Law Students

Vegas Baby: Don't Stop Believing On a Prayer

Posted on March 10, 2008
What a great way to go out. For my last moot court competition as a law student, I competed in only one round, I stunk, yet I still had a great time. We competed in two rounds and we won two of the three oral arguments, but because of our REALLY bad brief score we did not advance...

Another Reason to Reject the Political Jesus

Posted on February 28, 2008
Outside of being commander in chief (there will be plenty to say later about how disastrous Obama would be as commander in chief), in my mind, judicial appointments are the most important thing a president does. I am confident that if you ask most Americans to describe which qualities they would prefer in our judges, the adjectives would probably include: competence, intelligence, knowledge of the law, high integrity, fairness, etc...

Inconvenient Fact: The Earth's Temperature DROPPED ?Precipitously? in the Last 12 Months

Posted on February 27, 2008
I'm sure there will be enough global warming fruit cakes who still roll their eyes if anyone dare challenge the spurious notion of catastrophic global warming, and probably get apoplectic at the thought of those of us who have been trying to throw dirt on the coffin of global warming...

Moot Court Maven

Posted on February 26, 2008
I am currently preparing for my last moot court tournament of my law school career. It's the ABA Appellate Advocacy Competition, and my enthusiasm for it, as for almost everything in law school is waning. However, the competition is in Las Vegas next week and then it will be mercifully over...

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Yosemite Winter

Posted on February 25, 2008
I took my wife to Yosemite for her birthday this weekend. Yosemite has been on my list of places I need to visit while living in the Bay Area, and I'm glad I did. It was gorgeous and gratefully my wife loved it. Here are just a few pictures from our trip...

RIP Dell Inspiron 600M (2004-2008)

Posted on February 21, 2008
It is always sad to see a young computer snuffed out in the flower of it's youth. My parents graciously bought me my Dell for my birthday before going to law school. The plan was for my computer to last at least through the bar in July, but alas it wasn't meant to be...

Last Trial Team Competition!

Posted on February 18, 2008
I have to say that this trial team competition experience was one I savored. One of my teammates and I carpooled up to San Francisco Friday morning (where I learned, incidentally, that San Franciscans don?t like the term ?Frisco) and we checked into the surprisingly nice and centrally located (at least for our purposes) Parc 55 Hotel...

Classroom Attendance Redux

Posted on February 13, 2008
Since so many people have been begging me to blog more about my thoughts on law school class attendance, I will finally relent. Everyone knows how I distaste going to class. I go to the seminar classes that have mandatory attendance and I?ll even skip the bar courses that have a similar policy because most professors in large classes will not notice I?m gone...

Can I Get In On This?

Posted on February 11, 2008
You know how blue chip football players will graduate a semester or two early in order to enroll in their new university and get a head of the curve? If there were such a thing as law school all-Americans, and I were one, and it were possible to graduate law school early to participate in the next level, I'd do it so I could be a part of this...

There Can Only Be One Adam Partridge!

Posted on February 11, 2008
I could totally take him.

Who Said Blogging Isn't Lucrative?

Posted on February 11, 2008
Readers of this blog may have noticed a few months ago I inserted ads near the top of blog. This isn't just for show folks, this is what we call in the biz a "revenue stream." They should call it a revenue river because in the last two months, this humble little blog has generated $10...

Mitt Romney: ?We Hardly Knew Ye?

Posted on February 07, 2008
My man Mitt dropped out the race today. It is unfortunate that he is not the GOP nominee. He would have been a great president and as I told Mitt when I met him, I hoped he would be my commander in chief. Mitt was a great candidate and was one of the last two GOPers standing; an infamous silver medal...

Law Day Program No Requirements

Posted on February 07, 2008
I've been waiting for awhile for my transcript to reflect the fact that I'm graduating this May. The biggest obstacle appeared to be the Supervised Analytical Writing Requirement, which was never really explained to me when I entered law school. The SAWR merely requires you to write a research paper with a tenured faculty member, but I had to read graffiti on the bathroom stall to figure out what the exact requirements are...

I H8 Hukabee

Posted on February 05, 2008
I don't really hate him, although I'm not as enamored with him as others; I find him glib, smarmy and a increasingly catty. That said, this is not a great start for Romney on this Super Tuesday. Apparently Romney had the West Virginia caucus all wrapped but then this happened:After the first round of balloting in West Virginia, Mitt Romney was solidly in the lead with 41% of the votes, followed by Mike Huckabee with 33% and John McCain with 16%...

355th Post for Soapbox Law! (And Some Conservative Clarifications)

Posted on February 05, 2008
This seems like a random number but it holds profound significance: I have now exceeded the number of posts that I had on Joe and I's old stomping grounds SoapBox Politics (354). And on Super Tuesday no less. The karmic forces are churning indeed. This surprises me because I feel like I blog fairly regularly, yet it took me nearly twice as long (three years) to write the same amount of posts that I did in half the time at SBP...

Romney Upswing: Takes Lead in California and Surges Elsewhere!

Posted on February 03, 2008
Romney leads McCain by 37 percent to 34 percent in California. The poll's margin of error is 2.9 percentage points. "California could be Romney's last stand," said pollster John Zogby said.Rasmussen has the Ca race tied.Surprise: Within 3 points in Georgia, Tennessee and Missouri!Update: Mitt up big in Mass...

?Let Me Hear It From All You Estrogen Based Life Forms!? A Conservative at a Hillary Clinton Rally in San Jose

Posted on February 02, 2008
I?m not a Hillary hater per se but, as a conservative, I certainly don?t line up with her on most things. However, the 2008 presidential election is the most important and historic election of my lifetime for a number of reasons (no incumbent or vice-president for first time in 50 years, first legit woman, first legit black guy, first legit Mormon, no clear cut favorite emerging, etc...

"Nonpartisan avatar of hope and healing somehow has most liberal voting record in Senate"

Posted on January 31, 2008
That?s the Hot Air headline any way, and it?s apt. I know my wife has been bombarded by Obamaites at her work (she?s a school teacher) and I can?t throw a rock without hitting an Obama supporter at school. But why? Where is this support coming from? I understand the Anyone But Hillary camp, I really do...

California Bar Post

Posted on January 27, 2008
What's the Big Deal? The California Bar is famously difficult to pass. In fact, the Wikipedia page for the California bar has a section entitled ?The Famously Difficult California Bar Examination.? I remember fretting over the bar before I even started law school...

Mitt Wins Michigan! and the State of the Race

Posted on January 16, 2008
I don't need to exhale with Romney's Michigan victory because Romney was doing great before Michigan. Especially if you chuck the media (and even candidate) driven expectations out the window and you look merely at what the candidates had accomplished during the first three primaries/caucus...

Why McCain and Huckabee Are Unacceptable to this Conservative

Posted on January 16, 2008
Huckabee: This dude is seriously out of control. His consistent populist attacks on wage payers almost frightens me more than his raising taxes, granting clemency to murderers or the way he plays the religion card. Seriously, watch this video and see if you don't feel the same way regardless of your theology...

Mark it Dude: Early Grad Info

Posted on January 14, 2008
My school has not posted any grad info yet (this web page only has last years stuff), but I know that a lot of people would like at least some information about graduation, so I dug deep to find out the basics:When: Saturday May 17, 2008 at 9:30 am (it's usually about 2 hours long)...

Life In The Navy Rocks Even Harder Than The Commercial Implied

Posted on January 14, 2008
The onion is consistently funny media parody. In this irreverent article, they do a great job of mocking the high expectations that are elicited from the rock and roll soundtracked military commercials. But, seriously, who wouldn't want to join an organization like this?:Even basic training was an edgy, quick-cut mosaic of running and climbing and shooting and learning and Pantera riffs.

Former Santa Clara University Law Student Resigns Commission from Navy JAG Corps

Posted on January 12, 2008
?It was with sadness that I signed my name this grey morning to a letter resigning my commission in the U.S. Navy,? wrote attorney-at-law Andrew Williams. ?There was a time when I served with pride ... Sadly, no more.? Why can't this Santa Clara Law grad (class of '91) any longer serve his country? From the military...

Apparently There is No Such Thing as a Liberal Supreme Court Justice

Posted on January 10, 2008
I'm sitting in class and something has happened that has occurred at least three other times in this young semester. Two different professors have referred to justices like Rehnquist, Thomas, and Scalia as ?conservative justices.? They never refer to the other justices as ?liberal justices...

Law School Class Attendance: Almost Always a Waste of Time

Posted on January 07, 2008
I think it's appropriate that my first post since being placed on the SCU blog roll be one that attacks a sacred cow of law school orthodoxy, namely class attendance and it's effect on your final grade. I've danced around this subject a few times, but this subject really deserves it's own post...

Soapbox Law: Your Official Santa Clara Law School Blog

Posted on January 07, 2008
It's not official in the big brother controlling your content kind of way, but my blog is finally getting some props in my last semester at SCU from my soon to be alma mater. I received an e-mail informing that my blog generates enough traffic and user comments to the law school website to the extent that the powers that be have included it on the SCU blog roll which, until now, has been occupied solely by SCU law professors...

A Day Which Will Live in Infamy

Posted on January 04, 2008
January 4 will not only be known as the day after which Iowa Republicans played the losers game of identity politics and class populism, but also the day in which thousands of umbrellas, including mine, died needlessly. I'll miss you.

2008: The Year of Adam

Posted on January 03, 2008
I hate to copy Joe, but technically last year was the year of Joe, and what a great year it was for him. I also had a fairly good year though. Spring 07 was the busiest semester of my life (read about it here). My summer was unfortunately lame with a few important exceptions (here and here)...

My Last Christmas Break

Posted on January 01, 2008
This was my last Christmas Break as a professional student. I imagine with my 30 paid vacation days per year in the JAG Corps, that I'll have ample opportunity to take some time off around Christmas time, but I'll be surprised if the rigors of the job allow me to take an entire two weeks off at any one time...

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