Events, Events, and . . . more Events

The past couple of weeks have been a crazy blur. It seems that as the semester draws to a close not only are there more assignments, but there are also more events; events that you have to fit into your already packed study schedule. Now I can’t complain too much because there is usually an ample amount of food provided, but still, law students are busy and event planners should maximize their time by planning things at the beginning of the semester.

Take this week for example:

Tuesday: Last WRAP paper due!! Women’s Law Association Tea in the evening

Wednesday: Just property for school. Leonard, Street Scholars Celebration in the evening

Thursday: Contracts and Civ Pro and Registration for next semester’s classes and Law Review info session. BBQ with two of my favorite professors in the evening

Friday: Night off. Will probably be spent preparing for my oral argument next week.

Saturday: Day off, no homework, but . . . Fellows reception in the evening.

Seriously, so many events all stuffed into one week! On the plus side I won’t have to cook dinner for myself and being that Chris is out of town, this is a very good thing!

Exciting weekend of craziness . . .

Well this weekend was not the best I have ever had:

Step 1: lost my credit card (actually the puppies stole it off of the table and hid it, they are preparing me for having teenage children!).

Step 2: Kentucky Looses (as I told the nurse on Sunday, I cried blue!).

Step 3: Cut my finger with a sharp knife. And by cut I mean 1.5 hours of blood and six stitches cut. (my story is I tried to knife fight west virginia for their final four spot and it didn't go so well for me - actual story, I was cutting chicken)

However, all of the disasters were made okay by the exciting parts of my weekend:

Step 1: ladies night with my William Mitchell Girls, we had lots of dancing fun!

Step 2: taking the puppies to the dog park and enjoying the beautiful weather.

Step 3: Ate at the 112 Eatery with Phil and Jill, it was very tasty, as in, i've been craving it since Saturday tasty :)

Step 4: Chris buys an Xbox, and at my urging Lego Star Wars the complete saga. This is my favorite game of all time and I finally get to play without nanny kids making me share :)

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So the good weighed out the bad. In school news we have come out of mid-terms, had a quiet week, and have now sailed into "oh my gosh finals are in a month" mode. Oh dear, the fun never ends :)

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sorry no pictures, eventually I will have time for them again!

Productivity

Well our two weeks of craziness are finally finished. Mid-terms are done, and the big WRAP assignment is handed in, and now I find myself in the most unproductive mode that I have ever been in, in law school.

It could be that March Madness is upon us, and so many of the games have been so close that I just have to watch. (GO UK!!!)

It could be that spring weather is upon us, and how could I choose sitting inside doing homework over taking the dogs on a walk?

It also could be that I hit my head pretty hard on Saturday (that story is for another day!) and have had this looming headache ever since.

Regardless of the reason I am blissfully un-productive this week. Hopefully it will only last for a week, or I could be in trouble J

Closet Makeover

Well Spring Break has come and gone, and I definitely enjoyed it! Here are some fun things that I did:

-Observe Oral Arguments in my Mentor's Court of Appeal

-Observe a business mediation through Ramsey County Bar Association

-Spend a day with my Dad at MOA, we saw the Book of Eli, which was okay, but more importantly I got all of the Percy Jackson books, it is going to be hard to resist reading them! I also gave him a tour of William Mitchell, which was fun!

-Spent some time with my mom and nephews

-Got to see my Saint Cloud friends

and most importantly . . .

-went shopping!! We set aside some money for me to start building my professional wardrobe and buy some suits (being that I am going to be wearing them everyday for my clerkship). I've been shopping for a while now, but I spent the last of my money over break when I was shopping with Maureen. Here are some photos of my new suits . . .

Navy Blue four-piece from Ann Taylor. It has pants, a skirt, and a dress (which I am wearing in this pic). It is my favorite. I think this is because it makes picking a shirt to go with it easier (being that I do not have to pick one)

Pin Stripe Gray from Banana. This one is a three piece. Oddly enough I am starting to like the skirts better than the pants!

And finally my three piece black from the limited. Love this one because it is very classic.

And as a bonus, my new dress from the limited . . . love it because is the first dress like this that I have tried on and it actually fits!

There you have it. I've also invested in a lot of shirts to wear under the suits, that on top of my other two-piece gray suit that I already had, and I think I am set for the summer!

Now more studying for Contracts . . . mid-term season is upon us!

Professors and . . . Chris

I've been really lucky my first year of law school. I was fortunate enough to get some of the greatest professors that I have ever had in my school career. I thought I would spend some time to tell you about them.

Professor Torts: This guy is my favorite professor. He may not be the greatest lecturer, but I think that this is probably because he has such a dry subject. It could also have something to do with the fact that he picked a book that lays everything out so clearly that by the time we reach class we already know what is going on. He is my favorite because he has such a great dry sense of humor. He is the last person you would expect to say some of the things that he does, so when he says them, they are hilarious. I also like him because he is so available outside of class. I cannot even count the number of times I have been in his office/emailing him and he is always more than happy to grade a practice exam and help me improve!

Professor Property: This guy is a great teacher. He really knows how to explain this subject in such a way that it really makes sense. He is a younger guy, with a kind of awkward sense of humor and social disposition, but that makes him fun. I don't know if I would have gotten through this subject without his diagrams and flowcharts!!

Professor Civil Procedure: Another younger guy. We just switched to him this semester which I am very happy about. I went from hating Civ Pro to loving it. He really knows how to make the subject fun and interesting. Every upperclassman that I have talked to loves him and says that he is a really fair grader. I also likes that he limits the amount of material we can bring to his exam, this means that people who study harder will be rewarded.

Professor Contracts: Should I even go here? It may be against my better judgment! Let's just say she is not on my favorite or good list :) Her teaching style doesn't really mesh with my learning style (or anyones for that matter). I have found that I need to teach myself the subject if I want to succeed (I did far better on the final as compared to the mid-term after I realized this). I guess it is good practice? For what? I do not know!

Professor WRAP: Really dry and a stickler on grammar and citations. This makes class, "hit your head on a wall" boring, but he is helping me improve my professional writing with his feedback on my papers and he is really nice, so I guess I can't complain much.

Well there you have it, my professors in a nutshell.

Now for the tribute this week. In honor of Valentines Day (I know . . . a little late), Chris. I love Chris because . . .

He will always treat me like a princess

He loves eating out just as much as I do

He loves to eat sweets, so I can always justify buying chocolate

He is such a great Uncle

And for so many other reasons . . .

A day in the life

A typical Friday for me starts with a workout at the gym with Jill.

Next we head to school for two hours of property:

After that we have a painful hour of WRAP (our whole section meets and talk about useless things):

Then we take a break in our day to eat some lunch. On this day we also watched some curling (Maureen was on the Olympic team in Torino, so she taught us all about it!):

After our break we try and find an empty classroom for our weekly study group. Once we find a room we do about 4 hours of studying. This day we talked about Civ Pro and wrote some Hypotheticals. We were also successful at using the rooms technology to save us time from having to read the hypotheticals to each other(we were very proud):

After this I typically go home and study some more, but I didn't get a day off last weekend so we made dinner plans and had an excellent night of fun with Jill and Phil:

And their dog Big Margo:

Next week is spring break, I am super excited for shopping, relaxing, and getting some homework done! Hopefully I will get some good posts in as well!

Spoiler Alert . . . GPA Posting ahead

We FINALLY got all of our grades back (our crazy contracts professor took FOREVER . . . even though they were due on Jan. 19th) And I must say that I am very pleased with the results!!

We have 3 classes that are year long classes, so we only got mid-term grades for two of those classes (we don't get a mid-term grade for WRAP). Mid-term grades do not go on our transcript. I did much better than I expected in both classes (especially since I did pretty poorly on the contracts mid-term). And I am excited that I don't have to spend the next semester pulling those grades up!

For the two classes we actually got grades for (Property and Torts) I ended up with a 3.8 G.P.A! Being that I have to maintain a 3.0, I would call that great!!

Huge sigh of relief . . .

Now off to prepare for my negotiation in one hour . . .