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Shadow Day

Posted on October 27, 2007
As part of the first-year PRACTICE program that IU has implemented, we get the chance to link up with an alum and shadow them. Since I was going home for Fall Break anyway, I opted to seek only persons in Lake County. I was very fortunate that one of our grads is a senior judge in the Lake County Criminal Court, specifically the high crimes division...

Finally a good use for all this computing power

Posted on October 23, 2007
To my regular readers: I apologize for the lack of posting in the last week or so. I've been quite busy. Fear not, however; I have a list of topics to discuss that should be up here before too long.It seems to me that only a few law schools in the nation actually require laptops, much less laptops with certain required characteristics...

Reader Opinions Sought

Posted on September 26, 2007
I am in the midst of deciding how I should spend my first summer. I have two basic alternatives: study abroad or find a job. I would like opinions (in comment form) on which would be better in the long run, and why. Obviously the opinions of practitioners and upperclassmen are more valuable at this point than opinions from fellow 1Ls...

Terror-Management Theory and the Law

Posted on September 21, 2007
Today I made the hike up to the Psychology Building to listen to a lecture. The lecture, by University of Missouri-Columbia professor Jamie Arndt was on the topic of Terror-Management Theory (TMT). The topic of the lecture was "Is Death Hazardous or Good for Your Health?: Understanding the Impact of the Awareness of Mortality on Health-Relevant Behavior"...

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Absorbing Wisdom

Posted on September 13, 2007
I found myself a new hobby.As I described in my last post, I found myself very interested in listening to the stories and knowledge of a variety of persons in the legal field. It has taken the place of reading The Economist in my weekly schedule, actually...

Dinner Date with the Judge

Posted on September 07, 2007
One of the new things Indiana Law is trying on us is a 1L PRACTICE program, that ties in themes of ethics, professionalism, and career-planning. Last night we were fortunate to have a pair of speakers practicing in an area of the law in which I'm particularly interested...

The Getting Involved

Posted on September 05, 2007
Week two. So far, so good. Classes are exactly how I thought they would be, which is comforting, even though the classes themselves are not. I've settled into a cozy routine of sleep, work, and class. And of course I leave Saturdays open for college football (Go Hoosiers!) and going out...

Oenophiles rejoice!

Posted on August 29, 2007
One of the great perks of being situated in south-central Indiana is that I happen to be in wine country (as much as one can have in this particular climate). There are several wineries in the Bloomington area, and I have to believe that their presence brings Indiana Law a wealth of connoisseur law professors...

[Day] One: They Scare [Me] to Death

Posted on August 22, 2007
It's only day one and I already have a rule of contract law named after me. This can't be a good sign of things to come.The day actually wasn't bad at all. I started off my day with Contracts, a course, I feared, that had great potential to cure my insomnia...

A Late-Night Post

Posted on August 22, 2007
Well, I survived orientation, which, from what I had heard beforehand, seems to be just short of a miracle. I'll post more thoughts on orientation at a time when I shouldn't be in bed. Tomorrow I begin my classes, and find out if I'm any good at this 1L thing...

Playing Catch-up

Posted on August 19, 2007
I'm finally back in town, after a much needed break from the hectic life of a law student. Tomorrow starts the next leg of the race, and I feel (moderately) prepared for it. The final in Criminal Law was certainly... unexpected. I don't want to give away details about the questions or my answers, but the exam certainly shifted us out of the realms where we had practiced up to that point...

Always Say "No"

Posted on August 04, 2007
One of the first things I did when I started studying law in depth was to fill my younger brothers in on their rights as American citizens. Like all good lads, they drive cars and may occasionally speed. Such speeding might just bring about an officer of the law, who might just ask them questions not relating to their driving at all...

It's Not a "Technicality"

Posted on August 01, 2007
A couple weeks ago I wrote a post concerning the Indiana seat belt laws, and why I disagreed with them. The discussion in the comments was insightful, and I appreciated the feedback.One of my arguments against such seat belt laws was that they often give police a way of stopping a car that they would like to search, possibly on stereotypical reasons, such as a black driver in a white town...

Irony Defined

Posted on July 31, 2007
While snorkeling in Hawaii, a lawyer was attacked by a shark. So much for that old joke about sharks, lawyers, and professional courtesy.

Speeding Towards the Start

Posted on July 29, 2007
I have a mere eleven days before my Crim final, and something odd happened. I found myself in the library.I know what you're thinking: "How can you think that's odd?" Well, I haven't really been in there yet this semester. I did all of my studying at home with the few books I had there, or in the conference rooms with the study group...

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