Does anyone have a law school crush? In undergrad, I always managed to have a crush on someone in every class, just to make sure that no matter how terrible the class was, I would always kind of secretly look forward to going. Unfortunately, I haven’t really identified a law school crush yet, but I have high hopes for this new semester. Or else I’ll just have to wait until fall.
And just if anyone is wondering, “crushing” is totally acceptable even when in a serious, committed relationship.
I took a look at some of the search terms that drew people to my blog, and apparently the vast majority of my hits are consistently a result of my previous post referencing Emile Hirsch.
I should probably start posting some more juice about law school before my entire audience becomes teenage hipsters.
Good luck to my fellow NYU Law students (and any other students joining us from the NYC ‘hood) tomorrow at the PILC Fair!
FN1: PILC = Public Interest Law Center
Is anyone else finding it incredibly difficult to concentrate this semester? Although I am usually pretty bad at focusing, I believe that I have hit an all-time low. My Facebook to reading ratio is about 2:1, and I don’t even know what I’m looking at on Facebook anymore. And my reading, though less in volume, has consumed much more of my time simply for the mere fact that I am enormously distracted the entire time I am reading.
Is there a solution to this problem or am I merely facing the inevitable?
So after glancing at some intern evaluations for my future summer employer, I realized that the dress code is going to be business professional. Yes, you are reading correctly. For those of you out of the loop, business professional means suit. Every day. In the 90-degree 100% humidity NYC summer.
Oh, and I own approximately 1.5 suits. (The 0.5 is for a “suit” that I purchased for about $25 at JCPenny in high school that miraculously still fits me.) In order not to look like a complete slob, I will probably need to have at least 5 suits – one for each day of the week. I guess I might be able to get away with wearing my staple black suit twice a week. So 4 suits. Which means I need to purchase 2.5 new suits. (Or 3 since I think the JCPenny suit will finally have to meet its new home at the Salvation Army.)
Now that I have my math correct, it’s time to online suit shop instead of do homework. Law ladies (and gents), I’d love to get your input on which of these I should get; or what your recommendations are if you know of other options. (Note: My $4,500 public interest stipend probably will only allow me to spend max $900 total for these 3 suits so keep that in mind before you start sending me links to Armani.)
Lightweight wool one-button suit
Jacket: $198, Pencil skirt: $79.50
Banana Republic
Theory “Ediona” Tailor Jacket and “Huela” Tailor Straight-Leg Pants in Black
Jacket: $269.50, Pants: $235
Bloomingdale’s
Tahari ASL “Alexa” Textured Jacket and “Cameron” Textured Skirt
Jacket: $198, Pencil skirt: $88
Bloomingdale’s
Did everyone hear about the Citizen’s United ruling yesterday?
I just don’t buy the whole “a corporation has the same First Amendment rights as an individual person” argument.
For the sake of anonymity, I am not going to discuss my 1L elective course in this blog. If you have an inkling what it is or want to talk about it, feel free to e-mail me.
Administrative and Regulatory State
So far, Admin has been a snooze-fest. It could be because my professor keep jumping around topics in a cursory manner so that there is no real discussion about anything, it could be because my professor has a monotone voice, or it could be because admin law is inherently boring. My intuition says that it’s a little bit of all three, but my hope is that it’s just the first and that it will get better as we delve into more intriguing topics than the history of admin agencies.
Criminal Law
There’s something about law students in general and NYU students in particular: everyone seems to be extremely socially conscientious…almost to the point of being indignant. I love this about law school and NYU, and feel like I’m getting that much more from my experience because of it. [Note to other NYU'ers: Did y'all go to the Speak Up, Speak Out discussion?] My first semester profs had a tendency to keep us focused on the substantive law of the subject rather than its ultimate implications on race, gender, etc. We need to be equipped with a certain level of understanding of the basic doctrines of law, and in order to do that in 4-5 hours a week, we can’t go off tangentially on side issues that invoke deeper personal and political judgments. Understandable, I guess. But this semester, my Crim prof has veered very far from the precedent set by my first semester professors. Every discussion has an element of social or racial justice. And it is quite interesting to see inflamed hands shoot up in response to various viewpoints. Ultimately, I’m not sure how much I’m learning about the criminal law doctrine, but I sure am learning a lot about people’s differing positions on the role of criminal law.
Has anyone ever experienced the following question during an interview…
“So if we were to extend you an offer, would you take it over your other offer, at XYZ?”
Because I got to answer that one this morning. And it was awk. I really wanted to lie, but my integrity got the best of me and I ended up saying, “I am not sure. Although I’m very interested in working at ABC, I would still like to consider my alternatives before making a final choice.”
Also, do any other sports-loving girls HATE it when guys ignore us during sports conversations? Why should guys be the only ones who get to use sports as an easy conversation starter at networking-type events? I’m a girl and I happen to love sports. Especially football. And it really pisses me off when guys just automatically ignore anything I have to stay about sports.
3 interviews in approximately 18 hours. But it’s all over now and the waiting game begins.
Good luck to all those 1Ls out there interviewing for summer jobs!
