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…

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…

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…

Last weekend my friend, Courtney, and I hosted a baby shower for our friend and schoolmate, Miranda. It was just a small shower with some of our closest friends from law school, but it was a nice intimate setting for all of us to catch up…

So yesterday officially marked the second half of my law school career here at CWSL. I honestly cannot believe it. It feels like only yesterday that I was attending orientation, having my photo taken for my new school ID card, meeting other…

Okay, I realize summer was a looong time ago now and it is now November, but I just cannot post a blog about 2L without first mentioning my summer abroad in Barcelona, Spain. (I promise I’ll get back into normal law school and 2L after this…