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A Lot Can Change in a Year (Alternatively: It’s Never Too Late?)
Sunday, 20 Dec, 2009 – 18:29 | 10 Comments
A Lot Can Change in a Year (Alternatively: It’s Never Too Late?)

About a year ago, I made a post listing off 9 Reasons Not to Attend Law School which is still making periodic rounds across the blogosphere.
The thread has brought tons of interesting comments from both …

More Tales from the 1L Underbelly
Thursday, 19 Nov, 2009 – 22:35 | 3 Comments
More Tales from the 1L Underbelly

A post in which Chris talks for a long time about Midterms, Study Groups, Outlines, and the large amounts of Drama in law school.

Tales from the 1L Underbelly
Monday, 24 Aug, 2009 – 22:27 | 2 Comments
Tales from the 1L Underbelly

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 …

Advice for New 1Ls: Your Lawyer Would Never Let You Sign This
Tuesday, 14 Jul, 2009 – 15:36 | 4 Comments
Advice for New 1Ls: Your Lawyer Would Never Let You Sign This

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 …

Why Law Students Should Adopt Twitter En Masse
Friday, 1 May, 2009 – 17:03 | 3 Comments
Why Law Students Should Adopt Twitter En Masse

I was something of a late Twitter adopter on my Legal Geekery persona.  I didn’t really understand how it could benefit me professionally.  Now I urge all law students to get a Twitter account as …

9 Reasons Why Law School Is Great
Tuesday, 10 Feb, 2009 – 20:23 | 10 Comments
9 Reasons Why Law School Is Great

I understand that bashing law school is a favorite activity of law students, but as a response to Josh’s prior post — I present to you the 9 Reasons Why Law School is Great.

Legeeke Discussion: #3 1L Mock Trial
Monday, 2 Feb, 2009 – 18:07 | No Comment
Legeeke Discussion: #3 1L Mock Trial

This thread is for the discussion of the Legeeke Comic #3 1L Mock Trial.
At Penn State, we have an annual 1L Mock Trial.  Oftentimes, the 1Ls are not made aware of the competition until two …

On Law School Grades and Eating Squirrels
Thursday, 8 Jan, 2009 – 7:28 | No Comment
On Law School Grades and Eating Squirrels

Commentary on whether law school grades really matter, and a cool NYT Article about the Brits eating squirrels.

Belated Blog Action Day: Poverty
Thursday, 23 Oct, 2008 – 16:08 | 2 Comments
Belated Blog Action Day: Poverty

Blog Action Day was last week. Coincidentally, it was the same day that our rough drafts for law review were due, so LG is celebrating Belated Blog Action Day.
What is Blog Action Day: Poverty, …

What Law School Classes Are Like / How to Take Notes In Law School
Wednesday, 6 Aug, 2008 – 17:21 | 9 Comments
What Law School Classes Are Like / How to Take Notes In Law School

I had no idea what to expect from law school classes. I knew that they would be taught using the socratic method, but I didn’t know how I was going to extract information while other …

A Lapse in Etiquette
Wednesday, 30 Jul, 2008 – 21:25 | No Comment
A Lapse in Etiquette

I’m usually fairly good about following law school etiquette. I try to limit the number of comments I make in classes, I don’t talk about grades to people outside my study group, etc. These are …

The Best Way to Take Notes in Law School
Thursday, 17 Jul, 2008 – 21:56 | 10 Comments
The Best Way to Take Notes in Law School

Yeah, I know it’s a bold statement, but I swear by this program.  Microsoft OneNote allows students to organize multiple notebooks, sections, and subsections in one application, with instant, database-style save capability so you’ll never …

The Calm Before the Storm
Friday, 4 Jul, 2008 – 14:13 | One Comment
The Calm Before the Storm

The relaxing period of the summer has officially ended.
In the next few weeks, this is my schedule:

40 hrs/week researching
Interview for a fellowship in Philly on Friday
Loyola Patent Job Fair in Chicago (10 interviews, maybe more)
Write …

Briefing for Law School
Saturday, 21 Jun, 2008 – 9:59 | 7 Comments
Briefing for Law School

I enjoy seeing how people stumble upon this blog. One of my favorite ways someone found it was by searching, “how to sell baking soda as cocaine.”
Last week, someone found their way here by searching …

Programmer Inefficiency
Sunday, 4 May, 2008 – 15:08 | No Comment
Programmer Inefficiency

My contracts exam is a few short hours away. You think that I’d be vigorously combing my notes and outlines, and absorbing esoteric contracts knowledge in hopes of gaining a few extra points, right? Wrong. …

Somehow Not From The Onion
Wednesday, 23 Apr, 2008 – 21:45 | One Comment
Somehow Not From The Onion

“Police in Congo have arrested 13 suspected sorcerers accused of using black magic to steal or shrink men’s penises after a wave of panic and attempted lynchings triggered by the alleged witchcraft.“

I can’t even begin …

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