The Chronicles of a Blawgirl » shark attack http://blawgirl.julieanneines.com Follow Julie Anne Ines on her trip through the journey that is law school. Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:55:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Shark Attack: Bad blogger, good law student? http://blawgirl.julieanneines.com/2009/10/15/shark-attack-bad-blogger-good-law-student/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shark-attack-bad-blogger-good-law-student http://blawgirl.julieanneines.com/2009/10/15/shark-attack-bad-blogger-good-law-student/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:13:20 +0000 http://blawgirl.julieanneines.com/?p=2036 The Shark: Bad blogger, good law student]]> New post at The Shark about balancing law school and life with my handy, dandy hot pink planner!

The Shark: Bad blogger, good law student

]]> http://blawgirl.julieanneines.com/2009/10/15/shark-attack-bad-blogger-good-law-student/feed/ 0 The Shark Attack: Bad news? Law school costs moola. Good news? New debt-shrinking programs! http://blawgirl.julieanneines.com/2009/06/19/the-shark-attack-bad-news-law-school-costs-moola-good-news-new-debt-shrinking-programs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-shark-attack-bad-news-law-school-costs-moola-good-news-new-debt-shrinking-programs http://blawgirl.julieanneines.com/2009/06/19/the-shark-attack-bad-news-law-school-costs-moola-good-news-new-debt-shrinking-programs/#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:55:27 +0000 http://blawgirl.julieanneines.com/?p=1745 Don't count on those loan forgiveness programs. You know that plan you have? You know. The one to go to law school in order to help people, and to not worry about student loan debt because, hey, those public service loan forgiveness programs will help you. Yeah. Turns out those might not be as reliable as you think. Great news for those indebted: new federal loan programs. If you currently have or are planning on taking on huge student loans, a new federal program effective July 1 can help you deal with the debt. Some borrowers can even have their student debt forgiven after 10 years if they work in public service jobs. Not bad.]]> 438037919_36785da891In The Shark Attack, the Blawgirl brings you a list of links to blog posts published at The Shark, a blawg written by and for law students.

Holy crap! Just realized I haven’t posted one of these in several weeks. Here’s a rundown of stories written by the Blawgirl published at The Shark. Chompy, chomp.

Photo: Richard Ling / Flickr

]]> http://blawgirl.julieanneines.com/2009/06/19/the-shark-attack-bad-news-law-school-costs-moola-good-news-new-debt-shrinking-programs/feed/ 0 The Shark Attack: The Blawgirl dishes on how she got through the Boyfriend’s 1L year http://blawgirl.julieanneines.com/2009/05/28/the-shark-attack-the-blawgirl-dishes-on-how-she-got-through-the-boyfriends-1l-year/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-shark-attack-the-blawgirl-dishes-on-how-she-got-through-the-boyfriends-1l-year http://blawgirl.julieanneines.com/2009/05/28/the-shark-attack-the-blawgirl-dishes-on-how-she-got-through-the-boyfriends-1l-year/#comments Thu, 28 May 2009 20:22:04 +0000 http://blawgirl.julieanneines.com/?p=1456 0L dates 1L: Turns out law school puts some pressure on romance. As you know the Blawgirl is dating the Boyfriend, who just finished up his first year in law school. At The Shark, the Blawgirl reflects on the Boyfriend's past 1L year. Plus, find links to stories on cheating on law school exams, on protests at U.C. Berkeley's law school commencement ceremonies and on people who made the SCOTUS shortlist! ]]> 438037919_36785da891In The Shark Attack, the Blawgirl brings you a list of links to blog posts published at The Shark, a blawg written by and for law students.

A grout way to cheat. Bathroom breaks aren’t just for gathering pithy bits of wisdom anymore. Some law students see it as an opportunity to get ahead in their law school exams.

Anti-John Yoo protests at Berkeley’s commencement ceremonies: round two! Surprise! Students and alumni were expected to protest Capt. Waterboard John Yoo during U.C. Berkeley’s commencement ceremonies.

Shame on you, law school cheaters. Shame on you. Everyone has an opinion on cheaters. The Blawgirl is no exception. They are idiots.

Supreme Court nominee round-up. Before Sonia Sotomayor was announced as President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee earlier this week, the blawgs, blogs and pundits were doing what they do best: speculating! At The Shark, we scoured the Interwebz to find some little-known factoids about the possible nominees. Check them out: Possible SCOTUS nominees way back when: Kagan and Sotomayor in law school, SCOTUS shortlist: one scholar and two politicians, SCOTUS shortlist: The man, man

0L dates 1: Turns out law school puts some pressure on romance. As you know the Blawgirl is dating the Boyfriend, who just finished up his first year in law school. At The Shark, the Blawgirl reflects on the Boyfriend’s past 1L year.

]]> http://blawgirl.julieanneines.com/2009/05/28/the-shark-attack-the-blawgirl-dishes-on-how-she-got-through-the-boyfriends-1l-year/feed/ 0 The Shark Attack: Is yoga the cure for tortuous law school classes? http://blawgirl.julieanneines.com/2009/05/08/the-shark-attack-is-yoga-the-cure-for-tortuous-law-school-classes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-shark-attack-is-yoga-the-cure-for-tortuous-law-school-classes http://blawgirl.julieanneines.com/2009/05/08/the-shark-attack-is-yoga-the-cure-for-tortuous-law-school-classes/#comments Fri, 08 May 2009 18:46:08 +0000 http://blawgirl.julieanneines.com/?p=1256 The Shark, a blawg written by and for law students. This week features articles about an "article" regarding Chapman University School of Law visiting professor John Yoo and his tortuous law school classes, a law school class in Rhode Island that teaches future lawyers how not to be soulless, hope-eating zombies, and how Yoo could be facing disbarrment for his role in the torture memos.]]> 438037919_36785da891In The Shark Attack, the Blawgirl brings you a list of links to blog posts published at The Shark, a blawg written by and for law students.

Not all of Chapman thrilled to see you. Last week, I was pretty thrilled to discover The Daily Chapman, a satirical blog about Chapman University, but I was even more thrilled to see to see that they had written a piece about law school visiting professor and torture memo writer John Yoo’s tortuous law school class. Yoo ought to check out the piece at The Shark, which also has a link to the article. Yoo may find it funny and Yoo-seful. OK. I’m done.

Want to learn some yoga? Go to law school. Law school seems the least likely place to get your “Ohm” on. But the Roger Williams University School of Law is trying to change that. The associate dean of students at the law school instituted a class that teaches students meditation and relaxation techniques that future lawyers can use before going into the courtroom. It also supposedly teaches them how not to be soulless, hope-eating zombies with their clients and fellow lawyers.

Wait, can a disbarred attorney work for a law school? The Yoo saga saw more developments this week after the Office of Professional Responsibility within the Justice Department indicated that it is unlikely that former Bush administration legal advisers would face criminal prosecution. It did, however, leave open the possibility of a potential disbarment for Yoo, and impeachment for his former boss Jay S. Bybee, who is now a federal appeals court judge.

]]> http://blawgirl.julieanneines.com/2009/05/08/the-shark-attack-is-yoga-the-cure-for-tortuous-law-school-classes/feed/ 0 The Shark Attack: Law students find their way, for better or worse, to Facebook and Fark http://blawgirl.julieanneines.com/2009/05/01/the-shark-attack-law-students-find-their-way-for-better-or-worse-to-facebook-and-fark/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-shark-attack-law-students-find-their-way-for-better-or-worse-to-facebook-and-fark http://blawgirl.julieanneines.com/2009/05/01/the-shark-attack-law-students-find-their-way-for-better-or-worse-to-facebook-and-fark/#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 21:00:42 +0000 http://blawgirl.julieanneines.com/?p=1144 In The Shark Attack, the Blawgirl brings you a list of links to blog posts published at The Shark, a blawg written by and for law students.

Facebook groups. Go. Join. Gripe. Law students are the least likely of all the students [...]]]> 438037919_36785da891In The Shark Attack, the Blawgirl brings you a list of links to blog posts published at The Shark, a blawg written by and for law students.

Facebook groups. Go. Join. Gripe. Law students are the least likely of all the students in the world to complain about anything. Now that I’ve made your heads implode and have possibly awakened the anti-Christ from the improbability of that last statement, I urge you, law students and prospective law students alike, to check out the groups listed in the post. If you want a picture of law school different than those displayed in the glossy, Abercrombie and Fitch-ed law school catalogs, the discussions in these groups are real eye-openers. There’s sex, doomed relationships, alcoholism … basically anything you’d find in any daytime soap opera worth its salt. It would make for very entertaining reading if it wasn’t something to be feared.

Fark on law school. If you thought that law students in all their sainted, high-achieving splendor were immune from stupidity, I would like to have what you’re having. Seriously, though. I was rather surprised by how many times the term “law student” and “law school” came up in my Fark search for the worst of the worst law school students to make Fark headlines. Follow the link and see who made it to the No. 1 spot.

Photo: Richard Ling / Flickr


]]> http://blawgirl.julieanneines.com/2009/05/01/the-shark-attack-law-students-find-their-way-for-better-or-worse-to-facebook-and-fark/feed/ 0 The Shark Attack: Rankings leaks, John Yoo speaks and the LSAT too http://blawgirl.julieanneines.com/2009/04/24/the-shark-attack-rankings-leaks-john-yoo-speaks-and-the-lsat-too/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-shark-attack-rankings-leaks-john-yoo-speaks-and-the-lsat-too http://blawgirl.julieanneines.com/2009/04/24/the-shark-attack-rankings-leaks-john-yoo-speaks-and-the-lsat-too/#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:11:50 +0000 http://blawgirl.julieanneines.com/?p=1015 The Shark, a blawg written by and for law students. Has the hysteria hit you yet? Stay calm amidst the ranking craze. Students and bloggers peed themselves Sunday and Monday when U.S. News and World Report law school rankings were leaked (see what I did there?). Torture memo debate at Chapman turns up the dialogue rather than the drama. Chapman University School of Law visiting professor and former Bush ]]> 438037919_36785da891In The Shark Attack, the Blawgirl brings you a list of links to blog posts published at The Shark, a blawg written by and for law students.

Has the hysteria hit you yet? Stay calm amidst the ranking craze. Students and bloggers peed themselves Sunday and Monday when U.S. News and World Report law school rankings were leaked (see what I did there?).

Torture memo debate at Chapman turns up the dialogue rather than the drama. Chapman University School of Law visiting professor and former Bush administration legal adviser John Yoo debated professors at the Orange County, Calif., law school about Presidential Power and Success in Times of Crisis. Shoe tossing was upsettingly absent from this debate.

Berkeley professor spends years developing alternative to LSAT. LSAT, shmel-sat. A team of Berkeley professors, with the blessing of the Law School Admissions Council, researched a test that is supposed to more accurately test whether a student will make a better lawyer.

Photo: Richard Ling / Flickr

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