I sat down with three of my classmates—Alex Kang, Laith Hourani, and Aman Madan—to unpack the highs, lows, and everything in between from our 1L year at Berkeley Law.

We talked about:

• What brought us to law school

• How we navigated the pressure of grades and early recruiting

• The good, bad, and weird of law school social life

• Advice we wish we had on day one

And yes, we even got into the not-so-glamorous parts of networking and why some of us struggled with it.

This one’s for incoming law students, current 1Ls, or anyone curious what it’s actually like behind the Reddit posts and glossy brochures.