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Our section (section B) is playing in a charity softball tournament on Saturday. I think it will be a good time to get to know my classmates better. So far everybody has been nice and nobody is cut throat for grades. Of course, finals season is coming soon, so the attitude may change.
Our team name is great though: Huge Subpoenas.
It is week 2 and I’m already tired of reading torts. Torts seems to have an abundance of cases with only partial important content. At the same time the professor is soft spoken and does not put the fear in me like my Civil Procedure professor does. Contracts for me right now seems the best. He uses a casefile method. We are given a main case followed by some related cases. We read the related cases to help argue the main case. I find this to be the most interesting. Civil Procedure seems to be more concerned with the rule. I am however enjoying some random free lunches from assorted organizations that hold lunch meetings. We don’t get lunch everyday, but I’ve gotten 3 meals so far.
During my first visit to UH, there was a Q&A session with a couple of professors. Students would of course ask, “What can we do over the summer to prepare for law school?” One of the professors said to just start reading, not anything serious, but enjoyable stuff, just to get you back in the mode of reading. The other professor said to go on vacation. He suggested a summer in Europe. I couldn’t do the whole summer but I’m leaving for London (with an overnight visit to Paris) today. My trip will only be 10 days, but I’m following it up with a road trip to Dallas for Quakecon and then moving to Houston. I’m done working. Law school is the only thing in my future.
The professor just said Europe to encourage people to relax before going to school. He said vacation helped people get ready to sit and get down to business. They insisted they were teachers and even with all the nightmare stories, they would actually teach us what we needed to know, so preparing in the summer wasn’t needed.
I recently got an e-mail from UH. It was an update about what was going to happen. It listed the first day of class and the orientation that would occur sometime in the week before. It also came with a commitment form to return, as if my deposit money wasn’t enough. It also stated that since 1L’s all take the same class, my registration would be performed automatically. I’m sort of writing this from memory, so forgive me.
In other news, my living arrangements have been set. I’ll be living with two working folk in a 3 bedroom apartment just west of downtown on I10. Ken Ueng and Jason Jan will be my roommates at the Alexan Heights on IH10 and Studemont. It’s relatively close to school, and allows me to take either the highway or the local roads to get to school. I actually start my lease in June, but I am hoping to rent out my room for June/July since I don’t need to be in school until the middle of August.
My summer plans include a trip to London July 22-31 and our yearly trek to Quakecon in the greater Dallas area. My brother is in London now studying abroad. I’m looking forward to living in Houston. Port Lavaca can be a little dull at times. I’m excited about law school, but I’ve been looking forward to it for over a year now, so the excitement level has been toned down a bit.
I’m starting a separate blog about my journey through law school.
