Legal Twilite Zone

Thank you Thank you ALL

2006-11-22T23:54:00.000-05:00

I bid a fond farewell to all my readers. It was nice having you come through. I am 6 months to the finish line now and it's time to close this door and move to the next. I wish everyone well and I am sure we will meet again.

Peace

It's been a long time...since I left you

2006-09-28T08:09:00.000-05:00

Oh me oh my...I've been called out so I thought I would post something. Sorry I haven't been around...Sorry to the last commentor...Don't know where she is.

It's my third year and go figure...I know understand why past 3Ls say it is a waste of time. No job yet, no offer yet. I get spurts of panic now and then. I really should try the reading thing. Man o man, it's almost grad time...

Been a long time...

2006-07-04T01:28:00.000-05:00

Yuppers...howdy folks! I know, what the hell...
I've just been busy, way too busy. I echo SomeGuy's blog mostly. Haven't been around enough to blog lately.
I didn't even know about the Hamdan Supreme Court decision. Folks all around have been watching world cup. I really don't see that many people interested. The Miami Heat parade was a hot disaster but folks still had fun. What else is there to talk about? Anyone still reading my blog...lol

Where ya been T.I.?

2006-05-23T00:59:00.000-05:00

That there is a darn good question. As I posted on Someguys blog...all my grades are in. Been in for about a week or so now. Not as much punch as that used to have. I hear others say that they have just gone and given up looking online for them to come in. Not Someguy of course. LOL
Not much to say and that's reason I ain't been posting on this here blog-a-ma-boo. I am trying to catch up on my movie watching though. Man these movies suck. I managed to re-rent M.Knight.Shymalanmanann-or-whatever's "the Village". That movie still pissed me off the third time. Good Job MKS.
Everyone's working. No one is around that much.
They are giving us a new student lounge by the way. Nice and redone. All new furniture. About time. I never really sat in the old one because the seats stank and it was just too damp. I hope they do some natural wood or redwood type motif.
Went to the beach recently. Yup, SoBe is still there and ticking. I am sort of turning into one of those Miami folk who takes the beach for granted.

I am not sure I could have said it better...

2006-05-09T00:32:00.000-05:00

Another viewpoint on those oh-so typical white-boys...

the FISHBOWL...

2006-05-02T19:25:00.000-05:00

So I decided to go into the absolutely quiet, quiet room. That's the fishbowl in the library. For those that don't know, the fishbowl which should really be called the fishaquarium, is located on the second floor right behind the main elevator.
Anyway so I'm in there and I see all these people.

I can tell they aren't law students b/c there books are strange colors with designs and pictures on the front. They also have these notes with what looks to be shapes made with protractors (you remember protractors..i haven't seen that crap since middle school precal).

Anyway, so I set up right. See I make sure to turn my phone in silent mode and my computer is on silent itself until i plug in my headphones. You can also tell the other law kids in the room b/c they have the ear plugs (orange, yellow, green). Anyway, after 10 minutes of sitting there, this dude answers his phone. I just stopped. He answers his phone and proceeds to have a convo. WTF. I am looking at him and I guess his buddy gets to hint and gives him the arm-shove to get out of the room. Ok, he's an a-hole. No prob. He's out. Ok. Cool.

So I go back to reading right. A few minutes later this girl's computer gets a little IM alert. Her shits not on silent mode. WTF. So she answers the IM and I guess the God of Dumbasses sends her a knock in the head and she turns off the sound. Ok, that was SF annoying. No prob. We are back on course. Remember that guys with the phone. Well he's back the room and he answers the damn phone again!

I am a pretty even tempered person. Like Someguy. But I do have my days and this was not the one to be screwing around on esp. during finals. I just wanted to hurl my civpro book at the wall above his head. Instead I just stared at him and his friend. They both left after another 15 minutes. I was still staring as they left. Man! Ok. All good now.
Bag of chips gets opened. I'm out! I packed up my items as quickly as I could and headed over to the StarBucks. At the least the noise becomes white noise after about five minutes.

Remember the Job Uproar thing from SomeGuy...

2006-04-26T00:33:00.000-05:00

Well I just recently came across this post from an old chum
and my old chum echoes the post that created such an uproar on another chums blog with some fray continuing to go back and forth.

Well it seems that LAWFOOL, who is at a top ranked school has added to the info and seems to solidly stand behind SomeGuy. I frankly don't know what the fuss is about. I mean, yeah some people didn't really have a clue before they got to law school, but when dropping this kind of cash... But then again, admin folks aren't paid to tell you the "whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you God". It's sad, I must say and I feel for the peeps who feel duped.

Poker Fever

2006-04-24T14:17:00.000-05:00

Craziest thing the other night. So I'm chillin at an area watering hole and look up at the TV and guess who I see on the boob-tube. Vanessa Russo playing poker in some tournament in Vegas. Nice...

Are people still playin right now? Even with finals going on. I was told that this was last years tourney but I hear thru the grape that she is still playing and playing hard. CORRECTION. Just informed...she came in 7th and won $250,000.00.

Go 'Hat-Girl'. Do your thing and make that chi-change! Respect.

"Run-of-the-mill White Boys"

2006-04-18T11:46:00.000-05:00

Liberal vs. Conservative, Part Dos

2 Duke Lacrosse Players Are Arrested
By TIM WHITMIRE
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - Two Duke University lacrosse players were arrested early Tuesday on charges of raping and kidnapping a stripper hired to dance at an off-campus party, and the district attorney said he hopes to charge a third person soon.

The indictments, unsealed Tuesday, did not indicate what possible evidence or arguments led the grand jury Monday to indict Reade Seligmann and Collin Finnerty, both 20. District Attorney Mike Nifong would not discuss the evidence.

``It had been my hope to charge all three of the assailants at the same time, but the evidence available to me at this moment does not permit that,'' Nifong said. ``Investigation into the identity of the third assailant will continue in the hope that he can also be identified with certainty.''

Read the rest of the story at the link. Now I said that some friends and I would take offense to that comparison. We do.

Interesting...

2006-04-18T02:18:00.000-05:00

That dude, Jeremy Blachman a.k.a Anonymous Lawyer, came out (a while ago and is now writing a novel. From Harvard. [I actually noticed that the title was changed to "fictional hiring partner"]. I wonder what he would have to say about the hiring issue at UM and what Someguy had to say about that discussion panel. Did he even want to work? Big firm or clerk? Did he even interview?
I wonder if I could get away with that. Fooling a bunch of folks and then writing what will probably be a best seller. He should title it "Suckers: Anon in BlogWorld".

Liberal vs. Conservative

2006-04-18T01:41:00.000-05:00

Every once in a while I check on some blogs to see what is being said or discussed. I am not quite sure how to react to this post so I will just react as I usually do. I will say that I am not sure if I would buy Prof. Jones rallying/or writing about hatemongering towards white males. Has the poster read the book I wonder? If the poster has, please decipher it for me.
As for the Liberal ex-Yalie Law prof trying to release all the blood-thirsty terrorists, um... if you really talk to that group of lawyers, it was never really about Padilla at all and really, Padilla lost big time.
I and some friends of mine have issues with comparisons to "run-of-the-mill white boys" who are possibly accused of alleged rape. Is there anything worse than being falsely accused of raping someone?

I'd do a conservative UM law wrap up but don't have the time or inclination. Too many undercurrents for me to speak about that anyway except to say that there are always two sides. Why else would being a lawyer be so much fun.

It's that time again...

2006-04-13T23:56:00.000-05:00

FINALS FINALS FINALS FINALS...they seem so final. Oh well! The campus has been unusually packed with the new/prospective class. Question for folks out there-- Did you ever have someone throw you under the bus, so to speak? You didn't realize though how fully under the bus you were until months later.
Thanks DH in previous comment for the correction.

In the news...

2006-03-31T21:54:00.000-05:00

Judge Henry Leyte-Vidal Dies Of Heart Related Issues(correction noted)

UM Law elections hotly contested

UM Law students complain about lack of jobs

Referendum on campus additional $900+

Professor S. Vladeck at Hamdan oral arguments

UM Law needs to update pictures online

These are just a few of the headlines circulating around town and at um.

Work, Work, Work....

2006-03-15T19:47:00.000-05:00

I have decided to take a trip on the wild side. I'm leavin' it all behind. Anyone know anything about corporate governance law as it relates to the US and Canada.
So this year is almost over and soon we will see the new crop come in. It's exciting really. Reminds me of the good-ole days. Those first 1L months. I miss them.
I still alternate back and forth between liking this town and not. Seems this month I like this town. Been getting a lot of questions about hurricanes from friends up yonder in the northern country. Hurricanes-smuricanes... I say. Live life on the edge. Well, I already spent my next-damn-flight-outta-this-hurricane-hell piggybank on the beach a few weeks ago.
I also just realized the other day that there are a lot of familiar faces missing on campus. I've been looking for them and I think that they are gone for good. I wish those folks well. If they left, that had to be hard decision.

Never ceases to amaze...

2006-03-09T20:57:00.000-05:00

Law center chancellor removes SBA president Gardner
dismissed for racial e-mail
By Amy Brittain

February 14, 2006

LSU law center Chancellor John Costonis removed Student Bar Association President Jacob Gardner from office after months of controversy about an e-mail Gardner sent containing racial jokes.

According to a law center statement released Monday, Gardner accidently forwarded an e-mail titled “Ghetto Spellin’ Bee” to law center administrators and Alcie Maxwell, a Black Law Students Association member, on Oct. 21, 2005.

Maxwell declined to comment for this story.

The e-mail, modeled as a mock homework assignment from an inner-city student, included 15 vocabulary words defined in an Ebonics dialect. Gardner accidently sent the e-mail to Maxwell after Maxwell e-mailed him to recommend SBA display BLSA bulletin boards in the law center.

“Maybe we can post this [list] on those bulletin boards BLSA is riding my ass about?!?” Gardner wrote in the e-mail.

According to the joint statement from Costonis and Gardner, Gardner “immediately apologized to the “unintended recipient” and accepted full responsibility for his actions. Costonis removed Gardner because he believed he had to send a “clear message” to students and accrediting agencies about racial diversity commitment.

But The Daily Reveille reported that in a Nov. 1, 2005, SBA meeting, Gardner refused to fully apologize because he needed to “further educate himself on the ramifications of an apology.”

Gardner declined to comment and clarify this discrepancy between the joint statement and his previous comments.

According to the statement, Costonis actively “urged Mr. Gardner to resign from office,” but impending finals caused Costonis to postpone his decision until the spring semester.

Gardner does not agree with Costonis’ decision but does not plan to contest it, according to the statement.

While the statement says the SBA voted to retain Gardner as president, William Sentell, law student and SBA representative, said “some wanted to impeach him.”

“It’s absurd to think that any student, elected or not, is somehow immune from administrative oversight or sanction,” he said. “There is no doubt in my mind that Chancellor Costonis made every effort to ensure that this matter was handled fairly and judiciously. The result he reached today is in the best interest of the law center and the Student Bar Association.”

Karen Soniat, law center director of communications, said Costonis declined to comment further because his statement “speaks for itself.”

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Now, when I was a little ole 1L, we had a SBA president bru-ha-ha but nothing on this level. I mean I know folks are racist... but you just don't get your racist fingers stuck in the cookie jar marked racist. What a stupid law student. Now Mr. Gardner gets to where the scarlet racist badge. Guess he didn't get the forward about that Korman/Abdala email fiasco.

STRIKE ON THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI CAMPUS

2006-03-03T16:26:00.000-05:00

IT'S GETTIN UGLY MY FRIENDS.

Date: Mar 3, 2006 4:54 AM

To Whom It May Concern (which is everyone)
Alyssa Cundari's story:

As I was walking towards Eaton Res. College at around 6:40, I noticed some balloons and music coming from the courtyard in the middle of the architecture buildings. It looked like a bunch of donors and alumnis so I thought it would be a good idea to inform them of the issues here on campus. But I continued on to a meeting to discuss crowd control for the march tomorrow. After we discussed the pressing concerns about the march, Johweyeh, Beni, Nina and Courtney (2 SEIU workers) and I headed to the new architecture building to hand out living wage pamphlets to the people at the little party. No one stopped us or even noticed us when we walked in; there was a dancing/singing act that was performing at the same moment. As I walked around the back of the tables as to not disturb anyone's view of the music, I placed the pamphlets on the tables where people were sitting, and a few times handed people the material, but I never talked to anyone there. When approached with one pamphlet left, I was asked to leave by a women in a shiny, profesional nametag. Immediately I left to where Johweyeh, Beni, Nina, and Courtney were talking with the Dean of the Architecture School. A cop was talking on his radio next to us and asked me if I was the one passing out pamphlets throughout the party. I admitted I was, and when asked if I had any more materials I obediantly handed over my last pamphlet. I thought that would be the end of it, but then I heard someone over his radio say they needed my name. I started to worry then, for I knew I hadn't disturbed the program and thought I should be ok to leave. A moment later the officer asked me my name, and not sure of my rights and afraid of getting in trouble for something I didn't do, I refused to give my name and told him that I was reserving my right to stay silent. He told me I had to tell him my name, and I said I wouldn't. I told him I did not do anything wrong, and asked him why he would possibly need my name, and he told me he would have to fill out a police report. He also asked me for my cane card, and when I told him that I did not have it on me, he accused me of breaking a university rule that required me to have my cane card on me at all times. Then I became extremely worried and scared. Everyone around me was listening to me and trying to support me, they were telling the cop to not yell at me and asking what I did to break the law. I did the same, saying I didn't break any laws, and that I was a student on this campus and I was allowed to be anywhere I wanted to be. My phone was in my pocket, so I called Jake Coker-Dukowitz, and told him two cops were harassing me for my name by the architecture building and that he should come soon to help me. You must understand that I had two men badgering and towering over me...and I already had had a very, very emotional day that included losing a couple of friends because I realized they had no compassion for others and being discriminated against for the first time for being a women. So the one cop was asking me why I was making such a big deal about it and that I needed to comply. Beni then put her arms around me and I started to tear becuase I didn't know why I was getting in trouble and what would happen if I did. At that time I asked if I could just wallk away, but he wouldn't let me because he said he had to fill out an incident report. This main cop also started asking me to go to a remote area of the pathway so I could give them my name, but I told them I didn't want to leave my friends and that I felt uncomfortable moving from the spot I was at. I kept claiming that I did nothing wrong, and that they (the 2 cops) knew what I was doing was right. Then two more cops came up to us, and one of them, the older, heavier one with gray hair grabbed my left forearm with both hands and shoved me in the direction the other cops had been directing me to. In retaliation, not even thinking, my arm flew up in the air and I flew back. I raised my voice and yelled "DON'T TOUCH ME!!!", and threatened to make a scene if I was touched again. I started to hyperventilate and cry because of the shock I was in, and this is when Nina started recording with her camera. The cop that harassed me walked away right away, but since my arm might have brazed his chest when it naturally tried to escape from someone's forceful grip, the original cop told me that what I just did was battery because I hit a cop (which I clearly did not do). He also insisted that I could also be charged with hiding my identity because I would not reveal my name. My friends asked the cop to let me have some time to collect myself, and i reached down to my feet for a while to try and clear my head. Then the cop that shoved me came back and said I had broken the solicitation rules on campus, and I said I didn't see any policy hanging up on paper around the event, so how was I to know? He came back at me that I was required to know the policies of UM because I was a student and that it was my responsibility to know them. I asked him where all of this info was located, and he told me the Rules Handbook or something of that matter. All four were badgering me for my name, and telling my friends to give them thier names or go away; "this wasn't a public matter". I was so upset and afraid of the two charges they were waving in my face that I finally complied to go sit down at a chair about 15 feet away and give them my name. As I was walking there, Liana, Jake and about 10 other students ran towards me, asking the officers what this was about. The remaining three cops made my friends disperse, and I decided to call my Residential Assistant Jemilia to let someone higher than me know what was going on. She didn't answer, but I left a message. The cop accused me of saying that they were harassing me after I hung up the phone, and all I said was that what was happening to me was bullshit. After I told them and spelled out my name, they asked me for my birthday and I gave it to them. The cop behind me said that that was all they needed and they all fleed closer to the party.

I am appauled at the fact that I was harassed on my own campus, by UM police officers when I did nothing criminally wrong. I was extremely polite to the officers, the only exception is when I raised my voice after the one shoved me. The tone they used with me was completely obsured and rude, and I did not appreciate them hounding me and yelling at me in my face. I tried to be as brave as possible, and I know I was difficult but that does not explain or justify the actions that were taken upon me. Not only did I not deserve this treatment, but I am utterly disappointed that the police here on campus are not trained to deal with student activism; how they are trained to use violence against students is ridiculous. I was not a threat or a danger to anyone Thursday night, and I am outraged that I was taken advantage of and treated like a criminal.

Please help me spread the word of how ugly this campus becoming.

In struggle,
Alyssa Cundari
630-***-****

PS- I was too overwelmed to get the names of the officers, but Nina has them written down and I will send them to you all tomorrow when I get them.

The Abdala/Korman Saga Continues....

2006-02-23T01:54:00.000-05:00

Previously I posted a forwarded email sent by a buddy of mine. The debated continues throughout blog land. You can pick and choose: here, nightline's got it, even a rockstar, and it goes on and on. More and more folks are debating the ethics and reasoning behind the infamous exchange. The original article by Sacha Pfeiffer has set off a sensation. You can write her or him at pfeiffer@globe.com for any further developments.
It seems, per further perusal, that Abdala comes from a fairly well-to-do background and has sought to have Korman sanctioned for dissembling the email. Like I said before, don't put it on paper (or the proverbial paper).

See, now what I would do, I would buy that domain name see. DiannaAbdala.com and make a fortune while I could. Maybe reenact the whole email scandal, and yeah, use words like "infamous" and "scandal". You'd have to download RealOne player in order to view the reenactment (so this way I could charge RealOne so type of fee b/c they would be making money). Maybe set up some type of confrontation w/ Korman on the steps of the courthouse and have the local media there or even invite Nightline. Then, Like BritKev, I would go on my site and tell my story and show pics of bruises or even a link that would force you (Ah-Ha) to download RealOne in order to see the confrontation. See that is what we are lacking as lawyers- the ways of a hustler mentality.

(Disclaimer: all crazy thoughts posted on this blog are not a product of the author. If it makes money, then yes the idea was all mine. If something happens and there's trouble, It wasn't me.)<

UM Alumnus to appear on The Apprentice

2006-02-20T23:53:00.000-05:00

Diaz fourth UM alum to appear on Trump reality show

Last May, hundreds of University of Miami alumni returned to the Coral Gables Campus, most in their best business suits, to interview for the chance to compete for a dream job with real estate and promotion mogul Donald Trump. Now, on the fifth season of NBC's The Apprentice, José "Pepi" Diaz, A.B. '02, joins Erin Elmore, B.S.C. '00, Todd Bunkley, A.B. '93, and Katrina Campins, B.B.A. '01, as the fourth Hurricane to have a chance to work with Trump as contestant on the popular reality show. Diaz is an attorney at Ackerman Senterfitt in Miami. He received his undergraduate degree at UM and a degree in law from Columbia University. Aside from his legal duties, he also has traveled extensively and volunteers his time for Habitat for Humanity. "I think I can make a real difference in the Trump organization," said Diaz. "Like Mr. Trump, I have been inspired by my family to work harder than the next guy, and that is something that is part of who I am."

Another attorney on the apprentice. How inventive. Good luck to "Pepi" anyway. I hope he does well.

Clich..cliche...forward forward

2006-02-14T23:07:00.000-05:00

So I get a lot of forwards but I rarely read them unless they are from someone who rarely sends them. Make sense huh. I got this one in my oh-so-lovely hotmail account. Pretty good. The site kormanlaw does exist but who knows if its really real.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Dianna Abdala [mailto: dabdala@msn.com]
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 9:23 PM
To: wak@kormanlaw.com
Subject: Thank you
Dear Attorney Korman, At this time, I am writing to inform you that I will not be accepting your offer. After careful consideration, I have come to the conclusion that the pay you are offering would neither fulfill me nor
support the lifestyle I am living in light of the work I would be doing for you. I have decided instead to work for myself, and reap 100% of the benefits that I sew. Thank you for the interviews. Dianna L. Abdala, Esq.

----- Original Message -----
From: William A. Korman
To: 'Dianna Abdala'
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 12:15 PM
Subject: RE: Thank you
Dianna - Given that you had two interviews, were offered and accepted
the job (indeed, you had a definite start date), I am surprised that you chose an e-mail and a 9:30 PM voicemail message to convey this information to me. It smacks of immaturity and is quite unprofessional. Indeed, I did rely
upon your acceptance by ordering stationary and business cards with your name, reformatting a computer and setting upboth internal and external e-mails for you here at the office. While I do not quarrel with your reasoning, I am
extremely disappointed in the way this played out. I sincerely wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors. - Will Korman

-----Original Message-----
From: Dianna Abdala [mailto: dabdala@msn.com]
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 4:01 PM
To: William A. Korman
Subject: Re: Thank you
A real lawyer would have put the contract into writing and not exercised any such reliance until he did so.
Again, thank you.

----- Original Message -----
From: William A. Korman
To: 'Dianna Abdala'
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 4:18 PM
Subject: RE: Thank you
Thank you for the refresher course on contracts. This is nota bar exam question. You need to realize that this is a verysmall legal community, especially the criminal defense bar.
Do you really want to start pissing off more experienced lawyers at this early stage of your career?

-----Original Message-----
From: Dianna Abdala [mailto: dabdala@msn.com]
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 4:29 PM
To: William A. Korman
Subject: Re: Thank you

bla bla bla

-----Original Message-----
From: William A. Korman [mailto: wak@kormanlaw.com]
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 7:59 AM
To: 'David Breen'
Subject: FW: Thank you
Did I already forward this to you?

-----Original Message-----
From: David Breen [mailto: dbreen@bu.edu]
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 9:47 AM
To: 'William A. Korman'
Subject: RE: Thank you
OH MY GOD! Where to begin? First of all, how unprofessional.and secondly, it is "reap what you 'sow,'" now "sew".if she is going to use a clich?, couldn't she at least spell it right? And WTF is with her "blab la bla"? Does she not read your e-mail about it being a small community?! So, finally, can I forward this along to
some folks? I am sure they would love to see how the up-and-coming lawyers are comporting themselves! (Clearly she did not go to BU!!!) J

-----Original Message-----
From: William A. Korman [mailto: wak@kormanlaw.com]
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 9:55 AM
To: 'David Breen'
Subject: RE: Thank you
You can e-mail this to whomever you want.

Clearly if this is real, the girl is dumb. Test my hypo and email these folk if you like. I wonder what they would say. Hmmmmm

Some Folks in LawSchool are actually happy...

2006-02-09T01:10:00.000-05:00

Some of these students from these schools UCLA, SouthTexas, BROOKLYN are actually happy to be there. They actually get the help they need without all the attitude.

Lost... the new season

2006-02-02T18:01:00.000-05:00

So I just got out of class and I have never felt so lost or confused. I am back on Torts with Prof Paranoid.
Damn

I keep saying that KARMA... she don't like ugly

2006-01-31T21:29:00.000-05:00

"Lawyers for former Enron Corp. chiefs Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling insisted Tuesday the men were guilty of no crimes, arguing the company was never infested with fraud and instead fell victim to a sudden crisis of market confidence.

And I'm Sauron... wanna go with me to Mordor. How do you think the case will turn out, a buddy asked me the other day. Well, there's nothing like Texas justice. Shoot first and ask questions years from now.

Is this really fair? Should they get a trial outside of Houston? Will they really do time?

It's like watching a Tennis match

2006-01-31T21:26:00.000-05:00

Jeb's a big boy. He can handle it.

DRIP... DRIP... DRIP... DRIP

2006-01-31T20:41:00.000-05:00

So I wanted to blog about something before the month is over. Let's see.

Grades:
Yup got em. And so do you. Who gives a flying flip burger. What's the difference between a 4.0 student who has passed the bar and a 2.1 student who has passed the bar?
I don't much really care about grades these days. I should of course but water under the bridge and all. Still waiting for that thunder clap or break in the clouds that tells me I want to stay here. Yup, still waitin'.

What else? What have I observed during the past few weeks?
Well, it really is a big cycle of the same old crap. The 1Ls act exactly like the 2Ls and I am sure that we are acting exactly like the 3Ls. Here that they have the same freakish gunners in certain 1Ls classes (A.E.) that we had last year. Really when people always say, "Yeah, there is always that one apple..." you would think that that one particular apple would be able to see it. I mean they tell us, don't be that guy. But sure enough, look up and there he is. BTW, is there a reason that this apple is ALWAYS A GUY? I mean when I think back, I have never seen a woman who truly fills the bill of "Psycho-gunner-gone-mad".

There have been a bunch of upper level students running around in school lately. All the 1Ls stare and wonder what the heck are they doing. Is it OCI? Some forum? What? Don't worry folks, LitSkills rears it's head.

The bus system on campus is atrocious. I waited 17:36 for the Express Fountain bus the other day. I was so mad, I swear I almost yelled at the dang driver. I checked myself b/c I know he's just doing his job. And why the heck do you need to stop right in the middle of a passage way to talk out of you driver's damn window to another driver for forty seconds? Didn't I just have to wait while you sat your happy ass 50 feet away from the stop for the last two minutes? And if you honk at me again to walk down to you instead of stopping at the appointed place, I swear I will throw an egg!

1Ls have discovered the evil of LRW (legal research and writing). You could do a most excellent job on your transcript but if you have a C in LRW, you are screwed to high hell. I mean yeah you could explain it away but how often will you even get that chance. I just know that there is a SECRET reason as to why these lawyers come back and teach that class. I just haven't figured it out yet. I mean not all of them are bad. I have heard of great ones. But those that really suck and don't give any good CONSTRUCTIVE feedback, why are they here? why?

I have gotten some good email lately from the school. But I will share those at another time. Right now it's back to the daily grind. (or nitely)

Ummmmmmmmm

2006-01-12T23:28:00.000-05:00

This is where the blawgs start that chinese water torture thing. A slow steady drip that continues to get grow smaller and smaller and smaller....

Job, you say? What job?

It's that time again...

2006-01-10T01:24:00.000-05:00

I gotta go back...back... back to schoooollll. Wo-Wo.. I gottal go... back to schoooollll!!!

It's decision time folks. MIA OR BUST! Stay tuned.

1.5 yr (2L)... Done.

2005-12-13T21:39:00.000-05:00

So it's finished and I can't wait to get back home and really chill. Been going over my schedule for next semester and revising. Wanted to take it easy but due to monetary issues, I won't be able to. Sucks.
Got a couple of gigs lined up for the summer. I just gotta pick, here or home. Who knows. Some are better than others.
Exams were cool. I really didn't care to be quite frank. My eye is on the finish line right now and what I need to be set to cross it.

Been reading other posts about the law-school-drag. It all comes down to choices I think. Sometime you make the right ones and sometimes you don't. Just gotta learn from both, I guess. Man will it be nice to be back home. I never wanted to rest so much.

So sometimes my blog focuses on more than just dotter

2005-12-02T23:53:00.000-05:00

So what do you think about this story? I mean is it a threat or what? Note the differences provided by the article about the case of the 15 year old and this current one. Damn O.C. kids ain't got nothing to do. I say send them to brat camp.

Ever been this ridiculous

2005-12-02T22:25:00.000-05:00

So the undergrads, oops, I mean 1Ls have discovered the undergrad library. Have you ever been studying in the middle of the night and you have to adjust something but you can't do it thru your clothes so you look around make sure that no one else is around and you drop your pants, adjust, adjust, scratch, adjust and you hear something, some weird noise but you ignore it and you pull up your pants and as you look up you realize that the west side of the library has tinted windows that you can't necessarily see out of at night but folks can see in... There is a group of people clapping and laughing at what was your hopefully clean underwear and awful display.

Just a note to all the law students on UM campus taking exams and burning the midnite oil. Don't forget the world around you and if you hear a strange sound, for god's sake... LOOK UP!

Free computers for Exams

2005-11-28T23:56:00.000-05:00

UM Law will allow you to borrow a computer to take your exams. Wow! Didn't expect that one. Nice.

Does anyone think that this is a bad idea? Taking exams over your computer, that is.

Why I Am Sick of SoBE!

2005-11-25T20:01:00.000-05:00

So I went out after TG to SoBe (south beach) which I loath and we went to the DeLano. Nice spot actually. I just wish the folks in this damned town were so much more down to earth. Anyway, we are all hangin by the pool bar ...

Now let me stop right here to discuss something real quick... The damn prices. I understand that if you have money, it means nothing to you. And that's ok, i guess. But damnit when I order a drink, whether it be a funky-azz martini or a corona, give me a DRINK. Don't give me some pansy ass shot glass and call it a drink, esp. at the freakin rates you are selling them for. I understand the "no glass in pool area rule" but you really need to charge me $18.00 for a small/shot martini plastic glass and then $10 for a can, yes CAN, of corona... which by the way tasted funny. Does that really make me more special or cooler than the peeps in Coral Gables or Ft. Laud? I don't think so.

Anyway, so we decide to go sit on one of the beds by the pool side. First off, I didn't want to sit on the damned thing because I swore I saw some chick earlier "revisiting" her last drink on another bed as we came in. But we sit. Some of my friends had their friends visiting from London and wanted to show them a good time. After we are cooling out for bit, some guys walk by, drunk of course, and one spots some hot girls and decides to layout on the bed with us. This of course brings the rest of his friends (5 in all). So I don't say a word and they proceed to talk to the girls and unfortunately, as I am thinking in the back of my mind don't say a word b/c as soon as they here the accent, BINGO, "oh you are English...how sexy". Jesus, I wanted to smack him for being so smart. Anyway, they start to corner the girls but I keep my cool and let them talk. My bud J-Son finally comes back and he starts to get that look. A few minutes go by and one of the girls gives me the look of "oh my god, help me" to which I respond (in my firm, listen to what i say command).. "Good night Gentlemen and thank you for stopping by". After the quite two seconds when the guys looked put out and my friends tried not to laugh, one of the dudes says, "Well!.. I know when I'm not wanted." Again, I wanted to applaud him for his smartness.
So them left and my new friends say to me in that classic English accent, "That was brilliant! Thank you." J-Son said that he was about to do something and was glad I spoke first.
Like I said, the "firm-do I as say command voice" requires immediate acquiescence.

So this is classic SoBe and why I usually never attend any festivities down there. I like things simple. What can I say.

Turkey-Turkey

2005-11-23T19:58:00.000-05:00

I always wondered if turkish people ever thought us nuts for having Turkey on a thanksgiving.
Get it? Turkey...Turkey...turkish people. LOL.

So annoyed....

2005-11-20T19:31:00.000-05:00

Is it wrong to expect certain behaviors from certain people who occupy certain roles in your life. I mean that societal norms pretty much dictate what ceratin people in certain positions in your life are supposed to do. Like friends do this, and parents do that, siblings do this, stranger do that... etc, etc,...

What happens when one of these people refuses to fulfill the expectations associated with their role. Like take me for instance, I open doors for my girlfriend/wife/flavorofthemonth whenever a door is around and she wants to go through it. I pull out her seat, call her when I can, let her call me "smoofty" behind closed doors... etc, etc. What about her role? Shouldn't she clean up after me, know how to cook or at least make strides in that direction, give other chicks evil looks when they are checkin me out, ignore me when I am checkin them back... etc, etc, ... I fulfill my role why can't she...

This post was borrowed from the mind of a friend of mine who recently spoke to me about annoying things in general. He seemed to have thought on this subject for a while. After he got the biggest smack on the back of his head b/c gf did not find it funny, I really did not know what to say back.

Are we too sensitive...Or are some things just impermissible

2005-11-18T18:24:00.000-05:00

So what's the deal here...
I knew Civ Pro ugly terms would rear their ugly heads; it was all about - removal
Guest blogging aint that easy. I guess if you are gonna be my guest and somethin you say could potentially cause serious issues for me with the community that I am entrenched in and trying to leave without claw marks in my back, I just may censor what you say too. Now, I am not saying that this is what happened because no one has told me the story and I am not sure that I want to know but... that is really the only reason I would censor someone who was my guest. (and of course you couldn't use certain words that are just plain disrespectful and could get you lynched in certain parts of town)

To see more discussion the issue.

Part II. contd

2005-11-18T18:18:00.000-05:00

So folks, what's the answer? I say get rid of the scholarship or make it open to everyone. There are other ways to increase and assist in diversity measures. For instance, see what is up with Latham & Watkins, LLP Diverse Scholars Program.

Wait, they also discriminate. You have to graduate by 2007.

Race Discrim... Part II

2005-11-18T18:13:00.000-05:00

I thank you for your clarifications on my behalf. I wonder if this is ever, in my lifetime or my progeny, going to be fixed. My answer is a resounding NO. Do I necessarily endorse this scholarship? NO. I think that in the end game, it does nothing. I think that these types of things foster hate/anger by persons who feel as that they are left in the cold. I think that it leaves minority students scrambling for that 1 spot that is opened to them.

I would agree that basing LR entrance on race is a huge flub. I am not for that at all. I'd have to do some looking into the dwindling numbers of minorities in the LR lately. I think that this is also across the board for most law schools.

I do agree with Thomas on a lot of issues (as I roll my eyes). Unfortunately we start to get into other areas (social science) that the law historically does not like to use to account for things.

Again, I guess I would ask the firm why only those people

Racial Discrimination and Law Firm Recruiting...Part I

2005-11-18T17:46:00.000-05:00

Recently I posted on another law student's blog (see link above) in reference to scholarships set up by firms for recruitment purposes aimed at what I call tokenism...
I have written and extensive response after quickly replying to his post. I choose to reserve on that post at the moment...

Evidence

2005-11-15T22:58:00.000-05:00

Self authenticating document to the fancy pants rule.

Welcome Back LawFool

2005-11-15T11:00:00.000-05:00

Let me be the first to respondido and say excuse my bitchin. LF your insight, level-headedness, prose have been missed. My response here is sort of free thought b/c I am definitely not going to sit and compose a LR article. Thanks for calling me level headed by the way.
I have to say that I see and understand what you are getting at. My response in answer to the difference is: “The Entitlement Theory”. It’s a theory that I have discussed with many here at UM (be they operating under that theory or not). Students here at UM, in my O-pine, have this sort of WIFM-entitlement thought process. “I should have gotten … b/c I”, “I don’t have to do … b/c I have …” or “I don’t have to show respect to … b/c I am or my family is …”. It’s really disgusting. Even more disgusting is that I have started to fall into that line of thought. Part of this problem is also added onto by the school itself and some of the admin. When you foster an environment that allows students to think themselves above others and allow them to buy wholly into the Entitlement Theory, what else are we to expect. I would also add that this is Florida, even it is South Florida. Don’t forget that the range of experiences here will be “slightly” different than Michigan. Yeah, some will say that a lot of these students went to other schools from all over the country. Something happened to those students when they crossed the southern line. Even now I am typing away in a class. Yesterday, 5 people passed in a 4 credit course… I mean that flat out told the Professor (a more learned person than they deserving of every kind of respect), “You will have to call on someone else.” Yes, a student told the Professor these words. Once again, disgusting. I mean could that student have just said, “I apologize Professor BillyBob but I am unprepared today, MAY I pass?” LF, I wonder what that Professor would have said/ nay thought in response to the second sentence vs. the first sentence. I won’t even begin to go into the way that student treat certain profs as compared to others.
So back to my Entitlement Theory. You said that students there know that they have opportunities but still work to get even better ones. I constantly hear people (many many students) complain here about what the CPC (career planning) should be doing to get them jobs. Please!!!! If you don’t know by now that YOU have to maximize any and all opportunities that you can or that you have to sometimes go out and make it happen, you are in for a long depressing road and I really don’t feel sorry for you entitled azz. You decided to come to a school where the chance of getting a job is decreased by half because more that half the people in schools across the country want to come to Sunny-South Beach Miami.
My diatribe is not complete but again this is another’s blog and I won’t take up anymore space.

HOWEVER, all that said, I will say that LF, you do make it sound like ice cream, parties, and hot naked chicks all over up there. I KNOW that there are bad points. I know that there are things that are better in MIA-UM than in Mich. Can we hear the other side? So, I would say in the end that the students there most likely aren’t smarter or even better. Like you said you didn’t expose yourself to as many as I have and I would venture to say that the same is going on up there. I’d say that all in all, people are neck-in-neck. Law school is still a big high school situation no matter where you go. The P/F option at your school, I feel, has a lot to do with the psyche of the students there. I wonder what would happen if next year, you guys faced GPA/Grade system of UM. I feel that maybe your worst fears might be realized and Mich would seem pretty similar to that distant school you used to go to.

If I missed something, pls forgive. It was free flow.

Get Your Money Back---

2005-11-03T19:36:00.000-05:00

How about a partial refund. Were you affected by the change in schedules for exam due to Hurricane
Wilma? Did you get charged extra flight fees for it? Do you want that money back? Well thanks to Prof. Froomkin, you can get some of that money applied to your spring tuition. Yea.

Miami Chief of Police son Arrested for drugs

2005-11-03T10:48:00.000-05:00

If this was my kid, I'd throw him in the pokey my darn self.
http://www.miami-police.org/chief/chiefsmessage.asp?dept=Chief&

This is what I am talkin' about!

2005-11-02T18:47:00.000-05:00

See the previous post and my comment.

I just got a call from a bud who told me that the registrar has posted the new schedule for upper level for the spring. It is filled to the brim with seminars that quite frankly don't really make sense to me.
Why are folks in the registrar's office quick, I mean speed lightning quick to be freaking rude to any student that walks in the door. I hope I never get shot outside of their office cuz they would probably watch me bleed to death and then ask why I stepped in front of the bullet.

Wish I was taking the PMBR on friday.

Why I did not tranfer...

2005-11-01T23:00:00.000-05:00

So I posted at Klio's cite in response to "adjustment issues" and Anon asked why did I not tranfer. Good quesiton and easy answer. I thought MIA would get better. Some people advised me to stick it out. Of course as soon as I signed for another year, all went to the crapper. So I still may do something about it next year. We'll see. Now it's all about playing the est. game. Am I better here or there? Do I want to get out bad enough to go to a lower tiered school back home and then have to explain that. That's not one of my main worries though.
Still working it out. So we'll see.

I don't know what to think

2005-11-01T10:37:00.000-05:00

What the heck am I supposed to think when I read this shit. Who freakin cares? Jeez, we do things ass backwards in this country. Is this really news? I gotta tell ya people really aren't going to care and they will either not like the idea or there will be a very luke warm reception.
Aren't we still working on New Orleans? Shouldn't we be talking about other shit.

That time again...

2005-11-01T10:22:00.000-05:00

Hey, this registrar of this school has a blog for students. What an idea.

POWER, POWER,...WHAT'S THAT....WOOOHOOO!!!

2005-11-01T10:16:00.000-05:00

My chanting is officially over. Wonderful power. Yup we finally got it back. Now I just gotta figure out how I am gonna get home. Man I cooked the best dinner last nite. Damn it was good.
My professor has now placed this crazy picture on his blog. LOL. My side hurts. I knew he had a sense of humor but I didn't know it was that good...

Power, Power, Hot Shower...

2005-10-31T10:27:00.000-05:00

As I beat my drum, I repeat the above chant. Power, power, hot shower. Bad news- I don't qualify for FEMA relief. I am almost out of money because I must eat out or eat poptarts. SEND HELP NOW! No, seriously.
I wonder what a krispy-kreme donut is good without icing. The last hot meal I had was a bowl of ramen. I managed to cook it over a stryno... I need to find a station that is giving away food. I think I will try the store. Anyone ever had spam and beans. I bet it's good with rice. How would i cook it though. Running out of stryno fire. I think I spelled stryno wrong.

Snack bars and pop tarts.

2005-10-27T11:30:00.000-05:00

If i never eat another snack bar or pop tart...
What the hell is the deal with UM. So as a law student, you would think that you could at least eat one hot meal on campus after a huge hurricane w/o any hassels right. I mean, you have an id and you pay out the azz in tuition-- so I ask what is the big damn deal about one plate of food.
Obviously a huge deal because you should have seen the posse at the front door ready to take me down if I tried to make one move toward the lady with the hair net slinging out hash. If I didn't appreciate the fact that I have just survived another devastating hurricane with all my limbs in tact, I may have tried a Vick-move on em and snatched some food up.
What I'll do is just add this incident to the massive list that I have titled: "Bad Things About University of Miami". I already have each name storm on the list.

Woke up to news--- Wilma's gone

2005-10-27T11:25:00.000-05:00

and what the heck did I wake up to. The Stros lost. I really didn't think that they would win but it would have been nice.
So still w/o electric but have a friend who let me use their place.
Lost my roommate sometime back but pretty sure he's surviving. Screw him, he wasn't here for the last Katrina nitemare. (you out there dawg?)
Anyway, finally made contact home. The folks are worried but not really... You would have to know my dad to understand that one.

I really feel for the displaced Louisiana kids. Big up to ya'll. Hope all is well.
So yeah, woke up to some crazy news. No more Miers for SC. wow. see what happens when the lights go out!

Just wanted to send a shout out to WJ for the greatest food eva the other day man. Loved it and still dreaming of the TurkBs, especially now.

HOW SWEET IT IS......

2005-10-19T22:27:00.000-05:00

OH MAN, OH MAN. I think I'm about to pee my pants. Did you say Houston is in the World Series... of Baseball???!!!!
Wooooo Hoooooooo!!!!!!

......IDOTS

2005-10-19T21:29:00.000-05:00

PLEASE DO NOT SELL YOUR LINKS ON MY BLOG.
Jeezzz!

Strike 3...

2005-10-19T21:01:00.000-05:00

I am tired people. I just want to chill with a cup of joe. I want to bug the shit out of my roomy in peace. Is that too much too ask? Anyway this class that I am in (am) is frankly hilarious. I would say that the rightys always show up to voice their opinion here or there and quite frankly can be down right damned insulting and rude to the professor. Then when there is a meeting to discuss ideas and this meeting doesn't necessarily follow your views, you don't want to show up to learn a little something of which you really have no idea about because you have already made up your mind about the subject.
You know I have gone to some meetings where I did not necessarily agree with what was being said, but I wanted to know what the ideas were. I wanted to understand and get a feel for where that person was coming from. I didn't dig my heels in and bury my head as so many others have.
One of my classmates told me that he thought that law school and people attending lawschool were supposed to be some of the top minds and thinkers around. He was utterly surprised by some of the comments and disrespectful attitudes evidenced in class discussion. I laughed and checked myself.... I forgot, even with his accent, that he is not from here (US i mean). He hasn't seen some of the shit that I have or experienced these same type of comments from people who really don't know what it means to have not. I told him that there are some students fortunately that don't feel this way and actually are interested in learning about others. Unfortunately, they keep quite and don't say much. I just hope that they think some of these comments are as ridculous as I think they are.

Get a load of this

2005-10-10T23:34:00.000-05:00

Why can't LAW STUDENTS get a makeover? Don't the firms pay these people enough money and shouldn't they already know how to dress to impress?

See they are giving the jobs to the g-d wrong peanut heads.

Point taken...

2005-10-10T23:33:00.000-05:00

Oct. 9 entry

We actually dodge the BULLET

2005-08-31T21:59:00.000-05:00

Can you imagine FLORIDA under water and people being urged to leave. Maybe I oughta rethink this beach and sunshine thing.

If I could do it all over again...I'd probably go to one of these schools

2005-08-31T21:57:00.000-05:00

Ask me why later...

I wish I was a 1L

2005-08-31T21:53:00.000-05:00

... then I could suffer all over again but I'd have that hindsight thing going for me ya know. So many did not come back. Good for you DUDES, live long and prosper and damnit don't forget the rest of us.
Ah the sweat smell of OCI. It's upon us. You know I was surprised by some of the people I saw on the Journals and Law Reviews. GOOD JOB! And, ah those that talked a lot of bunkie-crap last year about how awesome they were...Yeah... where is your law review I say.

Advice for the new 1Ls in Lawschool @UM

2005-08-09T14:35:00.000-05:00

1. Go to Dean’s Fellows. DFs are 2Ls or 3Ls who took your class last year or the year before and got an A. They’re not necessarily the smartest people in law school but they have figured it out. They know what it takes to succeed in law school and in most cases they mastered the way your prof teaches. I had 7 DFs last semester. Four were terrific. Two were fine. One was awful, but I still went because occasionally the DF would throw out a useful nugget. Use the DFs as a resource. They’re doing the DF job because they want to help you. Take advantage.
2. Don’t let Elements get you down. It is the bane of many 1L’s existence. Understand that you’re not supposed to really get it from the beginning. For most people, it starts to come together at the end. Don’t panic about Butler v. Wolf Sussman. Read it. Then read it again. Then one more time. Then don’t sweat it. It’s not supposed to make sense after one case. Elements is a process.
3. Eat at Subway as infrequently as possible. If you can avoid it, eat somewhere else or bring your lunch. You’ll end up eating plenty of meals at Subway and you’ll get sick of it soon so avoid it whenever possible.
4. Join lots of clubs and go to lots of lectures. Most serve pizza. That’s a free lunch.
5. If you start a blog, don’t use your real name. Use a pseudonym. Like Klio or Lawfool or Tortious intereference.
6. Don’t be a gunner. People hate gunners. There’s a clear line between being the guy who talks a lot because he answers the prof’s questions and the guy who has a “What if…” question and anecdote for every case and who argues constantly with the prof. Don’t be That Guy.
7. Start outlining early. It makes exam time more tolerable. But not too early. The point of outlining is to get a general overview of what’s important in the class. You can’t do that for at least a month, maybe six weeks or so.
8. Do not get stressed about the midterm exam. This school has an odd tradition: It gives all 1Ls one midterm – you’re randomly assigned to take it in one of your classes. You get written feedback from the prof, but no grade. The prof will never know who wrote it because you use blind grading numbers and they’re handed back with blind grading numbers. It’s a one-hour exam. It has no relation to real law school exams. It’s a waste of time, an exercise in frustration and nothing more than a reason to ruin a good weekend.
9. Don’t necessarily do what other people do. Law school is rough. People manage it in different ways. He goes out and gets hammered five nights a week. She never goes out and studies until 2 a.m. He never seems to study (but that’s because he gets up at 4 a.m. and does all his work before class). Whatever routine seems to work for you is fine. The problem is you’ll have no idea what works for you because you get no feedback until after the first semester. By the end of the semester you’ll have a sense of how much you know and how hard you need to work during exam time.
10. Carry an umbrella. It rains a lot in South Florida.
11. Ignore most advice (including the advice on this blog) and do whatever you think works for you. The first year of law school is no picnic for most people. But you’ll get through it. Although it’s tough, the purpose here is not to weed out people. (I’m not sure what the purpose of making it so grueling is, but I know the objective isn’t to weed you out; the school needs your money um, I mean wants to educate you.)

posted by some guy @ 4:16 PM

Surprise, surprise...

2005-08-01T18:21:00.000-05:00

And what will they do about it....NOTHING!
Guess who is smiling though, and kicking back with "I-told-you-so-s". Selling more books and on that really great reality hit "The Surreal shit".

Half Life 2

2005-08-01T18:01:00.000-05:00

Man, this game sucks! Especially when you are running a slow azz memory. I can't even stop looking at the screen because I am just waiting behind CF to see what is coming up next. Man that bike or water-floating-bike is sorry. Uhhhh, that was disgusting. CF just blew off some creatures head and now it's flying around trying to kill CF.
Damnit... I've been standing in the door way for 20 minutes (of only which 10 mins is CF aware) and I haven't even played the game!
CF: "What's up dawg..." as he notices someone else at the door.
I gotta play this game...maybe when CF is out of the casa.

I need some sleep

2005-07-29T15:28:00.000-05:00

So I am in the student lounge right? And this lady is laying there right next to the door, snoring as all get out. Loud as shit! I just wanted to go over there and shake her awake and ask her to give me the same drugs that she was on that would allow someone to fall asleep in a public area with a few people and snore as loud as you can so that I too could get some much needed rest.

Not encouraging racial profiling

2005-07-29T10:38:00.000-05:00

HA!!!! Didn't I learn in the crim pro that the Supreme Court of America thinks that cops are "studpid" and need to be told what to do? Hmmmm... Can you imaging random searches on the streets of Coconut Grove because of course heaven forbid they go on in Coral Gables.

Summer wind down

2005-07-29T10:26:00.000-05:00

I am finally done with a bunch of my crap that I put on my proverbial expanded plate this summer. I'll tell you what, I am going to tone it down for next semester however and I am never, never, never agreeing to do what I did this summer. Pain in the azz.

No wonder students like to fly...

2005-07-23T23:19:00.000-05:00

So, I thought I was set right. I was awesome. I rocked! Right... so much disappointment in the ointment. I worked so hard this past year and I will keep working hard but no wonder students like to fly off tall buildings or bridges. Schools and people can be very depressing. It's bad enough that life, mostly 70% of the time, can be depressing but then you add in graduate school and cut that school and the people that attend these institutions and then you throw in (for kicks) the "lets-see-how-much-you-suck" meter. I hear about these folks who did well, got what they worked for. They deserve it, don't get me wrong and I am proud and happy as heck for em' but didn't I deserve it too. I mean not a huge piece or even the whole shebang but I could have at least gotten that one thing that I wanted. That damn one thing... I really wanted that... I just want to throw something.
Sad part is that I am one of those people who is constantly aware of time. I don't mean like it's 12:30 right now, I mean time. So limited. I just want to get in as much as possible before. It's frustrating to work this hard and not be good at it. So frustrating that I haven't been able to concentrate for over a week now. But I guess this is one of those life lessons, right... Even if you are good at it doesn't mean it's gonna be yours. I'll have to keep that one in front of me. But damn it's frustrating. I'll have to shove it to the side because I have bigger considerations than myself right now, try to keep the bigger picture in mind....

I am not saying that I plan on flying but I can darn well understand why some students would want to.

Cool azz links

2005-07-21T15:39:00.000-05:00

When will it stick in my head how to link up those cool links like all the other flippin bloggers, like Someguy and Lawfool. Sick of this...

Sometimes I am amazed at how law students act and the fact that these people are considered adults. You know sex-offenders are considered adults also... Pretty sad that some law students are of the same cloth. Disgusting.

Once again...

2005-07-21T15:05:00.000-05:00

So, I saw this chick the other day and unfortunately I was in a situation where I was FORCED to speak to the person. You know how it goes, can't be rude or mean because then you are called out for it. "Why are you so mean?" So I am sitting there wishing this person would melt into the floor or evaporate... but they don't. She just sits there yapping.
Chick: "Yeah, so I am still working on this project."
Me: "..."
Chick:" I am so not even close to being done..."
Me: "..."
Chick: "Gosh, I got all A's this past semester and if I could just..."
Me: "hmmm...sounds great"

So at this point I am thinking if this biatch doesn't get her fat ass out of this area, I'll be booked by 7 tonite. Finally she leaves but then I start thinking, all A's huh. Cool. Good for you chick, but... no one likes you. I mean no one. I've heard so much dislike spew from so many about you. You even have a nick that isn't meant in a nice way. I feel sorry for you chick. So would I rather have all A's. Hell no man... that would mean that I would have nothing to work toward, no life or friends, my parents on my back to keep it up, the next 2 years to fall, and my future mates hating the very air I breathe. BTW, I have to tell you that it is very true that the people you are in school with now are the people who you will be working with on a day to day basis when you graduate. God help me. I like beaches, not biatches.

Fakers abound...

2005-07-16T01:48:00.000-05:00

The one thing that gets under my skin is a faker. I hate all fakers. They are all smucks. It's a good thing I am going to be a lawyer, right. No fakes here.

DAMN, I'm back

2005-07-12T20:29:00.000-05:00

Hello, hello, hello....

Yes, it's me again. That there sounded like a damn rap cliche'. Oh well.

SOMEGUY.... I as soon as I got that damn bill for another $15+ for 2L year I became a 2L regardless. They'll have to send al-quede to git me out of this here place.

I have been working my tail-off. Woooo-weeeee!

THey ARe OVer!!!

2005-05-12T19:34:00.000-05:00

First off, I wanna thank god for being there for me. Then I wanna thank my moms for supporting me when I needed it. To shooky from the block, i'm always there homey....
HaHaHa
Anyway, no really I am glad they are o-ver! I am now officially a 2L. Boy that year went by fast. For all the people who know me and for all the faith, I humbly thank you. Yes I will be working this summer, unlike all my other sap-friends who are going abroad to boost their grades... yeah I would have gone too if I could have found the cash. I look forward to the new crop this next season b/c I will be warning them of all the dangers and pitfalls that await the unsuspecting. LAWSCHOOL is still amazing, even with all the backward azz thinking people and their latent hatred. Lets you know that even with the "upper-crust" you still have people who think that race is a disease easily caught.
But anyway, I am off to catch up on movies for the time being and some restaurants (even thought MIA has THE sorriest service that I have ever experienced/this has not changed in the year that I have been here) and FINALLY TO SEE THE BEACH....whooohhoooo!!!!
Hurricane season is upon us once again and Nelly's "hot in here" will be blasting on all radios.
I will patiently await the HEAT X2.... you figure it out.

***** CONGRATS ALL GRAD 3LS*************

Peace all and I will see you soon.
T.I.

Big Words

2005-05-12T19:27:00.000-05:00

I hate big words and even more, I hate the people who use them. Like they will intersperse res ipsa commingled with some jacked up latin phrase. Yeah, I know that you are a law student or lawyer or professor... so what! If I can't understand what you are saying, then I don't care and you loose anyway.

Another one bites the dust!

2005-04-30T11:06:00.000-05:00

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7654586/

Just think... only a few mill more to go...

How far would you go for love?

2005-04-02T00:36:00.000-05:00

I have this friend who met a nice person, however this person is in another country far away. They have been "seeing" eachother and sending ims constantly and one of them will move in 2006 if it works out.
Is it that desparate America? No good looking normal sane people here that now my friend must go else where to find love? It's a sad day when you have fly over an ocean to meet the "right one". I don't even like to go to clubs let alone get on a plane.

New Students Day

2005-04-02T00:31:00.000-05:00

Yes, that time again, when the new crop is in.... Saw groups of people over taking the school with the same exact questions that I was posing 9 months ago. Yes the new 1Ls are here. Already?... you may ask? YES!!! Soon orientation will be upon us and another year passed. I have a summer job finally and so now I will go and tell all those others who I am waiting to here back from that they lost out. Of course its not paid, why would it be... My buddy's moving out in May but I have plans to visit him where ever he goes. Already frustrated b/c group work is not turning out too well. My start outlining.

On point

2005-03-21T23:56:00.000-05:00

JW's post about the damn library is right on point. Do they really think that I am going to stop eating in the library? Since the tuition is going up again i think that is the least of my worries since my laptop isn't even safe.

It's time to go...

2005-03-21T23:54:00.000-05:00

So what am I doing here again... First year is tough but not because of the books. Nope, mentally the crap you go through, the games others play, and for what... I'm not whinin' but damn.

Every hand shake is an interview

2005-03-11T17:35:00.000-05:00

You know a long time ago, one of my bosses told me this. "Every Hand Shake is an Interview" so make sure you don't screw it up. I know he meant that every time you meet someone whether they are a clerk, secretary, judges, or attorney or even a professor... that situtation is a potential interview. So what happened to my brain the other day when I showed up to meet a fellow classmate just to get some info on this position that she was trying to recommend some folks for. A little frazzled, sweating, and in sweats I show up. NO NEED TO SAY MORE.

A Benchmark

2005-03-11T17:29:00.000-05:00

So today begins the first official day of spring break although I know that students have already started on Monday. I am still at the school HOWEVER working on this brief trying to make it perfect. Perfect for Moot Court. DOMINATION babe.
So what I already turned it in for the LRW grade riddled with mistakes... someone get me a beer to cry in. Damn.
**NEWS**NEWS**NEWS**NEWS**NEWS***
Upset at the OK coral folks. Brand new SBA executives on campus. I know some people are highly upset... I MEAN UPSET. So upset they weren't even on campus. Whatever happened to people worrying about grades.

Is that Grant Hill?

2005-02-26T00:59:00.000-05:00

Ok so there is supposed to be some really nice stone crabhouse in brickell someplace and some folks in a section went. I hear it's a three hour wait for this place; no kidding, this has been confirmed by other sources. Anyway so low and behold my phone starts going off and after the damn 3rd ring the caller yells over my loud ass phone, "Oh my god, guess who I just walked past...*%$6&5# Grant Hill !!! He's so hot!!". Yeah, and she continues on as someone in the back ground yells out "Duke, Duke"... like i didn't know he went to duke.
Who does he play for now? Orlando Magic. So later I find out that they debated that one of them had a problem with him sitting on his ass earning millions of dollars. I have no problem with that crap at all... If someone is willing to shell out ass-loads of dinero to see some dude shoot a damn ball into a net, hey more power to 'em. "Don't hate the players, hate the game."
Oh yeah that restaurant is called Joe's or something or other... Hey I know a dude named Joe.

Tautological Thought

2005-02-24T11:34:00.000-05:00

Sex over electronic conveyances….. I never really thought about it but I guess it is possible except for those who are totally homophobic, ugliphobic, fataphobic, crackaphobic, and even autolessphobic (& a slew of others) should really stay away from this type of Sex. I mean you have no idea what you are getting. Stimulus is in the eye of the beholder but if you have no eyes then touch and other senses replace. I guess as long as you could keep it internalized and never manifest this insidious activity into a real life probandum, you’re set. Of coarse given how fallible human nature is and the prevalence of idiots walking the earth, those types are too and far between. Deitists believe the clock is set and I tend to agree as far as its analogous nature to mankind. You can’t go back and the future is set.

Sci Fi Rules!

2005-02-23T14:38:00.000-05:00

Talking to T-Mack today. All Sci-fiers are closet lovers damit! Who remembers "Dr. Who"?

HHB and DWB

2005-02-23T14:17:00.000-05:00

HHB is one nice chick. She earned that title a while ago and it has stuck. Noticed the other day on the crap shuttle that she has a very nice tan. Her fam is in town. Don't know what I would do if my fam was in town right smack dab in the middle of my first year. Probably ship'em right back.
Election time again. I think this school has a very lacsidasical attitude toward the student body government. I mean the profs really don't care either. They are mostly worried about getting published and tenure. Makes me wonder why I drop such dime for an edu.
Sick of criminal procedure by the way. Prof. Jumper really takes us all over and I think I get why. Unfortunately more than half the people in the room are just like O'Connor and can't understand why OPERATION PIPELINE is so bad. I mean they are pulling over the people who deal and use right. They don't only pull over latinos and blacks. The other 10% are white. I mean the numbers are on point. 90% of the minorities use drugs and 10% of others use drugs.
There is nothing wrong with these numbers I tell you.

All These Big Words....

2005-02-23T14:09:00.000-05:00

Um, yeah. So as JW has intimated we have a new blogger. Well maybe not really knew. I think she's been prowling around. Seems to have a most excellent vocab. A real command for words. I wish she would do something about her hair though.

Check-Check out my melodies...

2005-02-19T19:24:00.000-05:00

So... ya might have noticed a couple of changes to my szite...
Yeah, so just lean back, lean back, now rockaway wit it.

"the Dirty Sanchez"

2005-02-17T01:20:00.000-05:00

I don't think that I need to say anymore than the title. I know two folks who have conversations about this weekly.

My, my. Crim Pro is starting to look awfully empty these days. Homo-erotic pictures of Tom Cruise was the quote of the day in Crim Pro. Man do i luuuvvvv law school.

My newest blogging buddy Ananda

2005-02-13T01:56:00.000-05:00

ANANDA
Cool peeps. Has an awesome song on her site. Man am I computer illiterate. Soon as JW shows me how to put those damn links on, I'll be straight.

Pyramid Schemes.....

2005-02-13T01:47:00.000-05:00

Yes, I have officially succumb to the hated Free ipods site. Damn, but I knew better. Even as I was conned into signing up. Now that elusive fifth person will not sign up under me so that I may get my ipod. Oh well. I shall keep going. Must. Get. Podded.

My roommate has turned into me...

2005-02-11T16:09:00.000-05:00

Yes, it's official. My roommate has found the way to get completely under my skin. He has become me. MAN and am I fucking annoying! Did not realize this. I feel like I am watching William Shatner on StarTrek. For the past week, I have been dreaming of ways to ring his neck as he hits every last one of my buttons.
Jesus was I this bad in the beginning... I don't think so. I am so loveable. Maybe it's just him. Yeah...that's it. It's him and not me. Woooo...dodged a bullet there.

Just heard that South Texas law school is number 1 when it comes to Moot Court. Can't hate... I mean if you have to be 4th tier, you better be good at something. Damn Texans.

And another thing, why the hell can't we have NAPSTER like every other paying UM fool walking around out there. The president of the school Shalaala has not returned my email. I think I am being deprived of due process here.

1L Interviews

2005-02-11T09:02:00.000-05:00

So they have already started.... JasonWolf talks about "gunners". I am no gunner but I do sit very close to one. I have mixed feelings on gunners. Anyway I wonder if gunners already have jobs lined up and if they are paying jobs. Saw a bunch of dressed up 1Ls this week.
I hope the jobs are paid but I doubt it.

Singing Telegram for Professors

2005-02-11T08:53:00.000-05:00

Today prof ConLaw got a singing telegram. I swear he turned red but I know he loved it. Whoever did it, I want to give 'em a good slap on the back. That was great and hilarious. Wish I had thought of that.

The Superbowl?...When Was That....

2005-02-07T20:52:00.000-05:00

Did I miss Janet's boob again? Damn. Who won?

One thing I noticed about law school--- you got a lot of people with money and then those people without who are willing to bet on anything. WTF. Are you kidding? Do you know how much you will owe on that borrowed $50 that you just lost in a card game or that grand you dropped on the SupaBowl in 3 years? Yeah... more money more problems. I think I like being poor. I think I'll start playing the poor-card. Poor-card, gooood. Race-card, baaaaddd.

Have not gone shopping at those wonderful veggis stores that my wonderful fellow bloggers have been informing me about in "this god-forsaken town" but I will be headed out soon...

Ms. Bouchard....

2005-01-31T23:42:00.000-05:00

Oh woe is me... A tale of two clients... One crazy old lady, and one young dumb ass couple. A saga that will make you cry, scream, procrastinate, laugh with the many twists and angles it brings. The raccoon, black mold, hole in the roof to fit a small child, suicidal ghost, and oh yes, hives. Man this stuff should be on tv.

Sunday.....

2005-01-30T11:21:00.000-05:00

You know I hate to keep going on and on about Miami but a friend I spoke to really cleared it up for me last night. This is a vacation town. A place where people come to get away from their own crazy worlds. This is not a place where most choose to live, so why should they really care that most of it sucks.

What precipitated this convo? Well I was kinda going on and on about how much stuff sucks out here like- the food in the grocery stores (veggis are mostly rotten by the time they get down this far south because everything is trucked in), the restaurant service or lack there of (like we went to this place called 'the Diner' and it's supposed to be upscale and with price like south beach I expect some ass kissin' but the waiter acted like we were wasting his time), the people really aren't that nice out here (just down right rude at times and too ass-uming at times), and just other stuff in general.....

More than likely I will go back home where it better by my standards. Sorry MIA.
** So for those who may pass 'the Diner', their baked alaska is good but I don't recommend the burger.

Sell My Body!

2005-01-27T23:17:00.000-05:00

**Read the last post.**

That is a good one my friend! Except I screamed, jumped back and fell over the toilet this morning after i got a look in the mirror. Selling body is out.
Hope Fellowships look good, but a little restrictive. Gotta work with the poor or homeless or have work in N.Dakota advocating for refugees from Mexico. I think there was even one where you had to work for the transportation something or other. Since when were they needy.

Anyway will keep trying of course... but not selling any body.

1L = No $ Job

2005-01-26T09:14:00.000-05:00

So my parents aren't getting that I have to more than likely work for free this summer because 1Ls don't get hired by the money paying jobs. So how do you pay for the summer? I can't go abroad- that's out. If I have to work full time for a volunteer position, then how do I live?

"That Raise My Hand Every Question" Guy

2005-01-25T13:12:00.000-05:00

So all the books that talk to students about what law school is like and what the first year is like are absolutely on point. There is always that one guy--- that one dude who sits in the front row, and after Prof asks a question the hand instantly goes up to bring up a point that has nothing to do with the question or at most hints to the outer edge of the global portion of the answer to the question. In the process those people who are behind him get utterly confused and way off track.
I DISLIKE THIS DUDE IMMENSELY!

When everything points to one option...

2005-01-20T18:42:00.000-05:00

So today I find out that Prof. Con let the class know that if you are .01 sec late, you are absent. I thought I was paying for this crap. With the little parking available that I still have to pay for, the nonexistent reliable bus service, the 30,000 grand, and the hike to the 3rd floor for class--- Is it too much to ask to give a &*!@$#^% a minute or two to get to class on that occassional off day. That's #1.

Like JW has said grades are in. That's #2.

No summer abroad, no money for being a judges "friend", and possibly no money for summer school. May have to work at Barnes N. That's #3.

None of the professors seem to have an inkling about what office hours mean. That's #4.

IT'S A WONDER WHY A STUDENT WHO IS TAKING IT UP THE YOU KNOW WHAT MY JUST GO POSTAL. OH WELL, I'M OFF TO THE WATERING HOLE. Now that's good lawyering.

Yeah, yeah, Yeah

2005-01-19T17:34:00.000-05:00

So what? Don't have nothing to say. I feel like I should get one of those boats, like the Vikings, and set sails with it doused in gaso and then set it on fire once I am too far out to make back by swimming.
Yes, first semester is over.

Anonymous Lawyer...Unmasked!!!

2005-01-08T17:00:00.000-05:00

So it's true. The famous and infamous A.L. has been unmasked. Undoubtedly in the New York Times no less. Good for him. What a way to go out or come out. LOL. The article is in the Dec. 26 issue and written by a Sara Rimer "Revealing the Soul of a Soulless Lawyer". All of us suckers out there. I really real sorry for the folks who actually sent him their resumes. How humbling. Even the profs who were quoting the faker.
Any some kid "supposedly" named Jeremy Blachman who lives with his moms in Brooklyn and is a 3L at (you guessed it) Harvard.
So are some people mad, angry, upset. Well I can't blame them. Just got jerked around by a 3L having a good time on a blog. Playing with their emotions. Aw, get over it. At least he didn't sell you a diamond mine in Africa. (Every time I think of that guys scam, I roll in utter laughter) Diamond mine in Africa = Ocean front property in Arizona.

I can't wait to tell JW, in case he doesn't already know. Oh yeah, he even got his picture in the freakin paper too.

Happy New Year....

2005-01-07T23:08:00.000-05:00

Sorry peeps for not being around in December to b l o g, but grades do come first. Why are people still calling my cell asking me to come out before I go back to school. UH, DUH!

It's good to be back...

2005-01-07T23:02:00.000-05:00

So Yes, It is go time. Wooohoooo!!!! Back home was so great. Open spaces and friendly faces. I missed that so. Never really realized how cheap it was back home. It's painful coming back. I studied my azz off and so now we just wait to see what the grades hold.
Have to decide I am going to London this summer or getting a job. Oh yes excited I am.