random thoughts about law school

Jesmany spoke about how to balance work, studying and Law school...I agree with his take on at as i took a similar path. [i will tell you about my views on balancing school, work and extracurricular activities at a later date] I don’t recommend that any full time law student consider working during their first semester. Your average day will consist of arriving at school around 8 or 9a.m., going to classes until around 4 or so, maybe hitting the gym, and studying for the duration of the night....this you will do for the entire first semester! For those that enjoy thanksgiving and would love to spend it with family---you may find yourself at the dinner table with your iPod- listening to Contracts---that was what happened to me at least. Don’t be discouraged though--while the first semester is described as the worst--if you put the time and effort in you will see the fruits of your efforts. For me it was a true battle...for one..I could not get out of my bed in the mornings--unfortunately for me I LOVE to sleep in---so to deal with that, I stayed up late at nights studying. You will figure out what works for you-while many of my friends arrived at school at 7:30 a.m. and were asleep by 11, my days were much different....i got to school right before classes at about 8:45 BUT stayed at school until 12 when the library closed...getting to bed around 1. As I said though..Don’t be disheartened- you will figure out what works for you as you go along. Let me talk about the library---on the one hand, you may find that you get most work done at school in the library or at home or at the park or at another schools library---don’t get your feathers ruffled by what works for your friends and classmates always do what works for you. One thing you may hear from STU students is to not get lost in the BREEZEWAY--i have mixed feelings where that’s concerned--some of the best students at STU studied day in day out in the breezeway---some students did not make it back after the first semester because they were in the breezeway day in day out...again do what works best for you! If you’re a social butterfly like myself socialize in the breezeway after you are comfortable and on top of your work. there are some perks about the dreaded breezeway though, such as being able to interact with your professors, Dean's and Judges in a very informal manner..Just don’t get stuck there! Until next time...shoot me any questions or leave any comments i will respond ASAP..