Law New York. New York. The highly anticipated New York trip came and went. This was for the moot court ABA national competition. At BYU, four oralists and two brief writers qualify for the BYU
Law Trial Advocacy, DC Last week my Law School travel group went to Washington DC for our trial advocacy competition. As expected, it was full of laughs and strange. Wednesday: We left on Wednesday
Law Priorities I probably shouldn't be blogging. I should probably be reading the 12,000 pages we have covered so far for my Fourteenth Amendment class. Or at least attempting to understand what the heck some of the words on the pages of the
Church 2010 Another year has come and gone. I can't believe it's time for the annual sum-up post already. 2010 was a good year. It wore me out like any good year should. In 2010 I started eating salmon regularly. I read
Law The Death of a Semester It is finished. After completing my second final last week and blog-updating you on the progress, it was back to the grind for yet another fun filled adventure--this one was called Public International Law. Fortunately I had a whole week to prepare for this
Law Two Down: Fed Courts and the First Amendment Week one of my 5th set of law school finals has concluded and I'm alive. My first final was for a class that left me in a crying bloody heap of madness after three and half months of intellectual torture. Never in
Law Victory! The Bears won, 16-0. http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Game-notes-BearsDolphins.html See previous post for context. ~It Just Gets Stranger
Law Eli Cares About the NFL? Let it be written--this is the first time in my life I have ever cared about an NFL game (and that includes the Superbowl). I haven't blog-announced this yet so I should give you an update before I explain my sudden interest
Ridiculous It's Happening Again Bad things are happening with my mind. We all know that this is normal--law school tends to do this to me as the semesters progress (flashback to infamous incidents such as putting soap and laundry in the washer and never starting it as a
The Siblings Accidents, Politics, and Multi-Headed Monsters There is much to say. 1. The car accident: Last week I climbed into my vehicle with 30% of everything I own (a normal day for me--I always find some
Law Class Dynamics 3L began several weeks ago. It's interesting for me to watch the three classes of law students fit into their perennial roles more and more as the days go on. It's generally the same thing every year; the classes are
Ridiculous The Mud Run Exactly five weeks ago Annette called me and asked whether I wanted to participate in a team 10k race. I agreed, even after she told me that it was called
Law Shigella's To catch up a bit, the semester finally ended (much later than it was scheduled to go). The week after finals I was packed away in a tiny prison cell for five straight days frantically trying to bust out a nightmare of a paper
Law 2L The final final ran its course on Monday morning. I came out of the test, got cornered into an awkward and slightly contentious conversation regarding some of the most recent and most frustrating law school drama, and then almost literally RAN out of the
Law Two Down, One To Go The trusts final was on Friday. Naturally in the usual law school fit of academic bulimia, I binged on trust doctrine for two and a half days and then subsequently purged for two and a half hours. Another one out of the way. The
Ridiculous One Down, Two To Go I am one final in and on the eve of final two. My brain is totally fried and I'm almost past feeling. So business as usual. Beyond the usual stresses of finals, the last couple of weeks have not been a walk
The Siblings Boston I really don't have time for this right now but if I let time keep passing without posting something, I'm going to have a nervous breakdown. My moot court partner Jenna and I just returned from a competition in Boston
Law Insomnia I've had sleeping problems for several years. Surprisingly law school has seemed to make it worse. Fortunately I have found that if I block out every bit of light, sound, and memories, and choose a night when I'm already really
Law The Calm Before The Storm I had the week off last week so Krishelle, Uncle Will and I decided to head south and just drive until the weather became acceptable. Fully expecting the possibility of having to drive as far as Guatemala, I packed several weeks of clothes and
Law The Feeding Room I attended a wonderful conference for the J. Reuben Clark Law Society for the last three days. This is where Mormon attorneys and law students gather in one place to hear 40 different people give the exact same rendition of the history of the
Ridiculous Baked Potato Recall Last week was sort of strange. That is, even without driving two hours north to view a jump-rope show put on by a bunch of kids in bright orange shirts, last week was strange. This had a lot to do with my friend Corey
Law DC Trial Advocacy Just thought I would shoot out an update about this weekend's adventures. I travelled with a group of classmates out to Washington DC for a trial advocacy competition.
Law World Record Speeds Last week I had an appointment to go back to the hand surgeon to find out whether I'll ever be a hand model again. This appointment was to begin at 7:30AM. Naturally, I slept through the violent vibrations and honking of
Grandma 2009 It's that time of year again when I really start thinking about what's happened in the last 12 months. How have I changed? What has made this year different? Was this year my best yet, as it always should be?
Law One Final Done: Tax Shmax I can't believe how quickly it sprung up on me. Finals started on Monday and I finished my first on Thursday afternoon. I was supposed to take it