Tag Archives: legal practice

1L spring semester and ASS syndrome

Posted on 25. May, 2010 by Jill in law school

Okay, so again, until the other day, I hadn’t posted at all since around Christmas. I didn’t post one single time during 1L spring semester. I feel like I should at least reference it now. I mean, after all, it happened. It’s like this. The 1L fall semester can be pretty terrifying and overwhelming and [...]

law school lessons: week 6

Posted on 07. Oct, 2009 by Jill in law school

So apparently the blog has been down for a little while. I’m not sure exactly how long, but I know it was longer than 24 hours. Apologies if you were trying to access the site and you got an error message. Hopefully the problem has been fixed and we’re good to go. In case you [...]

law school lessons: week 4

Posted on 20. Sep, 2009 by Jill in law school

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 [...]

law school lessons: week 3

Posted on 13. Sep, 2009 by Jill in law school

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 — [...]

law school lessons: week 2

Posted on 07. Sep, 2009 by Jill in law school

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 [...]

law school lessons: week 1

Posted on 29. Aug, 2009 by Jill in law school

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 [...]