Rapidly Approaching

As we near the end of July, law camp is imminent. Friday is my last day of work at the libraries and then it's up to New York for 6 days to see friends and family before coming back to Maryland, grabbing my stuff, and moving to my new mini house in law school town. Right now the apartment is getting pretty clean but there are boxes EVERYWHERE, as I've been packing and steam-cleaning and scrubbing kitchens and bathrooms. The dust that gets kicked up is killing me, since I've got a crazy dust allergy.

My friend, who is taking over my current apartment, is moving in on Friday, so I've consolidated all my stuff in one half of the room, so that we can get all her stuff in.

People keep asking me if I'm excited, but honestly, I find moving too much of a pain to be focused on being excited about starting law school. I did receive a letter from my "law office" -- our Legal Writing and Research class, and it looks like we will both interview our first client and write our first memo during law camp. I guess we get things off with a bang.

I also have most of my books, all of which I found pretty good deals for. The only two I don't have yet are ones that were just published this year and which don't have used copies available anywhere. I'll just have to suck it up and order them in the next day or so, but the Torts book is upwards of $100 since it's a new edition -- blech!

Anyway, after two more days of week, one week of family time, and one week of assimilating to my new apartment, my law school adventure will begin. My best friend from home is coming down to VA with me to help me set up the apartment and get settled in -- though I imagine it's our trip to an amusement park that is the real reason she's coming. Either way, it will be nice to have some company as I get started in a new place.

Study Schedule

I should just admit it: I'm a planner. Now some people might thing that this isn't a bad thing. With me, however, it's not just a general plan for what my days will look like. In undergrad, I used to take my syllabi and map out my reading for each night for the entire semester before classes even started. Then, each night I would have to do the reading before going to bed.

I had thought I'd mellowed in the three years since then. Getting my MLS turned me into a lazy learner; I rarely read. And why would I, when the readings were then reiterated to us in class and the professors provided 70+ slides for each class that also repeated the material? I'd only do what I needed to get the assignments in.

Ever since I got my IL Fall Schedule, I've been trying to figure out what my days will look like. On average, how many hours a day will be required of studying, or how many hours per class session? Obviously, this differs for everyone, but is it really about 3 hours per class session, as suggested by Law School Confidential? How much time does Legal Research and Writing take up?

These are just some things I've been thinking about lately. I cannot wait for school to start so this blog can be more about mocking law students (none of whom are any stranger than I am, I'm sure) and the law school experience.

For the time being, I'm chugging away at my two jobs and looking forward to 5:00pm on July 31st, my last day. Packing is taking up the majority of the rest of my time...2.5 out of 5 bookshelves packed. I ran out of small enough boxes for books -- they get heavy so fast, so I've moved on to cleaning out the rolltop desk for the time being.

Til next time.