TGIF

It's Friday of the October 2008 "boot camp" weekend. Which means that right now about 200 Concord 1L and some 2L students are sitting in a ballroom at the Marriot Hotel in Ontario, CA taking the mock FLYSE exam. (Thankfully, I passed it in June, so I am not having to repeat the exercise.)

This evening I will be joining them at the SBA Activities Fair and reception that will also be held at the Marriott. It will be good to see the gang again and hang with some of the faculty that made it out for the weekend. Paul, Miriam, Jeff, Heather, and Carol will be there. I'm hoping that Jan will come as I have seen pictures and heard her, but haven't yet met her face-2-face.

Work continues as usual. Today we received the update on the LLU/AUC "bailout." Basically, there is no news. Talks are continuing. There are no plans as yet other than to go back to the table and continue negotiations. Personally, I think it would be interesting to bring La Sierra U into the mix and start a bidding war for the east coast campus, but that's because I think that La Sierra could do a lot with an east coast campus that would enhance both the current programs at La Sierra and help AUC develop its own identity - but they really want Loma Linda and they haven't been very open to offers from other campuses.

On a more personal level, I'm starting to get into microlending and microfinance. I joined the Kiva organization and signed up to receive profiles and news related to lending opportunities. I purchased some ducks and chicks from Heifer International to go to some villagers. I received a nice thank-you from the organization. Mostly I'm trying to find some direction and decide "where to go from here." It seems to be part of the 2L year. I have several friends who are in much the same place - not quite sure that they're where they want to be, but not sure where they want to head either - they just know that they want law practice to be a significant part of it.