About Me

There's a series of study rooms behind the cafe of my law school that my classmates and I have come to call Gunner's Row. Unfortunately I find myself in these rooms very often, but I'm not gunner. I'm pretty quiet in my classes. Anyway my hope is that his blog will give readers an inside look into what life is like as a first-year law student. It's also therapeutic for me since it gives me a break from learning exciting things like adverse possession and forward contracts.

If you're here looking for study tips...you won't find it until at least January 2014 since that's when I get my Fall semester grades. For your benefit I've decided not to talk about study habits and tactics until I can be sure that they do indeed yield good results.

Anyway, about me. I'm from the northeast, went to college in the northeast, and took a year off after college before law school. I took the LSAT way more times than I wanted or expected. I'm fortunate enough to be attending a school ranked in the top 20 on a full scholarship. This is something I'm extremely thankful for considering how much debt the average law student is forced to incur to get their degree.

I wanted to be a lawyer since I was about 16 for the usual blend of reasons. The money was attractive, I thought I was smarter than it turns out I am, I liked the confrontational aspect of it, the idea of helping people gave me a sense of purpose etc... etc...My reasons changed every year. Usually because people kept criticizing my existing reasons so I needed to find new ones to justify my interest, especially in this economy.

To be honest I still don't have a "satisfactory" answer to the question "Why do you want to be a lawyer?" Everything sounds naive and cliche at this point, a sentiment that most of my peers seem to agree with. You'll have your handful of people who are passionate about a certain field such as prosecution or intellectual property. But other than that most people in this economy respond with "whatever job I can get" when asked which type of law they want to practice.

Anyway, that's enough about me. I hope that you'll enjoy reading this blog as much as I'll enjoy writing it.