Grad student...

I haven't updated this blog in months, and at the urging of several friends, I've decided to start again.

I just finished my first week of classes at Boston University School of Law. Academically, classes are stimulating, the reading is extremely dense; a 5 page reading assignment might seem simple, but it can take a full hour to read it twice, brief the case, and perhaps comprehend some of the issues the professor will extrapolate upon in class. At the moment I understand all the material covered thus far.

The students at BUSL are an interesting lot. If my writing seminar is a representative sample, the vast majority of 1Ls just finished undergrad in 2005. There are more females than males here, but several of the females are married/engaged (ring finger action). Nothing reminiscent of Legally Blonde yet, but there are some incredibly naive folks here, as made clear in class discussions, especially in criminal law, when we were discussing sentencing in light of retributive or utilitarian philosophical underpinnings.

Professors here seem to be left of center, but aside from calling certain theories as "forward-looking," the classroom scene avoids politics rather well. And no mention of the Supreme Court vacancies either.

One of the best things is that my weekend starts at 9:35am on Fridays. Except there's really nothing to do before the evening, so I plan to finish all my work for Monday in the next 6 hours or so.