A Monday dose of satire

Received as an e-mail here are the “11 Shortest Books to Greet the New Year with:” 1. How I Saved the World from Financial Ruin by Alan Greenspan Foreword by Naomi Klein Research assistance provided by the CEOs of Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, AIG & GM Graphs by Enron 2. Philosophical Treatise on the Illegality of [...]

Women in Law Wednesday

Yeah, yeah.  As usual I’ve been slackin’ on the blogging.  If you knew what I was up to I think you’d slack too. Who’s that Girl?:  Young Lawyers Blog’s wlansden discusses an experience that I too have gone through (and I’m not even a lawyer yet).  I’m still learning how to respond to similar questions [...]

My Hot and Cold of the Day

Read this short piece. Tell me whether the economy persuaded you to apply for law school. And then tell me whether you’d sit on your arse for a year and be paid to do so.  Seriously. While I’m all for our society educating itself as much as possible (if only to rid us of that [...]

Is…

spending the day on Twitter and writing her law review note. You? Yes, YOU? Make me jealous with your comments!

Seriously?

I cannot stand it when female law students try to use their sexuality in a manner which tries to exude that they’re smart, when really they’re just being flirtatious. I can see right through it and I can also tell that this is a likely reason why she doesn’t hang out with other women. Yes, [...]

Two down two to go…

Yes, exams. Come Tuesday I’ll be done and moving on to other projects. I’m pretty sure I’m going to fail my next exam–that whole you have to memorize the rule book–yeah, I don’t do that well. Actually, show me a person who does do that well! And it’s cold. Which means poor Guinness must wear [...]

Why I hate finals

you never feel like you’ve studied enough, you feel like you have to keep your outline to yourself and no one else you tend to smell and wear outfits that should not be worn out in public people try to freak you out by telling you things to study that weren’t covered in class you’re [...]

Don’t forget your Calis

For all those frantic 1Ls out there don’t forget the valuable tutorials on the Cali website. I’ve been going through them for my classes and they have been so helpful. I wish I would have used them more for property last year.

Women in Law Wednesday

Today I’d like to again take a break from Women in Law because I’m busy studying myself into a frenzy so that I can be a woman working in law. Recently Above the Law had the “All You Ever Wanted to Know About Law School Exams” post.  I haven’t read it but I most likely [...]