A Dose of Normalcy

My class was cancelled today so I spent the entire day reading FOR PLEASURE!  I meant to read more over the summer but could never get into it.  Maybe I just needed all summer to unwind?
The book I read was “The Zookeeper’s Wife” by Diane Ackerman.  It’s the story of Jan and Antonia Zabinski’s efforts [...]

Being Realistic

So far my law school experience has taught me a lot about being realistic.  I have several “Seriously Kel?, you think you can do all of that?” moments per day.  Yesterday I had a big one.  This semester I planned on taking six classes plus journal work.  Well, that dream was crushed due to a [...]

Back in the Saddle Again

Reading, note taking, and paying attention in law school after a long summer is not like riding a bike again.  My class reading sucks.  Seriously.  I don’t think I ever had 100 pgs of reading for one class last year.  How are we even to cover 100 pgs in two hours?  And it is the [...]

First Day Back

I had plans to get up, yoga-ize, and be in the library by 9!  But dreams involving bears chasing J and I squashed those plans and left me sleeping in, which is fine because I only have one afternoon class.
This semester is going to be hellish.  Not only do I have journal work, but I [...]

It was hell…

So earlier this summer I announced that I made a journal, not THE journal at our school but nonetheless a journal.  For the last full week we’ve had law review training in bluebooking which isn’t all that hard, just tedious.  One would think that after a summer of not seeing each other every single day [...]

Weekly Giveaway #8

Hmmm…what should I give away this week that would be helpful?
To shake things up a smidge I’ll let this week’s winner CHOOSE between the following:
Contracts Law in a Flash-flashcards
Gilberts Property Law-latest edition
or Kaplan’s 1L audio CDs covering all 1L subject-matter!
So play on folks!

Weekly Winners #6 and #7

Congrats to Lawgorrea who was week 6’s winner and will receive I believe the Torts flashcards as soon as I receive his/her mailing address!
Also, congrats to Rachel who was week 7’s winner and will receive the 1L Success Outlines in the mail!
Congrats to everyone who played!  I still have many more items to give away [...]

Law Review: Don’t Do it!

Why didn’t ANY of you inform me how much law review sucks? Seriously, I already want to quit. Why did I ever think this would be cool?

Casenote Giveaway Extravaganza!

So when I was a 1L I tried all sorts of “shortcuts.”  You know, collecting other people’s outlines, skipping readings, reading supplements instead, and using casenotes.
A casenote or case summary is just as it sounds: a one page “briefed” summary of the case.  The companies that put them out are High Court and Legal Lines [...]

Weekly Giveaway #7

So this week I’m mixing things up a bit.  I signed up for Kaplan PMBR last year, put my deposit down and they gave me a book titled, “1L Complete Success Outlines” which covers Civil Procedure, Con Law, Contracts, Criminal Law, Property, and Torts.  It also has an essay exam writing guide, explanations for 1L [...]