I am a terrible blogger

wow i am not good at keeping up with this . . . i guess i am somewhere between not having anything to say and not thinking anyone will want to hear it. nevertheless that doesn't seem to stop the proliferation of blogs out there. their numbers always kind of shock me.

on that note, back to the topic at hand, law school. wow this is like high school would be the understatement of the year. people confessing their crushes, not knowing their limits, having to deal with the cops, parties when your parents are out of town. wow. oh yeah and we are going to have a prom. all the reasons i didn't like this the first time are flooding back. oh well. just trying to keep my head above water.

Day 1

After a week long orientation session of questionable usefulness, we have finally started classes. So far I don’t feel as overwhelmed as I thought I would, but that doesn’t mean I won’t shortly. My first class of the morning included my name being the first called, apparently the professor went to my undergraduate institution. Fifty years ago. He was definitely the one we were told to look out for today, and I survived that whole scenario fine. After that crim law and torts were ok.

The thought of answering questions in class still terrifies me. My complete inability to put the thoughts in my head into cognitive and complete sentences amazes even myself. Hopefully this too will pass. At the moment I am just trying to be super prepared, ie not my undergraduate self.

Socially law school is fine, actually it is the best part so far. I am enjoying the people far more than the school or location. But as our torts professor informed us today we can expect law school to causes us to be obsessive compulsive, depressed, anxious and hostile for potentially the next five years. That doesn’t bode well for me as I pretty much am all of those things at the moment. It will also be interesting to see how everyone else changes.

So far my insight into the world of the one l is more lost amazement than pertinent information. Hopefully this will improve too.

Orientated

Apparently Contracts at 8:20 am will be dominating my life for the next semester. That doesn't seems so bad, right? I think I may feel differently once the snow starts to fall. My other classes will be Torts, Criminal Law and a lawyering skills class. Beyond that the orientation consisted of a financial aid lecture, and info on the IT department, nothing really earth shattering. Additionally, I am a bit under-whelmed by my cohort, but that may change on closer inspection. Now I just need to figure out what to do about the ridiculous number of books I need to buy . . .

And it begins . . .

Arriving on campus is a bit surreal. The oasis of green lawns and stately building juxtaposes the worn roads and abandoned buildings of surrounding city. Walking around is a little sad, I can’t help but remember how much I loved the grounds of my undergraduate institution and I am not sure this will ever compare. But then again, as my mother loves to point out, you are not there to have fun, you are there to learn. Beyond that the apartment is lovely and tomorrow I get my class schedule and student id. Law school here I come. . . .