Since this Question is very specific try to give genuine answers and since the platform is anonymous feel free to share the reasons as well. Some of the reasons which some colleagues of me have given privately are reasons such as increased toxicity in law schools, segregation, groupism, no genuine people left, nothing left to do after getting a job, no particular interests except for studying, social media hampering their actual social life, AI, VR etc etc.
Except for the a exceptions, no ‘friends group’ in law school is based on real friendship, everything’s super fake and everyone hates everyone. Everyone’s so narcissistic and toxic that they cannot see anyone succeed, and I have legit seen this from very close, experienced it first hand. I’d suggest keep away from such people who are bad for your mental health. It’s better to be lonely than with people who only carry drama, tension, jealousy with them. Yes, loneliness can be crippling at times but just find those handful people you truly feel happy with.
I have faced the issues you mentioned and I used to feel lonely too but decided to take charge of things and did stuff which actually improved my mental health. To be brutally honest, it mostly involved tons of online multiplayer gaming and pornography. Gaming would take care of the “feel good” hormones and you’ll actually meet some decent people there. The other hormones related to intimacy, dopamine, oxy etc. which were missing for obvious reasons, were taken care of by porn and I actually felt less frustrated.
Really happy working at a law firm, my flatmate in Delhi is my classmate of 5 years from law school. We have a really close friend group right from 1st year and all of us support each other and wish the best for each other.
I have some friends working in Mumbai who pursued law from my school and went to the same college as me, I really want them to do well as well. Every one of us has a decent job and is working hard. The blanket assumption that friendships in law school are not actual friendships is flawed. We have helped each other through tough times and have been there always.
You can find the best of people if you look hard enough, maybe T1 NLU rat race is something else. But bonds can be created at law school which last forever.
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I have some friends working in Mumbai who pursued law from my school and went to the same college as me, I really want them to do well as well. Every one of us has a decent job and is working hard. The blanket assumption that friendships in law school are not actual friendships is flawed. We have helped each other through tough times and have been there always.
You can find the best of people if you look hard enough, maybe T1 NLU rat race is something else. But bonds can be created at law school which last forever.