Law Students

I am getting published!

Posted on August 30, 2008
An article I co-wrote on debt management is going to appear in my state bar's monthly magazine. I am pretty excited about this development. However, there have been recent changes in the law (the prez recently signed HR 4137 which gives debt relief in exchange for 3 year commitments for prosecutors and public defenders) that aren't covered in the article...

Dear summer....why did you leave me?

Posted on August 25, 2008
Apparently, summer is packing its bags and is on its way out the door. Why oh why does it have to leave so soon? I was just getting the hang of grilling my meals outside instead of cooking them on a stove. I had just gotten used to spending more time outside my apartment than inside...

Fame!

Posted on August 21, 2008
Actually, Hall of Fame. Or "Halls of Fame" as the case may be. I am going on a road trip next week to see the Rock and Roll and Football Halls of Fame. I am totally psyched. I think this will be a great pre-school road trip and the perfect start to my 3L year!If you have been to either one, or are from Ohio, please leave info/advice/warnings/etc in the comments...

Book sale!!!!!!!

Posted on August 21, 2008
Oh yes, it's that wonderful time of year again, when I unload a whole bunch of books that I don't need anymore. My readers were very kind last year, and helped take a bunch of these off my hands.Buying used books is environmentally friendly, as you are helping me "recycle...

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Job market looking bleak for "firmies"

Posted on August 11, 2008
For my classmates who are looking to work in big firms after graduation, things aren't looking so good this year. Only one or two local firms were on the 3L OCI list. That means that these people might actually have to use their brains, and come up with a list of firms and addresses to send *gasp* snail mail resumes and cover letters to...

Questions about UW Law

Posted on August 03, 2008
I have had a couple inquiries via email and one in the comments about UW Law in general and my situation specifically. I can tell you that the one thing I have learned in law school is that you just never know.I have gotten interviewed for jobs where I didn't meet their criteria at all...

Are you gonna vote?

Posted on July 26, 2008
So, I am going to be adding a "Register to Vote" button for HeadCount to my blog. As some of you may know, I started working for HeadCount in 2004 when the org first started, registering people to vote at music concerts and festivals all over the midwest...

This is outrageous [attempt to go green content]

Posted on July 09, 2008
My boyfriend and I are trying our best to recycle everything and to stop using so much stuff. So, we are now trying really hard not to buy bottled water. We got a Brita filter for Christmas and have been refilling water bottles or using Nalgene bottles for our daily intake of H2O...

Time to start working soon

Posted on May 30, 2008
So, I start working on Monday. Many of my friends at school started over a week ago. My employer for the summer wanted me to wait (vacations or something for my supervisor). So I have had some time on my hands. I went camping for a few days. I went to the Chocolate Festival in Burlington...

Hillary for....Supreme Court?

Posted on May 23, 2008
This article in the ABA Journal intrigues me. It discusses the possibility of Barack Obama cutting a deal to get Hillary Clinton out of the race by promising to make her his nominee for the Supreme Court. This would be more exciting for me personally than her being President...

Bo-battiness

Posted on May 11, 2008
I found today that I have gained 25 pounds since I quit smoking. Add that to the few that I gained in the first part of 1L just from eating crap, and that makes me about 30 pounds heavier than when I started law school. And, I was already heavy.I am now at the "Fatty Bobatty" stage...

Time limits and law school exams

Posted on May 07, 2008
For the second time this semester, I took an exam that I could have used at least another half hour to complete. Professors write exams where most students write until the very second time is called. As a result, I usually submit answers that are formatted poorly, and that include either too much information, or not enough...

Panic at the library!

Posted on May 02, 2008
No, it's not a hip new band, it is a plague upon my law school. It's happy fun finals time, and I made the mistake of staying in the law school to study because I didn't want to get rained on.Then people started rolling in here at about 10am. My 2 hours of beautiful quiet and solitude with Trusts and Estates were destroyed in a matter of minutes by the palpable anxiety of my fellow students...

Semester, quit ending so fast!

Posted on April 29, 2008
Dear Mother Time (I am a feminist - get over it!),I am not ready for exams. I am however, ready for spring (that means no frickin' snow). I am totally ready to work, but I am not ready to finish school. What I am asking here is that you either slow down, or grant me that additional hour or so that I desperately need...

Professor, quit talking so fast

Posted on April 28, 2008
I hate that at the end of the semester, when you start feeling a little worried about exams and the depth of the knowledge in the course, the professor starts talking really fast. They always try to cover material that they really don't have time for at this point in the semester and it is infuriating...

Sorry about the lack of posts

Posted on April 25, 2008
Sorry about not posting for a while. Life got in the way of blogging. I also have been a little overwhelmed lately. The end of the school year brings a lot of work with it. I have classes where I missed some reading and need to make sure I have looked at everything...

I forgot how much I like doing plays and stuff

Posted on April 07, 2008
Last night was our law school's annual "skit" show. Basically, we poke fun at law school classes, professors and culture in general. I got "excused" to get out of the law review election a little early to do the show. I played a "Gunner Phone Sex" operator (on stage) and a talking locker (Offstage)...

As the law review election turns

Posted on March 26, 2008
Never before has any event been so fraught with intrigue and drama. Never before has doing so much work been so unrewarding. Never before have I soooooo not wanted Mr. T and Mr. R to be my bosses.What am I talking about? The upcoming law review elections...

White women can jump

Posted on March 10, 2008
Sometimes, my trusts and estates instructor will jump up and down with excitement. She also refers to her husband and two dogs regularly and liberally. She should probably lay off the caffeine. While some people get really irritated with her over-enthusiasm, at least it keeps us awake! She also uses a lot of overheads, which I like...

Student (dis) Organization

Posted on March 07, 2008
I am a joiner. I love joining all kinds of groups. I am a social person. Here at law school, I have been involved in SBA, a journal and all kinds of student organizations. The one thing I have learned is that getting a group of flakey 20 somethings to make a decent effort at anything is nearly impossible...

My friend has cancer and it sucks

Posted on February 26, 2008
My friend has cancer. Prostate. He's only 41. He has a new wife and two daughters and they just had a new baby, and it just isn't fair.This isn't one of those stories where he starts treatment and the cancer retreats into oblivion, off to victimize someone else...

The Oscars

Posted on February 24, 2008
Unlike the more prolific blogger, Ms. Althouse, I don't think this show sucks. Their little montages of past Oscar telecasts have actually been a welcome relief from the poorly written, and not very funny little vignettes they normally do.I also found some of the past speeches (and the one by the girl from "Once") to be very inspiring...

My life has turned into a Hitchcock movie

Posted on February 23, 2008
I have been having sinus headaches of increasing intensity all month. On Thursday, everything really got bad. I woke up with a killer headache. I threw another fistful of ibuprophen in my mouth and went on with my day. I have gotten used to having a slight throbbing under my cheeks all day...

I am rocking the earth

Posted on February 21, 2008
Rock the Earth is a grassroots organization started by my friend Marc to respond to threats to the environment by using the legal system to create change. It raises funds and educates people about its mission by tabling at music concerts and festivals all over the country and by partnering with a variety of musicians...

The legal clinic

Posted on February 21, 2008
This semester, I am working one of our school legal clinics for 3 credits. That means 12 hours week, I have to be in the clinic working on cases. The problem right now is that I only have one case. And there is nothing to do for it right now. I have a letter to the client that is awaiting approval from my supervising attorney, but that's about it...

Forced participation

Posted on February 20, 2008
My unpopular opinion: I love it!I love the Socratic method or having members of class "on call" but I greatly prefer to "suprise" method most.I think that forcing people to participate makes the class go faster, and raises the bar as far as my own learning...

Have to vote today

Posted on February 19, 2008
So basically, my disappointment in the Obama rally means that I will probably vote for Clinton, but I am not 100% right now.I really wish that I felt more strongly about either one. I did laugh at the student who had a banner on the overpass this morning reading, "Hope doesn't pay my tuition...

Is the legal profession filled with ignorance?

Posted on February 18, 2008
I found many of the comments regarding this story at Abovethelaw.com to be terrible.The post describes a student at the University of Alabama law school having what appears to be a problem with mental illness during class. Funny that a few people use the archaic term "nervous breakdown...

I am an emotionless robot (aka: I wasn't moved by Barack Obama)

Posted on February 17, 2008
So, I went to the big Barack Obama rally here last week. After standing in a really really long line and getting to my seat, only to have to sit there for another 2 hours, I will admit that I wasn't in a great mood. I was hoping I would be inspired though...

I am an undecided voter

Posted on February 12, 2008
For the first time in my life, I am an undecided voter. I know! It shocks me as much as it must surprise you. I try very hard not to make politics about stupid stuff - whose hair is cuter, or who can spew the most rhetoric. I try to make it about issues, but the candidates sure don't...

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