u/AttractiveNuisance82

I’m a newly admitted MLIS student for next fall! I’m in my 40s and already an established lawyer in my field but I’m curious what the coursework is like. It’s been a while since I’ve been in school, though I joke I basically do homework (reading, writing, research, etc) for a living.

Are there midterms and finals? Regular homework? I’m doing asynchronous work and I’m wondering what to expect workload wise and for courses in general.

Im in my 40s and have been a practicing attorney for about two decades. But I feel compelled to finally get the MLIS I’ve always wanted and focus on law librarianship.

My law school grades suck, but I’ve been pretty successful in my career and have good recommendations. I’m absolutely going to need scholarships (single mom!), too.

Is my application cooked? What do admissions teams and scholarship folks look for in these positions? What should I avoid?

[I’ve already selected the schools I want to apply to; it’s a short list that I think will meet my needs and where I could be successful]

Clients don’t like their bill? Run it through ChatGPT and send its response to the me asking me to defend XYZ (usually the same entirely defensible and necessary things).

Clients don’t like particular outcome? Run some pleadings and orders through ChatGPT and send its response to me asking why I did or didn’t do XYZ (because I’m a human being with a law license (multiple actually) and I understand nuance, internal policies, and rules of ethics.

Clients don’t like how I drafted something? Hands me some AI slop instead to make it “court compliant” or a stack of AI pleadings from their pro se days.

I hate feeling micromanaged by AI because clients go that route. So much of what I do is cleaning up AI slop and answering what are clearly ChatGPT emails.

I can’t be the only one with the massive uptick with these trends.

I get the sense there is some stigma around being a KJD, why is that?