I posted the Family Christmas Letter yesterday, so by now the news is out that I've been accepted. My mother asked me if I was busy enough yet. I told her I still had a few hours left in my day, so I still had time for a few more things....LOL!
Part of me is wishing I'd made the decision to start with the January cohort. The other part is glad that I made the decision to start in April, since I'm being a slacker with my pre-start homework.
Sent in my student membership application for the National Association of Women Lawyers. I was all set to subscribe to The American Lawyer, until I saw the subscription price. Ouch! And I thought that 75.00 for a Forbes subscription was expensive! You can get a discounted price if you're a member of the ABA, but because my law school isn't ABA approved, I can't get a student membership, which means that I have to get an affiliate membership, which is waaaaay more than I'm willing to pay for at this point! I'm just hoping that you don't have to be an ABA member to participate in the inter-state moot court competition. The rules didn't say anything about needing to be an ABA-approved school for student participation. However, they might very well require you to be a student member to participate. Oh well. That's a 2L/3L event-usually. Sometimes an exceptional 1L might be invited to join a team, but it isn't the norm.
Tonite I'm taking the kids Christmas shopping. We have gifts for grandparents and cousins to buy. Also gifts for daddy. Christmas can't be 10 days away. NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! (But at least MOST of the shopping is done!)
JM
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Friday, December 01, 2006
December
December - One month until '07. Five months until Law School starts. Five months of relative freedom before my nose is back at the grindstone. Is it a bad sign when the grindstone is looking better than the relative freedom?
This week I'm learning how to read cases and write briefs in my orientation class. The writing part I've figured out. It's figuring out the rule that is being discussed that is kicking my bum right now. Facts, easy. Problem/Complaint, check. Rule/Legal Theory--uhhhhhh.....I'm going to phone a friend??!!..Oh well, at least I have a lot of them that I can phone.
The good sign is that I am starting to be able to spot things I've read about in my Orientation class when I read the Law newswire that I get every other day or so. Today's had a discussion about privacy and ethics in medical research and the application of the "reasonable expectation" rule. It's at the appellate stage right now, so it will be interesting to follow up and find out what the California Circut ruled on and defined in terms of "reasonable expectation" here. I'm starting to keep a list of cases and rules that I can use to refer back to when I start classes in April. Yes, its a bit compulsive of me, but I've learned from previous grad school experience that this is the type of behavior that keeps you sane and out of trouble when you find yourself in the deep end of Academia.
This week I'm learning how to read cases and write briefs in my orientation class. The writing part I've figured out. It's figuring out the rule that is being discussed that is kicking my bum right now. Facts, easy. Problem/Complaint, check. Rule/Legal Theory--uhhhhhh.....I'm going to phone a friend??!!..Oh well, at least I have a lot of them that I can phone.
The good sign is that I am starting to be able to spot things I've read about in my Orientation class when I read the Law newswire that I get every other day or so. Today's had a discussion about privacy and ethics in medical research and the application of the "reasonable expectation" rule. It's at the appellate stage right now, so it will be interesting to follow up and find out what the California Circut ruled on and defined in terms of "reasonable expectation" here. I'm starting to keep a list of cases and rules that I can use to refer back to when I start classes in April. Yes, its a bit compulsive of me, but I've learned from previous grad school experience that this is the type of behavior that keeps you sane and out of trouble when you find yourself in the deep end of Academia.