Saturday, November 30, 2002
hey, an article
"Ashcroft transforms the culture of Justice Department".
Friday, November 29, 2002
more updates
I'll probably add more law blogs onto my sidelinks (like the Supreme CourtUS blog, which is blogged by another Stephanie!), as I've moved all my more personal discussions onto livejournal, for friends only.
an old note
My fan page for Dahlia Lithwick was mentioned on How Appealing, which I've finally managed to put on my sidelinks (and which, grr, also chose the blogspot design that I chose for the Dahlia page. Sigh).
Even more wonderfully, though, Dahlia actually emailed me. I was all oohs and ahs that week.
my big decision of the weekend
Do I try to watch the Indian trust cases on Monday or not? Pros: I get to see cases that friends handled, and I get to count this as "professional development" (read: official work) time. Cons: the case is predicted to be big, which means that I might need to get there early to make it into the Court.
Decisions, decisions.
Wednesday, November 27, 2002
now it is official
I got my letter from the dean yesterday. I'm now officially an adjunct. That means I should, like, prepare and stuff.
Thursday, November 21, 2002
speaking of school, though
It's semi-official. I'll be adjunct teaching a one-credit seminar at Georgetown on editing legal academic scholarship next semester. Whoa. I can't believe I stuck weblogs in my bio. I am such an uberdork.
That said, I should start preparing so that people get the most out of it. I'm terribly, terribly excited.
regression or progression?
I just had the insanely satisfying experience of hearing my favorite former law professor refer, in front a bunch of my coworkers, to a brief of mine as "spectacular." Is it terrible that this kind of thing still gets me giddy now that I'm no longer a student?
Tuesday, November 12, 2002
a random law-related confession
When I first got to law school, I never wanted to be a litigator. No, I wanted to do policy. It was the best way, I thought, to work my environmental science background into something legally and politically meaningful---not that science ain't great, just that I wasn't as fab as I needed to be to really make a difference.
Even in my first and second year of law school, I still didn't consider being a litigator. Lobbying, policy, that was more my style. Or so I thought.
Then I worked a summer at the Department of Justice, and I loved it. Sure, I sound like an ad for this place, and yes, I've been in an ad for this place. But it really does rock, litigating. Even though the hours suck. Even though there's wrangling.
Even when I knew I wanted to litigate, though, I thought what I was doing it for was the writing. It turns out I like legal writing, you see. Not the legalese---that stuff is terrible. But figuring out how to take complex technical things and make them understandable and, more importantly, persuasive---that's what it's all about. I do enjoy that.
But it turns out I'm starting to enjoy the arguments as well. Even though I'm still not tremendously great at them. But it feels really amazing to be able to get up there before the judges and present my cases. As a friend of mine once said (and this was probably the best framing of appellate oral arguments ever), it's like having a conversation with three really smart people.
And when you think about them in that way, they're really not so terrible. In fact, they seem in that light more of a welcome opportunity than anything negative.
Anyway, that's my confession. That I really do like being an appellate litigator. Now if they'll only lighten up on my hours...
reminder to me
Geez. December's going to be all about Supreme Court watching. So here I go, listing the Supreme Court cases I plan on attending.
Monday, December 2, 2002: the two Indian law cases.
Monday, December 9, 2002: the IOLTA case.
Tuesday, December 10, 2002: Borden Ranch.
On another note, the Supreme Court granted cert on the withholding of info about gun shops and gun owners whose weapons were used in crimes.
Thursday, November 07, 2002
what i need
Is a Supreme Court bar membership. But I'm a baby lawyer (under 3 years of being barred) so I can't have one.
Which means that to watch Supreme Court arguments, I have to stand out in the cold. And believe me, it gets cold. I stood outside in the cold yesterday, starting at 6:30am, waiting till 9:00am, waiting to watch the Norfolk case (because dear Prof. Lazarus was arguing it).
I met several students in line, as well as a new associate (who vowed to hire a line stander next time). It wasn't bad, I like talking to new people and stuff. But goddamn was it cold!
The worst thing about it is that most of my coworkers are members of the Supreme Court bar, so around 8:30 to 9am, I get to see them walk past me and cluck at me in mock pity.
Next year, I swear, I'm gonna try to get admitted. It's worth the money, I think, especially 'cause I do so like going to these things.
Anyways, the argument was fun, as they always are. Though Carter Phillips wasn't nearly as polished as I thought he'd be, and though Lazarus talked a lot faster than I though he should've. And though I didn't see either Seanahue or Billy in the audience, I did run into PB and JE because yes, we're the same old crowd.
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