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This is the way law school ends
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...
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Finally...
...Con Law becomes interesting! I [do not] find the wisdom, foresight, and sense of justice exhibited by the framers particularly profound. To the contrary, the government they devised was defective from the start, requiring several amendments, a civil war, and...
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Quote of the Evening
The quote tonight comes from Constitutional Law: "Stupid is not unconstitutional. Stupid is stupid."...
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Sometimes...
Law students do something to renew faith in the legal system. Ben Franklin said, "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." But I don't see that as one of...
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Weekly Law School Roundup #1 (or #60)
E.Spat has brought back the Weekly Law School Roundup! She's posted her first edition over at WWFFD, but it looks like the future editions will alternate between there and the Legal Underground. Thanks, E.Spat and Evan... I know this was...
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Two Down
Had my evidence exam tonight. Overall, it was pretty much as I expected. I enjoyed the format: a trial transcript with objections, you had to rule on each objection and state your reasoning. Then there was a section where you...
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One Down...
Thank you to all the people who sent me good CivPro vibes for my first final of the season yesterday. I feel pretty good about the exam, so I either rocked it or failed it. You know how those things...
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Law Professors and the Bar Exam
There's an interesting article in the W$J today: Raising the Bar: Even Top Lawyers Fail California Exam. I guess it's news because Kathleen Sullivan (Constitutional Law Superstar and former Dean at Stanford) failed the California Bar Exam. Over at Concurring...
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Law School for Dummies
Actually, the dummies would be those of us actually in law school. It's finals time. Can you tell? Anyway, I thought I would offer my take on all of the courses I've had the pleasure of taking in law school...
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Classmates
Two amusing things about some of my fellow classmates: 1. Imagine your professor has just given a hypo and asked a question about a case you're discussing. As they glance around the room, not a single volunteer, they peer over...
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Blawg Review #25
I'm a little late to the game (busy Monday)... but Blawg Review #25 is up over at ai. The theme for this issue is protest, which considering the arrest of Cindy Sheehan and other war protesters this weekend, seems appropriate....
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You know you are cracking...
...when you dream about Civil Procedure. I had a dream that I had died and I was being judged to determine if I would go to Heaven or Hell. It turns out, it's all about personal jurisdiction and choice of...
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Woe is Mac
I recently bought an Apple PowerBook. Mostly because I really love OS X, and although I already have a PC desktop and notebook for work, I wanted a light, fun computer to use for my personal projects and school. Now,...
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Just Desserts
I once made fun of Christine Hurt over at Conglomerate for her late night Saturday Bluebooking. Now, here it is, 11:40PM on a Saturday night and I'm just taking a break from the draft of my write-on case note. *sigh*...
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A Tale of Two Law Students: Me
This is the tale of two law students: Dave and Dave. The first half of this (very long) post was written the day after I took my first exam of my second semester. As you will see, I was pretty...
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Weekly Law School Round Up
Update: To make this a more community friendly feature (and so I can slough off the editorial duties to other Blawgers like AI and E.Spat) I've moved this post over to Blawg Wisdom. -Dave! Evan Schaeffer used to perform a...
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Some Hard Truths
Sherry has a rundown of the Legal Lies that are bandied about in the legal profession, especially to law students and young lawyers. As a law student myself, I can attest that I've been told more than a few of...
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Great Law School T-Shirts
Law School Funny Stuff has some really funny t-shirts for sale. Well, funny if you are a law student or a lawyer. My personal fav, "I own blackacre". [Via In Limine]...
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The Dave! Fall Lineup
I know, this year isn't even over (I still have two finals) but I just got my schedule confirmation for next fall... Civ Pro, Legislative Process(?), and Evidence. Legislative Process is the new class that replaces Justice as a requirement....
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How not to argue your appeal.
Wow. And you thought you were unprepared for moot court?! Just listen to that guy! (It's short, only 4 min.)...
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Overheard Conversation
You think you are a procrastinator. This was the conversation overheard in class the other day: Slack Master, "Hey, do you have the reading for contracts?" Classmate, "Um, hold on, let me look it up... it wasn't bad, 25 pages...
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A Paper I Need to Read...
Heidi writes about a classmate presenting a paper in Federalism which started out: "So, I went to Professor Halberstam and said that I wanted to write a paper about states rights in zombie movies. And he said, 'Well, nobody's going...
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Blawg Review #1
Blawg Review #1 is hot off the, uh, press. Pick up your copy today!...
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Survey of Student Engagement
Jeremy has a fantastic Survey of Student Engagement posted today... All law students are definitely encouraged to take it....
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More on Law Professors...
Prof. Hurt over at Conglomerate jumps into the 'where should you go to school if you want to be a law professor fray' and raises a very good point: it is important to consider current hiring practices and not just...
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Something is rank here, all right.
There's a lot of talk about law school rank these days (I guess there always is)... however, one thing that caught my eye was David Bernstein's post over at The Volokh Conspiracy. Law Dork and Divine Angst both had some...
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Calling all Law Students - A Quick Survey
I'm just curious (I'm having issues with my school's computing support). How many of your schools offer: 1. Wired network access in the classroom? 2. Wireless network access? 3. If they offer wireless network access, how do you authenticate? (If...
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Stupid Exam Mistakes
We had a review session last night for one of my exams last semester. Yeah, it's been over two months since we took the exams, but apparently the law moves slow and academics move slower. Anyway, I thought I would...
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The Pitfalls of Biglaw: Part Deux
I was having a chat the other day with some folks about Biglaw, and the subject of the Yale Numbers came up. We got to wondering what the typical first-year associate makes, hourly, based on those numbers. So here it...
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Pony Up the Points!
Jeremy Richey is encouraging everyone to donate their Lexis Points for tsunami relief (via the Red Cross). Just sign into your Lexis account and "shop"... you should see a link to donate to the Red Cross Tsunami relief. C'mon people!...
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The Pitfalls of Big Law
One of the many reason's lawyers have such incredibly low career satisfaction, and one reason I don't want to go Big Law: The Truth About the Billable Hour [Via The Prejudicial Effect]...
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Why I don't want to be a law professor.
Part One. Part Two. Seriously, I kid... I own a BlueBook, ALWD, and The Redbook. Not too mention my Strunk & White and my CMS. I'm a style guide junkie....
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Guest Post
I wrote a Guest Post today for Evan over at Notes from the (Legal) Underground. It was in response to this post from last week by Prof. Childs. Go on over and check them out, if you are so inclined....
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A Minor Criticism
I realize that I am not at a "Tier One" school where the focus is academic research. However, my school aggressively touted their legal writing program as a selling point and I bought it. But now that I've been through...
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Fluke or Fate?
Well, it's in... the last grade for my first semester as a 1L! And, as luck would have it, it's much higher than the first grade I received. Which is very ironic... I felt so confident and prepared for my...
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Grades: Part Deux
Well, I got another one, and thankfully, this one is an order of magnitude better than the first. It's almost exactly what I thought I would get, and felt I deserved for the course. It was in legal writing, a...
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It ain't scarlet, and it ain't no "A"
Well, apparently grades have begun to trickle in, because I just got an IM from a classmate, "Did you see? Crim grades are posted!" So I went up to check, and viola! Bitter disappointment! Hooray!! I am so glad I...
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One More To Go!
Finished my Criminal Final tonight, so just Torts left, and this semester is over! I will make no prognostication about my performance. I'm sure I did better than I think and not as good as I hope. Who knows? It...
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Exams
I have not died. Yet. One day to Criminal. Seven days to Torts....
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Law Students on Law School
Matt Homann over at the [non]billable hour, has another installment of Five by Five, this time, featuring law students. The respondents include: Ambivalent Imbroglio Three Years of Hell to Become the Devil Sugar, Mr. Poon? Jeremy's Weblog Buffalo Wings and...
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The Blawg Buzz
Imagine my surprise when I opened the December edition of Student Lawyer (from the ABA Law Student Division) and saw Todd Chatman's article "Join the Blawg Bandwagon". Todd's better known as mowabb/ambimb over at ambivalent imbroglio and Blawg Wisdom, both...
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Careers in Law
Evan Schaeffer over at Notes from the (Legal) Underground has a very excellent piece today about lawyers and careers. As a self-styled entrepreneur myself, I've wondered what I would end up doing after law school. I don't necessarily see myself...
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Shirts for the Law Student in Your Life
I saw a link to these shirts from LawSchoolStuff.com on another Blawg. (AI? In Limine? I don't recall.) And some of them are hillarious. I'm particularly partial to "Working Hard to be Average"....
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Torts
I swear. Railroad crossings. Railroad turn tables. Cattle guards. Platforms. Sleeper cars. Switchbacks. Trespassers. If I read another case about some railroad related accident, I'm gonna puke. Torts should be called "Railroad Accident Liability"....
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Let's do the numbers!
There are 168 hours in a week. In any given week, I generally spend 40 hours a week at work. That's not always the case, sometimes it's more, especially lately, but I'm supposed to work a 40 hour week. I'm...
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Re: Highlighter Evaluation Criteria
Sanford Liquid Accent Highlighters are the best highlighters on the market. The best highlighters exhibit the following qualities: (1) a visible ink reservoir, indicating the level of remaining ink; (2) a chiseled tip offering thin and broad strokes; (3) bright...
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I've been workin' on the railroad.
Palsgraf v. Long Island R. Co. that is. My 1L sense is tingling. I have this strange suspicion that this is an important case and that my torts professor is likely to include it in an exam questions....
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Reviews for 1L: Outliners
There are several products marketed towards the law student, designed to make you more productive in note taking, outlining, briefing, etc. There are three products that I looked at for this exercise, all are "outliners" if we use that term...
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Old Timer, Part Timer
There are some distinct disadvantages to being an evening law student. The first is obvious; I have to work a full-time job and then go to school at night, which pretty much ensures that I have no personal time whatsoever....
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What is with all the typing?
Seriously, what are you so diligently recording in your notes? I swear, from the cacophony emanating from your keyboard, I think you must be recording every single word that comes out of the professor's mouth. Oh, come on now. That...
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Facing the Truth: I am a Gunner
During orientation last week my criminal and legal writing classes actually met, so we did get a "preview" of what's to come in regular class sessions. Today, we met for regular class, Criminal Law, followed by Legal Writing. It was...
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Once You Pass the Bar, You Never Pass a Bar.
Orientation Program: The Legal Assistance Program Welcome to law school! I'm here to speak with you about the Legal Assistance Program, which provides help to members of the legal profession with substance abuse problems. Alcoholism (and substance abuse) is one...
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Tips for Law Students and New Lawyers
Matt Homann, of the [non]billable hour is guest blogging at Notes from the (Legal) Underground and offers us Five Indispensable Tips for Law Students and New Lawyers. It's chock full of great technology advice and I agree with much of...
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The Orientation: Day Two
Today was another day of orientation. Actually, we did have our first legal writing class today, but we didn?t have a first day assignment, so it was easy to ease into the class. I really enjoyed our professor, he seems...
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3... 2... 1L!
Today I started orientation, so I guess I am officially a "One L". Since I work in an academic environment, I understand a little bit about the hurdles that have to be overcome in order to roll technology out in...
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