I recently had a single mom of two young ones who is about 6 weeks into her first year of law school ask me for some pointers about how to balance all of her responsibilities and not feel so overwhelmed.  I realized there are probably several people out there in similar situations wondering the same thing, so thought I would share the basics of my response. ————— Let me start by saying that everything you are...

This is the time of year many students head into their first year of law school.  If you are one of them, this post will speak directly to you. If you are thinking about being a law student one day, but you haven’t been in school for a while, and you have kids at home, here’s a little taste of some things to consider. *** So, you’re a 1L – a first year law student. Congratulations! You are about to undergo one of the toughest...

As of Friday, July 21, I completed my first legal action. Granted, it was acting as a Petitioner In Pro Se (on my own behalf) which anyone could do, but the thing is, I did it, and actually understood what I was doing! It was for the adoption of our 17-month-month old daughter, which my partner gave birth to, and which we planned, conceived, and have raised together. Although we’d planned on going through the adoption process shortly...

One more three-hour exam, tonight, and I am done with 1L. Wow. My first year of law school is almost done. It went by quickly, it really did. Someday, perhaps I will have the brainpower to contemplate the experience. Today is not that day. I don’t know when I have ever felt this exhausted. I was really tired after my partner’s 37-hour labor, followed by a C-section, followed by me becoming the primary (and somewhat clueless)...

Last night was the culmination of an entire semester, really, an entire year of Legal Writing and Analysis: our oral argument at the downtown courthouse. I remember in the Fall when our prof and TA were giving us an overview of the year they mentioned that in the Spring we’d be completing a 30+ page brief and then presenting it in an oral argument in front of judges at the courthouse, it seemed so remote and nearly impossible. (Thank God...

Law School 101 for pre-schoolers – so easy! My son will be 4-years old this Friday. Wow. Hard to believe he is getting to be such a big boy, but he is. He’s quite interested in studying and my law school books. On Saturday while I was studying at my Mom’s house (way easier than at my own house where said 4-year-old and his 1-year-old sister would constantly interrupt me), he called me. He said he was reading my school books...