The Law School Transplant

Musings of a Judicial Clerk and Would-Be Lawyer

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Entries from October 2006

Bar None

October 24th, 2006 · 4 Comments

Yesterday the Director of Student Affairs arranged for the Director of a Very Important Group That Lets Me Into the Bar but Not Without a Lot of Hassle to pay a visit to the law school and very clearly and concisely explain how the character and fitness portion of the bar application involves an airing [...]

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Tags: bar (not the drinking kind) · law school

Hooray for Small Victories

October 23rd, 2006 · No Comments

You know you’ve made it in the blogging world when someone else links to your blog.
Lo and behold, E. Spat has linked me. Thanks, E. Spat!

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I Am a Walking Calamity, Part II

October 22nd, 2006 · No Comments

Remember how I said a while back that I am a walking calamity? Well, not wanting to let anyone down, I struck again last night.
Whilst using a big butcher knife from the dollar store, I managed to hack a pretty deep gash in my fingertip and into my fingernail. In the midst of all [...]

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Tags: life

Jingle Jog!

October 20th, 2006 · 4 Comments

So, I am signed up for my first. 5K. ever. This is both exciting and frightening, seeing as how I am the girl who runs a mile and a half and wants to die afterwards.
The run is December 23rd, which gives me almost exactly two months to improve both my time and my endurance. I’m [...]

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Tags: life

Weekend Woes

October 20th, 2006 · No Comments

So it’s Friday, classes are done for the week and I’m left with the weekly dilemma of what to do with myself for the next two and a half days.
Our football team is in the shitter having lost the last two games, so I’m not even sure I’ll make the trip to the stadium to [...]

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Tags: football · law school · life

My Alter Ego

October 13th, 2006 · 3 Comments

All schitzophrenia jokes aside, I often feel like I am two people: The person I used to be, and the person I became when I started law school.
Before law school I was confident and motivated. I had passion and direction. I was spontaneous and creative. I was well-rested, happy and in control [...]

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Tags: law school · life

Mingling with the Commoners

October 10th, 2006 · 1 Comment

I have found a little nook in the main library cafe that is, surprisingly, quieter than the lawbrary and has a nice view of the quad. It amazes me that the undergrads seem to have at least a modicum more decorum than the self-absorbed law students.
However, out of the corner of my eye I keep [...]

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Tags: law school