Law Students

Ruminations of a law school mama

By bangalee57

I?m so proud of myself ? I earned a place on the Dean?s list! While I don?t like to admit it, this is my first time on the Dean?s list and to be so highly ranked since High School. I have finally remembered how to work and study.

Anyway, my academic accomplishment has generated another round of comments from fellow students, calling me crazy for trying to be a law student as a single mama. The most frequent comment though is ?I don?t know how you do it, I can barely take care of myself.? Sometimes comparisons are added as to the differences between caring for a child and caring for a dog. My response has faithfully been that I just do it, and that I don?t know of any other way of living.

I?m not unique: my student mentor was a single mama of two girls and there are many married students with children - infants on up to teens.

I thought I?d record a few of my thoughts on the special circumstances of having kids while in law school, more for fun and for posterity than anything else. If I remember, I?ll even make it a regular series of posts.

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Full post as published by Ms. JD on February 07, 2008 (boomark / email).