Finding Direction: The Wind Vane Chronicles

What I noticed first about her was her demeanor.  How frightened and – well, in a fog she seemed to be.
As I walked into the small conference room, two pleasingly plump ageless black ladies sitting side by side to my right at the long table looked up at me expectantly.  She sat nearer to [...]

It was a solemn and serious occasion.  I did not take it lightly at all.  
I felt very moved by the whole experience and pondered my abilities to fulfill the oath/affirmation I took before the Louisiana Supreme Court as I was admitted to the Louisiana Bar.
My 16"x25" Louisiana license to practice law reads:

UNITED STATE OF [...]

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 hope [...]

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 competitiveness [...]

[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 this yet, [...]

Part 3 – DIGRESSION:  Law School Smarts, Life Experiences & the Vagaries of Each
I’m not very far into my story of my life and career in law, but want to digress a bit, already.
I left you last time with my five month whirlwind, somewhat impulsive decision to go to law school at 44, doing all [...]

 Part 2 – Checking out going to law school
 As I sat and talked with the Gulfport plaintiff attorney in the late winter of 1989, I told him I had recently thought about becoming a lawyer, but didn’t know anything about it or how I could do it, if I did.
He said he was a graduate [...]

[Note:  I had my eyes dilated yesterday afternoon when I saw my retinologist, and they are still half-way dilated, making my vision really blurry.  So, I'm starting off slow with my memoir of my legal career.  Hope today's short post - you must read the links at the end to understand what is coming - [...]