Law Students

Signs of the times.

Posted on February 25, 2010
Yesterday, I was so annoyed with the journal + the 2Ls + law school + life that by 2 o'clock, I had to make some pasta sauce from scratch and drink an angry beer.Oy.Even my tantrums are homebodies.

True or False?

Posted on February 24, 2010
I am working on my character and fitness application for the bar exam.Today, while trying to find a series of emails between my former roommates and I, which had a number of my college addresses in it, I searched "UGH BAR EXAM IS STUPID."The search returned 8 emails...

Law School Roundup #213

Posted on February 23, 2010
Welcome to Law School Roundup #213. It's late. Like me, on the way to class.If you give a mouse a cookie: There is always something more (UALR Law Student)Knowing your place: On humility. (Last Call for Recklessness)Been There, Done That: Words of advice for the OLs (Dennis Jansen) (Legal Numbness)Surrender: When it all piles up (Virgin in the Volcano)Powering Through: On motivation...

Could. Not. Be. More Awesome.

Posted on February 18, 2010
There is a Candadian in a velour bandleader outfit, twirling around to Phantom of the Opera. He follows what I can only describe as a deranged skating french clown.God bless the men's long program. I LOVE the Olympics.

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I see your habeas corpus, and I raise you a bouquet garni.

Posted on February 17, 2010
This week has been rough. It started last Thursday, when the faculty advisor to the Journal of Fun and Wonderment told me that we needed to stop production on one of our articles (Our article that is holding up the release of the entire next issue. Yes...

What this world needs

Posted on February 17, 2010
...is someone to liveblog the Olympic Figure Skating.KK, I tag YOU!

A good start.

Posted on February 16, 2010
Rolled out of bed early this morning, snuggled with Sofa the Cat and washed my face. Meandered to the kitchen and started the coffee. Wrapped myself in a warm fuzzy blanket and camped out at the dining room table. Deliberately set aside the hellacious article I spent most of last night editing for the Journal of Fun and Wonderment...

Law School Roundup # 212

Posted on February 15, 2010
Law School Roundup #212 is up over at Beyond the Underground.Check back here, same great place and time, for #213.

Only if they're trainable.

Posted on February 12, 2010
Sometimes, the Journal of Fun and Wonderment makes me want to tear my hair out and run screaming for the hills.It is on these occasions that I am grateful for Alpha EIC (my predecessor...I'm the Beta version), with whom I can have conversations like this:Me: I hate this author...

Today in Fed Courts

Posted on February 10, 2010
Franky Four Eyes: "Well, yes, but that case was about federalism and separation of powers and a concern about unitary federal law, and this is totally different"Prof. Smarter Than You: "Wha...why?"Franky Four Eyes: "It just works differently"Prof. Smarter Than You: "No...

At least at the zoo, the monkeys get a treat.

Posted on February 09, 2010
This is a basic summary of what happens in my Statutory Interpretation class, populated mostly by gunners, assholes, idiots, and me (on any given day, I am some combination of the 3):Child Genius: So, like, the law is ambiguous. And that's like, weird or something...

Law School Roundup # 211

Posted on February 08, 2010
The snowpocalypse is upon us (DC, I know this sucks. But seriously, guys, you have no idea), and I've rounded out my Monday with a steak and a nice bottle of wine.So yes, there are some upsides to law school.Without further ado, here is Law School Roundup #211:Perspective: On upsides, and showers...

To sum it up:

Posted on February 05, 2010
Law school is hard, and I am tired.Tonight: Long distance drunk date with Funny Mean Friend. Wine to dull the pain of editing, for both of us. Writing (always writing).Tomorrow: More class. More writing.What have I gotten myself into?

Law School Roundup # 210

Posted on January 31, 2010
Law School Roundup #210 is up at Beyond the Underground.Check back here next week, same great place and time, for Roundup #211.

Great news, guys!

Posted on January 24, 2010
"Free Tranny Cams" is following me on twitter.The internet is alternately disgusting and hilarious.

Law School Roundup # 209

Posted on January 24, 2010
Welcome to Law School Roundup #208. Without further ado: Brrr: Winter weather. It just figures, doesn't it? (Exhibit L)Options: On following a different kind of dream (The Corner in the Middle)Old Beginnings: Last first day (Legally Numb)Citizens United: In a nutshell (The Rising Jurist)Should I Stay or Should I Go Now?: On knowing when to cut & run (Dennis Jansen)Perspective: "Well, it could be worse" (Legally Questionable Content)Major Hurdles: 40 page papers, and ways around them (Legal Ease)If it Looks Like a Duck: Tips on talking like a law student (An Invisible Man's Blog)The Real Villians: Glaring and the law school food chain...

Please?

Posted on January 20, 2010
I just want to be a law professor.And then I can write things and think things and terrorize students and force people to listen to me talk- add ice cream, Sputnik, and Darwin, and you've basically just summarized all of my Favorite Things.Someone give me a job?

In Which I Am Behind. Again.

Posted on January 19, 2010
I just got an email from my research professor- you know, the research project that has been lurking in the background, making ominous intellectual noises at me since well before Thanksgiving.She wants to know "what my status" is, and assures me that she is "not worried" about my ability to complete these burgeoning, 45 single-spaced paged, beast by the submission deadline we set together...

Excuse me, but I was promised "bored to death."

Posted on January 18, 2010
Hey, remember that hilarious little saying they have about law school? No, not "law school makes you fat and sucks all the joy out of life." The other one: "In 1L, they scare you to death. In 2L, they work you to death. In 3L, they bore you to death...

Law School Roundup #208

Posted on January 17, 2010
The 208th Law School Roundup is up over at Beyond the Underground.Check back here, same great place and time, for #209.

Basically, yes, I am a super-genius.

Posted on January 14, 2010
My last* first day of class** came and went without much pomp or circumstance. I spent the better (and by better, I clearly mean worse) part of the day in the journal office, corresponding with authors who send me bizarre emails about god-knows-what and expect immediate responses...

I'm Aliiiiiiive!

Posted on January 13, 2010
...also, back to blogging.Vacation was a wonderful, much-needed, break from the whirling shitstorm that is law school.Don't get me wrong. I love law school. I love law school like a fat kid loves cake, like Kenny Chesney loves puka shell necklaces, like a 4th grader love summer...

Law School Roundup #207

Posted on January 12, 2010
Welcome to Law School Roundup #207....New Beginnings: Learning from the past (Really? Law?)New Horrors: Bar prep. Gross. (Starting to Melt)Money: The cost of law school (The Corner in the Middle)C's get Degrees: On mediocrity (JD? ...Maybe)Parental Employment: Something to do when you can't find a job [Or: "why your parents really want you to come home...

Law School Roundup #206

Posted on January 05, 2010
I know you miss me, Internetz. I'm getting caught up with my old friends "sleep" and "free time," and will be back to evading productivity and complaining about work in no time.In the meantime, here is this week's Law School Roundup.

Law School Roundup #205

Posted on December 29, 2009
I've pulled myself out of turkey and Christmas fudge stupor just for you, Internet. Here is Law School Roundup #205:Recap: The holiday highlights, lost luggage, pulled back, and all. (Tales of a Tree Hugging 2L)Signs of the times: On facebook, and relationship status...

Law School Roundup Number I-Forget.

Posted on December 21, 2009
Law School Roundup is up over at Beyond the Underground.Pardon me while I return home to nap and turkey my way back into sanity. To be served with bubbles, pour generously.Le sigh.Upon my return:1. Remind me to tell you about Darwin/Nobody Christmas this year...

Home...stretch?

Posted on December 15, 2009
Blurg.Expect blog darkness for the next few days. I have 65 pages to write and two finals to study for before Thurs/Fri. This is because NoSchool hates Christmas, and happiness. Please note that I am currently in the "my life is harder than anything, ever" phase of finals study, and will likely be unsympathetic to pleas for money, time, etc...

Law School Roundup #203

Posted on December 13, 2009
Welcome to Law School Roundup #203. Here ya go...Underneath Your Clothes: If only Shakira knew this exam-time tip (Starting to Melt).Napping: One thing you will miss about law school (Virgin in the Volcano).WTF: Marginally helpful margin notes (Laughing: With or at You)Helpful: Do it like this, only different (Legally Questionable Content)Ow: Finals...

And also, I'm being stalked by a fortune cookie writer.

Posted on December 12, 2009
Roommate and I got Chinese food this week.My cookie said "Your hard work will soon pay off." Which is hilarious, because what if I had no hard work? What if I just have a semester's worth of watching old episodes of How I Met Your Mother and contemplating how much wood, exactly, a woodchuck could chuck?I ate the last cookie from our leftovers this afternoon...

On the eve of your first law school exam...

Posted on December 11, 2009
Here's the top 5 survival tips I gave my 1L Study Group. Given the number of referrals this blog has been getting for "fail out of law school" and "law school makes me feel stupid" and "study law school exams," I thought it would be appropriate to repost here...

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