“Oh Snap!” Moments

…Or other more expletive moments. This week I got a preview of the workload ahead of me at JMLS. At first, it had me worried, but then I realized it’s just going to be an insane amount of reading (not for me of course, I’m the Georgia “Rain Man”, I’m just trying to talk from the general student’s perspective) followed by an insane amount of briefing.

Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy, Law School’s Just Gotta Be Easy!….right?

In the JMLS orientation packaged I received, it contained the following:

• Parking Pass Form – Apparently, the $11,0000 tuition doesn’t include a parking space in their parking garage. =(
• A Sample Case Brief – This is definitely helpful, but probably would have been more so if the original case text was provided with it. =P (EDIT: The case was included as the last one.)
• 5 Sample Cases – These five cases I have to brief prior to the upcoming orientation (week of the 14th). The first one is Food Lion Inc. v. ABC. It was a very good read and I somewhat remember when this being on the news in the early 90’s. (EDIT: There were really 6 cases! )
• An Ethics Package – This is full of sample situations that ask “What if?”
• Small Note – On the front page, in a line I pretty much skimmed over, was a little requirement that said I needed to read a book called “1000 Days To The Bar:…” Knowing it wouldn’t be something I would find in B&N or B-A-M, I had it rushed delivered from Amazon.com on Friday and it should arrive on Monday.

In addition to all of that, my first week assignments are available now. Without exception, they all follow this format:

• Read Chapter X/Pages X-XX in case book.
• Brief all cases.

Incidentally, I also found one of my Professor’s Course Syllabus somewhat amusing. Here’s an excerpt

“Aspen publishes a book called Casenote Legal Briefs, keyed to the Yeazell text. The book contains pre-digested briefs of the cases in your text. You should not purchase this book, because I do not permit the use of these materials in this course….Any such books that appear in my classroom will be confiscated. “

I’ll keep that in mind as soon as I finish placing my order on Amazon. THANKS! =)