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Anonymous Thoughts On Laptops In the Classroom

by Anonymous August 31, 2009 Life

Note: this post was anonymously submitted to Legal Geekery. The content doesn’t necessarily reflect the views of the LG authors, but we thought that it would stir some interesting debate. There is a lot of discussion going around lately about professors banning laptops in the classroom, so I feel the need to chime in. There [...]

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Tales from the 1L Underbelly

by Christopher Wright August 24, 2009 Advice

Greetings Legal Geeks, it’s been far too long since I updated so you may have forgotten who I am.  Well here’s a quick reminder, my name is Chris, I’m a 1L, now I must go read for 27 hours, kthanksbye. Okay in all seriousness I am a 1L who is going through the law school [...]

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So You’ve Survived Your First Week of Law School

by Claire Marie August 20, 2009 Advice

Have you? Sure you have. Maybe its been rough, maybe its been a breeze.  (I doubt the latter, but in case that is you I recommend being vigilant and don’t think because you’ve “got this” means you’ll automatically do well on finals.) Whatever variety of spice law school has thrown into your gut, fear not–it [...]

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More Back-to-School Advice: Snack Right

by Laura Bergus August 17, 2009 Advice

A rising 1L I follow on Twitter recently posted, “Stocking up on packaged, processed food with preservatives galore.” She wasn’t joking, and the impending doom of the law student study-life (im)balance was driving her to seek out quick, easy, non-perishable calories. Probably every first-year law student will feel the pull of the vending machines or [...]

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Advice for New 1Ls: Your Lawyer Would Never Let You Sign This

by Laura Bergus July 14, 2009 Legal

The first year of law school is, in part, about jumping through hoops. Actually, it’s about showing the right people that you’re willing to jump through hoops, and then jumping through them. The toughest hoop for me was one particular application. Not an application to join something or get something, but an application to register…a [...]

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Star Trek and Star Wars geeks collide at Trek Fest, Riverside, Iowa

by Laura Bergus June 27, 2009 Geekery

The 25th annual Trek Fest in Riverside, Iowa, featured Vulcans, Klingons, beer, a rodeo and … storm troopers?

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The Unspoken Life of a Lawyer

by Claire Marie June 22, 2009 Legal

In my second year I took a Law and Literature class to give myself some sort of relief from the typical law school class and to coddle my much neglected theater minor self a little.  It was a good choice:  my professor was dedicated and full of interesting legal references in popular culture and had [...]

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Help with Student Loans, Starring Shrinking Gremlins

by Laura Bergus June 12, 2009 Law School

I like this new PSA campaign from the Project on Student Debt. The IBRinfo.org website is slick, it looks very non-governmental, and best of all there’s an animation explaining the Income-Based Repayment program. Did I mention the shrinking gremlins? Watch and learn: [And while I was hoping for an interesting IP angle on the use [...]

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Speed limits test the limits of reason

by Louis Grube June 10, 2009 Life

Lately, I’ve been giving up vices. Cheese, weeknight partying, and gambling have all been easily removed from my day to day life. These were easy. I’d say the most difficult vice to give up has been speeding. Of all the changes I’ve gone through while growing up, this is probably the least expected

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