The Law School Transplant

Believe it or not, I am good for more than just being a smartass. I actually did well my first year of law school, so I thought I’d pass on some bits of wisdom garnered from my and others’ 1L experiences. Ignore them at your own peril.
Don’t ever brief a case. Yes, [...]

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Due to some sort of construction project at the courthouse (which has yet to alleviate the disgusting, moldy water leak hole in my ceiling), parking in the actual courthouse parking lot is next to impossible if you don’t camp out for a spot the night before.  Thankfully, parking in the entire downtown area is free [...]

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The Judge is out of town for the better part of this week and Judge D. had a murder trial going on downstairs in the big courtroom, so I took advantage of the opportunity to avail myself of some courtroom drama and entertainment observation time and trial practice education. The killing occurred as a [...]

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…exchange them for a great Pennsylvania craft brew!
In trying to look on the bright side of being 2+ hours away from AB, my friends and family for a year in a city that is hotter than hell and slower than molasses, I needed to look no further than across the bridge into a neighboring state, [...]

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I am so smart, I amaze myself sometimes.  I moved to what is quite possibly the hottest city in the state during the hottest part of the summer in the biggest heatwave in recent history.  With smarts like that, there’s no way I failed the bar.
The temperature reportedly topped out at 106 degrees today.  Though [...]

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Alright, y’all. This is my final installment of outlines for your slacker asses.
None of these classes are on the bar exam. But, they might come in handy if you need an outline for that schedule-filler class you signed up for, but don’t want to attend. Yes, I’m talking to you, 3L’s.
Note: These [...]

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As promised, here are some more outlines for all you 2L’s and 3L’s out there.
These are from those not-required-yet-highly-recommended classes (read: Bar exam subjects). As you can see, I was a much less prolific outliner after first year, as I took far more classes than I actually have outlines for.
Note: These outlines are all [...]

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Here are some 1L/core class outlines for all of you newbies who will be taking the plunge into law school over the next few weeks, if you weren’t smart enough to run away before you plunked down a seat deposit.
Use and distribute them freely, but trust me, your professors are not full of bullshit (for [...]

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