For most of us, one of two things are occurring as the grades roll in: your lofty visions of evaluating numerous big firm, six-figure offers next Fall during OCI are crashing ever so violently against the trampled first-floor carpet of Bannan Hall; or, the prior assumption that you'll most likely need to settle for whatever public interest firm is willing to toss you a bone upon graduation is suddenly a severe underestimation of your qualifications. Read More ...

Anxiety is a psychological and physiological state characterized by cognitive, somatic, emotional, and behavioral components. These components combine to create an unpleasant feeling that is typically associated with uneasiness, fear, or worry. Read More ...

Below is a sampling of words that Microsoft previously considered misspellings (you know, with that squiggly little red line under them) and now, at least for me, the program doesn't blink an eye. Read More ...

The fact of the matter is, no matter where you go, hidden in every nook and cranny of your perceptual experience, a lawyer is lurking, doing his job so there's so much you never have to worry about. Read More ...

As the state continues to slash $1.2 billion from the prison budget, hundreds of men are moving into triple bunks in what used to be gyms and cafeterias. The first line items that usually get cut? Services. Health care, treatment for mental illness, education, job training - all the things that prevent released prisoners from doing something that puts them right back in jail - get cut faster than anything else. Read More ...

The feeling this old guy had when he got out of the car (and I know because I asked him), is nothing like how you'd feel if you raised your hand in class and found yourself completely, butt-ass-nakedly wrong. Read More ...

Law, like anything worth knowing, is a means and oftentimes the end is someone's dreams - and usually not our own. Read More ...

One of our classmates mentioned to me this week that he had witnessed his first student-professor showdown, in which the student was doing nothing more than digging him or herself out of hole & which made me wonder: Is it possible to dig yourself out of a hole? Read More ...

I would say that if there is one thing most people seem to be pretty confused about in this, our first week of law school, it's whether or not to embark on that age-old tradition of forming study groups. There's a great scene in the beginning of "The Paper Chase" when James Hart and the rest of the 1Ls are deciding how to utilize the group. The first thing they do is "assign outlines." This produces a fight as to who gets to take care of which subject. Read More ...

Here's a summary of what I learned about SCU Law. Read More ...