Spring Spring Spring Forward
Dear lord...I have not written a blog in much longer than I remembered. Apologies to avid readers; I wish I had a good, solid excuse. However, my days have been filled with co-op and my evenings with reading and relaxing. So, for at least a few hours in the evening, I had plenty of time to blog.
I have been doing more bail hearings and arraignments--so many, in fact, I've lost count. I'm scheduled to represent a client at his probation surrender hearing the first week that classes resume. Of the many things I've done, I've yet to represent someone at a surrender hearing (where the Probation Dep't alleges that a person has violated the terms of their probation and should be sent to jail). So, I'm excited at a new learning opportunity and ready to dive in and prepare to be the most effective advocate I can be.
Classes start on Mar 1, and it looks like I will get the schedule I wanted: Advanced Criminal Procedure, Client Interviewing & Counseling, and Sports Law. I will only have class on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and, along with my work on the Journal, I will meet the minimum required hours to stay full-time and graduate in May. So, I'm set.
Much of the rest of my time will be preparing for graduation, working a part-time job to make money and meet costs (if I'm lucky), and, overwhelmingly, the Journal. On March 19th the Journal will be hosting its third annual symposium, a huge event with speakers coming in from all around the country. This year's topic is the Second Amendment , and speakers will be discussing its import from many different angles, including public health/domestic violence, firearm regulation and federal regulation of state activities, gun violence, and, of course, one's constitutional right to bear arms. That is but a sample of the discussions that will be held all throughout the day, and will be garnished by refreshments. I will be writing more about the Symposium in subsequent blogs, but please come and encourage others to come. The event is open to the public and it would be a great introduction to NUSL and to cutting-edge constitutional issues. It will be great!
Okay, I will not be delinquent in my blog next week. For now, though, I'm diving back into the memo I am writing to the court in support of a motion to suppress the police stopping my client.

