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Law School Roundup #181

Posted on July 13, 2009
Welcome, ladies and gents, to Law School Roundup #181...but first, a shameless plug: If you are an incoming 1L: Welcome to the support group  the legal fraternity. In a few short years, you'll be sitting in the a proud member of the bar...

Law School Roundup #180

Posted on July 06, 2009
Law School Roundup#180 is up at the Legal Underground.Check back here next week, same great place and time, for Roundup #181.

Reason I Love Darwin #457

Posted on July 03, 2009
I am cleaning out my email inbox today (instead of grading write ons, working, or doing laundry, obviously), and I came across the following one-liner from Darwin: The elderly are out and about in. I see and hear them in the courtyard. I think they're conspiring against me...

Law School Roundup #179

Posted on June 29, 2009
Welcome to Law School Roundup #179. Because everyone else is running a tribute to Michael Jackson, this week's roundup is brought to you courtesy of the late, the great, Billy Mays. Try to leave your Shamwows at home for this one, folks- we don't want Vince Schlomi to get the wrong idea...

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Glorious

Posted on June 26, 2009
Today is casual Friday.This afternoon is lunch with That One Fun Partner, and then a white-collar crime bonanza (researching, not committing, thanks).Tonight is firm-sponsored happy hour.Best. Day. Ever.

Down the Rabbit Hole: On not knowing the answer, ever.

Posted on June 24, 2009
The frustrating thing about being a summer associate is that you are constantly two steps behind everyone around you. The experience combines all of the uncertainty of 1L year with the soul crushing "what if I don't get a job" terror of 2L year, wrapped up in a big shiny package...

Law School Roundup #178

Posted on June 23, 2009
Law School Roundup #178 is up at The Legal Underground. Check back here, same great time and place, for Roundup #179.

Law School Roundup #177

Posted on June 15, 2009
Welcome to Law School Roundup #177. Without further ado, here is this week's roundup of posts from law students current, aspiring, and recovering:Summer So Far: A recap of the highs and lows of summer associate life. (Sua Sponte)Creative Liberties: A helpful guide to the can's and cannot's of Facebook's new username program (Virgin in the Volcano)Double Take: You think you know a girl...

Etiquette question

Posted on June 12, 2009
What do you do when the partner in your office smells like the homeless person in your parking garage?Le sigh. It's always the environmental attorneys, isn't it?

Poetic Justice?

Posted on June 10, 2009
This morning, one of the summers asked me to proof read an assignment, and I eviscerated it for him. It was awkward for everyone involved, really, but a little vindicating for me.Tonight, my mother read over my shoulder and suggested "clever asides" for an email I was editing...

Am drunk, please send more Pahlmeyer.

Posted on June 07, 2009
Tonight, went to magically delicious wine bar with Funny Wine Friend (this is not her normal blog name. I forget her normal blog name). Proceeded to be normal charming selves, finished (ok, mostly-finished) crossword, got owner drunk. Owner commented on how in sync and crossword zenny Funny Wine Friend and I were, which was very flattering...

Law School Roundup #176

Posted on June 07, 2009
This week's Law School Roundup is up over at Legal Underground. Check it out, and come back next week, same great time and place, for Roundup #177.

Updates from the Job Front: Coming to Terms with Working Life

Posted on June 05, 2009
I am two weeks into my summer job at Work Hard, Play Hard, LLP, and things are bopping along more or less smoothly. I like the people. The work, for the most part, is interesting. I have a window! And yet, I don't feel quite settled in yet.I have yet to purchase a meal on my own dime, and am starting to long for a grilled cheese sandwich and baby carrots straight out of the bag...

Law School Roundup #175

Posted on June 01, 2009
Happy Monday, and welcome to Law School Roundup #175. Without further ado...Time to Say Goodbye: A letter to law school (Useless Dicta)Office Humor: Keeping up to speed with co-workers' hi-jinks (Starting to Melt)MILP: Weekly Moms in the Legal Profession Roundup is at PT Law MomAnd then he peed all over the wall: Bad day? It's all a matter of perspective (Mommy on the Floor)Family Celebrations: There's always a hearty dose of WTFery (You've Got the Rubber Chicken)Shared Genes: Really though, they build character (Virgin in the Volcano)Friends IRL: Its a small, bloggy, world...

Working for the Weekend

Posted on May 26, 2009
First day of work today!Dress code for the summer is "business casual." My shiny new summer associate manual came with a description of what this means, which was entirely uninformative: I've thus far learned that cut-offs, shirts with sexual slogans, and high-top sneakers are not appropriate...

Law School Roundup #174

Posted on May 25, 2009
Law School Roundup #174 is up over at the Legal Underground.Go check it out!

I have no use for ruby red slippers

Posted on May 22, 2009
Hello, Internet, how are you? Miss me? Naturally you did. I will be blogging more this summer- I have not abandoned you. Promise. Also, good news: I did not fail corporations, so I will actually be able to continue as a law school blogger, not just a random malinger of others...

Law School Roundup #173

Posted on May 17, 2009
Congratulations, Graduates! Apologies for the lack of posting- updates to come soon, I promise. I've been alternately lying drunk on the couch watching the Food Network, and rambling around on the beach with Darwin (jealous? You should be). It turns out that Corporations will really take it out of you...

Law School Roundup #172

Posted on May 11, 2009
This week's law school roundup is over at the Legal Underground.Check back here next week, same great place and time, for the latest edition!

Levity from the depths of the stacks

Posted on May 05, 2009
This may come as a surprise to you, but it isn't just finals week for the law students.My little freshmen took their final yesterday. Although I was desperately trying to learn corporations while I proctored, I didn't see any (visible) tears, though everyone was writing till the last minute (and some beyond...

Law School Roundup #171

Posted on May 03, 2009
Welcome to Law School Roundup #171. If you've been outside, congratulations on being done with finals. If you haven't: don't worry, I've filled my freezer with margarita mix. I'll save you a glass.It's time to put down the coffee cup, back slowly away from the highlighters, and enjoy a heaping serving of blawggy...

Thoughts on Finals

Posted on April 30, 2009
That about sums it up. For those of you who have emailed, asking if I am still alive, I am: right under the vultures. In your next quasi-regularly scheduled episode, get ready for swine flu, undergrads, the mean thing I did to a stranger, and how fun professors are drunk...

Law School Roundup #170

Posted on April 26, 2009
This week's law school roundup is over at the Legal Underground.Check back here next week, same great place and time, for the latest edition!

Hope for the hopeless

Posted on April 25, 2009
Today, my always-helpful Pandora Mozart station* played a piece by Georg Philip Telemann. I rather enjoyed it, so I clicked over to tell Pandora that I liked it, and briefly skimmed his bio.I found this gem:The youth showed remarkable talent in music, but was temporarily discouraged in his chosen pursuit by Puritan Lutherans, who told Telemann's mother that he would turn out no better than "a clown, a tightrope walker or a marmot-trainer...

Ugh.

Posted on April 24, 2009
Know what's more fun than spending 14 hours on campus on a Friday?Spending 14 hours on campus, on a Friday, writing a jurisprudence paper.FML.Further whining to follow.

A thought.

Posted on April 21, 2009
If my stomach could handle it, I could concieveably just keep consuming caffiene until I became the most productive person on the planet. I could actually get everything done. Or write the entire works of Shakespeare on a typewriter. It would be sweet...

Law School Roundup #169

Posted on April 20, 2009
Ok, ok. I know it's Monday morning already. You'll have to forgive me: Yesterday, I informed Darwin that it was Mother's Day, and he'd best call his family. If I can't get the month right, I can hardly be expected to get the day right, can I? At any rate, here is this week's Law School Roundup, for those of you still tottering through to the end of the semester...

What's that I spy?

Posted on April 13, 2009
You say: Light at the end of the tunnel. Hope! Joy! Spring!I say: More like the glaring inevitability of the operating room lamps. Must! Learn! Corporations!Po-tay-to, po-tah-to.Commencing cold, hyperventilating panic.....now. Check and check.

Law School Roundup #168

Posted on April 12, 2009
This week's Law School Roundup is up over at the Legal Underground.Check back here, same great place and time, for next week's collection of good posts from law school students past, present, and aspiring.

Congress joins TMI Thursdays

Posted on April 08, 2009
Ok, who let Congress play with Twitter?You turn your back for one minute, and all of a sudden they're telling stories about their grandson's love life, exposing their grammatical insufficiencies to the world (see: all), and talking about their midnight snacks...

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