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Week 5? You mean more like week 5… hundred? Seems like I’ve been a law student for FO-EVAH already. Let me ‘splain it to ya. On the one hand, I am certainly still more confused than not regarding the big picture. I think this is why some people suggest waiting to start outlining until later [...]

Professor Contracts was trying today to explain to us the finer points of Worker’s Compensation and indemnification policies, in the context of Allied Steel & Conveyors v. Ford Motor Co.* Hey, let’s say that this Allied employee is wearing sweatpants — they all wear sweatpants, right? — and he pulls a gun out of his [...]

Four solid weeks of law school and I’m still standing. Must give credit where credit’s due. BREAKING: we’re all gonna die!! Ninja School of Law has announced a special swine flu policy for this semester. Basically, they’ve realized that the current policy of allowing five absences before your grade gets docked will result in people [...]

Apologies in advance to both of my loyal readers. This week’s edition of Law School Lessons will be brief for two reasons: (1) I spent the better part of my weekend working on a draft closed memo, (2) the season finale of True Blood is on HBO in an hour and nothing — NOTHING — [...]

Thank heavens for three-day weekends! By the end of last week, I was completely out of motivation to do any reading. So, I just didn’t. And now I’m a tad behind. This is why Barack Obama invented Labor Day, right? I hope he invents another Monday holiday in October because I’m pretty sure I’m gonna [...]

It’s my understanding that more and more law professors are banning laptops in the classroom. I have one professor this semester who has done just that. Although I much prefer taking notes on my computer, where I can easily access any reading notes and/or case briefs I might have to go along with lecture material, [...]

JUSTICE = PROCESS PROCESS = JUSTICE I realized yesterday that after five days of Civil Procedure, the above four words plus the two symbols represented the sum total of notes I’ve taken during class. In case you’re curious, that’s 28 letters, or 30 characters total if you count the equal signs. That’s all. *sigh* Apparently [...]

Well. The first week of law school is over. Do I love it? Absolutely. Is it going to be a huge challenge? OMG. Yes. So rather than bore you with a lengthy account of my first week, which was probably very similar to your first week as a 1L, I thought I’d just do a [...]

Scene: [cue music: Beethoven, Symphony 7, Movement 2] A hot summer Saturday. Law School Ninja, disheveled and visibly discombobulated, is sitting in her living room on her favorite chaise lounge with her Torts casebook, trying to do the reading that is assigned for her first day of classes, Monday, two days hence, at 8:00 a.m. [...]

Today was my first full day of law school orientation at Ninja School of Law. Predictably enough, it featured lectures, food, more lectures, papers, questions and answers, and me trying desperately to stay awake in the very back row. Here are some things I learned today. Whether or not I came away with the right [...]