Reading at the beach! Stacey's back and she brought a friend! Meet Rosie "Churro" Guzman! She was born a loyal Golden Bear. Ribbon Cutting!

Catching up...

So it has now been more than a month since I took the plunge and decided to blog about my adventures in law school. Well... 41 days later the blog consists of only a SINGLE post. One might wonder why. Has nothing interesting happened? Not one event worth writing about? The answer is quite the contrary...there have been LOTS of happenings---perhaps too many.

Law school has been as it's supposed to be ...BUSY....turns out there is not much time for blogging about AND living the adventure .... here goes attempt number 2!
Quick recap since September 1st....

**Orientation happened (the homework started before the classes did)
**Classes began--1st night->12 pages of reading took 2 hours
**Week 1 of Law School completed --- what to do? EAT CAKE!
**Made Churros from SCRATCH!
** Celebrating Stacey's return to Southern California and the newest addition to her family
**Started a tradition of gathering with Inaugurals et al for Cal Football games! ( GO BEARS!!!)
**Week 4 -First Law School all-nighter
**Melissa visits!
**Took part in WALKOUT to defend UC!
**UC Botanical Garden Plant Sale Trip!
**Break Fast with former Judge and family
**Outreach Trip to Berkeley
**First ever trip to Vegas!!!

Details to follow

Greetings!

Greetings and salutations.

As of August 24th, I am officially a 1L.
Like most people starting Law School, I went through a rollercoaster of emotions—not knowing the first thing about what to expect. Watching movies like The Paper Chase or reading Scott Turlow’s 1L did little to calm the nerves (perhaps it was for this very reason that Deans and the like advised against it).

Getting a legal education is unquestionably a petrifying endeavor. However, I anticipate the next 3 years to be just the beginning of an incredible journey towards whatever end the world has in store for me.

I have been blessed with the unique opportunity to be a member of the Inaugural Class at the University of California, Irvine School of Law. For 61 students and 22 professors last Monday marked more than simply the first day of school. It was a historic moment in each of our lives, a historic moment for the UC Irvine campus, and a historic moment for the state of California.

As the first public law school to open in over 40 years we have an exciting and undoubtedly challenging road ahead. The uniqueness of this opportunity has inspired me to start a blog journaling the experience. I hope to share with you the day-to-day adventures of a 1L, of an Inaugural, and simply of a person trying to reconcile all the craziness that is life.

Shall we?