Third-Tier Conversation

Characters
Brian - an inquisitive son of an ObGyn who didn't have enough father and son talks
Angela - forgetful "sweet sweet love" partner of ObGyn's son who likes to sketch for special occasions

Angela: I forgot to bring extra tampons.
Brian: What are you going to do if you have to pee?
Angela: What do you mean?
Brian: What are you going to do if you have to pee?
Angela (realizing what he's asking, she goes into a stunned pause with look of disbelief probably wondering how "sweet sweet love" was ever made): Are you kidding me?!
Brian: What?!
An illustration consisting of THREE holes is drawn and thusly so a third-tier converstaion came to an enlightening end.

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"We say, 'Let's make sweet sweet love.' We don't say, 'Wanna 'eff?'" - Brian

Via Shell (Not To Be Confused With "Site Of The Day")

Mnemonics for the bar or for just about every required course at SWLAW.

Not that it would be on the bar but for those taking Forensic Evidence at SWLAW it would be wise to remember this mnemonic.

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"Call me gay but I think he's hot!" - Brian

Third-Tier Conversation

Me: So what area of law are you thinking of going into now?
Trini: Criminal law actually.
Me: Working for the government or private practice?
Trini: The government.
Me: Let me guess, a PD?
Trini: Yup.
Me: That's terrible.
Trini: No it's not. I'm thinking of defending juveniles.
Me: That's the worst kind!
Trini: Why?
Me: You'll be putting criminals back on the street with a full career ahead of them.
Trini: No I won't! I'll rehabilitate them first.
Me: That's so you Trini, forever the idealist.

Really, The Only Reason I'd Like To Have A Girlfriend

More Motivation To Pass The First Time

Random AIM Conversation

yaz: My brother is having a boy
yaz: They thinking of naming him brian, but not after me, they just like the name
Bruin7089: hahaha
yaz: Isnt that weird
Bruin7089: Yes
Bruin7089: It shouldn't be allowed
yaz: I wish I had that control
Bruin7089: So not only will you be further removed from being the baby of the family
Bruin7089: but you're not even going to be the youngest brian anymore
yaz: but they are stealing my name
Bruin7089: more than one brian
yaz: and he is going to be born right around my birthday
Bruin7089: let's hope on the same day
yaz: Yes, that would be the topper
Bruin7089: It would be like you're being completely replaced.
yaz: Yup
yaz: How sad for me
Bruin7089: Would you call him Junior?
yaz: I would call him fucker
Bruin7089: Hey Fucker
Bruin7089: you took my name
yaz: Happy Birthday Fucker
yaz: Nice to see you again nephew Fucker
yaz: Hey, where is Fucker
yaz: Works quite well I think
Bruin7089: haha

CA Community Property Class

Prof. Polin was able to sum up in less than ten minutes what took us about 5 hours of class time to go over. And she did it really well too. Which makes me wonder why she didn't do it earlier and use up more of the class time going over hypotheticals to pracice analysis rather than spending all that time on dicta.

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"How can you say no to Tessa?" - Sumi

One Person's Take On Why Law School Is Expensive

Does this mean that adjunct professors are the ones to take?

Funny

Even if I liked cats, which I don't.

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"Ding!" - Prof. Rosenberg

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"Well what does that mean?" - Prof. Polin

I'm Being Applauded

I'd rather have others share.

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"Well what do you think?" - Prof. Gauna

Never

Have your back turned to the door where your professor enters the class. Especially when you're talking shit about the way the professor teaches the class. In any case, C-students shouldn't be running their mouths off in the first place about how a class should be taught.

It Happens To Everyone

The dealing with administration part - not the getting of good grades part, as I can testify to. But it happens everywhere, not just at SWLAW.

The Philippines Needs More Cows

And apparently so does every other nation with a male population.

2 For 3 Wouldn't Be So Bad

One of my mentees won't be back next year. Another will be back and I'm still waiting to hear about the third one.

As for the school's attrition rate, U.S. News & World Report gives the following numbers:

Attrition Rates for 2003-2004 Full- and Part-time Students
Percent of students discontinuing law school:
- First-year students: 11.7%
- Second-year students: 4.1%
- Third-year students: 1.4%
- Fourth-year students: 2.0%
- Men: 6.3%
- Women: 5.8%

It doesn't take into account those who transfer out of SWLAW but I wonder if these numbers reflect only those who are kicked out by the school due to poor academmic performance or if it also includes those who decide on their own accord not to continue for whatever reason (which for some includes poor academic performance). If it includes only the former then the numbers make sense. However, it doesn't seem to compute if it includes both numbers.

I was a first year student that year and from my section of just over 70 students about 20%-25% didn't come back for their second year at SWLAW. About half of those decided to drop out with about the other half being kicked out. I know of only one sectionmate who transferred out. I believe another started over at a different school. And there were a few others that tried to start over as well. Does SWLAW take that into account? Or maybe the section I was in was the stupid one. After all, I was in it.

I'll Never Understand The Phenomenon

Which is not to say that I want the book.

Well This Is All Very Encouraging

The time it takes lawyers to attain partnership has increased from five years in the 1980s to 10 or more today, local lawyers said. One of the main reasons for the difference is the increased number of lawyers -- both young and old. More lawyers means more competition for leadership positions.

As a result, some law firms have restructured the way they promote lawyers, so that they only skim the best from the pool. That includes requiring more work of budding partners and even instituting a two-tier system with a junior level of partnership that does not yet share in the firm's profit.

The increase in the pool of lawyers has forced higher-ups to change the way they promote people. Many firms adopted the "grinders-minders-finders" concept to help sift partner-appropriate lawyers from the pot. Grinders are hard workers; minders have good client relationships; and finders are good at bringing in new clients. If a lawyer has all three qualities, he or she may be promoted to partner.

And the "grinder" part of the concept has become tougher over the years. Owners are demanding associates work harder and longer than before, Hochman said. With so many lawyers in the marketplace, owners figure they can demand more of their employees because it's not easy to find another job. They set higher standards for junior lawyers because there are many others ready to take their places.

They're Still Going To Suck Next Year

Working Hard To Be Average*

My grades for spring '05 are in the comment section of this post. Now the law school custom is that one should never tell their fellow students what their grades are. One law school prep book puts it this way,

Never, never, never discuss your grades in public. Not even if people ask you about them.

Why?

Again, because nothing good can come of it. If you have better grades than the person asking, that person is going to be made to feel badly. If she has better grades than you do, you might be made to feel badly. And of course, all of this depends on whether you're both telling the truth.

Well I don't believe my grades are going to make many feel badly about their own - to those few who do, I'm sorry. And I don't need to hear about anyone else's grades to feel badly about my own. Of course if you have a problem with knowing what my grades are, no one is making you look in the comment section.

But why make my grades public? It's certainly not to gloat about my grades. I'm not looking for sympathy either. It's more I guess to be better understood than anything else. I don't know how much grades can reveal about a person but those who recruit new lawyers seem to think they're important.

Thanks to those who congratulated me on getting off of AP though I feel a bit dopey for accepting them for the grades I earned but thanks is still in order. So thank you all.

*Alternative title: Still In Search Of "It"

I'm Willing To Do My Part To Make This Dream Come True

A List Of Law Professor Bloggers

The only SWLAW professor listed no longer blogs at the present time.