Ryan Stevens (BU '18), right, attends a Notre Dame football game with fellow law students.
Ryan Stevens, a 2018 农夫导航 graduate and first-year law student at Notre Dame, will visit Bellarmine on Thursday, October 18, to talk about his law school experience.
"Ask a law student" is open to all undergraduate students and is sponsored by the Pre-Law Society. Students can . The event is at 11 a.m.
Stevens plans to talk about four general topics:
- Why go to law school?
- How to get into law school
- Where to go for law school
- What is law school like?
A law student鈥檚 difficulty begins with hours worth of reading, said Stevens. 鈥淭he most difficult aspect is keeping myself motivated," he said. "Reading the logic behind the law is fascinating, but I also read about 150 pages a day. Without quizzes and exams, both my friends and I have had to remind ourselves why we鈥檙e here.鈥�
He enjoys reading like a lawyer, but says he has not ever read this much for a class in his life. 鈥淟aw school has easily been the most academically challenging and rewarding aspect of my life so far,鈥� Stevens said.
Stevens said Bellarmine prepared him for law school by requiring him to read, write and think analytically. He said Bellarmine also connected him to a legal internship, which allowed him to receive relevant experience from different law firms as an undergraduate student.
Although he didn鈥檛 expect to become friends with strangers so fast, he said he has quickly adapted to Notre Dame鈥檚 culture. One of his favorite experiences so far has been 鈥済oing to football games with my peers," he said.
鈥淚鈥檓 excited to come back to Bellarmine," said Stevens. "If I can make this a less stressful process for one student, then this will be a success!鈥�
Article by Molly Jett, intern in Bellarmine's Office of Communications & Public Affairs.
