Law Students

MILP #150

Posted on May 17, 2010
was at Proto Atty's place. Here next week.

Update

Posted on May 17, 2010
Doc sending me for blood pregnancy test.I'll get results tomorrow. They said no more Advil.Tylenol only.F**k.They said hydrate, hydrate. I'm already on that.They're worried about ectopic pregnancy. I've had stones before -- I know what this is. I had the nausea, everything...

Pain and Positive

Posted on May 17, 2010
I have not had a positive pregnancy test since three years ago this month. May 2007. A few weeks thereafter, I got my period. I've been told I wasn't "really" pregnant -- my body just temporarily thought it was. Called a chemical pregnancy. Bullshit...

Right now

Posted on May 14, 2010
I'm freaked out, excited, scared, surprised, disbelieving, hopeful, & probably destined for crushing disappointment.

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MILP #149

Posted on May 10, 2010
PtLawmom had it.The Weekly MILP (Moms In the Legal Profession) Roundup is hosted on a rotating basis between PT-LawMom, Butterflyfish, and Attorney Work Product blogs. We originally rounded up just the moms in law school, but then discovered that those women eventually graduate...

What You're Missing

Posted on May 08, 2010
An occasional feature in which I round up of some of my recent Twitter posts.Before I had a blog, I had a journal. Found said journal while doing spring cleaning. High school & college stuff. OH GOD THE ANGST IT BURNS@hijinksensue dude, I knew two eps ago that Alt Walter was coming through #fringe@huma_rashid Jenna from 30 Rock plays the same character as she did on Ally McBeal...

Talky talky

Posted on May 06, 2010
I just found out that I have to give a presentation at work in a few weeks. Peers & big wigs, a room full of people I respect and who think I am reasonably intelligent and articulate. I would like very much not to disabuse them of that image. But I have a history of failing at stuff like this spectacularly...

Kandinsky terrifies me

Posted on May 03, 2010
Knee deep in transcripts and finding humor where I can.Perhaps my favorite quote is one party's repeated insistence that the children live in "abstract fear." I keep imagining them running away from Jackson Pollack paintings. I mentioned this, via email, to a coworker...

MILP #148: Catching Up

Posted on May 02, 2010
The Weekly MILP (Moms In the Legal Profession) Roundup is hosted on a rotating basis between PT-LawMom, Butterflyfish, and Attorney Work Product blogs. We originally rounded up just the moms in law school, but then discovered that those women eventually graduate...

MILP Round Ups

Posted on May 01, 2010
MILP #147 at Proto AttorneyMILP #146 at PtLawmomMILP #145 at Proto AttorneyMILP #144 at Proto AttorneyHere tomorrow.The Weekly MILP (Moms In the Legal Profession) Roundup is hosted on a rotating basis between PT-LawMom, Butterflyfish, and Attorney Work Product blogs...

This is why they have logic questions on the LSAT

Posted on May 01, 2010
The parking garage has 8 levels.If all goes according to schedule, I arrive at the garage by 8:05 and park on level 3.One day per week, due to oversleeping, inattention, and/or inability to find clean socks, I arrive after 8:10 and before 8:20 and park on either level 3 or 4...

Useless Dicta

Posted on April 14, 2010
Breaking blog silence because I have sad news.A comment on Useless Dicta's blog indicates that she passed away suddenly and unexpectedly back in February. See the comment on this post.She was part of a small cadre of law school bloggers who have been around since 2006...

Leaving a light on

Posted on April 01, 2010
I was going to call this "Going Dark" but 1) because it is April 1st, no one would believe it 2) it is not strictly true.For reasons I would rather not get into right now, I am taking a time out from social media for the month of April. No Twitter.No Facebook...

Yoga

Posted on March 29, 2010
Two recent tweets:Inspired by @lauramclaura I am going to a beginner yoga class tomorrow. I'm sure my obese, inflexible, 34 year old self will be just fineThanks for all the yoga encouragement. It ended in tears, panic attack. Unmitigated disaster comes to mind...

MILP #143

Posted on March 29, 2010
PtLawmom had it.Here in two weeks.

Overheard in court

Posted on March 26, 2010
Judge: So let me get this straight. This is a [case of a particular procedural posture in which the court sits as a reviewing body.]Lawyer: Yes.Judge: And I need to review the record that was considered by the [nonjudicial commission]?Layer: Yes...

Clownfish: At the hotel, are we sleeping in a king bed, a queen bed . . . or a princess bed?

Posted on March 22, 2010
A princess bed would be too small!I sleep in a prince bed. You have a queen bed.

MILP #142: Snapshots

Posted on March 21, 2010
The Weekly MILP (Moms In the Legal Profession) Roundup is hosted on a rotating basis between PT-LawMom, Butterflyfish, and Attorney Work Product blogs. We originally rounded up just the moms in law school, but then discovered that those women eventually graduate...

Moms in Law School and MILP #141

Posted on March 14, 2010
Edited to add: Proto Atty had the round up this week. Here next week.At one time, our round up was almost exclusively law student mommies with a few attorneys. Now I find it is almost all attorneys, with just a few law students in the mix. What a difference a few years makes ...

Conversations with a beginning reader

Posted on March 13, 2010
Sight word cards have led to the following comments:Mommy, why is it "to" and "do" but "go" and "no"?It says "not." I want to say "note."I know that "to" is not the number 2 -- that is "two." If you cover up the w, where is here. Where? Here! Where? Here!Papa wrote "big" in big letters to give me a hint...

What You're Missing

Posted on March 08, 2010
An occasional feature in which I round up of some of my recent Twitter posts."Look, I'm just trying to change the world, OK? I don't have time for a grudge match with every poser in a parka."Taxes: DONE! Refund soon I hope. Which will, of course, be sent to the gaping black hole of debt...

MILP #139 and #140

Posted on March 08, 2010
Double serving of MILPy goodness at PtLawmom's. Then Proto Atty, then here.The Weekly MILP (Moms In the Legal Profession) Roundup is hosted on a rotating basis between PT-LawMom, Butterflyfish, and Attorney Work Product blogs. We originally rounded up just the moms in law school, but then discovered that those women eventually graduate...

Going Through the Motions

Posted on March 06, 2010
Overheard at work:"We should write a pilot for a sitcom about law clerks. Think Ally McBeal (well, not as quirky, and no singing... more for the hot lawyers) meets The Office ... but in chambers. A little intrigue, a little slapstick, a lot of sarcasm...

With all their hockey hullabaloo / And that b**ch Anne Murray too

Posted on March 05, 2010
My friend has boys older than my son and often gives me bags of gently used clothing. That's how Clownfish attained a navy sweatshirt with a Canadian flag on it. He hasn't worn it yet this winter, but I haven't done laundry lately, so he dug deep into the shirt drawer today...

One Facebook status away from collecting unemployment

Posted on February 28, 2010
Two recent Facebook status updates of an acquaintance have me worried for her job:Saturday: Back in town but shhhh don't tell the boss off till Tuesday.Today: Hi all out there I really need to find a new job bc my boss isn't living up to his end of our agreement...

Clownfish's perspective on school

Posted on February 24, 2010
Tuesday was the best day ever!PE means he can wear gym clothes and sneakers to school.They started a new fun project in computer class.He got hot lunch and it was his favorite hot lunch and it was delicious.He was line leader!Papa picked him up and there was no after school and Papa got him fast food chicken nuggets for dinner...

Adventures in written advocacy

Posted on February 22, 2010
The legal standard for the motion you filed requires that 'the moving party admits all facts well pleaded.' That means, if you are the moving party, you cannot(A) argue that the pleaded facts are wrong or(B) ask the court to find the facts in your favor.

MILP #138: MOMlympics

Posted on February 22, 2010
The Weekly MILP (Moms In the Legal Profession) Roundup is hosted on a rotating basis between PT-LawMom, Butterflyfish, and Attorney Work Product blogs. We originally rounded up just the moms in law school, but then discovered that those women eventually graduate...

High grade issue for capital growth

Posted on February 19, 2010
Mr. D and his wife were the original owners of our house. We were tearing out the original shelves in our hall closet to put in new shelves to make a proper linen closet when Bullshark found a really old envelope stuck behind the shelf. Turns out, it was a little slice of history...

Legal writing tip of the day

Posted on February 19, 2010
The words "this case is an exemplar of [whatever you're arguing]" should never appear in your brief.If it is, there's no need to say it."If I were a law professor and describing the prototypical case for [some proposition], I would use this case."Umm...

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