This past weekend I was a student invitee/participant at the State Bar Family Law Conference. Thus begins my law school extracurriculars! Great chance to observe “real, live lawyers” in a relaxed atmosphere and “schmooze” to my heart’s content, as one of my sponsors so aptly put it. Ah, the art of schmoozery – not really my thing – but I’m getting decent at it. After a while, it is a bit...
The post where I confess that I am dreading going back to school. I guess I have the going back to law school blues. OK, dreading is a strong word. Maybe “having mixed feelings” is more accurate. I am looking forward to getting back into the swing of school, getting my feet wet with family law and intellectual property and just learning more. On the other hand, we have been having the BEST SUMMER EVER. It’s been so wonderful...
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...
About Me
Insider advice and insights to help you decide if you should pursue a higher degree while raising children, and tips for being successful if you're already on that path, from a woman who graduated from law school in her early 40's while working full-time and helping raise two young children. While most of the blog posts were originally written several years ago, they have recently been sorted for the most relevant materials, and new content is being added.