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Yeah, you need to adjust your approach here.

One week later they began sending everyone home because of the pandemic.

Irrelevant.

Maybe I made a mistake but I don't think this should be one that haunts me into law school.

Wrong attitude.

Since I got suspended I have actually gotten my hands on a medical marijuana card, something that maybe I can mention in my application to soften it a bit?

Also irrelevant, and you aren't trying to "soften" anything, nor should you be trying to make excuses, justify your reasoning, or downplay what you did or the weight you think it should carry.

Your C&F addendum should be succinct, candid, and potentially show that you've grown since and/or as a result.

We all make mistakes... a lot of us even get caught, but if you try to address this as your post suggests you might, you are the one that will be causing it to haunt you.

Feel free to send me your addendum if you want someone to take a look. I've done way more/worse and performed way above my numbers last cycle, so I apparently didn't screw my addendum up too bad.

Thanks this is a very helpful answer. Again, not trying to make excuses for myself. I will surely give more thought and revision to the addendum that I write than the comments I make on 7sage.

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Uh ... you're going to have to write a mega mea culpa addenda for this.

First off, since you warned when it happened the first time, but then you did it again. You'll have to really explain HOW you learned from this situation and WHY you didn't stop the behavior after the first warning. (It tends to show disrespect for the rules). Secondly, you set off the smoke detectors. You (slippery slope bit) put other peoples' lives at risk with your action (there's a reason why smoking is prohibited ... plus, the fire department had to huff on over there and hand the school a ticket for wasting their time (more than likely)) Also, additionally, at the time, you were smoking a controlled substance illegally. ??! I don't think having a medical card now helps your case - I mean, would you still have acted in the way you did WITH it? Plus, getting kicked out of the dorms and then the dorms closing down because of covid does NOT help your case in your argument. It's a bit whiny. Take responsibility and show that you are regretful and learned from this in such a way that you're not a risk to repeat the behavior. The school wants to see you as someone that best represents their school in the legal profession - be that in court (with court rules that must be followed) or in paperwork.

And be grateful that you were only suspended. Classmates of mine smoked in front of an elementary school (didn't realize it was across the street from the dorm) and ended up serving jail time and serious community service.

yeah uh i didn't mean to suggest that people going home a week later helped my case just a funny anecdote. i don't really appreciate the hostile basically telling me to hopelessly repent for what i did. i'm just like everyone else here, a prospective lawyer wanting to make a difference. i recognize i made my bed and i can sleep in it but by this point it feels long ago.