PT-LawMom

Bob Kraft, a Dallas immigration/personal injury attorney, has a very helpful immigration law answers blog that covers everything from basic FAQs to discussion of current immigration legislation and news items.

We’ve enrolled Pumpkinhead in an expensive Montessori school. He will start January 2. I am feeling a bit concerned about transitioning him at the same time I start school, but hopefully he will roll with it. We still haven’t figured out Chapin’s work schedule. He has been getting home every night between 7:30 - 8, but that’s not going to cut it for the nights I’m in law school because the Montessori shuts at 6:30 and charges mucho dinero if you’re late. I want to get a backup sitter, but Chapin hates using non-family to care for Pumpkinhead. This is a major source of stress for me. Of course we have less than three weeks left and no solutions. ACK!!

I wish Amazon Marketplace had been around when I was in undergrad. I will be taking three classes this semester (8 credits) - Contracts I, Torts I and Legal Research & Writing I. My books would have cost $478.30 new or $378.20 used from the school bookstore. I have bought everything except one workbook through Amazon Marketplace for a grand total of $151.78 (incl. shipping!) I also found great deals on two commercial outlines. Yay Amazon!

It’s been a month since my last post! I have since been accepted into the T2 school as well as the T4 where I sent my nonrefundable tuition deposit. I’m still really conflicted, but after speaking with a bunch of alumni at both schools, my gut is telling me to go with the T4’s stronger part-time program. The T2 offers no weekend classes/clinics and has daytime hours for law review and other extracurriculars. The T4 has weekend legal clinics, a pro bono program with hours specifically for evening students, and Saturday bar preview classes. The T4 is also closer to my work. I will just need to do that much better in order to succeed. Hopefully I won’t regret my choice down the road….