Tagged: academics

Scare you to death, work you to death, bore you to death

April 30, 2016 at 10:45 pm

One of the very first things I heard as a 1L, from one of my favorite professors, was this old law school adage. Supposedly, it goes like this: “1L – scare you to death; 2L – work you to death; 3L – bore you to death.”  For whatever reason, that saying got stuck in my […]

By Lacey Brantley | Posted in Academics, Advice, Extracurriculars | Also tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Staying Healthy During Final Exams

April 21, 2016 at 5:02 pm

It’s the last week of class here at BU Law, and that means one thing – finals season in here. As the end of my 1L year draws near, we all know that my body is a temple and I am a pure being who eats nothing but kale I’m one short night away from […]

By Christian Saucedo | Posted in Academics, Advice, Finals | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Crunch Time

March 31, 2016 at 3:44 pm

We are down to the wire here at BU Law, and as a 1L facing the end of my second semester, I’m finding myself spread pretty thin. Reading for class, outlining, networking, extracurriculars. I’ve been finalizing and submitting my full Appellate Brief and prepping for oral arguments in front of a panel of judges scheduled […]

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Toward Success, Through Concentration & Practice

March 30, 2016 at 4:01 pm

Today I’m going to concentrate on “concentrations.” The concept is really neat — you take a certain number of classes (a quarter of your total degree requirements, or fewer) in the area of your concentration, and at graduation, you receive a certificate indicating completion. BU Law offers concentrations in five areas (Health Law, Intellectual Property Law, International Law, Litigation […]

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Checking off boxes

January 30, 2016 at 12:44 pm

So, I’m graduating in May. (And yes, I do plan to start every blog post this semester with some variation of this sentence.)  As I mentioned in my last post, this is weird to me in many ways, not least because I feel like my life is speeding by me at a truly bizarre rate; […]

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