Its like they say, "if at first you dont succeed...."

...so this would be attempt number three at starting a blog. :-)
Today is a week short of a year since my law school adventure began. Today is also a week short of a year since the last time my life wasn't ridiculously busy. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining. This past year has been an incredible adventure and one can't partake in an incredible adventure without being a little bit busy.

So...where to begin? Quiet a few things have happened since last October. For starters I took my first law school exam, got my first set of law school grades, applied for my first summer internship, got offered my first summer internship, helped plan our first PILF (Public Interest fundraiser), helped start one of group of first student organizations at UCI, uh... took my second set of law school exams, got my second set of law school grades, started my first summer internship, started my second summer internship, finished my first summer internship, started my third summer internship and here we are. Oh...an I luckily made the most incredible group of friends along the way.

I've been following the facebook chatter on the new classes fb page and....well... Ill be honest its pretty surreal thinking that what feels like 20 years has only (barely) been a year.

When people say that law school has a steep learning curve, they aren't kidding. Before this whole thing started, one of my (then future)classmates asked our "law mom" what we should expect from law school. Her response? Prepare to be humbled. It comes as no surprise that she was right (after all she is law mom), it is however, a little bit of a surprise just how right she was. As a 1L you are (I was) humbled over and over and over again --both as a student and a person. My classmates are absolutely unbelievable people. Learning their profiles (their accomplishments --personal, professional, academic etc) is not for the faint of heart. :-) Consider me humbled.

This past year has taught me about my limitations as well as the possibilities. If you can avoid the giant ego that comes with completing the first year of law school (especially the first summer internship) you really can grow tremendously as a person. Pretty sure that the first week of class of year two will cut me down to size -- consider me in the process of being humbled. Again.

So. Whats on the horizon for year two? New classrooms, new professors, new administration and (most exciting) NEW CLASSMATES!

What am I looking forward to most? Well, its not carrying casebooks (or reading them frankly) I anxiously await the summary that I will write the next time I get around to blogging :-)

I kid. I look forward to the amazing things 2Ls will do. I look forward to the amazing additions that the 1Ls will bring. And I shamelessly look forward to the amazing things that the underRepresented Student Alliance will bring.

Lets give this another go, shall we?
Dont they also say, "third times the charm"?

:-)