t14
Life as a member of the class of 2012 at a "top 14" law school.
Author: "Southerly Wind" is from the University of Virginia; "Chicago_1L" is from the University of Chicago; "IvyLife" is from Cornell University; and "Soleil" is from Columbia University.
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Recent Posts from t14
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The Crunch Is On
Now that the first draft of the memo is in and our mandatory conferences with our LRW instructors is not for about a week or so, I've become focused on the disheartening truth that it…
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Candy and Play Doh
So fantastic news. We didn’t actually get our Legal Methods exams back, but the professor sent out a mass email detailing the good news and the bad. The good news – and it certainly is…
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We Have a Vacancy
As you may have noticed, IvyLife is no longer blogging here at t14. We have begun the search for her replacement and if you were contacted by us in the past two months about a…
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Yes, I’ve been drinking!
I’ve always hated professors. It has nothing to do with their authority over my academic success, though I do have issues with authority. As a class, professors are simply dull, stuffy, tame, vapid, and extremely…
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A Fresh New Take on Gunners
So as I said before, I have some thoughts about gunners that might run counter to what most people think. That is, gunners aren't all bad. I am not, nor do I ever intend to…
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Making Time for Fun
As I mentioned, I had a mini-reunion with some college friends the week before last. I was out four nights in a row and subsequently fell behind in torts and contracts. I debated whether I…
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On studying…
My entire scholastic career has been focused on doing as well as possible while, at the same time, exerting as little effort as possible - why else would anyone major in Political Science? During my…
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Q & A, etc.
Ok, so first off, I'll address a few things brought up in the responses to my last post: With respect to the rigor at Chicago, I can't really speak to the rigor here as it…
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Going on Break…Permanently
Cornell is a special kind of cruel. Just when things get unbearably chaotic, there is this week long "fall break." Only, it's not really a break, at least not for 1Ls. Instead, we are advised…
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I’ve got the fever…
Remember when I said that the idiots who populate Harvard Law School are all terrible looking? I must now redact the statement in order to alter it slightly: "The idiots who populate Harvard Law School…