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LexThink

January 29, 2009 by Dave!

Matt Homann has posted 10 reasons why you should attend LexThink:Innovate in March. And while I can actually cook 2 ‘three minute’ eggs in less than six minutes, the LexThink conference format is both innovative and effective. Well worth the time, in my book. And Matt’s put his money where his mouth is with a “name your own price” guarantee. When was the last time you saw a conference do that??

The timing of the conference couldn’t be worse for me (work projects) but I’m still trying to find a way to go… you should, too.

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Filed Under: BlawgThink, Law, Law School Tagged With: LexThink Conference Law Lawyer

Trust me, I’m a lawyer…

November 7, 2008 by Dave!

No, seriously… I’m a lawyer!!!

I was sworn in yesterday by Thomas R. Fitzgerald, Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court. The long journey through law school is complete, I can now practice law in Illinois.
Frightening.

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Filed Under: Law School Tagged With: attorney, lawschool, lawyer

Hallelujah!!!

October 1, 2008 by Dave!

Dear Mr. Gulbransen,
We are pleased to advise you that you have passed the July 2008 Illinois bar examination.

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Filed Under: Law, Law School Tagged With: Law lawschool "Bar Exam"

The Waiting is the Hardest Part…

August 2, 2008 by Dave!

Well, the July 2008 Bar Exam is over and I’ve mostly recovered, thanks to some good meals and some good wine (more on those, later). I don’t want to say much about the exam, from sheer superstitious paranoia, but here are a few impressions…

Day one is essay day. Three Illinois essays in the morning (90min), followed by the Multi-state Preformance Test (90min) and then three hours of Multi-state Essay Examination in the afternoon. That equates to a whole lotta writing. And to someone like me, who types for a living (essentially) it sure sucked. My hand was numb by the end of the day, and I’m just getting over the soreness. Seriously, Illinois limited the number of people who could take it on a laptop to 800. Out of nearly 4,000 people taking the exam. That *has* to change. Either that, or Barbri needs to include one of those hand grip exercise things.

Day two is multiple choice. Believe it or not, it’s harder than the essays. At least for me. I’m not going to go into content or how I think I did. I’ll just say that the essays were easier than I thought, and the morning of the Multi-state Bar Exam was much harder than I thought. Overall, I suppose it balanced out to a pretty tough exam. How’d I do? I honestly have no idea.

That’s the worst of it. The test was July 29-30. I get my results sometime in mid-October. *That* is truly the worst thing about the Bar Exam.

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Filed Under: Blawging, Law, Law School Tagged With: Law BarBri "Bar Exam" lawschool

Good Luck!

July 27, 2008 by Dave!

To all my fellow Bar Exam takers who will be joining me in hell on Tuesday and Wednesday, good luck!!!

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Filed Under: Announcement, Law, Law School

The Dream Police…

July 13, 2008 by Dave!

Last night I had a dream that I went to see Stephen Malkmus with a bunch of friends. It was a great show and after we got to hang out with him. He had an acoustic guitar out, and was playing some new stuff that he’d been working on… he turned to me and said, “I think you’ll like this one,” and proceeded to play me a song he’d written about intestacy statutes.

I now leave you to go spiral deeper into my bar exam neurosis. I’m going off-line for the next three weeks to prepare… hey, I know my weakness.

To all my fellow recent JDs, who are busy studying mashups of laws that don’t really exist in most jurisdictions to be able to answer hypotheticals about problems you’ll likely never face in real practice, good luck!!!

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Dave, JD!

May 19, 2008 by Dave!


Graduation was yesterday. My wife, Kristyna, was able to hood me, because she’s an alum (J.D. ’00). I can’t believe it’s over. Well, I do have to wait for my final grades to come in! How weird is that? But barring some catastrophe, I’m done. At least for a week. Next week this time, I’ll be sitting in a Bar/Bri lecture, trying to prepare myself for the Illinois Bar Exam.

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This is the way law school ends

April 29, 2008 by Dave!

Not with a bang but a whimper.

I am officially done with my classes. No more class meetings. No more assignments. In fact, I only have one last take home final exam, with an 8 page limit.

Eight pages left between me and the end of law school!!!
*With sincerest apologies to T.S. Eliot.

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Filed Under: Law School Tagged With: law school

You Can Rent My Mind

February 26, 2008 by Dave!

Prof. today… “That’s what I get paid for, my mind. You’re all renting my mind. And when you work as a lawyer, that’s what you’re doing: renting out your mind.”

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Filed Under: Humor, Law School Tagged With: lawschool

Dear Class Eater

February 26, 2008 by Dave!

I am not unsympathetic to hunger. Check out this blog. I enjoy food. I also understand that hunger can be distracting in class, especially an evening class. And when my blood sugar gets low, I get really cranky. Like now. You know what else makes me cranky? YOUR CONTINUED CHOMPING ON YOUR SANDWICH AND CHIPS.
Seriously, you were *late* to class anyway, you couldn’t finish it outside? Instead, I have to sit here and smell your greasy cafeteria food _and_ listen to CHOMP after CHOMP while I’m *trying* to fight my own hunger and pay attention to the lecture.

What’s worse is this is the *second time* this week that you’ve done this. It’s becoming a habit, and I’m getting peeved. Please, eat before class or next time, I’m going to bring a bowl of cereal to class, slurp and crunch it down in your face, and then dump the leftover milk on your head.

Thank you.
Irritable Dave.

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