Some Quick Updates

2L year is very very busy, so this will be short:

1. I've accepted a job. It is exciting and a relief. For some people, this means law school is effectively over (although maybe not in this economy). For me, law school is basically just beginning.

2. Even if I never have to change/edit/check/see/touch/be near a law article footnote again, I think I will have dreams about managing an article team for the rest of my life. My dad swears he still has the "I forgot to drop a class in college and now I have to take the exam dream." My dream will involve a source list spread sheet.

3. Being busy with things I am interested in (footnotes not on that list) is so much better than being busy with 1L Property. I love being a 2L. I just wish it involved more sleep.

2L!

Classes have just started at HLS, and I'm very excited for the semester. 1L year at Harvard is (semi) fun, but I think the upper level years is when the true benefits of going to a large and diverse law school really become apparent. There is a specific sub-field of law that I am particularly interested in, and the wonderful thing about HLS is that not only is there a wonderful and well-known legal expert in that field at the school - there are many, and therefore there are multiple classes taught in the subject each semester by professors and practitioners with very different professional experiences and perspectives. Additionally, I'm finally able to meet a variety of other people who hope to practice in the same area as myself.

In fact, the real problem I'm having is restraining myself from taking too many courses at one time. The options are so fantastic, and it's the last time I'm going to be in school. However, I'm doing a clinical this semester, so 15 hours of my week are already spoken for. I'm also working as a research assistant, as well as on a law journal (although not THE law journal). And of course, I'd like to save time to ride around my brand new bike (bought with money I made as a part-time RA this summer), enjoy the company of the S.O. and my wonderful friends from 1L , and gripe about the Boston winter.