One week to go until the bar exam. I had a nice conversation with my mother about my attitude and preparation going into the home stretch. I had explained to her that I feel like I am more or less where I should be. I've done what I can do, I'm getting what I should get ( Read more... )

Studying for the bar reminded me of my favorite scene from Bull Durham:

CRASH [to NUKE]: You have a gift. When you were a baby, the gods reached down and turned your right arm into a thunderbolt. You got a Hall of Fame arm but you're pissing it away....

NUKE: Ain't pissin' nothin' away. I got a Porsche already--I got a nine-eleven with a ( Read more... )

So it's a run of the mill practice MBE question: Tulip-seller in Holland offers by telephone to sell tulip bulbs, in $QUANTITY at $PRICE to American flower retailer. Retailer responds by letter, confirming the deal. The letter contained both the price and quantity terms. Because of a calamity in Holland, the tulip-seller does not perform. In ( Read more... )

The bar exam--and preparing for the bar exam--stinks.

I hate making flashcards, but I can't seem to keep certain topics straight in my head, so I use cheatsheets:


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If you haven't already heard, there's a nifty Firefox extension out there called RECAPSay you're on PACER (the electronic document archive for the U.S. Federal courts). You want to pull a document, but you don't want to cough up the dime per page that PACER will charge you. What to do ( Read more... )

Someone just forwarded me this-- which is quite possibly the best compilation of advice from a PD I have ever seen in my life. Some Advice from your Public Defender (via craigslist)

I’m a lawyer, not your fairy godmother. I probably won’t find a loophole or technicality for you, so don’t be pissed off. I didn’t beat up your girlfriend, steal that ( Read more... )

I've been pretty quiet for a while--but that's not for lack of things to do.

This summer, I'm working at Legal Services of Northern Virginia; we represent indigent clients in civil matters. I've been on the job a week now, and I can say that it's been an education in itself ( Read more... )

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I've been looking into LaTeX for legal documents. I already use LaTeX for personal things, such as generating study outlines:


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