Hello everyone! This is my first post as a BU Law blogger, and I am super excited to be joining the team this semester. I wanted to post a quick introductory post to let everyone know a little bit about my commitments so far as a 2L. The short version is that I have a lot of […]
In 1L year, my philosophy was “try everything and see what sticks.” Problem was, nearly everything stuck. I liked so many of the things I tried, I was fated to have that incredibly busy 2L year I swore I wouldn’t have. One activity I promised myself wasn’t so great, to the point where I swore […]
The Socratic method can be a blessing and a curse. It is a blessing when you have lively discussion and listen to people ask questions you may also have but are too scared to articulate or cannot even form words coherently to ask. The curse is when you freeze up with anxiety or you have […]
When I toured BU (in 2009!) my tour guide took us by the Stone Moot Courtroom. All first year students, she explained, have to do moot court, where you write a brief on a fake set of facts and then argue in front of professors, lawyers, and judges while they pepper you with questions. I […]
This is going to sound super nerdy, but I love moot court! I often tell people that I lettered in high school, but I often fail to mention that my letter was in Speech and Debate. People seem to think lettering in varsity football is cooler than Speech and Debate. Whatever. I had a blast […]