T-Minus 1 Week and Counting...

My very first law school final examination is one week from tomorrow. The class is in a frenzy. Questions in class have gone from substantive issues regarding the material to slighted inquiries as to the format/questions/grading scheme/etc. of the exam. I've heard people ask the professor, "What kind of writing style do you want on the exam?"

Seriously? This isn't writing style school. It's law school. Here, I've been in law school as long as you and I can answer that question: he wants the writing style which shows him that you know the law and that he can sleep at night knowing he gave you his stamp of approval to go out into the world and practice law as a profession. While two exams of equivalent substantive quality might be distinguished by superior formatting, organization, or writing style, that's not a productive area of discussion.

But this is where the men are separated from the boys. It's going to be interesting when the Spring semester starts and everyone has their grades. I predict that the top 20% will volunteer their accomplishment to everyone else, and the bottom 80% will mostly keep their mouths shut, with some intermittent lying sprinkled around here and there. In my opinion, however, there aren't going to be many surprises. The "contenders" as I call them, borrowing a the context of the term from the NBA, are pretty easy to spot. And there are a good number of them. In fact, I surmise that several people who deserve B's or even A's will find themselves with a C+, unfortunate but mandated victims of the curve. It's going to be interesting, to say the least.

Alas, I must return to my furious Property outlining. I am almost done. Just have Leaseholds left to cover. All in all, I loved my first semester of law school. I intend to go into my finals as prepared as I can possibly be. There's no sense fretting over what you can't control, and anything above and beyond your very best is something you can't control. Watch out December 11th at 4:00pm, for there will be some debauchery, depravity, decadence coming from Section B.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. I have much to be thankful for.