My goal is to treat law school like a day job, and I've been successful so far. With my first class every day at 10:30, a frequent approach is to wake up around 7:30, drink coffee, read the news and check email. From about 8:00 to 9:30 or so, I do schoolwork or go to the grocery store, then head to class. Aside from a lunch break, I spend my time between classes in the library, and shoot to be home by about 7:00 for dinner. I have typically had a bit more work to do at home after dinner, followed by a TV show or something with Priya and in bed by 11:30. Tues/Thur are my heavy classroom days, so Mon/Wed are heavy schoolwork days in preparation.
Monday
10:30-12:00 Legal Methods
2:00-3:15 Contracts
Tuesday
10:30-12:00 Civil Procedure
12:30-1:45 Legal Writing, Research, and Advocacy Program (LWRAP)
2:00-3:30 Torts
Wednesday
10:30-12:00 Legal Methods
2:00-3:15 Contracts
Thursday
10:30-12:00 Civil Procedure
12:30-1:45 Contracts
2:00-3:30 Torts
Friday
10:45-12:00 LWRAP
12:30-2:00 Torts (some weeks this class is cancelled)
Saturday
Trying to use Saturdays for schoolwork
Sunday
Trying not to use Sundays for schoolwork
Happy 1st Anniversary to Elizabeth and Graham!!!
Monday, August 31, 2009
Monday, August 24, 2009
First Day of School
Today is my 21st first day of school, going back to preschool (actually 24 if we include my school years as a teacher!). I think that's a big number. But - I'm still anxious and a little nervous, anticipating what it will be like in law school.
I should have two classes today -- Legal Methods and Contracts -- but my Methods professor is out of town, or something, this week. So, I begin at the more-than-reasonable time of 2:00pm in my first Contracts class. In preparation for day one, we had a 17 page reading assignment that took a few hours to read, understand, and brief. The case we read was Shaheen v. Knight, in which a patient sues the doctor that performed his vasectomy when he and his wife subsequently have their fifth child. He does not allege negligence, just a failure to fulfill a contracted guarantee to make him sterile. Shaheen is suing for the amount of money it will require to raise his new child. The court reasoned that, while there was an enforceable contract, the costs involved in raising a child do not constitute damages. So, no damages were awarded since it was decided he had suffered none.
My classes will usually include two Sections of students, which totals about 80 people. The long-dreaded Socratic Method will be employed, and we'll be cold-called for answers to questions and general intellectual pestering by the professor. It'll be stressful for the unprepared.
I should have two classes today -- Legal Methods and Contracts -- but my Methods professor is out of town, or something, this week. So, I begin at the more-than-reasonable time of 2:00pm in my first Contracts class. In preparation for day one, we had a 17 page reading assignment that took a few hours to read, understand, and brief. The case we read was Shaheen v. Knight, in which a patient sues the doctor that performed his vasectomy when he and his wife subsequently have their fifth child. He does not allege negligence, just a failure to fulfill a contracted guarantee to make him sterile. Shaheen is suing for the amount of money it will require to raise his new child. The court reasoned that, while there was an enforceable contract, the costs involved in raising a child do not constitute damages. So, no damages were awarded since it was decided he had suffered none.
My classes will usually include two Sections of students, which totals about 80 people. The long-dreaded Socratic Method will be employed, and we'll be cold-called for answers to questions and general intellectual pestering by the professor. It'll be stressful for the unprepared.
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