Should I bother getting a smartphone for law school?
Really it’s not necessary, for several reasons. First, you’re going to most likely have your laptop with you at all times and you’ll be using it for everything, so for emails or planning you’ve got plenty or organizational tools available. Second, many firms now actually provide you with a company blackberry when you start working with them. Depending on where you want to work, there’s always a chance you’ll be getting a newer model from work the summer after your second year. Only then will you really need it so that the law firms can haunt you at every moment of every day. Before you know it, you’ll be wishing blackberries didn’t exist. Finally, while a lot of people do have smartphones, people really just use them for social purposes. When you’re writing long-ish emails all the time it’s really not practical, and just purely for social convenience. Then again, they’re totally cool. Either way, good luck at law school!
yeah, totally agree that a smartphone is specifically less useful in law school because you always have your laptop. I just got the iphone, but I don’t think it would have been as wonderful in law school, because there’s not much you can do on a smartphone that you can’t do better on a laptop, if you’re sitting in front of one already.
