The close of chapter 1L

Law school chronicles. Yikes! Some of the craziest $#!% just happened and I wrote about it - the mundane and trivial occurrences of my 1L year that amused me (and sometimes you too). But now it is over. First year reading, exams, and angst are all done. WOW! I am very proud of my classmates and myself that we made it. Thank you for being a part of my journey. I really love knowing that someone went through it with me. <3 Now for my final share: my favorite 3L buddy who recently contemplated an LLM in IP stood on the steps of the library yesterday after having taken her last exam and exclaimed in response to the question of who would be cooking up the jello shots (cause I didn't have any vodka at my house), "I can't make Jello! That s--t is too f---ing hard! What do you need? Water?" =D that.is.all

Finals week Day 5: Wait - it's over?

Last final for me was today. Property! I don't know what I imagined it would be like - the last exam of 1L year. But I can tell you it wasn't the anxiety ridden 3 hours I ended up with. To qualify: You know that point of diminishing returns where you do more damage by trying to shoehorn more in the minutes before the exam than you would do by simply trying not to forget what you already know? Well, I think I crossed it... yesterday. So today I sat there nearly narcoleptic from sleep deprivation and jittery from all the caffeine trying desperately to recall the words on the pages I had just put away moments before. Then finally I decided to "think" my way through it. (Oh, good lord) I don't know why. Maybe cause there was no one there to stop me. Maybe it seemed like a good idea at the time. Maybe that's all there was left to do. If it worked, great! Otherwise, let's never speak of it again. Oh well; there is nothing to be done about it now...

Finals week day 4: Property

It has come to my attention that I have been in almost every Property class and I know nothing about Property. Well, to my credit, I do know that it exists, people buy it, and it transfers hands. But I spent a considerable amount of time asking my Study Buddy the questions "Did we cover that this semester. Really?". For the record, I don't think that is *right*. Best I can figure is, much like hearing my name spoken randomly, he mentioned "piggery" and I tuned back in. So I am currently fighting the urge to curl into a fetal position, rock myself soothingly, and hyperventilate. To that end, I just did some yoga. Consciously working on keeping my breaths soothing. And focusing my remaining energy on the question of  whether Robert gets anything if Cassie grants fee simple to David before Robert but then to David's heirs... #keepittogether

Finals week day 3: another one down

35 multiple choice and 2 essay questions. At the start of the test, Prof says not to worry about the time. And so I didn't ... until I noticed it was 3:15P and the test ended at 4P. I wasn't finished first hypo. AUGH! Oh well. I did manage to carefully consider 34 of the multiple choice and maybe half the first essay answer. The rest got done, but I cannot attest to the cohesion of thoughts. Meh! Regardless, I am done with Torts! Up next: Property.

Finals week, Day 2: I hate Torts

I hate Torts. I really do. But it isn't because it is hard or in any general sense complicated. It is because it is obvious, seedy, and (dare I say it?) cheap. Torts claims are the "prostitution whore" (I am aware the redundancy) of the law. There is no mental (fore)play; it is straight to ... ehem... business. It is so indelicate, so unrefined, so crass. When I read the cases it feels like someone is saying "We all know why we are here - so let's get on with it."  And so I have. I spent the day re-reading the cases that so devalue human life, so frame misogynistic behavior, so undermine the very tenets of personal responsibility, that it grates at my very soul. I will be incredibly happy when this exam is over so I can go back to pretending people are nice to each other.

Day 1 finals week: Contracts, oy vey!

Contracts final. 3 questions. 3.5 hours. Suggested times 50, 70, and 90 minutes. Took 30 minutes to set up the rules and issues. Ran over for the first 2 then after apparently exhausting what brain power I had stored, sort of petered out for the last question and couldn't remember all the elements. Augh! Well if I had the time to obsess, I would. However, I have Torts on Wednesday and am not nearly as prepared as I need to be for a multiple choice exam. Back to the grindstone...

Study Day 3: Contracts, the bane of my existence

Today was Contracts day. I spent the entire day perfecting my outline after talking with Prof about the previous homeworks and upcoming exam. I laughed and told him that I enjoy our time together but I am frustrated that I don't seem to be getting any smarter. He complimented my outline and shared he too is frustrated - not that I am not getting any smarter - but that I keep mentioning things that are not "fighting points". "You waste time and space telling me what the answer isn't when you need both of those to discuss what the answer could be." And here I thought ruling out options and explaining why was part of the analysis. Wrong ............ again! I don't even know why I bother...