Category: Law

  • Exams

    1 down, 2 to go. I think Civil Procedure went really well, but I’ve also given up on trying to predict law school exam results.

  • HolmesPosnerPaperMindNumbMadness

    That was my away message for most of this week. I just turned in my first law school paper, for American Legal Theory. Final tallies: 25 pages 97 footnotes 6,193 words text 3,386 words footnotes 80 hours working time (roughly) 10 pots of coffee (very roughly) 3 Red Bulls 1 all-nighter 1 year off my…

  • I Feel the Waters Rising…

    So, I’m starting to think next year is going to be completely nuts. I’m going to be an officer in three different student groups; I am helping BLSA organize a debate on race and the legal community; I want to remain involved in admissions and related activities; I’m hoping to be on a journal; and…

  • I (still) love my MINI!

    For those who haven’t heard, I left my moonroof partially open during Wednesday’s thunderstorm. I thought I’d closed it, but I was wrong, apparently. Anyway, the sensor for the remote (keyless) entry system shorted out, because it’s in the rearview mirror, which got soaked. So, I drove out to a local dealer, today, expecting to…

  • Insanity Reigneth

    It has been a while since I have written much of anything (useful) on here. Life has been pretty crazy. In the last few weeks: I have written an appellate brief, which I am pretty sure I screwed up in several ways, due to non-law-school stress and sleep deprivation. My sister has spent a week…