Category: Extracurriculars

Watch and learn

February 21, 2015 at 9:51 am

I’ve already sung the praises of “learning by doing” at BU Law in previous posts about clinics, competitions, and internships. I’d like to add that “learning by watching” isn’t so bad, either. In the past two weeks, I had two great watching experiences, first as coach and director of the BU Client Counseling team, and […]

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Final Class Roundup

February 14, 2015 at 11:44 am

You wouldn’t have known it to see me sitting in the Associate Director of Student Affairs‘s office the other week, but in undergraduate I was nothing short of a magician at class scheduling. I had Excel spreadsheets for all eight semesters, color coding for general education requirements and each of my four academic tracks (double major […]

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It fills with alabaster wool the wrinkles of the road

February 11, 2015 at 10:01 pm

It’s so much a part of our lives that I’m not sure it’s even “news” anymore: We’re in the middle of WINTER here in Boston.   This season has been a tricky one. We didn’t have any snow in November. My visitors at Christmas didn’t see a snowflake. Then, two weeks ago, BOOM(!!!), here it […]

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Follies Full Throttle

February 6, 2015 at 1:05 pm

The big show is three weeks away and my life is full of follies! As producer, I’m helping this year with the event planning, which means learning to use the SAO’s new event software, manage the budget, and track down various vendors we need to speak with. In the meantime, we have rehearsal from 7-10pm […]

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What is it like to plan a big event?

February 1, 2015 at 1:14 pm

I am involved in the Asian Pacific American Law Student Association (APALSA) as the VP of Professional Development. As VP, I organize the largest law firm event for the 1Ls – Meet the Firms. This event usually hosts up to twenty local and national firms and invites the entire first year class (approximately 200 students). […]

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