Paralegals & Legal Secretaries

MILP Roundup #49

Posted on June 08, 2008
This week’s roundup is up at A New Duck. The Weekly MILP (Moms in the Legal Profession) Roundup is the brainchild of Saramel (retired). It is hosted on a rotating basis at the PT-LawMom, A New Duck and A Little Fish in Law School blogs and is usually posted no later than Monday morning...

Immigration Panic

Posted on June 05, 2008
The New York Times had a really powerful editorial on the shameful treatment of immigrations nationwide in these raids and then, afterwards, in the prisons where they languish, stripped of dignity and any rights they may have thought they had. The editorial is really thought provoking and, although I hope this period in history [...

Humiliation

Posted on June 05, 2008
Spent a full hour on the phone with New Duck today (thank you, lady!). Both she and, before her, Lag Liv, encouraged me to tell you all why I’m getting divorced so that perhaps other women will feel like they aren’t alone. I feel like I’ve already been waaayyyy too much of a [...

Hmmph

Posted on June 05, 2008
It’s almost midnight and, again, I am sitting here (after a long evening of class and another hour of reading) blogging and not sleeping. Chapin signed the temporary settlement agreement. Well, actually, first he “signed” it with a huge scribble and then I had to re-print it and make him sign it properly...

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Mini nervous breakdown

Posted on June 05, 2008
Well I’d been taking it all in stride, pretty much. Then someone at school said something nasty to me tonight and I lost it. Started crying and could not stop. Left class, drove straight to my parents’ house and waited in their driveway until they got home from a memorial service...

One of those days

Posted on June 03, 2008
Chapin got a very expensive traffic ticket today. Then he popped a tire. Then I called him to tell him that the lawyer has a proposed divorce agreement ready for him to sign and that he could actually sign both the temporary and final agreements on the same day (PLEASE!!!)...

Go Shinyung

Posted on June 01, 2008
In the midst of finals, I missed this story about a Paul Hastings associate laid off mere days after suffering a miscarriage. According to a parting e-mail she sent out to members of the firm, she had an excellent track record with the firm until she got married and then pregnant and, in hard [...

Update

Posted on June 01, 2008
For those of you who are e-mailing and asking me how I’m doing/what’s happening, I’m sorry I’m not posting more. Nothing’s changed. Chapin is living in the guest room and won’t stop harassing me for another chance...

Down

Posted on June 01, 2008
I’m sitting at my desk staring down a five-inch casebook and a three-inch supplement, feeling surprisingly depressed and overwhelmed about the fact that summer classes start tomorrow. I actually think I’ll enjoy the class (the subject matter interests me), but for some reason I just can’t muster the enthusiasm to jump back in...

Weekly MILP Roundup #48

Posted on June 01, 2008
The Weekly MILP (Moms In the Legal Profession) Roundup** is the brainchild of Saramel (retired). It is hosted on a rotating basis at the PT-LawMom, A Little Fish in Law School, and A New Duck blogs and is usually posted no later than Monday morning. Next week?s MILP Roundup will be hosted by New Duck...

TGIF

Posted on May 30, 2008
One more day in this week and then I have a weekend to get ready for class starting next week. After a multi-hour screaming match last night, I think Chapin and I ironed out a tentative settlement agreement. I’ve sent it to my lawyer for her review and she’ll prepare it for his [...

Is it Tuesday yet?

Posted on May 26, 2008
I don’t usually look forward to starting the week but this weekend has been torture and I can’t wait to go to work tomorrow. In fact, I really wish school was starting this week instead of next. My husband continued to insist that we could fix things all weekend and finally my father [...

Back to school

Posted on May 25, 2008
Anyone else taking summer classes? I have 100+ pages to read before June 2 and I haven’t even cracked the cover of my book. I am seriously envious of those of you with a whole summer off. That said, it’s amazing how fast the last year has passed by...

MILS Roundup #47

Posted on May 25, 2008
This week’s roundup is up at A Little Fish in Law School. The Weekly MILS (Moms In Law School) Roundup is the brainchild of Saramel (retired). It is hosted on a rotating basis at the PT-LawMom and A Little Fish in Law School blogs and is usually posted no later than Monday morning...

Clear-headed

Posted on May 24, 2008
After almost two weeks on the new medication, my head is finally clear of the dopey drugs. Summer semester starts in another week and I’ve spent my mini-vacation between semesters doing some serious thinking with this newly clear head. Last weekend I left Pumpkinhead with my mother and spent part of my Saturday [...

Pro-Se Contested Divorce

Posted on May 18, 2008
Okay, here’s a random question for you. I have a law student friend who is considering divorcing her husband. They have small children. If you were a fairly educated law student who was contemplating divorce, would you try to avoid some costs by filing your divorce pro se or would you still [...

Weekly MILS Roundup #46

Posted on May 18, 2008
The Weekly MILS (Moms In Law School) Roundup** is the brainchild of Saramel (retired). It is hosted on a rotating basis at the PT-LawMom and A Little Fish in Law School blogs and is usually posted no later than Monday morning. Next week?s MILS Roundup will be hosted by Butterflyfish...

Judgments

Posted on May 16, 2008
As women in a highly competitive school environment leading to an even more high pressure career, we have to learn how to take shit, be it from clients, bosses or colleagues. One of the reasons I started blogging was to network with other future attorneys, both female and male, who could envision a more ethical, [...

Reality Check

Posted on May 16, 2008
Kristina at Wicked Words has written a great open letter to one of the executives at a Boston legal temporary placement firm, Counsel on Call, calling his company and others in the field out for perpetuating the myth that contract attorneys are unhireable or undesirable rather than assisting those attorneys with permanent placements...

To my fellow “Al Diablo Con Los Guapos” addicts

Posted on May 15, 2008
Someone searched my blog today for a link to the full summary of my current favorite Spanish novela, Al Diablo con los Guapos. Here’s the full summary. Don’t read it unless you want to know how the soap ends. I totally cried watching tonight’s episode...

It’s about time

Posted on May 15, 2008
Four years since Massachusetts became the first state to legalize gay marriage, California followed in its footsteps, recognizing that marriage is a fundamental legal right and that moral judgments should not be imposed on people’s marital choices in a society that is supposed to enforce the separation between church and state...

Spring semester - over and done!

Posted on May 15, 2008
Well I made it through Spring semester and, boy, did it fly by! Between family and work upheavals, heavy reading and paper demands for my classes and illness, I can barely remember what I did over the past few months. I’m just glad it’s done and that I have a few weeks to [...

A part-time MILS’ best friend

Posted on May 15, 2008
is her nanny, as I’ve recently discovered. Mine started this week and I LOVE her. She has organized my cabinets, cleaned out my drawers (even my bedside drawer ), done the laundry and made dinner for Pumpkinhead and then had something else waiting for Chapin and I each night! [...

Ditching (some of) the Crazy Meds

Posted on May 14, 2008
Sorry I haven’t been posting much. Pain, exams, the usual stuff. I have lots of fun and exciting things to post about Pumpkinhead, Mother’s Day, my new nanny , etc., but I’m in a ton of pain this week so it’ll have to wait...

Weekly MILS Roundup #45

Posted on May 11, 2008
This week’s roundup is up at A Little Fish in Law School. The Weekly MILS (Moms In Law School) Roundup is the brainchild of Saramel (retired). It is hosted on a rotating basis at the PT-LawMom and A Little Fish in Law School blogs and is usually posted no later than Monday morning...

Degredation and Shame

Posted on May 06, 2008
That’s surely what the thousands of immigrants being held at detention centers nationwide are feeling these days, especially those who have lived in this country for years as legal residents and are suddenly being locked up for petty offenses committed years ago during their youth...

Sigh…

Posted on May 05, 2008
Called the neurologist today to discuss the fact that I can barely lift my arms to drive my car this week, much less lift my heavy textbook (that’s what I get for all the handwriting I’ve been doing in preparation for finals). He suggested raising the Topamax back to 100mg twice/day (i...

Giggle

Posted on May 04, 2008
Is it a sign that I’m losing my mind if I’m cracking up to my exam review CDs? The reviewer is singing cheesy 90’s songs. I can’t help myself!

Small company or large healthcare?

Posted on May 04, 2008
Even the Insured Feel the Strain of Health Costs By REED ABELSON and MILT FREUDENHEIM Published: May 4, 2008 For millions of people with employer health insurance, premiums and co-payments have increased quickly while coverage has become less extensive...

Weekly MILS Roundup #44

Posted on May 04, 2008
The Weekly MILS (Moms In Law School) Roundup** is the brainchild of Saramel (retired). It is hosted on a rotating basis at the PT-LawMom and A Little Fish in Law School blogs and is usually posted no later than Monday morning. Next week?s MILS Roundup will be hosted by Butterflyfish...

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