My mother remembers me saying "I want to be a lawyer!" in second grade. That's how long law school has been my dream.
For the first time in my life, I feel like I'm done jumping through the hoops to get here. I am finally living my dream and I'm so happy!
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Friday, September 2, 2011
Law School!
Can I just say that, as much work as it is, I love law school?
Classes are starting to pick up. I'm waking up in the mornings thinking about personal jurisdiction, the components on negligence, IREAC (Issue, Rule, Explanation of Precedent, Application to Client's Facts, Conclusion), and case briefings. The readings are challenging but stimulating and I'm starting to think of concepts in terms of court cases (Oh, you mean the duty to mitigate damages as exemplified in Rockingham County v. Luten Bridge Co.?). I'm part of a Thursday lunch hour study group where I'll get together with some people and go over the cases in each of our classes.
Oh! In case you're wondering, these are the classes I'm taking:
Torts
Contracts
Civil Procedure
Legal Method and Writing
For all my classes we'll have a midterm that they say they're giving just so that the first years have an idea of what law school exams look like. These midterms will count for 5% of our grade. The rest of our grade (95%) is made up of our final exam.
I'm also interested in lots of extra activities. Nothing is building up yet, but I've attended meetings for the Women's Law Students Association, Juvenile Legal Assistance (and Family Legal Assistance) Program, and Moot Court. I'm signing up for a research cluster (Either in social media and the law, or on military technology and the law). They all provide excellent networking opportunities - either with attorneys, mentors, or judges.
The first Moot Court competition is in two weeks. It's a Client Counseling session and they say that first year law students usually do pretty well in it. I'm trying to decide whether or not I want to compete. I'm pretty nervous and I just don't know if I'm ready to jump into things quite so fast.
So that's a quick update on what I've been up to. There's plenty more to tell, but I'm sure I'll add it in as it comes along!
Classes are starting to pick up. I'm waking up in the mornings thinking about personal jurisdiction, the components on negligence, IREAC (Issue, Rule, Explanation of Precedent, Application to Client's Facts, Conclusion), and case briefings. The readings are challenging but stimulating and I'm starting to think of concepts in terms of court cases (Oh, you mean the duty to mitigate damages as exemplified in Rockingham County v. Luten Bridge Co.?). I'm part of a Thursday lunch hour study group where I'll get together with some people and go over the cases in each of our classes.
Oh! In case you're wondering, these are the classes I'm taking:
Torts
Contracts
Civil Procedure
Legal Method and Writing
For all my classes we'll have a midterm that they say they're giving just so that the first years have an idea of what law school exams look like. These midterms will count for 5% of our grade. The rest of our grade (95%) is made up of our final exam.
I'm also interested in lots of extra activities. Nothing is building up yet, but I've attended meetings for the Women's Law Students Association, Juvenile Legal Assistance (and Family Legal Assistance) Program, and Moot Court. I'm signing up for a research cluster (Either in social media and the law, or on military technology and the law). They all provide excellent networking opportunities - either with attorneys, mentors, or judges.
The first Moot Court competition is in two weeks. It's a Client Counseling session and they say that first year law students usually do pretty well in it. I'm trying to decide whether or not I want to compete. I'm pretty nervous and I just don't know if I'm ready to jump into things quite so fast.
So that's a quick update on what I've been up to. There's plenty more to tell, but I'm sure I'll add it in as it comes along!
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