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Countdown to Graduation:
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So, I’ve spent a considerable amount of time thinking about how to improve upon my first semester (not that I know how I did yet). The result is this short list of tall tasks… My classes this spring are Contracts (second half of a year-long course), Property (2nd half), Torts, and Lawyering Skills (writing and research). [...] I took my last exam on December 13, and in the 16 days since, no grades have arrived. Given the rigor of the academic process, you would imagine that the administration would be equally rigorous in rounding up our marks for the semester. This, it turns out, is incorrect. What I find most frustrating about all [...] We returned from our Christmas visit to the Keystone State to a huge stack of mail and, more importantly, a few boxes. (Incidentally, you know you’ve become a law student when you ask for books on legal writing by Bryan Garner). Of the 25 or so Christmas cards was one from a legal recruiting firm. [...] I’m sitting here at my parents house on the morning of Christmas Eve, thinking about how to explain what going to law school at night. The best I can come up is that it’s like a second job – in both the time and energy required to do it well (not that I’ve gotten any [...] If you’re like me, you’ve probably sat through a majority of Property praying for death. Not that I didn’t go in with high hopes. The acquisition and transfer of real Property is fundamental to the way I eke out a living, so I thought it would be a great start to law school. Wrong. ‘Property’ is largely [...] Here’s a hypo right out of a Civil Procedure exam (and inspired by an excellent discussion on the Sports Law Blog. The question is: What if Roger Clemens sued George Mitchell over the steroids report? It just isn’t Christmas without a solid 80′s Christmas rejoin (or the obligatory We’re Not Gonna Take It guitar riff)… (Courtesy Johnny Rosco) |
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