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Unprepared

06 Dec

I’m feeling rather devastated after my exam. Honestly, I just don’t know how I did. I tried to cover as many points as possible but I feel like I saw only the forest and not the trees (or he just asked really straightforward questions). I asked several people about one fairly easy (I thought) question (that was my first mistake — even asking!) and they all gave the same answer as me until another group came over and were like, “Didn’t you mention Omission? What about Complicity?” :( But what really got me down is that apparently our teacher spent a whole class discussing our state law on one topic versus the MPC & Common Law approaches. My study partner and I failed to include any state law on our outline and I completely missed the part of the question where it said “LOOK AT PAGE ___.” I did put down the correct statute and discuss the legal differences as I saw them (although what the heck do I know since, as I mentioned before, I have no recollection of this topic), but I failed to read the page she referenced, which had key data as to how they apply it. :oops: I feel like such a moron!

What is stressing me out most is that I attended almost every class and paid attention. When I compared my notes to a classmate’s, I had most of what she had (by pure chance — I was typing, but wasn’t absorbing). But do I remember anything my teacher said? Nope! Don’t even get me started on work. I want to be a successful attorney. How on earth am I going to do that if I bomb tests and can’t remember what I did this morning much less what I have planned for tomorrow? I guess it’s too early to tell what the long-term effects of the Neurontin will be, but so far mental defect is definitely a big one.

Okay, I’ve whined enough (assuming anyone’s actually far enough through my bitch session to care). Off to start studying for my next exam!

 
 

Challenging the ICE Raids

06 Dec

Finally some good news for the people who have been targeted, often unfairly, by ICE raids (specifically, legal relatives or household members or children who have been scared out of their mind by these raids and torn away from their family members). A group of Bay Area law firms is forming a task force to challenge the constitutionality of the raids on behalf of these individuals.

 
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Prepared?

06 Dec

Well, I’m as prepared as I can be for my exam. I have virtually no ability to recall anything said in class, but the plus side is that I have great notes (thanks to a fantastic classmate who lent me hers to supplement mine!) and a wonderful outline. I reviewed my LEEWS tapes and book yesterday and will try hard to apply those tactics (I didn’t do it in CivPro because I had a hard time with the conflict pairs idea for that test). I went to sleep at 10:30 last night even though I wanted to read more because I have to work all day and I figured sleep was more important. Hopefully this will all lead to nothing less than a B-? Trying to remember that as long as I don’t completely fail and as long as I eventually pass the bar, I’ll still be a lawyer. Still, it’s scary.

And I have to share a little bit of nastiness I got at work yesterday. I was studying hard and saw this girl who works at my firm who graduated top in her class at a T4 school. I spoke with her last year when I was preparing for the LSATs and she was still young and innocent. Apparently she’s now high and mighty. When I saw her, I smiled and said, half-joking and holding up my large tabbed, bound outline, “Look at my outline. Would this have intimidated you?” Know what she said?!? “Um, NO! My outlines were always perfect and I never get intimidated.” Then she walked away. Well excuuuussseee me! How could she not have seen that as an opening for exam advice? The thing is, she was totally serious and seriously snotty. It wasn’t like she was “Why are you speaking to me?” It was more, “Why on earth would you think something as crappy as that little outline would actually intimidate me, the #1 student at my law school?” :roll: