It has taken me a while to find the time to begin blogging. This is a reflection of the amount of work involved in being a law student. Also, I had a particularly rough transition into law school due to personal reasons. Even though there is so much work and I’ve had some personal obstacles to overcome, I can say without a doubt that I’m in the right place for me.

Applying to law school was a big task all by itself. The people in the admissions office were friendly, helpful, and very professional from the time I first inquired about admissions through the first days of class. I really appreciated the support. In fact, that was one of the reasons that I chose VLS. I figured that if the admissions office was representative of the school, that’s where I wanted to go. It turns out that I was right.

On the first day of orientation, I noticed a problem with my schedule. I asked one of the deans what I should do. She said that I shouldn’t even worry about it. Why? Because she dealt with the whole thing. I had my proper schedule in my hand in less than an hour.

Also during orientation week, I had a financial emergency. I went to the financial aid office wondering whether there was any hope at all. I spoke with the director of financial aid. He was very friendly, respectful, and professional, and he solved my problem in less than ten minutes. Wow!

On a slightly different note, VLS has a wonderful Academic Success Program. These people are there to help with study skills, strategies for law school; they have second and third year students who act as mentors for the first year students; also they are the office that supports students with disabilities. I started taking advantage of their services in June before I was in Vermont. Again, I can’t stress enough how helpful they have been. “Friendly, respectful, and professional” seems to be the norm here.

Continuing with that note, the second and third year students have also been consistently friendly, respectful, and professional. They have been very helpful in offering practical advice about law school in general as well as specific advice about particular classes and professors.

Speaking of professors, they are all wonderful. The adjectives that come to mind are dynamic, energetic, engaging, intelligent, knowledgeable, and caring. The only drawback that I’ve noticed is that it’s easy to take the excellence for granted when there’s nothing in contrast.

So yes, law school is an overwhelming endeavor, but there is so much support here that it doesn’t seem overwhelming at all. In fact, I’m having the time of my life.

This is turning into a very long post, so I’ll stop here, but I promise to be back soon with an update.