So the bar exam — it was a thing that happened. I’m not sure what the test is supposed to indicate about my ability to be a competent lawyer (very little, I imagine), but I suppose it makes sense as a rite of passage. The three-day marathon, the sad looks of stress, anxiety, confidence, or carefully manufactured […]
The worst part about my chosen field is that I constantly have to remind people, I’m funny, gosh darn. Maybe, fine, only law students get my humor. Maybe only my friends, those used to my particular brand of bizarre, get my humor. But when Bitter Lawyer posted Ten Things You Will Do While Studying for […]
Is it normal to feel nostalgic for graduate school once its over, in spite of the tears, stress, and physical injuries I endured while there? This bar study process makes law school feel like a wonderful adventure — I even miss the sterile smell of the library, the familiar faces congregating on the bridge, and […]
My mother tells me that only babies with soiled diapers like change. No wonder, then, that the changes in the last week have worn my nerves raw! In the last week, I graduated from law school, argued in front of the 8th Dist. Court of Appeals in Ohio, moved back to Cincinnati, and started bar […]
I haven’t been writing much lately, but in my defense, this last semester of law school has gone by faster than anything I remember. Between my very last semester of law school and a particularly painful wisdom tooth extraction, I’ve kept busy. But, coming off a terrible week in U.S. and world news, and my […]
As a Cleveland transplant, I’ve learned to really love post-industrial cities. Except when driving through an unfamiliar part of town, following directions mandating a “slight left at the lights” and the road signs at the lights look something like below: Thank you, Cleveland, for occasionally being utterly impossible to navigate. So, Valentine’s Day weekend, I […]
Law school is competitive, yes, but is the system really anti-women? I’ve been meaning to respond to my dear friend Akhila’s observations about the Socratic method: “In law school, raising your hand is a competition. Hands shoot up every second, thoughts are formulated rapidly with no room for deep thinking, and the spotlight is on […]
[Above: Walking to school in lake effect snow at 7 a.m. Temperature is 7 degrees F. Windchill is somewhere below 0 F. Below: Old-fashioned cash register at Literary in Tremont, trendy (ikea-inspired?) decor at Felice on Larchmere] Its no secret that lawyers are voracious readers. It’s also no secret that graduate students are prolific procrastinators, […]
Four years ago, in a dark, dirty university cafeteria in London, my friends and I watched excitedly as President Barack Obama was sworn into office. That historic moment was a personal triumph for me, as well as a triumph for this country — it was in fact the first election I had voted in, albeit […]
Recently, I’ve been missing my Uganda host family very much, pulling my thoughts back to Kampala. The first time I built a life abroad on my own, I was in London. I mostly brought back mostly stories of tourism, street fashion, and funny anecdotes about my day-to-day. Because everyone knows what London is, was, and […]
Legally Ruch. 