As part of its plan to close a $26 billion dollar budget gap, and in response to a federal order to reduce its prison population, the State of California last year began sending hundreds of non-violent, non-sexual offenders back to their home…

American legal education has been the subject of a number of recent national news stories, highlighting the challenges in preparing the next generation of lawyers.  The American Bar Association plays a significant role in shaping the future…

The Occupy Wall Street protests in cities around the country demonstrate a growing dissatisfaction with the influence of corporations in American politics and business. Now a U.S. Senator proposes a constitutional amendment empowering the…

Third Year is usually the year they “bore you to death.”  At this point, I can say I agree with that sentiment.  There is so much to look forward to (MPRE, Pre-Bar, graduation) in the next year, but I cannot seem to find much motivation…

Throughout law school you learn a lot, mostly about people fighting for a particular right.  The stories are sometimes so disheartening I begin to lose faith in the human race.  How can someone be so awful to another person, be it a loved…

I am about 4 weeks into the summer semester.  I’m working, interning, and taking classes.  I am still running and riding my bicycle as much as I can.  But I’ve decided to commit myself in one more way. Starting June 1, I will be doing…

I have entered my fourth (and final) year of the four year JD/MSW program. Things have gotten off to a great (albeit running) start. With my new internship I feel like I have come almost full circle since applying to law school. For my final…

I am now in my fourth year of my four year dual degree program. While I am a little envious of my classmates in both the social work and law programs who graduate(d) this spring, I still have a lot to look forward to in this last year. I am…

It’s a new year gang. I’m now only a year and a half away from graduating (May 2013). When I look around, I see an awful lot of friends in both my incoming law and social worker classes getting ready to graduate this spring. It makes me a…

8:00 p.m. Sunday night. The kids are all coming off their chores and each is on to his or her current respective obsession. Exile It takes your mind again

Charlie- Keep your head down. Stay smooth through the ball. Listen to the grass. Take each hole as it comes, one stroke at a time. Any pressure you apply, you apply to yourself. You can’t phone this in; you can’t fake it. Trust your…