Law Students

Last night I slept blissfully for nine hours.  I felt like a million bucks when I woke up, refreshed and ready to tackle some problems, that is, after lunch that consisted of mint chocolate chip ice cream and diet tea, and an hour of work out.

After lunch and work out, my energy level shot up and I was able to sit down and finish condensing the notes from Friday.  Thankfully I am up to speed now with class note reviews, problem sets, and essays.   Tomorrow I need to work on four more essays and that will definitely be accomplished without too much of a problem, I think.

The four essays I have written tonight are…well…not my best.  For the most part, I spotted the issues, cited the main rules and distinctions, but I did not put it in the manner that the sample answer did.  I wrote too much on insignificant things and I did not condense the argument in an efficient manner.  I failed to use the terms of art when I ought to, and when I did use a legal term, I did not define it as well as the sample answer did.  I had a hard time grading my own essays, since I try not to be overly lenient, but it is frustrating to match the genius of bar review attorneys who wrote these brilliant answers that attributed to merely 1 point.  If these perfect answers are worth 1 point, does this my barely legalese answer amount to…1/3 points?  I am at a loss.  Next week we have to turn in an essay for grading.  I am worried.

Before I go to be tonight I need to finish reading the rest of the state corporations law.  Although I have never taken this class during law school, I find the topic to my liking.  I find this amusing because during the first year of law school, I had vowed to stay away from all business related courses unless coerced into one.  My mentor convinced me to take an UCC class and many of the health law courses covered corporate liability.  I guess our paths are meant to cross.

And now I shall go figure out how to “pierce the corporate veil” and how not to “usurp corporate opportunity.”  Viva la legalese!