<p>If you want, email me your paper. I'll skim over it during a study break - while I don't know much educational law, I can at least try to help - in a constructive way.</p>
<p>Still think your prof is on a power trip... really, are people in that class even old enough to drink? Did she forget the part about law school where you've finished college, worked for a few years, and then are completely immersed in law for a few months before someone asks you to write an issue-spotter paper? but anyway...</p>
<p>I would suggest, if you feel up to it, to go to her and ask to re-write your paper. Say that you don't think it should replace your grade, but that you would like to try again (and possibly get a few extra points). </p>
<p>Really, take me up on the offer. I can try to at least point you in the right direction... and don't write off law school. There are Cs all over my undergrad transcript and I got in. :p (Course, I'm also an engineer and had a few decent reasons for the Cs... but 7 other strong semesters will really help out. Just make sure those Cs are the anomoly.)</p>
<p>Before you give up, check out Northeastern University School of Law. It offers a humane law school experience. Also - no grades, no law review, co-op program that places you in four paid legal positions before you graduate (still in three years) so you come out of school with practical lawyering experience, and a public interest orientation. Graduates find positions comparable to those found by graduates of other schools (including someone in my graduating class years ago who clerked for the U. S. Supreme Court), but most are drawn to public interest work or use their degree to pursue other options.</p>
<p>I also realize that legal writing is MUCH MUCH different than undergrad research writing. I'm so used to writing in prose and connecting patterns that legal writing does not involve ANY OF THAT.</p>
<p>I have just thought about something else now: because my GPA will take a slight hit, I need to apply for summer internships right now. How can I explain to sites a possible C/D in a legal course? especially in education?? They will not want to hire me at all now.</p>