OK, so, it's been a while. I haven't checked, but I'd guess I last posted here about three or four months ago, "promising" to blog throughout the summer. Fortunately, if you've been following this blog at all, you didn't expect me to keep that promise anyway. In any case, let's just be up front about this: I am writing now mainly because it seems like I probably should. I have no subject, no theme; I'm just gonna write about stuff and post it so I don't start wondering why I even have a blog in the first place and delete it.
So, the summer. The main thing to know is I have been, by law school standards, a lazy bastard. Sure, I've done some yard work, and yeah, I take care of the two kiddos most days, but I was doing all that before. The difference now is, I am taking no classes, reading no cases, writing no memos, and studying no outlines. I am a total bum.
Which is not to say I've done nothing law related. I am working as a research assistant for my Crim Law professor; so far, though, this has equated to about seventeen hours worth of work, editing and bluebooking a law review article on habeas corpus. Not exactly heavy lifting. In theory, I'll soon be helping to edit (or something) some textbook chapters, and working on a statutory compilation project, but none of it is likely to put me out much. So in short, it's been a good summer. I have read novels. I have played with the kids. I have seen and spoken with my wife on a regular basis. I have eaten dinner with my family. Next week, I'm even taking parent-tot swim lessons. It's pretty sweet.
Looking forward, however, I am trying to get a few wheels in motion that ought to make the coming semester rather busier than previous ones. I'll be taking the same load of evening courses, but also trying to work about 20 hours or so per week in various capacities. These include continued research assistance for the Crim Law prof, and being a TA both for my Contracts prof and for a Lawyering Process professor (whom I have yet to meet). The actual hours for each of these probably will fluctuate a bit, and my only fear is that they'll all peak at once and make studying for my actual courses difficult to impossible. But I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.
Meanwhile, prior to classes starting up again (in a mere five weeks!), I have agreed to give building tours during orientation to the incoming 1Ls, and to sit on an "Ask Anything" panel for same. What this last might consist of, I have no idea, as I cannot for the life of me recall what sorts of questions were asked when I attended the session last year. I do remember getting a lot of reassurance along the lines of, yes, you can do this, even with a spouse and two kids and a job, and no, you don't need nearly as much sleep as you think you do. Which I guess is all stuff I can say, too. Except that I kind of think I actually need more sleep than I like to think I do. No use telling that to law students, though, I guess.
And that's basically that. In case I haven't mentioned it yet, the courses I'll be taking in the fall are Constitutional Law, Property, and Criminal Procedure (with my Crim Law professor, so it should be pretty awesome). I haven't actually ordered the books yet, but I have checked to see if they're available (three of them are). And yes, I've checked for advance assignments, thought it's ridiculously early for that. I don't know if that makes me exceptionally forward-thinking, or an overeager law school nerd. Nor do I really care.
Okey-doke, then. Here's the part where I talk about posting again in the near future, then make a comment about how we all know how likely that is, and say good-bye. If anyone's actually still reading this thing, well, take the above as read, and I'll see you when I see you.
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Update: It's actually been less than two months since my last post! I don't know what you people are complaining about...
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