Law Students

Busiest Week Yet.

Posted on January 30, 2008
It’s Hump Day of the busiest week of law school yet. In addition to my regularly scheduled classes I have a mock interview and am in the middle of a Moot Court competition. Here’s my calendar for the week, with commentary on how it has gone so far...

Is there anything more awkward than…..

Posted on January 26, 2008
…a law school “grades party”? Yesterday was grades day. As I posted from Contracts, everyone was anxiously awaiting the 4:00 p.m. release time. Sadly, Contracts was scheduled between 2:40 and 3:55. As such, I can safely say that almost no one was really paying any attention...

2:50

Posted on January 25, 2008
Today is G-day at Cal Western. Our grades will be released at 4:00p.m. today. Needless to say I am very nervous. I didn’t feel particularly comfortable with the finals, although I suppose that no one ever does. As I sit in contracts, studiously paying attention, I’ve noticed that many of my classmates are [...

Other People, Property.

Posted on January 24, 2008
You down wid’ OPP? Yes, it is my favorite class and concept. At the beginning of the year, I read a paragraph stating that the law of Property is not about things. And to a large extent it’s not even about the way people interact with things...

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Mental Competency

Posted on January 22, 2008
Competency Issue Article I personally feel that if the person is mentally competent to try and evade capture, then he is certainly mentally competent to stand trial. I know that sometimes people can have been competent at point A (crime) and have lost that competency by point B (trial) or vice versa...

Overheard in Class.

Posted on January 22, 2008
Our Torts professor was talking about False Imprisonment, and gave the hypothetical question of “If a third party handcuffs you to another person, is that confinement for False Imprisonment? While you aren’t imprisoned or confined in an area, you are confined to that person, and it restricts your freedom...

Multiple Choice Fact Pattern:

Posted on January 22, 2008
Back in February of 2007, I went to Guitar Center to purchase a Gibson Melody Maker with two singlecoil pickups. They didn’t have the guitar in stock, so I special ordered it. I gave them the price of the guitar, and they gave me a receipt. In May my guitar arrived [...

Application time.

Posted on January 18, 2008
It’s crunch time for a lot of applications for summer internships around the nation. I’ve spent most of today tweaking personal statements to suit the peculiarities of each prospective organization. Career Services always tells you that you need to craft a unique personal statement or cover letter for each job so that you [...

Overheard in Court.

Posted on January 17, 2008
At oral arguments for an appeal involving potentially prejudicial introduction of evidence at trial in a slip and fall case at a store: Justice O’Connell: “I am afraid that Justice Smith is ill today, I believe that counsel for both sides have agreed to argue the appeal in the absence of Justice Smith who will [...

1L Opening/Closing Competition.

Posted on January 15, 2008
Our school is putting on a competition for 1Ls to make opening and closing arguments. I’m excited for it, there’s nothing better than a bunch of people who have no concept of what an opening or closing argument really is trying to out open or close one another...

So Politikal!

Posted on January 11, 2008
One of the things that I’ve found I like about law school, and my school in particular, is the absence of political apathy. It has been a nice change of pace to actually have legitimate conversations with people regarding their preferences for the upcoming primaries and elections...

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