10. You have the most competitive law school bookstores set up in your internet favorites list, so it is easy to "comparison shop" for your textbooks.
9. You no longer believe that you are going to fail out when you get a 65 on your essay.
8. Your significant other has added Law and Order to the list of banned shows because he is tired of hearing you shout "objection" before the TV attorneys and then listing off all the reasons why the evidence should not be admitted. (And he doesn't want to hear the explanation of why either.)
7. The kids know that unless mommy has "evidentiary proof" of completed homework there will be no ice cream, cookies, pudding, or other dessert-type items after dinner.
6. The kids have informed you that the promise to: [get a dog / go to Disneyland / take a trip to Hawai'i / insert your own here] is not considered by them to be a social promise and they expect performance in return for allowing you to [stay late at the law library / not interrupt during study time / miss the school picnic so you can study for finals / fill in the blank] so that you can graduate.
5. You sometimes think you see the light at the end of the tunnel, but you're not sure if it's really the light or just wishful thinking. There is also the possibility that it is the headlight of an oncoming train...
4. The old philosophers got it wrong - the road to hell is not paved with good intentions, it is paved with hypotheticals, fact patterns and drafts of Legal Writing assignments - and the floor of your study provides evidence of that fact.
3. The house is cleaner than it has been in over 2 years - because the options are clean the house or work on the moot court brief.
2. Community Property is just a yearlong example of all the reasons why marriage is still a property contract.
1. The professors see you at the Barrister Ball or other student/alumni event and say, "didn't you graduate last year?"
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