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Day 860: Anticlimactic Firsts
Jan. 14th, 2010 04:35 pmSo I did go to Old Chicago with the gang (Florida Katie and Angela came with) and we had dinner, but afterward I didn't feel like going to the game, so I just went home and wrote (after all, the muse waits for no basketball game, even though I hear we won). I kept falling asleep as I read, and I was in bed before ten-thirty.
Nevertheless, I was still tired when my alarm went off at six, and I only got out of bed at six-thirty because I received some bizarre phone call that my flight from Vegas to LA was leaving on time but there was a gate change. Go figure. I made it to school in decent time, but not good enough time to park in the parking garage (evil little undergrads) so I just parked on the street. Also, I am cursed. Two mornings in a row I've been making my way to school and twice I've been help up by some clod who thinks it's all right to just stop. In the middle of the road. In better weather this might not be such a problem because I could sneak past, but since this is Omaha and the snow ploughing here is dodgy (and marching on toward downright shoddy) most of the roads are now one-lane.
Grrrr.
I put in some time at the clinic, learning how to do intake and the like, and then I went to Church & State. Being in there almost feels like advanced con law never ended, what with getting the same lecture on how the Supreme Court does not balance and other things that will just confuse me in time for the bar. I had lunch, talked randomly to Will (this is clearly setting a bad precedent for our usual speaking rules), and then put in more time at the clinic. Watched a sample intake call, read a distressing article about the problems of paternity (this is why a solid nuclear family without instances of infidelity would make the law easier), and read some client files.
But...today I achieved a milestone in my lawyerhood today. Today I got assigned my very first real case, i.e. one in which I get to represent. Today I sent out a letter to a client, but instead of waiting around for the boss to sign it before I could photocopy it and stick a copy in the file and then send it, I got to sign the letter myself. I thought it would be more momentous than that, taking someone's legal future into my hands, but it wasn't. Just a short, two-paragraph letter, and me signing my name. But I did it. Signed something for myself today. I thought it wouldn't happen for years. Also, I've been signed up for my very own court hearing, too. I'll represent this fellow next month for a no-contest default divorce.
I'm pretty proud of me. First self-sign and first hearing, all on the second day of school. Wow. I'm crazy excited.
I'm on my way to being a real lawyer.
Here's to not ticking off my boss this semester.
Nevertheless, I was still tired when my alarm went off at six, and I only got out of bed at six-thirty because I received some bizarre phone call that my flight from Vegas to LA was leaving on time but there was a gate change. Go figure. I made it to school in decent time, but not good enough time to park in the parking garage (evil little undergrads) so I just parked on the street. Also, I am cursed. Two mornings in a row I've been making my way to school and twice I've been help up by some clod who thinks it's all right to just stop. In the middle of the road. In better weather this might not be such a problem because I could sneak past, but since this is Omaha and the snow ploughing here is dodgy (and marching on toward downright shoddy) most of the roads are now one-lane.
Grrrr.
I put in some time at the clinic, learning how to do intake and the like, and then I went to Church & State. Being in there almost feels like advanced con law never ended, what with getting the same lecture on how the Supreme Court does not balance and other things that will just confuse me in time for the bar. I had lunch, talked randomly to Will (this is clearly setting a bad precedent for our usual speaking rules), and then put in more time at the clinic. Watched a sample intake call, read a distressing article about the problems of paternity (this is why a solid nuclear family without instances of infidelity would make the law easier), and read some client files.
But...today I achieved a milestone in my lawyerhood today. Today I got assigned my very first real case, i.e. one in which I get to represent. Today I sent out a letter to a client, but instead of waiting around for the boss to sign it before I could photocopy it and stick a copy in the file and then send it, I got to sign the letter myself. I thought it would be more momentous than that, taking someone's legal future into my hands, but it wasn't. Just a short, two-paragraph letter, and me signing my name. But I did it. Signed something for myself today. I thought it wouldn't happen for years. Also, I've been signed up for my very own court hearing, too. I'll represent this fellow next month for a no-contest default divorce.
I'm pretty proud of me. First self-sign and first hearing, all on the second day of school. Wow. I'm crazy excited.
I'm on my way to being a real lawyer.
Here's to not ticking off my boss this semester.
