I Became a Law School Genius

Chapter 74

Episode 74

"[Author: FaithfulFollowerOfLaw1]"

"It's that guy again...?"

'FaithfulFollowerOfLaw1' was a user who particularly praised the God of Law and lavished compliments on them, calling them a treasure of the bar exam channel.

Title: Honestly, is there anyone on this channel as helpful as the God of Law?

Author: FaithfulFollowerOfLaw1

Content: This channel is filled with people who constantly rank others by their academic background, belittle others in job comparison posts, do viral marketing for instructors, and complain about how hard they're studying with whiny posts about their own law schools. But the God of Law is a ray of light. I'm starting to think they're not even a fellow law student but a current practitioner who passed the bar exam. You should be grateful that you've encountered such good fortune.

Title: Day 1 of Wishing for the God of Law to Debut as an Online Instructor

Author: FaithfulFollowerOfLaw1

Content: Honestly, if the God of Law started making online lectures, they'd be able to take down all the current instructors, right? I've listened to all the good instructors, but I've never seen anyone write answers that are as exam-appropriate and compact as the God of Law. I really hope that they're not just donating their talents for free but are building up to making online lectures in the future...

Comments

(User1): Ugh, that Law-nut is at it again.

(User2): The God of Law's explanations are crazy good, though.

The user's desperate praise of the God of Law was so over the top that it had created two factions: those who defended the God of Law along with them and those who called them fanatics and insisted that the God of Law should be kicked off the channel out of spite.

'Well, I can't say I dislike it.'

It wasn't because of the praise. I was just glad that I was being helpful to someone.

To be honest, I felt a bit guilty about scooping up all those valuable questions for free, but it was like being acknowledged that I was paying my dues.

On the other hand, it made me a little curious about who this person was, who loved my solutions so much.

'Of course, there's no way we'd ever actually meet.'

This guy had sent me internal exam questions from Yonhee University Law School, which was in the neighborhood, several times.

In other words, there was a very high probability that they were a student at Yonhee University Law School.

In the busy lives of law school students, there weren't many opportunities to interact with students from other law schools.

It was unlikely that we would run into each other by chance, even during the few external activities.@@@@

Besides, there was no way I would recognize them even if we did meet.

'Alright, let's take a look at some questions...'

The questions that FaithfulFollowerOfLaw1 sent were generally high-quality and never duds.

I began reviewing the questions that the user had uploaded with a bright smile on my face.

* * *

"Let's take a break."

"Sure. Oh my, I guess it's because of my age, but my back hurts from sitting for so long..."

Kim Seung-pil readily agreed to my suggestion and stood up.

All the members of the Constitutional Law study group were gathered in this study room, studying their own materials.

These people were useful resources that I would use again and again, so I had been consistently spending time studying with them.

It had already been about two hours since we had all sat down.

It was time to take a short break and regain our condition.

Everyone put down their books and relaxed for a moment.

That was when it happened.

"Um, everyone here."

Yoo Ye-seul glanced at the others.

"What are you going to do this summer?"

Summer. She was talking about what we were going to do during the vacation after the semester ended.

Of course, this wasn't a question about our travel plans.

A law school student's vacation wasn't a period to be released from learning (學) and to be free (放).

Rather, it was a time to do preliminary studies for the next semester's curriculum while reviewing the past semester.

On top of that, it was also a valuable time to take on large external activities that you couldn't participate in during the semester due to your class schedule.

'Especially considering Yoo Ye-seul's background...'

Yoo Ye-seul was the eldest daughter of the head of Taejong, a major law firm that was easily within the top five in the country. She was being groomed as his successor.

If she was asking about our vacation schedules, her intention was obvious.

"Are you talking about internships?"

Since some time had passed, I was now using informal speech with Yoo Ye-seul.

I had been following her requests to lower my speech, but Yoo Ye-seul still spoke to me respectfully with a stiff posture, as if she was a soldier who was always on alert.

It was very burdensome.

"Yes. That's right."

Internships. Or practical training.

It was a system where major law firms selected outstanding students from each law school during the vacation and allowed them to experience practical work at the firm.

But it wasn't just a simple experience.

If you skillfully completed the tasks you were given during the training process, you would receive a confirmed job offer, allowing you to start working at the firm immediately after graduation.

This was also called Early Confirm.

"Uh, wasn't it forbidden for first-year students to do internships at our school?"

Han Seol tilted her head.

"That's right. But there's talk that it's going to be lifted starting this year."

"Becoming a prosecutor means you have to fight against lawyers in court in the future."

"That's, right...?"

"Which one is more advantageous, fighting without knowing your enemy or fighting while knowing them?"

"Ah...!"

Only then did Yoo Ye-seul seem to realize what I meant and nod her head emphatically.

To become a prosecutor, what did you need to do?

First, you had to take a course called Practical Training at the Prosecutor's Office in the winter of your second year and get a high grade.

Based on that, you had to apply and complete the prosecutor's advanced training course. Finally, you would be appointed as a prosecutor upon passing the final exam and interview.

That's right.

'Upon graduation.'

Under the current system, you would go straight to the Prosecutor's Office after completing law school.

In other words, you would have absolutely no opportunity to experience life as a lawyer.

That way, you wouldn't be able to learn how lawyers handled their practical work.

How they selected and collected evidence, what kind of decision-making process they went through to produce legal arguments within the firm.

In short, their habits, their nature, their rules, and everything else about them.

Going into a courtroom battle without knowing anything about how your opponents worked was not something I was happy about.

Of course, you would gain experience over time and learn from your battles, but there would inevitably be a difference in the density of the experience you gained from going through the lawyer's perspective directly.

"The way to solve that problem is a law firm internship."

Specialists in defense who could make even a guilty person innocent, or if that was impossible, would somehow reduce their sentence and get them a suspended sentence.

The ones who ruled over the top of the legal world, with such people gathered together, were the major law firms, and without a doubt, the organization that dominated the world from the top was Jin & Ahn.

An internship was an excellent opportunity to observe the nature of these people firsthand.

There might be limitations to the fields you could access as an intern, but since it was practical training that was based on the premise of hiring, it was more closely related to the firm's real work than you could imagine.

'Sometimes, they even throw the cases that they have to take on to the interns as assignments.'

I had already learned from the courtroom debate competition how important it was to understand your opponent.

If you didn't have information, it was impossible to predict what they would do, and it was impossible to prepare countermeasures.

"Indeed!"

Yoo Ye-seul got off the chair and bowed.

"While I was only thinking about my immediate career path, Mr. Park Yoo-seung was already looking ahead to what would happen after becoming a prosecutor! Of course, for Mr. Park Yoo-seung, becoming a prosecutor must be a given!"

"It's not a given. You have to work hard to get it. Get up now."

"You're so humble!"

As we were acting out a nonsensical skit, Kim Seung-pil quietly raised his hand.

"Uh, everyone. Excuse me for interrupting your conversation."

He held out his smartphone.

"It seems like it's been posted?"

"What is it?"

"The job posting for the Jin & Ahn internship that we were talking about. It just went up on the law school website."

Indeed, as he said, there was a brand-new job posting that had just been posted on the website.

It seemed that Jin & Ahn weren't very good people either.

"Alright, let's take a look."

The content itself wasn't anything special. It just had information about the internship selection period, the application forms, and, as we had already heard, a mention of a "special selection process."

It seemed like they weren't going to reveal what that process was beforehand.

In reality, what caught my eye was what was written below that.

"A briefing session?"

"It says that they're planning to hold a briefing session, inviting the students, as this practical training process is a somewhat new attempt."

A briefing session itself wasn't anything special.

Especially for Korea University Law School, major law firms would compete to come to the school, hold a briefing session, and promote their own internship process.

"But, the location this time is..."

"Myeongjin Hotel?"

Kim Seung-pil couldn't finish his sentence, and Han Seol shouted with a dumbfounded expression.

"You can tell that they're the top law firm. They must have a lot of money."

I let out a bitter laugh.

Myeongjin Hotel was a super-luxury hotel that was considered to be the best among the five-star hotels in this world.

They were planning to rent the entire lounge, banquet hall, and buffet and hold a briefing session there.

The number of people invited was 150 for Korea University Law School, in other words, the entire first-year class.

Of course, not everyone would actually go, but considering the students who would come from other law schools, it was a ridiculous number.

Truly, it was a scale that was fitting for the people who were at the top of the legal profession in South Korea.

"...I guess I have one more reason to go."

I couldn't resist delicious food.