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First Post in Awhile… My Entre Into Legal Cannabis

Wow, even WordPress’ Dashboard is different now that I’m back attempting to blog… I am eating Trader Joe’s Thai Chili almonds over a 9 oz glass of Chardonnay at the Las Vegas Airport. Truth. So to speak 😉 It’s a far cry from where I was months ago when blogging about being an integrative lawContinue reading “First Post in Awhile… My Entre Into Legal Cannabis”

Need for Authentic Community — An Open Letter to Recent Law Grads

Dear Other Recent Law Grads, It’s funny, how now that I’m in my thirties, now that I’ve joined a secret society (by this I mean the field of law), now that I’m starting to find even footing in life, I find more and more that what I crave is a sense of community. Sounds cheesy,Continue reading “Need for Authentic Community — An Open Letter to Recent Law Grads”

Imagine we shared our EXPERIENCES of the law as a matter of pedagogy…

Imagine… You are sitting around a conference table with a number of other students your first year of law school. Let’s say in the first month, if not week. Perhaps you are sharing a meal. At the least, you are together in an open and collaborative environment. Keep imagining… Whomever is facilitating — whether aContinue reading “Imagine we shared our EXPERIENCES of the law as a matter of pedagogy…”

Stillness Brings Action…

I am reminded of the lesson that stillness brings action for two reasons right now. The first has to do with exams. It has to do with allowing myself the rest I need to prepare mentally and emotionally for the roller coaster that is sitting in a windowless room for hours pouring every scrap ofContinue reading “Stillness Brings Action…”

Hope for an Un-Lawyerly Personality

I took all my tests. I listened to their lectures. And here’s what I’ve learned —

Inch By Inch…

I’ve always measured my happiness by the degree to which I could ‘let go’. Law school’s been tough because it’s forced me to ‘hold on’ for dear life. Now, it seems, I am learning to find a balance…

Turning Law School On Its Head

Dispatches from Exam Land

Income Tax. Final Exam. Yesterday. 9 am. Per usual, got up around 6. Fed & walked the dog. Meditated a bit on all the tax-related thoughts swarming my brain (exam-specific ‘monkey mind’ if you will). Packed a snack bag of bananas & peanut butter. Water bottle. And embarked on my half-mile journey to school, againContinue reading “Dispatches from Exam Land”