finish law school

I passed my trimester flawlessly, I’m on the road people, I’ll be a Lawyer soon! :D

today I’m taking my last exam -

I need to stop doing some stupid shit like fooling around all day and actually start studying at least 5 hours a day. That is, when I finish working in Irak.

4 weeks left

Well, I FINALLY think I’m closer to this goal than I thought :-) I hope to come back soon to put a “I’ve done this” on this one, I. NEED. IT.

Can’t wait anymore. This is by far the most challenging semester. I just hope the time will pass quickly and unnoticeably

And even if I ever use it, I’d like the shiny piece of paper.

Well, I am done with my first semester, after taking 12 hours of exams. And I think I may have failed every single last one. At least three of them. I ever had a dream I did…

While taking the Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam in Los Angeles last weekend, I had the sensation of being within the flow of the tao. Yes, I had taken a class on legal ethics and I had studied like mad, but I was also merely allowing my hand to rest over a part of the test form and move the end of the pencil in a tight circle. There are a few places where I feel at home, and among law students or lawyers is one of those places. I’m on the right path for me right now.

I’m not sure I really want to be a lawyer. I did at one time – planned to save the environment from destruction as an environmental attorney or something. One semester into 1L and I realized environmental attorneys don’t save the environment – they protect the people who may be destroying it. Anyway, I’m over that. I passed 1L but the school and I agreed that I should take a year off before 2L. That has extended to about 20 years now which means I’d be starting all over. I definitely have more realistic goals for a law degree, if I ever finish. I’d be a killer divorce and family law advocate for men. But, I’ll probably never go back to an actual school; I’d only do it through an on-line program where my interaction with 19-year old cut-throat over-achiever yuppies would be minimal. I’d never want the stress and corporate BS of working for a firm – after age 19, “they” only seem to get worse. I wouldn’t need sheepskin from some prestigious school anyway; at most, I’d hang out a shingle at the home office and let things take their course. I think my main motivation is just the possibility that I could generate a living from self-employment without putting in but maybe 30 hours a week.