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 AttorneyAfter 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 ClerkI haven't mentioned this yet, [...]
Part 3 - DIGRESSION: Law School Smarts, Life Experiences & the Vagaries of EachI'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 - [...]