Finally! The last two weeks have been so so so SO busy, and I finally feel like I’m caught up, both academically and personally.
And just in time too!
Oktoberfest is here! Obviously, as this is my first year in law school, and necessarily my first year at Vermont Law, I have no idea what to expect [...]
They offered two drinks at the Students for Reproductive Justice event tonight. That was just enough to put me in the mood to not do my reading for tomorrow. I called it a night early, left chase, and went back to my apartment, which is now broken in, to a chaotic degree.
If you didn’t know [...]
Today I took my first law school exam. It was for civil procedure, my most challenging class. I spent all weekend long preparing and working on my outline. For whatever reason I had it in my head that we could not use our book for the exam. To my surprise I showed up to class [...]
Today my section had a Constitutional Law mid-term exam. It won’t even count towards our final grade but people have been on edge about it for a week. Some people were eve freaking out about the practice test for the ungraded mid-term. needless to say, stress abounds. In the meantime the days are getting shorter [...]
It takes a lifetime to make an impact. The duration, in hours and seconds says nothing of the time that goes into making use of ideas, skills and talent. This kind of work isn’t left up to the living. We exist as shiny vessels, waiting to be filled with meaning and experience. Lawyers have access [...]
The first semester of the 2L year is dominated by Appellate Advocacy. The work for Appellate is very time-consuming during September and October. I handed in my Appellate brief a little over a week ago, and I have my conference to discuss it tomorrow afternoon. I really enjoy getting the chance to sit down with [...]
Civil Procedure midterm is tuesday. I am nervous, but that is expected. I have heard how hard she is. She does not give many As, and I would like to get an A. But, if I don’t, I will just have to accept that. I will just focus on doing my best. That’s all I [...]
I finally lit a roaring fire in our wood stove! Now if only I didn’t have to use eight pieces of fatwood to get it started . . .
The past few days have been chilly, and so I have come to enjoy parking myself in front of the fire with a cup of coffee and [...]
I finally feel that I can give advice to incoming law students. My advice:
1) Invest in Cereal Bars and dried fruit-when you have classes straight through the day, you will need great and quick sustenance, and thankfully, breakfast bars have a variety of flavors to keep you from getting bored. They’re also great for when [...]
This week has been interesting in terms of figuring out whether I want to talk to other people about where I am with my schoolwork. We have two midterms next week, and it seems a natural place for people to want to take a minute and evaluate where they are in comparison to other people. [...]
