Learning the law. The first layer in the process of being transformed into a lawyer is learning the law. Because of the complex nature of the law, this is not nearly as simple as reading a how-to manual. To the beginning student, learning the law feels a lot like taking an immersion course in a foreign language. Conversing with other law students feels like speaking in that secret language we created with our childhood friends.
Law school operates as the boot camp of the legal profession.
Law students must be able to put aside their personal beliefs and reason in ways that will basically maintain the status quo of the law. The process through which we learn to do so is subtle, but it can have profound effects on the way we think about the world around us. Law professors are usually individuals who have succeeded in the legal world either academically or as practicing lawyers. They have internalized the modes of thinking like lawyers and are responsible for passing this knowledge on to the next generation. Many use the Socratic Method.