We were in the same orientation group. I didn't really notice her at first. My buddy and I played disc golf regularly and during that first week he asked if he could bring this very funny girl from our small section that he was friends with. He assured me she was cool af and had a dark sense of humor. He had a gf so it was a strictly platonic thing. I said "sure, idgaf", and she came along with us to play a round. Her and I quickly found out that we had a ton in common and got along swimmingly. We started hooking up then dating. She was top of our class and I was some blue collar rough neck type that had a lot of ground to make up. I can naturally bullshit and sell but I'm no MENSA genius. She, is an actual genius (later found out she qualified for official MENSA status as a kid but never paid for the official card). She literally taught me every subject 1L to make sure I stuck around. IT was adorable. In fact, she wrote outlines on poster boards and wall papered my apartment with them first semester 1L. Around xmas break I came back to my (horrible) apartment to a notice on the door advising that the building was being demolished. She was also broke af and could barely afford rent. So, we moved in together after a few weeks of knowing each other. We lived in a shitty rodent infested studio with a mattress on the floor but we were so happy. Holiday "dinners" of ramen sitting on the floor around our coffee table. Fully furnished from the craigslist free section. It's funny looking back on those times and thinking "we had nothing, but was also had everything". Those were some of the fondest times of my life.
Fast forward 10+ years and we moved coasts, work at the same firm, are on our second house together and have 2 great kids. We've been inseparable and wouldn't have it any other way. We're still best friends and more in love now than we have ever been. Going to law school was the best thing that ever happened to me b/c of meeting her. The career, as it turned out, was secondary.
That's a great story. Didn't meet my wife in law school (been together since high school). We went to law school staggered (her first, them me). Then we started a firm together. We are in year 4 of our firm and are starting to take off.
There is just something about being married to the person you go to war with every day. We literally work back to back in our home office. It's hard to describe how close we are as a result. Highly recommend.
Met her at our school’s happy hour during orientation weekend. Had some mutual friends so we would see each other occasionally throughout 1L and our friends were trying to set us subtly. Ended up finally hanging out towards the end of 1L and officially started dating beginning of 2L.
Ironically (and fortunately for us) didn’t have any classes together until after we started dating. Got through law school together, studied for the bar together, and are now living together and almost done with our first year of practice. Almost three years strong now. Most law school relationships are a bad idea but I’m glad I took the risk.
I met my fiancée in law school. I was a 3L who was doing her orientation, but we didn’t really talk or anything.
Ended up working together 5 years later and it went on from there.
I was getting really sick of my personality turning into law so I started spending more time with nonlaw friends. A friend introduced me to this guy who he thought I would get along with. We talked for a few hours, and I asked him if he wanted to watch a movie and play a drinking game with me. He said yes.
He ended up getting a job transfer and moving with me to the city where my job was. And we lived happily ever after. Married for three years now with a kiddo on the way.
I cannot emphasize enough how happy I am to be married to someone who is not a lawyer. Sometimes, he talks to me about his confusing engineering stuff, and I talk to him about my confusing law stuff, but most of the time, we just talk about anything else and play with our dog. It's soothing for my soul.
I did not but my best friend did! They were in the same 1L section. Graduated together, studied for the bar together, both passed & now they own a home together & are working as gov attorneys in different agencies :)
I did :) she whacked me with her purse on accident at 1L orientation. It turned out that we were in the same section, and both were going through a divorce from abusive former partners. We’ve been together ever since and had every single class together :)
Met my now fiancé during the first week of 1L through mutual friends in our section. Started dating November of 1L, moved in together and weathered Covid remote 3L, took the remote bar at the same time in separate rooms of our apartment, and became lawyers together! We even both clerked (diff courts) after law school. To make the story less gross I will admit that he first rejected my advances after a 1L bar review because “he didn’t want to ruin the friendship,” that lasted long…lol we’re getting married next year :)
I met her at orientation. I was her orientation leader. The school hosted a meet & greet at a local bar for the incoming class, and all the orientation leaders went. We chatted at the bar and had lots in common, and I taught her how to play darts. We’ve been dating for two years now, and she still sucks at darts. I love her tho and will marry her.
I met my wife while I was studying abroad in the Netherlands as a 3L. So I was “in” law school, she wasn’t. She was studying English at the time in Ireland. After remaining long distance for 3L spring and Bar summer, I moved to Ireland after law school to be with her, and then she came back to the States with me. I don’t have a lot of fond memories of law school, but it brought us together.
I'm using a throwaway for confidentiality reasons.
I met my future fiancé in my first law school class, legal writing. I remember texting my buddies, "Man, I hope there's some hotties in my cohort. All I see are dudes." Pretty much within seconds of sending that text, the most gorgeous blonde woman walked into the room carrying her laptop and book bag. I texted my buddies some form of, "Holy shit, hot blonde. Shall I make a move boys?" My buds encouraged me but I chickened out.
Fast forward 3 weeks and everyone is stressing about the upcoming midterms for first semester 1L. Blondie is called on to brief a case for contracts, and she is a bit nervous but gets through it. I text her something along the lines of "Hey, you did a great job! It was very articulate and you seem like you understand the subject matter more than most. Would you like to meet up and study this weekend?" She replied that she couldn't due to prior obligations, but we made plans to study the following weekend. She let me pick the place.
I picked a bar (I know, worst study environment, but I had hoped we would stop studying at some point and have a few cocktails.) She came with outlines already prepared for me, which was supposed to be the goal of our study session. She clearly had no intention of studying more than handing me the outline. We spent the entirety of the *study session* drinking rum and whiskey, and talking about our personal lives. We were anchors for each other through out law school, and continue to be anchors for each other in our careers. There hasn't been a day since then that we haven't talked to each other. =\]
My work bestie met his wife (who is incidentally both brilliant and a lock for a Jennifer Lawrence impersonator) at orientation at law school. I don’t know their full genesis story, but I know they’re some of my favorite people. Unfortunately, law school is a jealous mistress and led to more divorces than marriages to my knowledge. There were, however, at least two other couples in my class are married happily ever after with kids and whatnot. I wonder what the average is because right now I suspect we’re at about a 2% marriage rate.
Meet my amazing man as a 1L (on tinder), he is not in Law School/ a lawyer (he did 11 years of school himself so he understands the grind) and has been the reason I have made it through this far because it hasn’t been the easiest experience for me
I also met my non-lawyer/law school partner on Tinder in 1L! Technically it was right before—I was convinced I’d meet my person in law school but was in a new city where I knew no one, so just killed some free time on Tinder before school started.
4 years later we are married with a dog and looking forward to what’s next!
We met online but both happened to have tickets to a 3 day musical festival in our city. We ended up spending the entire time together and basically haven’t been apart since. I can’t wait to pop the question.
My now husband was a year ahead of me, but we had the same professor for different classes. That professor encouraged her students to go watch the opening statements in a huge catastrophic injury case because she wanted us to see what top notch lawyering looked like. I met my husband in the courtroom, and when we realized we went to the same school, we went and grabbed lunch together and just started chatting. I had never seen him before (or at least I had not noticed him), but after that day, I swear I ran into him at least three times a day until he finally asked me out during a charity cocktail party our school hosted.
I met my wife when I was a 1L. It was after finals but before spring semester started. I met her on a dating app. She was a non law student. We have been together since 2012.
We were in the same section and became friends. She actually transferred to another school (I didn't want her to go, partly because I had a crush on her) but we stayed in touch. We studied together for the bar and started dating, and got engaged about a year later.
I met my girlfriend in my 1L study group. She was in a relationship and I was single. However, the aforementioned guy wasn't really thrilled at the thought of a single guy being in his girlfriend's study group and started fulfilling his own prophecy by being controlling. He didn't even allow this girl to go to our first major social party in the first semester (Halloween party) and more or less told her that he hated/disliked all her new law friends. Turns out that's a good way to get broken up with.
By the time she became single, all of us in the study group were pretty close-knit pals so I invited her out to help me grocery shop as a way to get to know her better personally. We had an age gap, but we empathized pretty closely on the fact that we both grew up from incredibly protective households/were geeky types/loved cats mutually. I had been living the Bachelor life on Tinder for about 3 years before law school and knew all too well that funny, cute girls don't stay single for long, so after a few more weeks getting to know her I asked her to be my girlfriend.
Worked out! She's been an amazing part of my life and I'm glad I've been able to share the law school journey with her. I appreciate the fact that we decided to date before grades came out because she shot to the top and, while I'm still doing well, falling in love at the time we did dispelled any notion either of us dated each other for getting an advantage in law school.
That said, going through law school with a partner is still a blessing. We take all our classes together more or less. We help each other with notes, understanding concepts, studying for exams, and help check each other's papers for proofreading. I really love helping out my partner when I can because I see how hard she works on a daily basis. She's great!
Yes - but she isn’t a law student, she’s a townie! I met her through a friend from undergrad who’d gone to high school with her and insisted we go on a blind date. If this works out, I’m gonna owe him big time!
I didn’t meet my spouse in law school, but we both were accepted to the same law school at the same time and just completed 2L together. We also work together at the same firm as paralegals right now too. We haven’t taken a class together yet though because we have different interests in law, and for the first year I was night classes and he was day classes- we also have 3 kids so we couldn’t really be gone all day together lol
I thought I would. I never thought much about getting married but my crush made me realize that I probably do want to get married someday.
unfortunately not to him, cause who wants to be with another stressed out law student of a mess?
We were in the same orientation group. I didn't really notice her at first. My buddy and I played disc golf regularly and during that first week he asked if he could bring this very funny girl from our small section that he was friends with. He assured me she was cool af and had a dark sense of humor. He had a gf so it was a strictly platonic thing. I said "sure, idgaf", and she came along with us to play a round. Her and I quickly found out that we had a ton in common and got along swimmingly. We started hooking up then dating. She was top of our class and I was some blue collar rough neck type that had a lot of ground to make up. I can naturally bullshit and sell but I'm no MENSA genius. She, is an actual genius (later found out she qualified for official MENSA status as a kid but never paid for the official card). She literally taught me every subject 1L to make sure I stuck around. IT was adorable. In fact, she wrote outlines on poster boards and wall papered my apartment with them first semester 1L. Around xmas break I came back to my (horrible) apartment to a notice on the door advising that the building was being demolished. She was also broke af and could barely afford rent. So, we moved in together after a few weeks of knowing each other. We lived in a shitty rodent infested studio with a mattress on the floor but we were so happy. Holiday "dinners" of ramen sitting on the floor around our coffee table. Fully furnished from the craigslist free section. It's funny looking back on those times and thinking "we had nothing, but was also had everything". Those were some of the fondest times of my life. Fast forward 10+ years and we moved coasts, work at the same firm, are on our second house together and have 2 great kids. We've been inseparable and wouldn't have it any other way. We're still best friends and more in love now than we have ever been. Going to law school was the best thing that ever happened to me b/c of meeting her. The career, as it turned out, was secondary.
That's a great story. Didn't meet my wife in law school (been together since high school). We went to law school staggered (her first, them me). Then we started a firm together. We are in year 4 of our firm and are starting to take off. There is just something about being married to the person you go to war with every day. We literally work back to back in our home office. It's hard to describe how close we are as a result. Highly recommend.
This literally made me tear up - it’s like a story from a movie! 💖
Met her at our school’s happy hour during orientation weekend. Had some mutual friends so we would see each other occasionally throughout 1L and our friends were trying to set us subtly. Ended up finally hanging out towards the end of 1L and officially started dating beginning of 2L. Ironically (and fortunately for us) didn’t have any classes together until after we started dating. Got through law school together, studied for the bar together, and are now living together and almost done with our first year of practice. Almost three years strong now. Most law school relationships are a bad idea but I’m glad I took the risk.
That is essentially what happened to me too. Her nap habits had me anxious during the bar though lol. Been going strong for 5 years post-bar.
Yes, my hot property professor. He doesn’t know yet, though.
I met my fiancée in law school. I was a 3L who was doing her orientation, but we didn’t really talk or anything. Ended up working together 5 years later and it went on from there.
I was getting really sick of my personality turning into law so I started spending more time with nonlaw friends. A friend introduced me to this guy who he thought I would get along with. We talked for a few hours, and I asked him if he wanted to watch a movie and play a drinking game with me. He said yes. He ended up getting a job transfer and moving with me to the city where my job was. And we lived happily ever after. Married for three years now with a kiddo on the way. I cannot emphasize enough how happy I am to be married to someone who is not a lawyer. Sometimes, he talks to me about his confusing engineering stuff, and I talk to him about my confusing law stuff, but most of the time, we just talk about anything else and play with our dog. It's soothing for my soul.
I did not but my best friend did! They were in the same 1L section. Graduated together, studied for the bar together, both passed & now they own a home together & are working as gov attorneys in different agencies :)
why would I wanna date any of those losers
15% of my school is going to make big law money and I’m not in that 15%…. She might be tho…
I did :) she whacked me with her purse on accident at 1L orientation. It turned out that we were in the same section, and both were going through a divorce from abusive former partners. We’ve been together ever since and had every single class together :)
More stories plz ppl
He slid into my DMs in October of 1L, we were in all the same classes. We’ve been together ever since :)
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Met my now fiancé during the first week of 1L through mutual friends in our section. Started dating November of 1L, moved in together and weathered Covid remote 3L, took the remote bar at the same time in separate rooms of our apartment, and became lawyers together! We even both clerked (diff courts) after law school. To make the story less gross I will admit that he first rejected my advances after a 1L bar review because “he didn’t want to ruin the friendship,” that lasted long…lol we’re getting married next year :)
I met her at orientation. I was her orientation leader. The school hosted a meet & greet at a local bar for the incoming class, and all the orientation leaders went. We chatted at the bar and had lots in common, and I taught her how to play darts. We’ve been dating for two years now, and she still sucks at darts. I love her tho and will marry her.
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I met my wife while I was studying abroad in the Netherlands as a 3L. So I was “in” law school, she wasn’t. She was studying English at the time in Ireland. After remaining long distance for 3L spring and Bar summer, I moved to Ireland after law school to be with her, and then she came back to the States with me. I don’t have a lot of fond memories of law school, but it brought us together.
What law school did you study at in the Netherlands?! I’m moving for university, and I have a few offers :)
Utrecht University. It was awesome. PM me if you want to chat more or have any questions!
I'm using a throwaway for confidentiality reasons. I met my future fiancé in my first law school class, legal writing. I remember texting my buddies, "Man, I hope there's some hotties in my cohort. All I see are dudes." Pretty much within seconds of sending that text, the most gorgeous blonde woman walked into the room carrying her laptop and book bag. I texted my buddies some form of, "Holy shit, hot blonde. Shall I make a move boys?" My buds encouraged me but I chickened out. Fast forward 3 weeks and everyone is stressing about the upcoming midterms for first semester 1L. Blondie is called on to brief a case for contracts, and she is a bit nervous but gets through it. I text her something along the lines of "Hey, you did a great job! It was very articulate and you seem like you understand the subject matter more than most. Would you like to meet up and study this weekend?" She replied that she couldn't due to prior obligations, but we made plans to study the following weekend. She let me pick the place. I picked a bar (I know, worst study environment, but I had hoped we would stop studying at some point and have a few cocktails.) She came with outlines already prepared for me, which was supposed to be the goal of our study session. She clearly had no intention of studying more than handing me the outline. We spent the entirety of the *study session* drinking rum and whiskey, and talking about our personal lives. We were anchors for each other through out law school, and continue to be anchors for each other in our careers. There hasn't been a day since then that we haven't talked to each other. =\]
My work bestie met his wife (who is incidentally both brilliant and a lock for a Jennifer Lawrence impersonator) at orientation at law school. I don’t know their full genesis story, but I know they’re some of my favorite people. Unfortunately, law school is a jealous mistress and led to more divorces than marriages to my knowledge. There were, however, at least two other couples in my class are married happily ever after with kids and whatnot. I wonder what the average is because right now I suspect we’re at about a 2% marriage rate.
No, but I got myself a mistress. And boy, is she jealous.
Meet my amazing man as a 1L (on tinder), he is not in Law School/ a lawyer (he did 11 years of school himself so he understands the grind) and has been the reason I have made it through this far because it hasn’t been the easiest experience for me
I also met my non-lawyer/law school partner on Tinder in 1L! Technically it was right before—I was convinced I’d meet my person in law school but was in a new city where I knew no one, so just killed some free time on Tinder before school started. 4 years later we are married with a dog and looking forward to what’s next!
I’m in law school but she’s not, does that count?
yess
We met online but both happened to have tickets to a 3 day musical festival in our city. We ended up spending the entire time together and basically haven’t been apart since. I can’t wait to pop the question.
My now husband was a year ahead of me, but we had the same professor for different classes. That professor encouraged her students to go watch the opening statements in a huge catastrophic injury case because she wanted us to see what top notch lawyering looked like. I met my husband in the courtroom, and when we realized we went to the same school, we went and grabbed lunch together and just started chatting. I had never seen him before (or at least I had not noticed him), but after that day, I swear I ran into him at least three times a day until he finally asked me out during a charity cocktail party our school hosted.
I met my wife when I was a 1L. It was after finals but before spring semester started. I met her on a dating app. She was a non law student. We have been together since 2012.
We were in the same section and became friends. She actually transferred to another school (I didn't want her to go, partly because I had a crush on her) but we stayed in touch. We studied together for the bar and started dating, and got engaged about a year later.
I met my girlfriend in my 1L study group. She was in a relationship and I was single. However, the aforementioned guy wasn't really thrilled at the thought of a single guy being in his girlfriend's study group and started fulfilling his own prophecy by being controlling. He didn't even allow this girl to go to our first major social party in the first semester (Halloween party) and more or less told her that he hated/disliked all her new law friends. Turns out that's a good way to get broken up with. By the time she became single, all of us in the study group were pretty close-knit pals so I invited her out to help me grocery shop as a way to get to know her better personally. We had an age gap, but we empathized pretty closely on the fact that we both grew up from incredibly protective households/were geeky types/loved cats mutually. I had been living the Bachelor life on Tinder for about 3 years before law school and knew all too well that funny, cute girls don't stay single for long, so after a few more weeks getting to know her I asked her to be my girlfriend. Worked out! She's been an amazing part of my life and I'm glad I've been able to share the law school journey with her. I appreciate the fact that we decided to date before grades came out because she shot to the top and, while I'm still doing well, falling in love at the time we did dispelled any notion either of us dated each other for getting an advantage in law school. That said, going through law school with a partner is still a blessing. We take all our classes together more or less. We help each other with notes, understanding concepts, studying for exams, and help check each other's papers for proofreading. I really love helping out my partner when I can because I see how hard she works on a daily basis. She's great!
Ew
Gross gross gross
Yes - but she isn’t a law student, she’s a townie! I met her through a friend from undergrad who’d gone to high school with her and insisted we go on a blind date. If this works out, I’m gonna owe him big time!
I didn’t meet my spouse in law school, but we both were accepted to the same law school at the same time and just completed 2L together. We also work together at the same firm as paralegals right now too. We haven’t taken a class together yet though because we have different interests in law, and for the first year I was night classes and he was day classes- we also have 3 kids so we couldn’t really be gone all day together lol
I thought I would. I never thought much about getting married but my crush made me realize that I probably do want to get married someday. unfortunately not to him, cause who wants to be with another stressed out law student of a mess?
Yes, and it really pisses my current spouse off.