The finish line is in sight
With classes now over, finals really are around the corner. Last Friday was our last day of classes, with professors trying to squeeze in some last minute doctrinal lessons, as us 1Ls continued our transition into finals mode. It feels like ever since Thanksgiving, I have been living in the law school (it's actually not that far from the truth -- ask my wife how often she's seen me in the last week!)
Students are definitely anxious about taking their first law school exams (our first exam is this Friday, and we are done next Wednesday). The amount of material that we have to learn is overwhelming, and is significantly more than I ever had to learn for a course in college. Along with the stress and anxiety, though, comes a sense of pride at how far all of us 1Ls have come since we arrived in late August.
Looking forward, we all got our professor assignments for next semester, when our core substantive courses will be in Constitutional Law, Contracts, and Criminal Justice (hmmmm....why are all the C class in the second semester?) Luckily, once finals are done next week we have close to three weeks of vacation before getting back to the grind.
It's time to return to my old friend -- civil procedure. I'll do a nice long blog entry some time after finals wrap up, perhaps while I'm relaxing (!) on the beach in Florida.