Reflection
As we move into April its hard not to reflect on the 1L experience. Today we were discussing what we would tell an incoming student looking for advice.
First...I would tell that him to expect the absolute worst...and not to freak out when its worse than he could have ever imagined. That there will be countless days where he will question why in the hell he ever considered coming to law school, why this sucks so badly, why he will want to thrown himself off the balcony again and again, and what masochistic bone in his body compelled him to subject himself to the sheer torture.
However...there will be some bright moments. And if nothing else...you will learn to treasue those moments. You will probably make some of the best friends you have ever had...because people tend to bond when they are at war and struggling to survive. You will realize you are not as stupid as they make you think you are...and you will eventually realize the intelligence and motivation that got you here are still there...they have just been hiding in fear from your constant mood swings, self doubt, and utter exhaustion.
However...at the end of the year...you will probably admit that you would do it all over again.
Friday, March 31, 2006
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Thoughts from the day
First...I can't help it...but I find it strange to break out your compact and mascara and start liberally applying mascara DURING the mock in class trial...with the mascara you borrowed from the girl 3 seats away. High school anyone?
Additionally--applying more mascara to tarantualas is potentially not a good idea.
During the mock trial the plaintiff's attorney told the Judge (Professor) that he could call 1-800-Your Honor. She replied "Im not that kind of Judge."
Best part of the whole class! :)
First...I can't help it...but I find it strange to break out your compact and mascara and start liberally applying mascara DURING the mock in class trial...with the mascara you borrowed from the girl 3 seats away. High school anyone?
Additionally--applying more mascara to tarantualas is potentially not a good idea.
During the mock trial the plaintiff's attorney told the Judge (Professor) that he could call 1-800-Your Honor. She replied "Im not that kind of Judge."
Best part of the whole class! :)
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
"A giant law school mutated STD"
I went to dinner last week with my 2 closest friends...and when we got to the restaurant most of our class was there for some random reason. Naturally, this sparked a gossip session about the people around us. We started discussing how we could not date anyone in our class because it would be a pain to be with them everday in every class and that everyone is in everyone else's shit here...like high school. Then S breaks out with the above quote...saying that because everyone sleeps with everyone else in this school we are eventually going to create a giant law school mutated STD that is immune to antibiotics. :)
On another note...I am sick again...for the 2nd time in a month. I blame this on the constant passing of germs between our class...kind of like the mutated STD.
Advil allergy/sinus seems to be working quite well on the symptoms...but it creates this awful taste in my mouth.
I went to dinner last week with my 2 closest friends...and when we got to the restaurant most of our class was there for some random reason. Naturally, this sparked a gossip session about the people around us. We started discussing how we could not date anyone in our class because it would be a pain to be with them everday in every class and that everyone is in everyone else's shit here...like high school. Then S breaks out with the above quote...saying that because everyone sleeps with everyone else in this school we are eventually going to create a giant law school mutated STD that is immune to antibiotics. :)
On another note...I am sick again...for the 2nd time in a month. I blame this on the constant passing of germs between our class...kind of like the mutated STD.
Advil allergy/sinus seems to be working quite well on the symptoms...but it creates this awful taste in my mouth.
Monday, March 27, 2006
Scheduling
This scheduling thing is driving me crazy...cant they just lay it out there for us? what in the hell do we NEED to take?
Does anyone have any thoughts on whether we need to take Criminal Procedure and Con Law II? I have absolutely no interest in these classes unless they are necessary in terms of helping with the bar.
Im not sure if this is all law schools...but here they seem to dole out information in tiny little bits until you are completely confused and unable to see the bigger picture.
This scheduling thing is driving me crazy...cant they just lay it out there for us? what in the hell do we NEED to take?
Does anyone have any thoughts on whether we need to take Criminal Procedure and Con Law II? I have absolutely no interest in these classes unless they are necessary in terms of helping with the bar.
Im not sure if this is all law schools...but here they seem to dole out information in tiny little bits until you are completely confused and unable to see the bigger picture.
Saturday, March 25, 2006
Prenups
Melissa from Opinionista's wrote recently about prenups...and I have to sy I agree with her on this issue completely.
The man I hope to marry has a high school education and works in a steel mill. Hopefully, in 2 years I will have a law degree and work in a law firm. Despite this difference and potential difference in income...I love him with all of my heart and I cannot, will not, and do not want to ask him to sign a prenup.
I trust him comlpetely...if I didn't I would not marry him. Maybe we will not make it...but I would rather try a relationship based on trust than go into a marriage thinking "this is what i want...but just in case it doesnt work i want to keep my money."
Melissa from Opinionista's wrote recently about prenups...and I have to sy I agree with her on this issue completely.
The man I hope to marry has a high school education and works in a steel mill. Hopefully, in 2 years I will have a law degree and work in a law firm. Despite this difference and potential difference in income...I love him with all of my heart and I cannot, will not, and do not want to ask him to sign a prenup.
I trust him comlpetely...if I didn't I would not marry him. Maybe we will not make it...but I would rather try a relationship based on trust than go into a marriage thinking "this is what i want...but just in case it doesnt work i want to keep my money."
Friday, March 24, 2006
Thursday, March 23, 2006
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Law School Prom
Lots of people have been weighing in on the Barrister's Ball lately and I thought I would throw my 2 cents in there. I have to say I'm on the side of the fence that wonders why in the world one would want to do this.
Do i want to pay $100, who knows what for a dress and go get drunk with law school students and professors? No thanks. If that's your thing...great. But to all of those "recruiters" who insist that you HAVE to go....no thanks.
Prom was in HIGH SCHOOL...i didn't even go to dances in undergrad.
and to echo many of the other blawgers...law school really is like High School at times.
Lots of people have been weighing in on the Barrister's Ball lately and I thought I would throw my 2 cents in there. I have to say I'm on the side of the fence that wonders why in the world one would want to do this.
Do i want to pay $100, who knows what for a dress and go get drunk with law school students and professors? No thanks. If that's your thing...great. But to all of those "recruiters" who insist that you HAVE to go....no thanks.
Prom was in HIGH SCHOOL...i didn't even go to dances in undergrad.
and to echo many of the other blawgers...law school really is like High School at times.
Saturday, March 18, 2006
Post Spring Break Let Down
As much as I was looking forward to spring break....and as much as I thought I needed it...I now realize that I think I would have been much better off if we had just kept going without a break and got out a week earlier in May.
Now that I have had a small taste of freedom from law school...the idea of going back is killing me. I don't want to work on the motion, i don't want to read, and I don't want to go to class.
And i am well aware that this adversion will increase exponentially as the temperature increases.
All I want to do is watch the NCAA Tourney. Go DUKE and WVU!!!!
As much as I was looking forward to spring break....and as much as I thought I needed it...I now realize that I think I would have been much better off if we had just kept going without a break and got out a week earlier in May.
Now that I have had a small taste of freedom from law school...the idea of going back is killing me. I don't want to work on the motion, i don't want to read, and I don't want to go to class.
And i am well aware that this adversion will increase exponentially as the temperature increases.
All I want to do is watch the NCAA Tourney. Go DUKE and WVU!!!!
Post Spring Break Let Down
As much as I was looking forward to spring break....and as much as I thought I needed it...I now realize that I think I would have been much better off if we had just kept going without a break and got out a week earlier in May.
Now that I have had a small taste of freedom from law school...the idea of going back is killing me. I don't want to work on the motion, i don't want to read, and I don't want to go to class.
And i am well aware that this adversion will increase exponentially as the temperature increases.
All I want to do is watch the NCAA Tourney. Go DUKE and WVU!!!!
As much as I was looking forward to spring break....and as much as I thought I needed it...I now realize that I think I would have been much better off if we had just kept going without a break and got out a week earlier in May.
Now that I have had a small taste of freedom from law school...the idea of going back is killing me. I don't want to work on the motion, i don't want to read, and I don't want to go to class.
And i am well aware that this adversion will increase exponentially as the temperature increases.
All I want to do is watch the NCAA Tourney. Go DUKE and WVU!!!!
Thursday, March 09, 2006
More Complaining
So i dont really mind my Con Law prof...he's pretty funny and he doens't get mad when people can't answer his questions...which is like 90% of the time.
However...we have his class tues, thurs, fri. So i don't really care what he assigns for tues/thurs....but he insists on assigning the biggest assignments for friday's class.
Today takes the cake though. Last night we had to read 37 pages--15 of which we did not reach in class. So, for tomorrow...the LAST CLASS before spring break....at 2pm in the afternoon....he assigns 38 more pages of reading.
Because somehow we are going to be able to cover 43 pages tomorrow when we couldn't even cover 37 today.
So i dont really mind my Con Law prof...he's pretty funny and he doens't get mad when people can't answer his questions...which is like 90% of the time.
However...we have his class tues, thurs, fri. So i don't really care what he assigns for tues/thurs....but he insists on assigning the biggest assignments for friday's class.
Today takes the cake though. Last night we had to read 37 pages--15 of which we did not reach in class. So, for tomorrow...the LAST CLASS before spring break....at 2pm in the afternoon....he assigns 38 more pages of reading.
Because somehow we are going to be able to cover 43 pages tomorrow when we couldn't even cover 37 today.
So 3 weeks ago LRRW Prof tells us the next brief is not that big of a deal...she claims we just turn the federal memo into a persuasive memo.
Today...2 days before spring break and 2 weeks before the paper is due...she lays out what we really have to do for the paper. WTF?!? You could have told us in the beginning...now u have completely screwed my break. Thanks.
Today...2 days before spring break and 2 weeks before the paper is due...she lays out what we really have to do for the paper. WTF?!? You could have told us in the beginning...now u have completely screwed my break. Thanks.
Wednesday, March 08, 2006
Friday, March 03, 2006
I was thinking today about one of my old friends who graduated college recently. She was a December graduate this year...so she is taking this semester off while she applies to grad school. That's right...she's not working, she's not moving back in with her parents, she is spending time playing house with her boyfriend and filling out grad school applications.
I hear stories about how she spends time going out, running errands, waiting for her boyfriend to get home, and going shopping. At first I was terribly jealous...I had initiall thought how nice it would be not to be under constant pressue with almost no time to do anything fun.
Then I realized this would never work for me. I read somewhere today that law students are "anal retentive fucks." I am not annoyed at this generalization, because as a law student I know its true. We are driven and competetive and cannot sit still. I would never be able to spend a semester jacking around like her. It's like when I was 16 and had the choice between spending the summer lying at the pool...or working 6 days a week. Of course...I chose to work...its just how we are.
Thanks Mom and Dad for teaching me to be that crazy obsessed law student who would never be able to take the semester off...I love you for it! :)
I hear stories about how she spends time going out, running errands, waiting for her boyfriend to get home, and going shopping. At first I was terribly jealous...I had initiall thought how nice it would be not to be under constant pressue with almost no time to do anything fun.
Then I realized this would never work for me. I read somewhere today that law students are "anal retentive fucks." I am not annoyed at this generalization, because as a law student I know its true. We are driven and competetive and cannot sit still. I would never be able to spend a semester jacking around like her. It's like when I was 16 and had the choice between spending the summer lying at the pool...or working 6 days a week. Of course...I chose to work...its just how we are.
Thanks Mom and Dad for teaching me to be that crazy obsessed law student who would never be able to take the semester off...I love you for it! :)
I have apparently unintentionally created a running post that is now called...reasons i know i love him.
First, I am an EXTREMELY light sleeper. So last night when I felt him moving around, I woke up, but I didn't open my eyes. He gets still...and then I feel him kiss me on the tip of the nose :)
Then this morning when i asked what he wanted for lunch he relied "Rubber buns and liquor."
:)
First, I am an EXTREMELY light sleeper. So last night when I felt him moving around, I woke up, but I didn't open my eyes. He gets still...and then I feel him kiss me on the tip of the nose :)
Then this morning when i asked what he wanted for lunch he relied "Rubber buns and liquor."
:)
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