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Ennui.

By Dr. Bombay On 04/13/08 · · In 1L, Law School Experience

n) a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom.

So exams are roughly 3 weeks away, and I could not care less. Sure, I’m aware of the effect that positive (or negative) grades can have on my overall academic and career trajectory, but I’m boiled cabbage compared [...]

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Epiphany

By Dr. Bombay On 04/02/08 · · In 1L, Law

As our recent foray in poetry suggests, the 1 L rite of passage that is the Appellate Brief is now finished. Oral Arguments are next, followed by exams, and then I, for one, am going to collapse into a heap.

Other than exhaustion and caffeine addiction, one of things that I find most [...]

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Appellate Brief Haiku

By Casebook Sherpa On 04/01/08 · · In 1L, Law School Experience

Submit your very own Haiku honoring (slandering?) your 1L Appellate Brief. All schools welcome.

Here’s mine:

You red clad devil.

Your page limit frustrates me.

Can’t wait to burn you.*

* after I submit you, get a grade, and get you back, of course. you don’t get off that easy.

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Why Can’t I Just Go On Vacation?

By Casebook Sherpa On 03/18/08 · · In 1L

Since I entered law school, I’ve begun to approach some things differently. Like reading a rental agreement for a vacation property at the beach. It’s fascinating to me how new things are fitting together and what was once an inaccessible, unintelligible mish-mash of legalese is starting to make sense.

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Introducing New Contributor Sally Proust

By Casebook Sherpa On 03/17/08 · · In 1L, Law School Experience

It’s my pleasure to start the week off by introducing you to my friend, classmate, and new writer on Fight The Hypo – Sally Proust. I think you’ll find her mix of sass and sweetness refreshing. Here’s a little Q&A I did with Sally recently…

Fight The Hypo: First things first, Sally. Our readers [...]

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Top 25 Best Values in Law School

By Dr. Bombay On 03/11/08 · · In 1L, Career Prospects, Law School Rankings

Everyone who has been through the law school application process knows exactly where their school sits in the rankings. The general perception is that the entire legal education market is a pyramid, and if you get better LSAT scores, you go to a better school, which gets you a better job, etc. (e.g. [...]

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Your School Sucks – Why Should We Hire You?

By BigShow On 03/10/08 · · In 1L, Career Prospects, Law School Experience

Despite the fact that we’re just 1Ls, a lot of the folks in our program are concerned with job prospects after school. A friend of mine recently interviewed for a non-legal position at one of the top law firms in town here, and while I’m not surprised at what he found during the interview, it [...]

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