8.20.05
Survived my orientation week which featured a week of class assignments and readings and late night lectures. Spent a bundle on books and guides, lugging it back to the office was a workout in itself. Getting familar with these big fat red casebooks that will serve as my textbooks for the next semester/year. So far so good, I’m fully engaged with the course topics, although I have to admit that the evening schedule is something that will take some getting used to with work commitments and finding time to get the readings done and briefs written.
And of course there is the infamous socratic method that 1L students rave about it. Its great if you’ve fully read and briefed everything to its entirety, and if you have a solid grasp of the concepts. What I’ve come to realize is the layer upon layer of understanding and depth that court cases carry with them, something that makes this a challenge regardless.
As for the professors, I’m very impressed. Many of the evening faculty have full time jobs with federal agencies or local DC law firms, it kind of sends a message that we’re all juggling similar schedules during the week.