HATE is easy ... love takes COURAGE


"I’ll write about a lot of things: law school and the ensuing hilarity, life lessons, and general happenings. You’re welcome to join me on my adventure."

Author: Mariel de la Garza is a law student at the University of Texas.

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Recent Posts from HATE is easy ... love takes COURAGE


  • Failure is not an option (unless your professor says so) and other thoughts

    We got back our grades on a “memo” we had to write a month or so ago for our Civil Procedure Class. Let’s just say 1) It’s clear I had no idea what I was…

  • A memo

    So, our research and writing class [some schools call it "lawyering" others call it "legal skills" or something like that] has as a final, an assignment to write the “discussion portion of a memo.” Due…

  • There’s a Spirit Can Ne’er be told…

    At 2:42am on November 18, 1999 in College Station, Texas, the 90th Annual Texas Aggie Bonfire collapsed killing 12 students and injuring 27 others. There’s a saying at A&M that from the outside looking in,…

  • My day in court, part deux

    The third hearing was a “limited objection to a request for substitution of counsel.” There were three attorneys, we’ll call them A and B [plaintiff's counsel] and C [defendant's counsel].  Plaintiff wanted to substitute B…

  • My day in court, part 1

    This entry has been a work in progress since last Thursday, 11/12.  Apologies for its length.  I want to preserve as much as I can about my first trip to a courthouse so in the…

  • A different look at law school life

    This is an entry I wrote back in July of this year [2009].  It is just now being posted because I wanted to seek the author’s permission before drawing attention to her blog.  She gave…

  • ANTC 5

    Last night I had my first law-school related dream in a while.  These are the kinds of things law school does to your brain:   “UT Law has decided to move to another facility while…

  • A walk down memory lane

    Okay 1Ls, I’ve found something encouraging we can all do so that we feel like we’ve actually learned something this semester: I encourage all of you to go back to the beginning of your casebooks.…

  • Anyone else need a Montage?

    On facebook, I wrote: “2 [more] cups of coffee and ‘Eye of the Tiger.’  Contracts, you’re going down.” Then, a friend at Baylor Law wrote, “sounds like you need a montage…” and linked to the…

  • Hiding from finals?

    Not a chance.  They’ll find you eventually.  Can you believe we’re already almost done with our first semester?