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Best Law Student Blogs

Posted on September 29, 2009
Last week, The Bitter Lawyer posted this great list of law student blogs that you should check out. A number of them we here at Fight the Hypo follow closely. What are the other law student blogs you keep an eye on. These are a few that didn’t make the list, but that we really [...

To Thank or Not to Thank

Posted on September 24, 2009
There’s some disagreement out there as to whether you should send thank you notes following interviews for summer positions. And, if so, should they be hand-written or typed on resume paper. What do you think? I realize that in each context there are varying expectations on what you should do...

Oh Crap

Posted on September 23, 2009
Sometimes this just happens… Professor: Who can remind us of the rule in Place and how it relates to this discussion? Student X? Student X: Oh Crap. Professor: That’s a first.

Task Triage

Posted on September 23, 2009
How do you prioritize tasks? For many 1Ls I suspect you’re still working this out, particularly with respect to outlining and exam prep. At the risk of being too simplistic, here’s how I have prioritize tasks in law school. I’ve found that the longer I let the issue of prioritizing my to do list, the less [...

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Are You on ?The List??

Posted on September 19, 2009
H1N1 hysteria has hit our school. We’re not exceptional in that regard. Every other school in the United States are (appropriately?) paranoid about outbreaks of what my cousin calls Piglet’s Revenge. What’s interesting though is that students who call the University to inquire about receiving a flu shot through the school’s health office are immediately asked [...

Changes in BigLaw?

Posted on September 18, 2009
There are two moments that really stand out for me this recruiting season. The first happened during a screener at a big firm. The conversation turned, as it usually does, to the economy. The partner with whom I was interviewing says, “Well, if this economy leads to the death of the billable hour I’ll give it [...

Black Eyed Peas Meet Crim Pro

Posted on September 17, 2009
What you gon’ do with all dem drugs? All dem drugs inside dat trunk? Gant’s a gon keep, keep, keep you out, Keep you 5-0s out my trunk. My trunk, my trunk, my trunk, my trunk, My trunk, my trunk, my trunk, my private private trunk (Check it out)

Fall Recruiting and the Evening Student, Part 5: Post-OCI

Posted on September 15, 2009
If you’re an evening student and have done OCI but haven’t gotten callbacks (or have only gotten a few), it can be hard to know what to do next. I know just one person in our evening sections that has gotten multiple callbacks. (There may be others...

Meeting Dr. Bombay, Jr.

Posted on September 14, 2009
I had the distinct privilege of meeting Dr. Bombay, Jr. this weekend. I must say that even though he’s not my kid, seeing him and spending time with the Bombay clan really does put things in perspective. Not in a “wholly crap I would never have one of those things” way...

This Week?s Parting Shot?

Posted on September 11, 2009
As you wrap up your week, here’s a laugh courtesy of the Fail Blog… see more Fail Blog It’s unclear if Ms. Yoo is still practicing at Sullivan & Cromwell as her bio is no longer on the site. (H/T Above the Law)

Law Degree = License to be a?.?

Posted on September 10, 2009
The picture from my blackberry isn’t the clearest, but this car was in front of me coming to work today: Yes that emblem is a shark with the word “LAWYER” in the middle: I don’t want to judge.. but WOW! Hopefully you can tell this guy is driving a Mazda 3...

Are you ready!? (For Some Jail Time?)

Posted on September 10, 2009
Great God Almighty! Our long national nightmare is over, and football has returned! In honor of this momentous occasion, here?s a few facts about the intersection of football and the law. Enjoy them while mopping the Primanti Bros. grease off your faces with your ?Terrible Towels...

Malaise

Posted on September 09, 2009
A malaise has set in at school. In our 4th week of class in the 3rd year of our evening law school experience, the sense I get from classmates is either a general disgust with law school or a weariness that no end seems to be in sight. Add to that the lack of callbacks from fall [...

Nature of the ?Loyal Opposition?

Posted on September 04, 2009
So, let me ask you this… I have several friends who are very critical health care reform opponents for not coming up with a plan of their own. I’m often amazed at how vehemently they hold this position. It raises a question of political theory that I’ve always found interesting: What is the role of the opposition [...

Bluetools

Posted on September 03, 2009
What is it with people who walk around with a bluetooth device stuck in their ear like it’s the latest fashion accessory? It hasn’t truly bothered me until recently when it seems I’m running into way too many people who do this. Now, they’re my latest pet peeve...

Fall Recruiting and the Evening Student, Part 4: Learning Yourself

Posted on September 02, 2009
Fall Recruiting. It’s a different animal for sure. At some point, I don’t care who you are, you begin to learn some things about yourself. Here are a few things I’m learning at what I hope is a mid-way point, of sorts, in the process (one that will end in the next 4-6 weeks and [...

For What It?s Worth

Posted on August 31, 2009
[EDITOR'S NOTE: We're pleased to welcome our good friend Jorge to the blog with this excellent post about perspective about law school and your legal career.] There has been more then enough talk about this being the worst job market in 50 years and the evils of amassing debt for overpriced legal educations...

Whither the Law Review?

Posted on August 31, 2009
Luke Gilman posted this interesting piece on the future of the law review last week. He collects a number of great sources that are also worth the read. His basic takes is that scholarly journals, like most print media, are on the decline. While law reviews are at an advantage given their ready access to free [...

2Ls Having Trouble Finding Jobs

Posted on August 28, 2009
I’ve been on the road for work with a less than stellar Internet connection (think molasses on a winter day), but wanted to get something up on this. If you haven’t already, check out this story from The New York Times on the vanishing BigLaw summer jobs...

How Do You Do It All?

Posted on August 25, 2009
This is a common question for evening students who hold down full-time jobs while going to law school. Particularly in interviews. My friend (and sometime FTH commenter) Jorge suggested I share the real secret behind the ability of evening law students to balance all that they do...

What?s Your Biggest Weakness?

Posted on August 24, 2009
I’ve yet to get the “What’s your biggest weakness?” question during OCI. But I’ve at least identified some ways I won’t answer it (and neither should you): What weakness? I’m not sure which voice in my head to listen to...

Running the Race

Posted on August 24, 2009
So I was going to post this Nike running commercial to give some inspiration to my comrades who feel like law school and/or fall recruiting will never end. But I discovered this one instead. It seems to capture the most fun and worst parts of law school experience so much more accurately:

Lockerbie Bomber ? What if he lives?

Posted on August 21, 2009
It took 13 years to catch and convict Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi for his involvement in the bombing of Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland on December 21, 1988. The bombing killed 249 people. Eight years after the only person convicted for the terrorist act was sentenced to life in prison, Scotland released [...

20 Minutes

Posted on August 20, 2009
When you’re trying to explain who you are why you’re the best candidate out there, 20 minutes isn’t much time. One-third of an hour. 1,200 seconds. Basic introductions. Three questions to you. Two questions for your interviewer. Some dialogue...

Fun?s Last Shot

Posted on August 19, 2009
The last night before classes start. (No, I don’t know why we’re starting classes on a Wednesday.) But I termed tonight Fun’s Last Shot in honor of the PGA Championship that just passed and in recognition that a very fun summer is drawing to a close...

Picking a Note or Comment Topic

Posted on August 19, 2009
For those working on a Journal or Law Review this year, at least at our school, picking a Note or Comment topic is the hot to do item right now (in addition, of course, to those ever exciting pull assignments). Your selection is a big deal. You’ll be immersing yourself in this topic for a [...

Fall Recruiting and the Evening Student, Part 3: Avoiding OCI

Posted on August 18, 2009
This series is really evolving into an exploration of various issues that have arisen as I’ve worked through the Fall Recruiting process. This week I’m pondering whether OCI is even necessary to find a summer position. A few weeks ago, I posted this on Twitter: So… interviewing for summer...

Lessig Talk on Law and Creative Culture

Posted on August 17, 2009
I happened across this talk by Larry Lessig at TED in 2007 as I was reading some things about creativity and law: In the talk, he says the law should encourage a “read-write” view of creative content. Rather than simply consuming creative content, the consumer should be able to republish it to a certain extent and [...

Quick Reflection on New Government Web Privacy Regs

Posted on August 17, 2009
The Obama Administration recently suggested a reform to the government’s policy on data collection by government websites. The proposal was met with a wave of dialogue over the nature of government data collection and expectations of privacy: Supporters of a change say social networking and similar services, which often take advantage of the tracking technologies, have [...

Football Friday for 08/14/09

Posted on August 14, 2009
This week, after watching a little of the dreadful Redskins performance last night, I’m reminded, for some reason, of the old saying: It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog. Oh, wait, does that relate to a major football-related story from this week? Huh...

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