(Did I use that word correctly? I was rewatching Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert Emmy clips and this was a word they used!)
There wasn't a lot that people told me about the admissions ceremony. For some reason, no one I had talked to described the ceremony in detail. I just wanted to know if I had to say anything and how long it went for. I think it's pretty okay to vaguely describe these things, right? I won't get struck off the roll?
The ceremony itself takes about 30 minutes. Keep that in mind if you're booking somewhere to eat afterwards. I had to move up my lunch booking because I thought it would run longer. Of course, the length of your ceremony depends on how many people get admitted in the ceremony itself.
If you're getting admitted, you don't have to say anything. You stand and bow and take the oath in groups. It's fine. I was nervous because I thought I looked a mess. Especially my hair. It was so windy! Also, my suit jacket was too long at the arms and I was just paranoid. But there's nothing to be nervous about.
Then you go downstairs sign your oath, sign the roll and grab your certificate. And then take a lot of photos. Obviously, you can't take photos in the courtroom nor even outside the courtroom in the hall. But I have Filipino relatives. They took photos outside anyway and then got yelled at. It was super windy on the day I got admitted. Hair was everywhere. I had to go back to retake shots after we had coffee.
In terms of going to law school, doing my PLT and getting admitted, in retrospect it wasn't hard. I wish I tried harder in law school because it'd probably make job hunting easier but I don't think it's as difficult as people have described. And I was a horrible law student. So bad. If you do decide to pursue law, like with everything, persevere and you'll get there! Law school went by so fast!
