Category: 1L

Reading a case in crim about a little boy who was beaten by two adults and then died after they refused to take him to the hospital until it was too late.  The case became a contest of medical experts, each defendant trying to prove that the other’s beating was the cause of the death. …

Ah, it’s my favorite month, this month of my anniversary (which approacheth post haste!)  Back when I was a pretentious and silly young thing, I collected quotes and poems about October in the back of a pink hardbound notebook, a notebook I still have even though I can hardly bear to read the pretentious, silly…

My Criminal Law professor is tiny and fierce, a former defense attorney.  She’s funny, self-effacing – a good teacher, it’s a fun class.  I have to admit I have a little crush on her.  She is the mom of two little boys, and I shamelessly tried to bond on that front.  A lot of times…

Hoisting 30 pounds of toddler has caused me some serious lower back pain today.  It doesn’t help that I heft around extremely substantial law casebooks whenever I’m not carrying him.  I’ve never had this twingey thing before.  Twinge.  Twinge.  It feels serious.  I think I’m dying.This isn’t interesting.  It’s ok, I realize that.  But my…

I am thirty one years old today.  I share this birthday with little Max, a friend-of-a-friend’s baby who was born this morning at 5:30 am, and whose delivery stats I followed closely on facebook, excited for some reason that a new baby would share my big day, even though thousands of new babies are no…