LOL. I smelled like Dry Erase Markers and Denny's. I was either drawing on my closet doors (big mirrors) or sitting at Denny's til one am, so I smelled like greasy diner breakfast.
Hang in there.
Trusts are pretty easy, all things considered. Just make sure you know the different classifications and, especially the requirements of charitable trusts.
It's all going to be okay. Last night (this morning, really), the BF (also taking the bar) and I were talking about ppty, and I said, "Oh, that's and FSSEL with a shifting excutory interest, right?". After which, I decided that property is my bitch
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That's awesome. You've a lot more trial experience than I do, but I gotta say, Evidence made so much more sense when I was using it during trial than when I was trying to learn it in the abstract.
I got lucky and didn't have secured transactions or commercial paper. On the other hand, I totally had California Civil procedure/Fed Procedure to learn the distinctions of and the Professional Responsibility Essays asked for three different codes - MPC, MRPC, and California. Ridiculous to remember two, let alone three.
I'm glad things are crystallizing for you. It's nice to know you're prepared when it comes down to it, as I'm sure you are.
If I had to take the CA bar, I'd want to shoot myself. The only wonky thing we have in MS is that we still have a chancery court system, but it's really not complicated. Y'all have a ridiculous number of distinctions.
Evidence makes NO EFFING SENCE if you've never had to argue it. It's something you learn way better by doing because it's entirely situational. My boyfriend and I got together because he was my mock trial team captain in college, and I hated him, but didn't really, and he's some sort of evidence savant. I can cite most of the rules by number and tell you what it means;he can cite all of them, even the stupid 900 series that no one cares about and every effing exception, and give you 14 examples of how it works. Then again, I've probably seen hundreds of mock trial rounds, and he's still the best I've ever seen. And he closes like it's he was made for it. Seriously, why do I think that's hot? Cause I really do.
Tell me about it. Honestly, I can give you numbers on 401, 403, and 801, 802, 803. That's about it. *shrugs* I just didn't have to memorize rule numbers.
As for the boyfriend being hot while closing, true. I had some partners and classmates in my mock trial class that were a lot more gifted than I (I would really rather be a transactional lawyer, if I had my druthers). It was hot to seem them working it. Also made me insanely jealous.
The memorizing is a "parlor trick" in mock trial, like pinciting a case in moot court. You'd almost never have to do it in real practice, so it's not particularly useful anyway. You're better off without such dreadfully boring knowledge, I promise you.
The BF is some sort of mock trial god. He single-handedly took our once totally tragic undergrad program (he's been the head coach all through law school) and made it into a perennial regionals winner (then we go to nationals and promptly have some sort of stupid drama, but what are you going to do when you are dealing children with ego issues?). He can teach 404(b) to freshmen. I've gotten to where I can hold my own with him, but it's only because he is so ridiculously gifted that it just pushes me. I can honestly say I'll be a way better lawyer because of him than I would have been otherwise.
God, I never get this gushy about the BF, because he leaves his clothes everywhere and won't put the damn toilet seat down to save his life. Christ, the bar has made me soft.
Oh jeez, fricking character evidence was/is my bane. I hate it, precious. It's when you can introduce extrinsic evidence and whatnot that kills me. And all the distinctions between civil and criminal. I hate it. Just hate it.
The bar didn't make me soft, unless you count making my brain soft by the sheer beating of the metric ton of barbri books repeatedly against the side of my skull...
Hang in there.
Trusts are pretty easy, all things considered. Just make sure you know the different classifications and, especially the requirements of charitable trusts.
Let me know if I can help.
And breathe.
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I got lucky and didn't have secured transactions or commercial paper. On the other hand, I totally had California Civil procedure/Fed Procedure to learn the distinctions of and the Professional Responsibility Essays asked for three different codes - MPC, MRPC, and California. Ridiculous to remember two, let alone three.
I'm glad things are crystallizing for you. It's nice to know you're prepared when it comes down to it, as I'm sure you are.
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Evidence makes NO EFFING SENCE if you've never had to argue it. It's something you learn way better by doing because it's entirely situational. My boyfriend and I got together because he was my mock trial team captain in college, and I hated him, but didn't really, and he's some sort of evidence savant. I can cite most of the rules by number and tell you what it means;he can cite all of them, even the stupid 900 series that no one cares about and every effing exception, and give you 14 examples of how it works. Then again, I've probably seen hundreds of mock trial rounds, and he's still the best I've ever seen. And he closes like it's he was made for it. Seriously, why do I think that's hot? Cause I really do.
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As for the boyfriend being hot while closing, true. I had some partners and classmates in my mock trial class that were a lot more gifted than I (I would really rather be a transactional lawyer, if I had my druthers). It was hot to seem them working it. Also made me insanely jealous.
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The BF is some sort of mock trial god. He single-handedly took our once totally tragic undergrad program (he's been the head coach all through law school) and made it into a perennial regionals winner (then we go to nationals and promptly have some sort of stupid drama, but what are you going to do when you are dealing children with ego issues?). He can teach 404(b) to freshmen. I've gotten to where I can hold my own with him, but it's only because he is so ridiculously gifted that it just pushes me. I can honestly say I'll be a way better lawyer because of him than I would have been otherwise.
God, I never get this gushy about the BF, because he leaves his clothes everywhere and won't put the damn toilet seat down to save his life. Christ, the bar has made me soft.
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The bar didn't make me soft, unless you count making my brain soft by the sheer beating of the metric ton of barbri books repeatedly against the side of my skull...
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