Law Students

Journal survey

Posted on April 07, 2008
The saying goes, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." I am not so convinced the journal eligibility system we have is "broke," but there was a lot yammering today regarding how to go about fixing it. Not so much for Law Review, but for the other journals that have staffing problems...

MILS #40

Posted on April 07, 2008
Its at Pt-Lawmom.Back here next week.

It's 2:17 a.m. -- do you know where your blogger is?

Posted on April 06, 2008
I couldn't sleep so I redid my taxes.Well I had been procrastinating one piece of my taxes just because figuring it out was annoying. Not like I redid the whole thing. Anyway, one less thing to do tomorrow. I also saw Unbreakable -- the M. Night Shamawhatshisname, Bruce Willis movie...

April!

Posted on April 05, 2008
How did it get to be April?How did that happen? I have my first exam THIS MONTH, not next month in far far away May... this month!!. : panic : .

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My crack

Posted on April 02, 2008
I gave up Scrabulous for a while because it was affecting my ability to even pretend to be a law student -- for a while last semester, I could more accurately be described as a random lump sitting in a law school classroom that had wireless access. Well, it was most notable in two classes...

On the to do list: jump off bridge

Posted on April 01, 2008
As seen at Zuska's, Ana's, Useless Dicta's . . .A list of things I have and have not done: ( ) smoked a cigarette (took half a drag on Mom's cig once... discovered smoking was not for me)( ) crashed a car?(x) got drunk with a good friend?( ) stolen a car(x) been in love?(x) been dumped?(x) shoplifted (youthful indiscretion, lipstick, not caught, not going on the bar app)( ) been fired?( ) been in a fist fight (more of a schoolyard-girl-slap fight)?( ) snuck out of my parent?s house?( ) been arrested?( ) gone on a blind date?(x) skipped school?(not in high school, closed campus...

Avoiding my civic duty

Posted on March 31, 2008
I have jury duty in May.No postponing it ... I did that already.Do you think the first words out of my mouth should be "law student," "summer associate at local law firm," or "mother to young child?"Which one is most likely to get me sent home fastest?Edited to add: No offense to Cee, who I am sure is answering tongue-in-cheek, but I really don't want to give any answers that will raise questions on the character and fitness section of my bar application...

Problem solving, 3-year-old style

Posted on March 31, 2008
Background: Bullshark is gone doing Navy stuff this week. I'm back to single-Mommy-law student.CF: Papa is allergic to dogs? And cats?Me: Yes.CF: But Papa is gone for a few days?Me: Yes.CF: So we can get a puppy! Or a kitten! Because Papa is not here to be allergic!Me: What will we do when Papa comes home?CF: We'll get the puppy or kitty a NEW home...

MILS #39: Paging Dr. House

Posted on March 30, 2008
Welcome to the Weekly MILS (Moms In Law School) Roundup. It is hosted on a rotating basis between PT-LawMom and A Little Fish in Law School blogs. We aim for Sunday posts. Next week, it'll be back at PT-LawMom's place. This week's theme revolves around some funny and some poignant takes on a variety of somewhat-tangentially-related-to-something-medical...

AI Update

Posted on March 27, 2008
I don't understand why people love the Archuletta kid. He's cute, he's got a beatiful voice, but he's kind of insipid. I was rooting for him for a while, but he keeps picking songs that bore me. If he keeps up like this, he won't make it past the top 5...

WWJSD?

Posted on March 27, 2008
My Administative Law class has an unspoken theme: What Would Justice Scalia Do?I'm thinking of having rubber bracelets made up with WWJSD printed on them to distribute before the exam. Of course I won't do this because it requires more initiative than I have right now...

MILS #38

Posted on March 24, 2008
MILS #38, the Moms in Law School Round Up is at Pt-Lawmom's.Here next Sunday.

So I am a law student sometimes

Posted on March 24, 2008
Overheard in law school:Professor Awesome: It?s a narrow exception? Yeah, and nuclear weapons are a narrow category of weapons.Random law school moment: Professor was going on about a student he once taught who was very pregnant by semester's end and how he was petrified that she'd give birth in class...

Resurrection

Posted on March 22, 2008
On Friday morning we had a mini-life-and-death-crisis. As Clownfish and I descended the front steps, we saw two birdies on the ground on the driveway. One was on its back, its legs up, not moving. The other was right side up but unable to move other than feeble twitches...

Not sure how I feel about this...

Posted on March 20, 2008
Remember that law review article that I was working on, the last 12 pages of which I thought were complete dreck? Remember when I said I was pretty sure I wasn't going to be published? That's because our Law Review typically chooses only three or four to be certified for publication...

Random story from the interview trenches

Posted on March 18, 2008
In an interivew, I was asked:"Which modern Supreme Court decision would you change, and why?"("Modern" means no fair picking something about segregation or slavery that has been since overruled.)Apparently it was meant to be a trick question . . . they didn't expect an answer, just wanted to see how I'd react to a stress question...

Notice and Comment

Posted on March 17, 2008
When we first covered the section on challenges to sufficiency of notice in 'notice and comment' rule making in Administrative Law, this exchange from the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (by Douglas Adams) popped into my head."But Mr. Dent, the plans have been available in the local planning office for the last nine months...

I may not be 7 diamonds but I also didn't just wander off the bus from Jersey

Posted on March 15, 2008
Forgive the Spitzer reference, but I've just engaged in an email exchange I find hilarious:Subj: Interested in a link on your websiteHi,I was interested in placing a text ad onto your site for the site that I am working on -[website with legal sounding name redacted]...

MILS 37: In Her Own Words II: Electric Bugaloo

Posted on March 15, 2008
Welcome to the Weekly MILS (Moms In Law School) Roundup. It is hosted on a rotating basis between PT-LawMom and A Little Fish in Law School blogs. We aim for Sunday posts, though I am posting a bit early this week. Next week, it'll be back at PT-LawMom's place...

Spring break?

Posted on March 14, 2008
I'm on "spring break." You know, that week where I planned to catch up on being behind for the last month to six weeks depending on the class?Weekend: Clownfish timeMonday: Did my taxes and some laundry.Tuesday: InternshipWednesday: A little trusts and estates, a little work for the public interest auction...

"Mommy I want a baby"

Posted on March 11, 2008
CF: "Can you get me one?"Excerpts from the first "where babies come from" conversation we've ever had with our son:BS: Do you think we can get one at WalMart?CF: No Papa! They don't have babies there. We have to go to the baby store.* Bullshark was summarily banished from the conversation for bringing up storks...

Temporary mortification?

Posted on March 10, 2008
I started this blog post on March 4:I had one of those moments today -- you know the ones -- where I was publicly mortified and just wanted to crawl into a black hole and disappear in such a way that no one would ever remember I was born.It's March 10 now...

MILS #36

Posted on March 09, 2008
The Weekly MILS (Moms In Law School) Roundup is hosted on a rotating basis between PT-LawMom and A Little Fish in Law School blogs. We aim for Sunday posts. This week, its up at Pt-Lawmom. Back here next week. ____________________________If you?d like to have your blog added to the MILS blogroll for weekly review or would like us to consider a specific post, drop the hostess(es) an email or leave a comment at our sites...

Job update

Posted on March 08, 2008
I got one.Mid-sized firm that does exactly the kind of law I hope to practice. I anticipate a really good summer. And on the off chance I'm miserable, I have learned something else about what I don't want to do, which is important in itself. So either way, I win...

Your lack of planning should not create an emergency for me

Posted on March 05, 2008
Except it does when I have to rely on the input of several people to get something done.. : frustrated muttering : .

Way law school has ruined me #212

Posted on March 03, 2008
#212. Causes me to make distinctions, even in lawyer jokes.My sister sent me one of those emails filled with quotes of things people actually said in court, taken down and now published by court reporters. Its supposed to be funny as examples of the stupidity or arrogance of lawyers...

E-Board

Posted on March 02, 2008
I'm on.I got my first choice position, a title that may be unique to my journal so I am not including it. It involves a lot of "BigPictureIdeas" and then executing details. I am really good at that. I work that way. It combines jobs such as research, running the write-on competition, and putting together the law review symposium and the subsequent issue...

MILS #35: Ouch

Posted on March 02, 2008
Welcome to the Weekly MILS (Moms In Law School) Roundup. It is hosted on a rotating basis between PT-LawMom and A Little Fish in Law School blogs. We aim for Sunday posts. Next week, it'll be back at PT-LawMom's place.The theme this week: Ouch. (It's been a rough week for the MILS)...

Classes

Posted on February 27, 2008
Classes get in the way of my learning and work. I noticed this first during 1L, in the last few weeks of the first semester. I was working a good study plan, and when I finally had some good momentum going, it was time for class.1L semester 2, a noticed it in late March...

sick day

Posted on February 27, 2008
i am going back to bed.Edited to add: 1:11 woke up. Feeling better

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