Santa Clara Law: From Here to Attorney

Waitlists

santaclaralaw@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law) — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:20:00 PST

I thought I would share my experience with waitlists at SCU for this Fall semester for future students so they won't fret all summer over classes (like I initially did). At the beginning of summer, I was waitlisted for seven classes with positions ranging from 4 to 24. I received an email offering me a seat in six of those classes already. (I turned down a number of them based on other classes I got into). I was initially number 7 and am now at position 2 for the remaining class. Also, in the past, the professor for this class has let everyone on the waitlist into his class who shows up on the first day. I should also add that an additional section was opened up for two of the classes I was waitlisted for (Antitrust and Intellectual Property Survey), and I know other students who moved off the waitlist from positions in the 30s. So there you have it-- waitlists are not bad at all at SCU.

Twas the night before my last final

santaclaralaw@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law) — Thu, 13 May 2010 21:40:00 PST

...The students were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of The Hut danced in their heads....

Real Talk

santaclaralaw@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law) — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 22:11:00 PST

This is what it is.

Just realized Marty has posted three blogs in a row

santaclaralaw@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law) — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 21:58:00 PST

Can't let that happen now, can we?

Slow Dancing in a Burning Room

santaclaralaw@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law) — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 20:11:00 PST

Well this is my third post in a row, that means I'm on fire right?

So it Goes

santaclaralaw@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law) — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:53:00 PST

A year ago I had some goals...

Hunting Jobs

santaclaralaw@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law) — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:18:00 PST

The Most Dangerous Game

Just Another Day

santaclaralaw@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law) — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:58:00 PST

Today is Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010. This is what I did today...

I Like it Like That

santaclaralaw@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:41:00 PST

Move in Slow Motion for Me

New Semester

santaclaralaw@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:40:00 PST

...but no news?

Take What You Want or Like What You Get

santaclaralaw@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law) — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 18:14:00 PST

Grades are back

Why Do You Want to be a Lawyer?

santaclaralaw@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law) — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:44:00 PST

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.

Law School Finals

santaclaralaw@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law) — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:57:00 PST

This is the part I wasn't looking forward to.

It feels good to be bad

santaclaralaw@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:58:00 PST

Palin's not the only one 'going rogue'. It's time to sin, law school style.

Feeling Good, Must Be Stockholm Syndrome

santaclaralaw@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:01:00 PST

Slave to law school but I own my master.

Home Stretch

santaclaralaw@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:16:00 PST

Life is a play, law school is an act, the point is to make a scene.

Hometown translation guide

santaclaralaw@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:56:00 PST

I hope I'm still speaking English after the first semester is over...

And I'm Back

santaclaralaw@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:09:00 PST

Intervention on my hiatus.

Halloween Edition

santaclaralaw@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:10:00 PST

I need Terry Tate... to regulate

Shortest blog ever

santaclaralaw@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:26:00 PST

Best two minutes you'll ever spend... Maybe

No Excuses, Play Like a Champion

santaclaralaw@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:30:00 PST

Giving up is way harder than trying, for me livings better than dying.

Santa Clara University School of Law v. Pakpour

santaclaralaw@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:54:00 PST

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.

Attention all future law students

santaclaralaw@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law) — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:52:00 PST

Some advice on who NOT to ask about going to law school.

Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself

santaclaralaw@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law) — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:39:00 PST

So you wanna go to law school?

Uh-Oh.

santaclaralaw@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:50:00 PST

Got voted off the island.

My New Vocabulary

santaclaralaw@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:29:00 PST

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.

Soft Dicta

santaclaralaw@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:51:00 PST

Whoever makes fun of me best in my comments gets a prize of sorts.

Knock, Knock

santaclaralaw@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:59:00 PST

...Who's there? My best friend 'Chip', that's who.

You Have to See It For Yourself

santaclaralaw@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:30:00 PST

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.

Reviewing the Bar

santaclaralaw@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:13:00 PST

Suckers went to the bar review last week. I studied... losers.

Between the Rock and the Current Place

santaclaralaw@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:30:00 PST

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.

Billy Madison

santaclaralaw@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:45:00 PST

What's the gossip like at law school? It's like high school, but way worse. High School on crack is what it's like.

Let the good times roll...

santaclaralaw@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law) — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:41:00 PST

...The first of many attempts to shamelessly promote my law school.

Failure Is Not An Option ... OK, Maybe It Is

santaclaralaw@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law) — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:00:00 PST

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.

Diagnosis- The 1L Madness

santaclaralaw@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law) — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:16:00 PST

I realize that many of my classmates have endured the great pressures of graduate school, jobs, public positions, and beyond. But law school seems to be its own beast that can only be tamed through experience. What does that mean? Well, it means we'll learn as we go, and the learnin' is tough.

Class Representative

santaclaralaw@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law) — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:43:00 PST

By any means necessary

On Behalf of the 1L Class- I'm Sorry

santaclaralaw@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law) — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:05:00 PST

I've noticed a few disturbing trends about us naive first year students- We get in the way a lot. We are loud. As a group, we are somewhat inconsiderate...and we can't help it.

What it's like to get it

santaclaralaw@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law) — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:00:00 PST

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

Social Constructs

santaclaralaw@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law) — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:31:00 PST

You can take the kid out of the undergrad, but you can't take the undergrad out of the kid

Law students + Friday Night = New blog post

santaclaralaw@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law) — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:06:00 PST

There have been multiple blogs about the study habits, the workload, and the sometimes harrowing classroom experience. So in an effort to provide a broader scope of what life is really like, I'd to share a story.

Digging Yourself Out of a Hole

santaclaralaw@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law) — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:00:00 PST

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?

One Week Down.

santaclaralaw@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law) — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 09:42:00 PST

One week down and I'm already in love. Perhaps this is a premature confession of adoration, but with the passing of each day and the turn of each page I grow more and more enamored with this crazy little thing called The Law.

Introducing myself... and others

santaclaralaw@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law) — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:16:00 PST

Ahhh.. the first week of school. I think I'm still suffering from culture shock. I moved from a tiny town in Eastern Washington called Wenatchee (which claims to be the 'Apple Capital of the World'). In addition to that, I haven't been working for quite some time (lay-offs at my old job). Thankfully, unemployment benefits gave me a few months of paid vacation before I started school. The rough life I lead, right?

Mic Check 1-2-1-2

santaclaralaw@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law) — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:08:00 PST

An overview of the best blogger / 1L ever

The Study Group Dilemma

santaclaralaw@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law) — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:32:00 PST

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.

10 Things I Learned From My 1L Orientation

santaclaralaw@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law) — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 10:02:00 PST

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

Welcome to our blog

santaclaralaw@gmail.com (Santa Clara Law) — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:04:00 PST

Welcome message