Law Students

Here's One

Posted on February 20, 2008
Events Email - 02.20.2008. . .Already Announced Law School Events. . .The Law Weekly Needs Reviewers!Okay: It's not very good.

Rejected Feb Club Themes

Posted on January 31, 2008
Feb Club Eve 1894Three Easy NiecesHaitian ParadiseSuper JewsdayAnything But Those (in which you can wear what you want, but everyone will criticize it)Revenge of the TurdsSnowpants or Low pants.Kegs and DregsActual 2008 Feb Club themes are available from TJ.

Where We're Going, We Don't Need Roads

Posted on January 25, 2008
A short list of things which are coming faster than fall semester grades:The presidential electionGlobal-warming-induced flooding of the Eastern seaboardThe next presidential electionJesusDuke Nukem ForeverA new Ice AgeZorasterThe RevolutionYour Mom

Sometimes I Forget I Go to School in the South

Posted on December 04, 2007
But then I am reminded.

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In the Spirit of the Day

Posted on November 30, 2007
All screen names, firm names, and undergraduate alma maters have been changed:CavLaw09 (2:26:13 PM): Firm B did win the 2/3 coin flip but i did notice they have nobody from USC among their partnersCavLaw09 (2:26:28 PM): also their website is a lot cooler

A Word About Taking Fed Courts

Posted on November 16, 2007
Don't.

From the Mailbag

Posted on November 15, 2007
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Always Clever

Posted on September 20, 2007
"It seems late in the day to notice to Erwin Chemerinsky is a prominent liberal," said John Jeffries, University of Virginia Law School dean. "That's been true for as long as I've known him. It's rather like discovering that Wilt Chamberlain was tall...

1Ls Say the Darnedest Things

Posted on August 30, 2007
Overheard in the last week:(Regarding Dandelion, Foxfield, etc.) "I'm not sure I have time for all these mandatory extra activities.""But isn't [law review] a lot of extra work?""No.""Oh, ok.""I don't think they actually drink while they play softball...

What Your Tie Is For

Posted on August 24, 2007
Interviews completed this week: 15Interviews completed with my fly zipped up: 13

Reminder to Young Associates

Posted on August 22, 2007
I am aware that you are looking at my Facebook profile before you interview me.You should probably know that I am looking at yours.

Caution

Posted on July 17, 2007

What the Supremes Are Doing on Their Summer Vacation

Posted on July 15, 2007
A tribute.Roberts: Getting new unlisted phone number in attempt to reduce salary-related prank calls from J. Michael Luttig.Breyer: Making charts, same as every other day.Scalia: Working on costume for annual trip to Burning Man under the name A-Nino Acid...

Partial Law Jeopardy

Posted on July 13, 2007
...and the final category is called Roll of "Toilet Paper," with "toilet paper" in quotation marks. Every correct answer in this category will contain the phrase "toilet paper." Clues will come in video form from Fletcher Reede, on location at the University of Virginia School of Law...

Now That Two Semesters of Grades Are In

Posted on June 28, 2007
Looks like Option B (although maybe there's still a shot at the modeling gig).Update 7/12/07: Hm. That's weird. Well I guess I still have this to look forward to.

Out of the Mouths of 3Ls

Posted on June 20, 2007
Comment on the method and quality of the instructor's teaching. Be specific about strengths, weaknesses, teaching techniques, congeniality of the learning environment and any suggestions for improvement.I really didn't attend enough classes to make any sort of good comments...

Is It 1968 In Here or Is It Just You?

Posted on May 22, 2007
Sad, and a bit humbling: looking out the window on Thursday and watching a family digging through the Ivy Garden dumpsters for the perfectly good stuff that all the law and Darden students threw away when they moved out at the end of the year.Odd, and a bit amusing: looking out the window on Friday and seeing a much larger group show up in three cars and do the same thing?led by a wiry older gentleman with long white hair who got out of his car, walked up to the first dumpster, and dove straight in...

Accomplishment

Posted on May 10, 2007
Things which I completed at roughly the same time:A turkey sandwich1L yearEvery mission in Grand Theft Auto 2

Advice

Posted on May 07, 2007
Note to future 1Ls:Most people will probably tell you that you should not completely ignore your Property reading all semester, to the point where several of the weekly reading-assignment e-mails remain unopened until the second week of exams. These people are probably correct...

Outlines in Song

Posted on April 29, 2007
Looks like this is going to be a semiannual feature (last semester's). Especially useful if you're limited to one page and you haven't bothered making anything to bring in. This semester, it's Con Law and it's a long one, with apologies to the Nails (original song can be heard here):88 Lines about 44 Plaintiffs*Marbury was a nominee,judicial power did extend...

We're All Adults Here

Posted on April 26, 2007
This week's Constitutional Law challenge: stop snickering like an idiot when taking notes and writing "sexual autonomy protected under the DP clause."

Wicked Pissah

Posted on April 17, 2007
A short list of terms that I originally thought had 'R' sounds and were just being pronounced with a heavy Maine/Boston accent:Mt. KatahdinLoofahSalt 'N Pepa

You're Just Gonna Hate It

Posted on April 14, 2007
Sarah seems to think I could be a source of "intelligent commentary" on a topic like this news story, which is about a lawyer who jumped from an office on the 69th floor of the Empire State Building and died upon hitting a 30th floor platform, while his newly-severed leg fell to the street below...

More Professor News

Posted on April 10, 2007
In my continuing efforts to direct readers to interesting appearances in the news by Virginia Law professors, I'd be remiss if I failed to point out this delightful little clip, in which Keith Olbermann names Prof. Turner the second-worst person in the world (of the day, of course)...

Things I Learned This Week

Posted on April 09, 2007
From a series of last-name-announcing cold-calls, I learned the extent to which one of my classes this semester is a veritable UVa Law Bloggers' Summit.Between Thursday and Saturday, I learned that random alumni lawyers take first-year oral arguments far more seriously than judges from the D...

Communication Skills

Posted on April 07, 2007
Dear 2L Guy Who Has Comments Turned Off But Links To Me And Will Probably Read This,If you hate to sound like a dick, don't.Love,Another blogger who can't keep his opinions to himself.Update 4/12/07: Sorry, that may have been a bit uncalled for. I just hate to see serious use of the word "prestigious...

Separated At Birth

Posted on March 28, 2007
I can't be the first person to notice this:

Return

Posted on March 23, 2007
Well it's been a while. Apparently, after spring break we had some sort of brief due. Then the Libel Show was all "Fletcher, come to rehearsals," "Fletcher, learn your lines," "Fletcher, come to the show," "Fletcher, for God's sakes put some pants on...