law school ninja

Two weeks from tomorrow, I’ll be attending my first day of law school orientation. Egads! I’ve spent this entire year wishing law school would hurry up and get here, and now that it’s almost here, a low-grade, smoldering panic is starting to creep in. And while I know in my head that everything’s going to [...]

A couple of months ago, I wrote a law-school-update post in which I typed these words: …I’m convinced that my schedule will be the one with an 8:00 class five days a week. Well, I am receipt of something that resembles a schedule. It used to look a little more like a schedule until the [...]

I finally finished Law School Confidential. Well, sorta. I skipped over a few chapters — nay, over entire sections — of the book. The thing is, probably about two-thirds of it just doesn’t apply to me at this point. The parts that I did read, however, were good as far as gaining a basic understanding [...]

The New York Times has an interesting article today about Brian Deese, a 31-year-old Yale law student who has put his education on hold to work for the Obama administration. He started off by volunteering for the Clinton campaign, and then was contacted by the Obama campaign once Hillary Clinton withdrew her candidacy. Now he [...]

I haven’t written about law school in a while now. This is mostly because there hadn’t been anything to say about it until last week, and even this news is, well, hardly earth-shattering. Nevertheless, I am Law School Ninja, so here’s the obligatory update.

Most people who go to law school graduate with substantial debt. In general, the higher ranked the law school, the more debt you can expect to accumulate (in part, because so many of them are private schools). However, in the past this debt load has been mitigated by one’s earning potential as a graduate from [...]

Whew! Sorry for the long delay in posting. Busy, busy times. NSOL had its scholarship day last Friday for potential students who have been awarded “significant” scholarships, whatever that means. It was an all-day affair and it was actually a lot of fun. Usually I dread these kinds of things, where you have to go [...]

As I write, I have a tissue hanging out of one of my nostrils. At this time it’s the left nostril, because that’s the one that won’t stop dripping. However, it changes sides every so often, so I have to stay on top of my game. I really hate having a cold, and I’ve got [...]

I got an invitation in the mail this week from my law-school-to-be to a special thing they’re having for scholarship recipients — that’s me! They take us on a tour, let us sit in on a class, and introduce us to “student leaders.” Then, that evening, we have a dinner with the faculty and a [...]

My receipt for the $300 seat deposit arrived in the mail last Saturday. Guess that means the check didn’t bounce! Orientation will be August 12 – 14 and they’ll be having some admitted students’ functions coming up sooner than that. I think there’s a chili cook-off in April. I’m still waiting to hear back from [...]