Team: Together Everyone Achieves More
Tomorrow is Super Bowl Sunday. Sadly, the New England Patriots won’t be inside the Superdome this year. With football coming to an end and baseball starting in a few months, what’s a sports fan to do?...
View ArticleMoot Court: Patents and Antitrust and Feedback (Oh My)
I have now spent fifteen minutes haranguing on about a per se illegality rule as applied to reverse payment settlement agreements. Seriously. Reverse payment settlement agreements. Sounds unbearably...
View ArticleLearning Outside of the Classroom: Judicial Externship Program
BU Law offers a large variety of great courses, but one of my best experiences in law school thus far has taken place outside the classroom. In the spring semester of my second year, I participated in...
View ArticleMoot Court at BU Law
This is going to sound super nerdy, but I love moot court! I often tell people that I lettered in high school, but I often fail to mention that my letter was in Speech and Debate. People seem to...
View ArticleMaking the Case
When I toured BU (in 2009!) my tour guide took us by the Stone Moot Courtroom. All first year students, she explained, have to do moot court, where you write a brief on a fake set of facts and then...
View ArticleMoot Court Fears
The Socratic method can be a blessing and a curse. It is a blessing when you have lively discussion and listen to people ask questions you may also have but are too scared to articulate or cannot even...
View ArticleThe Proverbial Gorilla in the Room
In 1L year, my philosophy was “try everything and see what sticks.” Problem was, nearly everything stuck. I liked so many of the things I tried, I was fated to have that incredibly busy 2L year I swore...
View Article“Do My Shoes Match?” and Other Thoughts from 2L Year
Hello everyone! This is my first post as a BU Law blogger, and I am super excited to be joining the team this semester. I wanted to post a quick introductory post to let everyone know a little bit...
View ArticleA Week in the Life
As a former English Major, I am quite familiar with writers block. I’ve been struggling to think about what to blog next so I decided to look at a list of optional prompts graciously offered by the...
View ArticleA Day in the Life
I’ve mentioned before a few times that I’m a dual degree student at BU. In essence, I’m pursuing both my J.D. and my M.A. in History concurrently; the two schools allow me to share some credits so that...
View ArticleEverything you’ve learned is on trial
I’ve written here about negotiation, client counseling, and moot court before, in a competition context. In addition, as part of many BU Law classes, students have to participate in simulated trials or...
View ArticleMay It Please The Court
If you asked me before starting law school if I wanted to litigate after I graduate, “never” might have been too soon of an answer. My only concern with choosing to go to law school and become an...
View Article‘Here I am (at court), to speak what I do know’
Today, I argued my first case beyond the immediate suburbs, as well as my first case in criminal court. Though the learning curve was steep, I was well-prepared, thanks to the diligent supervision of...
View ArticleDonkey Kong Goes to Court
BU Law, like many law schools, has a writing requirement for upper-class students. In order to satisfy the requirement, students must write a paper or combination of shorter papers totaling 7,500...
View ArticleSpring into Action
I just wrapped up the second week of my spring semester, and I already feel out of breath. Don’t get me wrong—my classes are stimulating and I readily embrace the challenge—but the pace is dizzying...
View Article2L: The Good Kind of Busy
Everyone- from other law students, to professors, to your friend who knows that her brother’s roommate’s sister-in-law went to law school- will tell you that 1L is that hardest year in law school. It’s...
View ArticleAdmiralty Moot Court: Pirate Lawyering in Seattle
A few months ago I posted about one of my unexpected favorite classes, Admiralty Law (find it here.) I’m following-up on that post to share about the Admiralty Moot Court team’s trip to Seattle to...
View ArticleAdmiralty Moot Court 2019
Last year, I wrote about my first time competing in the Judge John R. Brown Admiralty Moot Court competition here. I competed again this year and thought I’d write a post summarizing my second...
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