Posts Tagged ‘brief’


Law School Terminology: A Primer For The Uninitiated

August 21st, 2008 by Oskar Kennedy

Everyone who has ever been to law school has complained about the volume of the work involved. Yeah, it’s a First World inconvenience. I could be mining sulfur by hand in the mouth of an active volcano. But I’m not. Those guys should get their own blog.

One thing that’s particularly tough about law school is trying to describe your work to someone who’s never been. A lot of the terminology is misleading, and the complainer winds up having to explain to the complainee why it’s a problem.

Take the reading as an example. As a very, very loose average, you’re reading about 50 pages from a casebook for each session of each class. 50 pages of reading doesn’t sound like a big deal. Hell, I can read 50 pages of a really engrossing novel in about half an hour.

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Another Short Political Musing

August 31st, 2008 by Oskar Kennedy

If the Democrats can’t get their shit sufficiently together to win the White House this year, they might as well just pack up the whole operation and quit politics altogether. After the last eight years, the Democratic candidate should be able to beat any Republican nominee by a healthy margin. If the Republicans manage at the last minute to put together a Jesus/Lincoln ticket, the Democrat should still prevail. If he doesn’t, every single politician, staffer, strategist and campaign donor should turn in their last time sheet, leave a forwarding address, and go get a real job for about a decade.

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