Posts Tagged ‘prep’

Now that the first draft of the memo is in and our mandatory conferences with our LRW instructors is not for about a week or so, I’ve become focused on the disheartening truth that it is in fact several weeks into the quarter and, sadly, finals are just a few weeks away. As such, it is time to get in the habit of preparing. So now, instead of having additional free time since the memo is done, I take that time and use it outlining and reviewing supplements. I haven’t outlined at all since school started and it is actually VERY tedious and boring and yet VERY necessary (from what I understand).

But there is good news. At the end of this quarter, we only have 2 finals. One is in Civ Pro, and the other is in the nebulous, philosophical, and ever-enraging course that is Elements. Remember how I said I just couldn’t handle that people told me: “You either get it, or you don’t” with this class? Well, after so many weeks, I’ve decided I don’t get it. But (more good news) when it comes down to it, this class is worth a very small part of a 1L’s grade and U of C is pretty unique in having this class, which (so far as I can tell) really doesn’t have much if any importance in practicing law — so, in other words, it might not be too hard to explain away or downplay a less than stellar grade in this particular course. So while I’m not saying I’m writing this class off entirely (because I am sure I will do my best to study diligently, outline appropriately, and try to take some kind of practice tests), I’ll say I won’t be disappointed if when grades come back I end up lower on the spectrum than I do in other classes. In fact, I might even be expecting to do not so well in this class.

More good news, last week, to celebrate finishing the first draft of many people’s first ever legal memo, the Law Student Association hosted our annual “Party of the First Part”: a $20, all you can drink party that occurred last Thursday night. It was off the hook! Good times with most of the 1L’s getting good and social and dancing/drinking it up somewhere downtown. I don’t really remember where (not because I was drunk though, because I don’t know the neighborhoods very well). The best part: everyone had class the next day. Which class? Elements! I think there was probably (in total) an entire row absent from the class, which is probably about one-eighth or one-seventh of the class. So, in short, people had a good time . . . even the gunners.

To follow that up, Halloween was Saturday (I know, what a surprise, right?) and once again the U of C 1Ls were out in force for some serious costume-wearing debauchery.

But that was then, and this is now. Another dreary Monday and all the sadness and drudgery that comes along with it. To boot, we have our class’ first Career Services meeting later in the afternoon — certain to increase the dreariness of my Monday, in case you haven’t been paying attention to the economy.