Boston in the Fall
One recent Sunday afternoon, I left the law library, in need of a study break. I walked the footbridge over Storrow Drive to the path that runs along the Charles River. It was the weekend of the Head...
View ArticleJoy and the Art of Note-Writing
BU students who are on law journals are responsible, at some point in their time on the journal, for writing a “note.” As you will find with many things in law school, “notes” are deceptively named...
View ArticleRunning the Marathon: The 24-Hour Take-Home Exam
In the world of law school, there is an almost mythical creature called the 24-hour take-home exam. As far as I have heard, nobody has quite mastered the art of preparing for or taking such a behemoth...
View ArticlePau Hana Time
I’m one of those charmed, enviable people whose mom’s family is from Hawaii, which meant that this year, I couldn’t fizzle out completely after exams until I had boarded an airplane headed for...
View ArticleJanuary is the Greatest Month
I might not speak for the majority when I say this, but January is one of my favorite months to be a law student. For starters, winter hasn’t been around for long enough to lose its magic. Waking up to...
View ArticleSnowed In: A Tale of Yetis, Snow Forts, and Burning Marshmallows
I was born in California, and lived a generally snow-free existence for the first several years of my life. Ever since, I have had an almost fiendish love of snowstorms. I was the weird kid flushing...
View ArticleSpeak Up!
I enrolled in First Amendment law this semester, more because I felt I shouldn’t graduate law school without taking it than because I had a real passion for the subject material. It turns out that the...
View ArticleSurvival
You may recall my last post, where I could not have been more thrilled and excited to see snow. I wanted to jump in it, shovel it, throw it, play in it. All of it. As the days have passed and the snow...
View ArticleRun Sarah, Run!
This week, the school has been abuzz with talk of last Saturday’s annual “Ambulance Chase” – BU Law’s annual 5K, where professors, students, staff, and alums engage in a grand race down the Charles...
View ArticleSprinting Down Memory Lane
Perhaps the most tedious task I’ve undertaken in law school was my recent, titanic effort to apply to take the bar exam. While I can’t speak for every other state, my particular application was unlike...
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