Law School vs. Med School: Which Is Harder?

Devin Stone, the Legal Eagle himself, challenged me to a debate over which was harder: Med School or Law School. So he got a COVID test and came to New York to hold a mock trial face to face. Med School was BRUTAL, but I never spent a moment in law school so I wasn’t sure what to expect. Devin has debunked legal misinformation from famous movies like Legally Blonde and shows like Suits, so I was in for a challenge. Needless to say, Devin brought his A-game and showed me a thing or two. What do you think? Which is harder? Let me know in the comments.

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[CinemaKnight]

"I'll see you in court"
"I'll see you on the operating table"
One of those sounds way more threatening lol

[davidkast]

My dad is a lawyer and he made a great comparison between being a doctor and a lawyer. Simply put, the stakes are often higher for a doctor. A lawyer may be faced with a problem and have a week to think about it to reach the right conclusion. A doctor may be faced with a problem and have minutes to reach the right conclusion. And if he fails, there’s a dead body that he’s responsible for.

It’s kind of like bus drivers and pilots. Both are jobs where you are transporting lots of people. But if a bus breaks down with passengers, it’s an inconvenience. If a plane breaks down with passengers, it’s a crisis where you must make the right move or hundreds of people will die.

[penguinpower]

mike: doctor or lawyer. my parents: why not both?

[pqpkutg]

Doctor: “Med students don’t have time off”
**lawyer pulls up Instagram**
Lawyer: “this you?”

[Farah_Amjad_]

The whole video in one sentence: Dr. Mike arguing with someone who gets _paid_ to argue.

[dwilson]

A doctor and a lawyer were at a party. After a while the doctor and the lawyer met up. The doctor said "I spent all evening answering medical questions. How do you get people to not ask you so many legal questions?" And the lawyer said, " oh that's easy I answer it and then I sent him a bill in the morning."

The doctor thought this was a great idea. So he remembered who he assisted that evening and prepared all the bills went out to the mailbox and found a bill from the lawyer in the morning.

[Janknitz]

I am an attorney. My daughter is a doctor. I can say unequivocally that Med School is much, much harder, and the training after far more difficult for doctors. It seems like boards are like taking the bar twice in med school, once in residency, and once after. The bar was hard, but I only had to take it once. The California bar pass rate is around 20%, though. It is hard!

I was married with one young child and got pregnant halfway through (don’t try that at home!) and graduated 2nd in my class.

[hardyannaufalfarras]

Law School: learn to write better
Med School: learn to write faster

[sanmitgaikwad]

No one:
Dr Mike: *arguing with a man *paid** *to argue*

[redneckrambo]

By far the best collaboration ever. Seemless chemistry like you'd been buddies for years

[dddottir]

As a Law Student, I think Med school is harder. But it’s easier to be successful as a Doctor than it is being successful as a lawyer. Doctors are always trusted in their field, while us lawyers struggle to get our name out. At least that’s what I’ve seen

[peppapaul]

Asian parents be like: "If you are debating which is better, just do both".

[BjornUltimatum]

Legal Eagle has more debate experience. But Dr. Mike pays the editor.

[paulmoran]

An old colleague of mine (who just finished his PhD as I was starting mine) moved from science to medicine. His take was that the medicine degree was a lot more work (volume/hours etc), but that his PhD was intellectually way harder. He mentioned the amount of memorizing required for medicine, and did mention some dissatisfaction that he didn’t feel that he was studying science anymore, but rather just learning to memorize and apply the products of science.

I’ve got no skin in the game …but that was his take.

[mattp]

My two favorite moments in Med School occurred at graduation for 2 specific reasons:
1. Because my dad was an alumnus of the same school, he was allowed (in cap and gown) to hand me my diploma on stage when my name was called. I’ll never forget that moment.
2. Two days after graduation, I married my longtime fiancée. After a one week honeymoon, we drove across country to begin a new life (for me, that meant starting my internship). 42 years later we’re still married, I’m still practicing medicine and my wife still puts up with me.
My worst memory of med school: rounding on patients during my internal medicine rotation: round by myself first, then round with the intern, then with the chief resident, and finally, with the attending, bombarded with tough (read: impossible) clinical questions each time (known as "getting pimped"). A miserable rite of passage; my low back has never recovered from the hours of standing day after day and my ego remains bruised!

[rainnmoon]

I love how the lawyer brings up Mike's social media account dedicated to the extra time 😂 lawyers really be coming with all the receipts.

[Geeloveesu]

Sorry Dr. Mike but I Iove how this guy went for the evidence of your IG.. Such a lawyer move.🤣🤣🤣

[adamtill]

These two together, so great. I can't say what is harder but I feel having a job keeping people alive comes with more pressure.

[mmmissmiss]

Their teasing one another and being competitive while having friend/bromance chemistry is so attractive to me. They are awesome together and both very talented with their work.
Without being snarky or arrogant, they both poke fun at one another. I love it!

[shitforbrains]

Med school is definitely alot harder but I feel like trying to argue this with someone who's job is to argue is pointless