April 15, 2013 at 2:18 pm
This week I had my 1L appellate moot court oral argument, and I also volunteered as a ‘witness’ for a friend’s clinic mock trial. Today’s blog will compare the two experiences. First, this week marked the much anticipated final assignment for the 1L writing program: the appellate oral argument. My argument concerned whether evidence of [...]
March 26, 2013 at 12:01 pm
As I may have mentioned before, the administrators of this blog program occasionally give us prompts. This semester I was surprised to find the following prompt in my inbox: “Is 1l year really as bad as they say it is?”. With only a month left of my 1L year to go, I think I’ll give [...]
February 6, 2013 at 7:58 pm
If you read my previous post, you’ll know that I am c-r-a-z-y busy this semester with five classes and Legal Follies. Although it was overwhelming at first, I’ve settled into a rhythm and the ultra-full schedule has just made me ultra-efficient in my work. However, it has changed how Rob and I are able to [...]
December 13, 2012 at 11:35 am
Yesterday was our first ever law school exam. I actually had a pretty great day. I came out of the exam feeling ok, then had lunch at the BU pub with some classmates before going home. Around 7pm, Rob came to visit me all the way down from New Hampshire. (He is seriously the best.) [...]
December 1, 2012 at 2:27 pm
So you’re in a in a long term relationship: great! But all those scary ‘get prepared for law school’ books are telling you that you are definitely going to break up during law school: yikes! Well, I myself am in a long-term, and long distance, relationship in law school and I’m going to go ahead [...]
November 23, 2012 at 1:26 pm
It’s noon on the day after Thanksgiving and I’m taking a few hours to hang out at a local coffee shop and work while my family is out Black Friday shopping. It’s only a few weeks until exam time, and yet it’s also the beginning of the holiday season. What better time to write about [...]
November 14, 2012 at 11:05 am
In this first blog, I’d like to give you an idea of who I am, how my perspective might be unique, and how I ended up at BU law school. 1. Who am I? Oh great, an existential question. Well, my resume reads something like this: I graduated from Smith College in 2010, then worked [...]