Introductory Materials

At this very moment, I am a 2L.  To be more precise, at this moment I am a 2L who is supposed to be listening to an explanation of Federal Rules of Evidence 401 and 402, regarding relevancy and admissibility.  If any of that makes sense to you, then you or someone you know may be suffering from 'Law School'.

There is no cure, as what happens in law school will stay with you for life.  There are only two treatments; dropping out--which leads to a tragic and near fatal case of 'Oh crap why did I take all that debt'-itis--or a J.D.  Of course in some cases either of those treatments may be worse than the disease, as they both involve once more interacting with the real world that we left behind when we came in to these hallowed and terrifically expensive halls.

So what is this, then?  An exercise in hearing myself speak (virtually speaking)?  Literary legal masturbation?  Maybe.  This blog is an attempt to explain, even just to myself, what I've gone through and am going through here.  Law School is equal parts wonderful, terrifying, and stupefying, and sometimes you just have to talk about it.  And explain it to people who aren't going through it.

This blog thus owes a lot to webcomics like XKCD (www.xkcd.com), Surviving the World (www.survivingtheworld.net), and Piled Higher and Deeper (www.phdcomics.com).  Each of them attempts to understand the various world they are involved in, and each of them is involved in some form of academia.  The biggest difference is that I can't draw (although I may provide some Surviving the World style blackboard drawings if I feel particularly masochistic).

The posts here won't necessarily be in any chronological order.  I reserve the right to flit back to 1L experiences and ruminations between current observations, and if you don't like it then please refer to the End User License Agreement between you and someone who cares.  And yes, you can expect nonsensical legal jokes like that all the time; it comes with the territory.

So step up to the Bar with me, and we'll get a drink, because some days that looks like the only bar I'll manage to make it to ;)