Get Ready!

Hokay. So. Tomorrow is Law School Orientation, and I'm pretty fking excited. Ever since I was a small child, my dream was to become a lawyer. I'm not really sure what attracted me to it at such an early age. I suppose it just seemed so mysterious, so complex and elite, so grand and important that is steadily drew me in. Those who had mastered the law had achieved something truly great and significant. Then as I grew older, just the concept of law and order and its indispensable role in civilized society piqued my curiosity in the study of law even further. How does one, or a governing body representing each individual, craft a set of rules so as to govern man's amicable coexistence with his neighbors and to provide relief to those who are wronged? Does the law need to weighted more toward protection of man from government, business, or from his fellow man? That's all the law is, essentially: a source of protection. Unfortunately, it is not generally precedent protection; it is instead, in most cases, called upon as subsequent protection to provide relief (at law or at equity) after one or more parties have already been harmed or wronged. Such is the intrinsic nature of the adversarial process upon which our legal system is based; you cannot plead for relief from a court for something that hasn't happened yet (well, besides injunctive relief...). My goal is not merely to gain a mastery over the law, though that is a necessary step toward my greater aim, which is to utilize that mastery to help those without it. How I intend to accomplish this remains to be seen; whether it be by joining an NPO with a charitable cause, becoming a prosecutor, setting up foundations to educate and assist, or simply offering advice, consultation, and services pro bono to those who need it, I am not certain. But it will happen.

Anyway, I digress. The point of this blog is to announce my intention to begin a routine set of "1L blogs straight from St. Mary's University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas." As I go through the daily rigors of the Socratic Method, sifting through significant cases both archaic and contemporary, Moot Court observations, study groups, efforts to get on the Law Review, and eventually final exams, I shall take whatever time I have to share these experiences with you on a consistent basis. I must confess that I do not anticipate much interest, but it will at the very least serve as a cathartic process for myself. Time to dominate.