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Entries from August 12th, 2008

Taking the Louisiana Bar Exam

August 12th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Uncategorized

After mid-May law school graduation (see last post), it was time to buckle down to really working.  Not only with "Tim" for the summer, but also to prepare for the Louisiana bar.  I never did stop clerking, really, except for a very few days before and during the bar exam the middle of July.   I [...]

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Legal Eagle Daze: My Life & Career in the Law – 6

August 8th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Legal Career, Reflections, Tom & Me

Part 6 – My Last Semester of Law School & Graduation [Note:  I was going to include in this post today my experience in taking the Louisiana bar exam, but the post got too long.  So, I copied that material over to a draft of a new post for next time.  It was harrowing, so [...]

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Brief Intermission

August 7th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Uncategorized

Hi – Been busy this week and haven’t had time to write my next law school post, y’all.  But, I have talked with all three of my kids this week and visited with my three little granddaughters yesterday afternoon.  That was fun.   And, this afternoon I promised my beloved husband I would make him some [...]

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Legal Eagle Daze: My Life & Career in the Law – 5

August 4th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Legal Career, Reflections, Tom & Me

Part 5 – Third Year Law School: Trying to Juggle Law School, Law Clerking & Securing a Position as an Attorney After I write each of the posts in this series, I think of all of the important things I left out that you should  really know about to truly understand the stresses, complexities and [...]

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Legal Eagle Daze: My Life & Career in the Law – 4

August 1st, 2008 · 8 Comments · Legal Career, Reflections, Tom & Me

[Note:  I misspoke last time about how many students were in my class.  I said over 500, but I believe the correct number was about 200 to 225, although not that many graduated.  Sorry about that.] Part 4 -  Learning the Ropes, Both Law School Wise & Practically as a Law Clerk I haven’t mentioned [...]

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