I intended to write much of this blog about applying for jobs next summer, during Fall Recruitment (aka OCI), but Leon seems to have beaten me to the punch. And a fine job Leon did.

I've spent much of the past several days working on cover letters for my applications. Thankfully, I put together all the necessary paperwork and applied to two jobs. I'll let you know how everything progresses. I should not start hearing anything back about preliminary interviews until September or October.

If anyone is keeping track, and I certainly am, here is a list of newsworthy events about which I've promised to let you know once I hear anything: 1.) my Fall classes, and how many of the forty-three credit hours for which I am now registered I'll actually be starting in less than a month; 2.) my Winter internships, for which I and few other people have started applying; 3.) Summer 2009 "summer associate" internships (aka internships that could lead to jobs after graduation); and 4.) whether the second-year of law school is any more manageable than the first. I am sure there are other things I've chained myself to keep track and report--so I'll do so if they come to me.

Today, I am attending to a luncheon hosted by the Arizona Women Lawyers' Association. Besides free lunch and a chance to meet new people, the keynote speaker will discuss "excessive force" by law enforcement and how much force is too much force? I think it'll be an interesting discussion, and, if nothing else, it certainly gets me out of the office for a while.