointed the Associate Dean of Social Sciences, not merely an advisor anymore. She looked at my University grades sans the College 90's which don’t really count. (College and University are different in Canada) She said that I had a good shot. She told me that if I work hard year round, summer included, I would be able to get my grades polished off enough to get in. She said that coupled with the diploma I will receive on top of my degree almost makes me a shoe in.

Great!

So here I go. Just recently I've enrolled in summer courses including an LSAT prep course. I've booked my LSAT test date (Sept. 29) and I'm volunteering like crazy. Law school bound I am! Mind you, I still have to be accepted.

I just wanted to take this opportunity to let everybody in on what was happening since my "Im having a bit of a problem" post some time ago. I guess it just goes to show you. You were all right, it did just click...

Hit the jump to see Queens University Faculty of Law - LL.B Program

http://law.queensu.ca/students/llbProgram.html

Justin

Posted by justin at April 12, 2007 1:22 PM