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An Ending

By "Biff"

I haven't had much of a chance to write lately. Then all of a sudden, I find myself at home this weekend. When you're the junior lawyer on a case, you never really know when you're going to be busy and when you're not.

I received this in the mail a while back (I painted over my information):

I carry it in my wallet, even though there's not point to having it all the time.

The other day, my cousin, who is going to college next fall, told me (over IM) that she was thinking about going to law school. My initial reaction was to try to talk her out of it (but I didn't). For me, law school was one of the most consuming (time and energy and money) experiences of my life, and I'm not sure she's up for it.

The bar exam process is not all that different. You're hoping that it's all going to work out, but constantly worrying. All the while there is all this material that you must get through. I suppose that one thing that you learn through this process is how to work under stress. I don't know if this has anything to do with it, but I notice that a lot lawyers tend to be procrastinators. Maybe that is because they are so used to the stress that being a bit late simply does not bother them any more.

Anyways, the job is going okay. I'm on several different matters and learning some stuff (mostly by watching the the process in action). The law is a largely static body of knowledge so I'm not worried about learning everything as quickly as I can. Once you learn everything, the fun is over. Or may that's when the fun begins. One of the two.

So this is going to be my last post. I know that the summer Barbri classes are going to begin soon. I hope some of you summer 2008 takers will find this blog. I hope what I wrote will help / entertain you. If you're planning to blog through the summer, leave a comment with a link and I will check it out. Good luck to you and to all the Feb takers on their results!

Full post as published by Becoming a Lawyer on April 26, 2008 (boomark / email).