The Law School Transplant

The state-wide judicial clerk conference — the perfect opportunity to play, eat and hang out with my best girlfriends. Oh, and learn how to do my job.

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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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We got the stupid brief filed last night. Unfortunately, the Federal Court exclusively uses an e-file system, which makes the deadline midnight on the due date rather than when the courthouse physically closes at 4:45 p.m.
I left work at around 12:25 this morning and got home just after 1:00. I caught a few hours of [...]

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I’ve been obsessing lately about making career choices. I don’t want to realize in ten years that I have sacrificed important moments with my friends and loved ones for my job. The job will be there tomorrow. My friends and family may not be. There may not be another holiday dinner with the Group. There [...]

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The last few days have been absolutely delightful. I mean, who doesn’t like putting in half a week’s worth of hours in two days? Monday I worked until almost 9 o’clock because a very demanding client had to know rightthissecond whether he could fire an employee covered under the ADA for performance-related issues.
Aside from [...]

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Perhaps it comes as a surprise that I am seriously considering not practicing law, and instead pursuing my masters degree after I get my J.D. To those who know me, however, you know that it’s been a long time coming.
I have been talking to my friends and hearing about their awesome summers at big firms, [...]

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No matter how much confidence you may have in your abilities, do not attempt to complete school work from Spring semester after you have already started your summer clerkship.
This is doubly true when you have a 30-page paper due the same week as a reply brief in federal court. Choosing between an F and malpractice [...]

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I should be billing hours to a client in Texas, land of the tiny ex-boyfriend, but instead I’m blogging. Excellent. I’m going to make a fabulous lawyer.
Today is my second day at my first summer job. I’m currently working in my boss’ living room instead of my normal office space. That’s because Financial Lady is [...]

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