Sua Sponte
After perusing the dozen legal feeds to which I subscribe, I finally determined it was time I did the inevitable: blog. Yes, the title is a bit ironic. I know there are a billion legal blogs, and a few...
View ArticleMadness Building...
This entry is necessarily brief, because I have a 20 page paper due at 5 p.m., and a killer final at 9 a.m. tomorrow morning.Even a night student needs unbroken study time, so after my first semester I...
View ArticleHome stretch...
Finals are concluding, and the stress levels are dropping. Luckily, Cleveland temperatures are rising as well. I'm really looking forward to that two week break before my summer classes begin again.To...
View ArticleThe Lawyer-Mobile
Families show love and support in so many different ways.Some families throw wads of money at their student wards, giving them living-expense stipends or paying their rent where able. Some offer a...
View ArticleThe Nitty-Gritty
Up until now, I've been painting sweeping strokes of law school life. Today I'm going to get uncomfortably close to the minutiae.I'll start with an overview. My esteemed educational institution has two...
View ArticleHiatus...
I am sorry about the delay in posting! I hereby promise to post at least once a week from now on. I just returned from a lovely and refreshing trip to Florida, and the sun and waves were just the...
View Articleglorious summer!
I'm really back!Florida was glorious, but as is wont to happen once you start riding the legal roller coaster, I had work to complete while lounging on a balcony scattered with little lizards....
View ArticleTardy
I'm unforgivably late with this blog entry, but I have been very busy. I was in a two-week intensive Trial Advocacy class that kept me frantic--I had to get the same amount of work done at my job, and...
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GO USA!
A brief update:I was just notified that I will indeed be an extern this fall for the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, Criminal Division. That means twice a week I'll be...
View ArticleAn interesting trend...
You can study for law courses in many ways: practice tests, flash cards, case summaries, etc. One way that is a staple for law students all over is outlining--compiling all of a class into a skeleton...
View ArticleFiller in the form of advice
I haven't posted in a while; finals are SUCH fun. But I had the fortune to talk to an intern with the Washington Center program, and while he gave me advice I was able to return the favor. Since I...
View ArticleHappy 2009!
So rather than resolutions, I'm going to list some professional/academic goals for 2009: 1. Make it to the quarterfinals of our Jessup Super Regional Competition at Chicago-Kent.2. Make the Dean's List...
View ArticleThis is tasteless, I know...
But really, this is the first and only time I'll do this so explicitly, Internet:I GOT A 4.0 THIS PAST SEMESTER!!!!* * * I hate to brag. Really. Maybe I'll delete this post later. But I have some...
View ArticleOh, what a semester it will be!
I just thought I'd list some of the big projects in the works for me this semester for those who care:1) Jessup International Moot Court. We start oral argument practices tomorrow, and it should be...
View ArticleUpdate!
So, Jessup is over (we won 3 of our 4 oral arguments, but did not advance because of our brief score). I have my legal intern's license, which is much less impressive than it sounds--it looks like a...
View ArticleJudge Advocate Generals
You may have heard of the JAG corps, and you may have watched a show or two that pertain to their work.The Judge Advocate General Corps are the team of military lawyers that represent and advise our...
View ArticleThird Year Crash
I'm a third-year night student. A normally three year law program will be finished in three and a half years only because I have taken classes every summer. I have loved my time in law school--I've...
View ArticleMoving piece in NY Times
I encourage you all to read this piece, May it Please the Court, by Maira Kalmanhttp://kalman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/23/may-it-please-the-court/
View ArticleAmbitions
It's been a while, and if you are a regular reader I apologize! I've been quite busy since I returned from my exciting summer working in DC for a top law enforcement agency. It was wonderful, but I was...
View ArticleMerry, merry, merry Christmas!
I'm almost done! I have one final draft of my Comparative Constitutional Law paper on the ramifications of using Military Tribunals outside of the exigent circumstances of war time, and then, assuming...
View ArticleLife Goes On
Well, in February I took the Bar exam. In late April, while visiting my cousin in the Netherlands, I found out that I passed the Bar exam--much to my surprise. I was nervous because several very close...
View ArticleIt's been a while!
Since I last posted, I've switched jobs and gotten married! I'm now working for a large creditor's rights firm, primarily in real estate default. My new position seems to be a great fit--I love the...
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