Ok, I know it's been a little while since I last posted (because of this whole "finals" thing). But since I've done enough studying for CivPro that I think I might recite Rule 12 in my sleep tonight, I figured I should take a little break and post an update.
We're in the middle of finals season. It sucks. A lot.
I took my first "real" law school exam on Friday. Contracts. Who knew three hours could fly by so quickly? The exam was a little different from what I was expecting from looking through Rougeau's old exams and talking to 2Ls. And I honestly have no idea how I did. I didn't feel great about it, but I'm pretty sure I didn't fail it either. Really, that's about all I've got. And I bolted as soon as the exam was over. I had no desire to post-mortem the test to death with a bunch of other 1Ls who have no idea how they did. Just hearing people talking about it in the hallways as I made my exit was annoying enough.
The law school's become ground zero for stress, anxiety, and all-around craziness. I'm not studing there at all this week. I'll go to the other libraries, hole up in my apartment, go to a bookstore... anywhere that isn't the law school. I plan to be there for the exams themselves, and that's it.
To make things even better, I got my first law firm rejection letter today. One down, a whole bunch to go. Hopefully the stream of rejections won't be enough to make me want to desert civilization and become a nomadic wanderer like Derek. If I don't get a job with a firm this summer, I'll probably end up volunteering my time to get some law-related experience, and I might still go study abroad in London. Career services did say that London's something to consider if my grades could use a boost...
Ok, enough doom and gloom. Back to studying for the three remaining finals. This time next week, it'll all be over...
Just remember, no matter how you ended up doing on your final, contracts is the devil. When I think of contracts, I see it running around with horns, a spikey tail (not unlike a tricertops), and a trident. Its quite a funny picture actually, a law school subject running around like a human with horns and a tail, and two red arms holding a little trident of the same color as the arms, tail, and horns. But hey, whatever, the important part is that contracts is the devil.
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That is a funny mental image. But I have to point out that the Triceratops does not have a spiky tail. Perhaps you're thinking of Stegosaurus?
ReplyDeleteAnd we should definitely arrange a little reunion over break. I'll be out of town for the first week after I finish up here. And there's also a bevy of law firm holiday social/cocktail receptions that I'll be attending and networking and hobnobbing (read: begging for a job). But I'm sure we can work something out for the end of December or first week of January.
We should definitely try to do something. Although I was specifically referring to http://derekwalden.com/blog/2004/12/one-rejection-away-from-2000-miles.html#comments
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