I've been enjoying the classes, it's been much more enjoyable then orientation. The contracts professor is especially interesting. He mentioned that during orientation we were supposed to cover the IRAC method of briefing cases? Did anybody cover that in any of their sessions?

There's a facebook group for the incoming class of 2023: https://www.facebook.com/groups/833833633693713/. I'd like to post this group to it but want to stay anonymous and I'm sure many people would like to share their thoughts without worrying about it being tied back to their persona.

I'd share it myself but again I'd like to not reveal myself..hopefully someone else can do it. Thank you!

It seems you can't even post on the old subreddit. Join this one and get your friends and classmates to join this one too. Since we're no longer in undergrad and there's less common spaces to talk, it'd be good for us to have this common place where we can share our thoughts.

It really felt like they treated us as children...coralling us around through so many B.S. trainings. What do you guys think?

Some of the advice they told us was so bad. The "your feelings are valid even if you're freaking out" is literally the WORST advice you can give to people especially those that have actually mental health issues. it's the opposite of what they tell you in CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy) which is the most effective non-medical intervention for helping people overcome their depression. I'm glad that one girl seemed smart enough to give some pushback.

I also feel like the imposter syndrome session was so dumb. Telling all the girls that their imposter syndrome is due to patriarchy and they need to embrace their inner Beyonce to get over it. First of all, it's wrong. Even in female-dominated fields, women still have imposter syndrome at higher rates then men. There are just differences in personality traits across the sexes...guys are much more likely to be aggressive, but it wouldn't be good for anyone if we were telling guys that their aggression is due to "women keeping them down." Secondly it's not good for the relationship across the sexes...because it just fosters resentment in the girls as they blame the guys for their feelings of not belonging, even though the guy (usually) had nothing to do with it so there's nothing he can do to address it.

I thought the mock lectures were very interesting. It's the one thing that gave me hope that law school was all going to be worth it.

If you guys are starting in Fall 2023 and have found this subreddit, please spread it among your students/group. I'm sure people have a lot of interesting thoughts on the orientation. With just a few initial users we can get this subreddit off the ground and discuss ongoing events at Albany Law.