Introduction

I am just beginning law school at California Western School of Law in San Diego. I plan on keeping a running blog of the experience and what I'm working on through the first year of law school. If you have any questions feel free to post in the comments. I also plan on keeping a running tally of how many hours I study. I've heard that it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert at something. I'll let you know how close I feel to that goal at the end of the year. :)

A little about me:

I'm 24 years old and I'm from the east coast. I just got settled in an apartment two miles from the school a few days ago and I have no furniture other than a bed (woohoo!). I have two bikes. I plan on commuting on an older single speed road bike that I got through craigslist. California Western has a bike rack outside one of their buildings and I have a u-lock to prevent my bike from getting stolen.

Tomorrow is the first day of the summer enrichment course. There was already a reading assignment. The first part came from the book The Bramble Bush. Its a book written by a law professor. It has some useful advice regarding the 1L experience and what material is important.

The second reading tied into the first two chapters of the Bramble Bush regarding cases and how to approach them. I think what the most important thing I gleaned from the second reading revolves around what a case brief should contain:

1) Citation

2) Statement of the Case

3) Procedure

4) Statement of Facts

5) Issue

6) Result on Appeal

7) Holding

8) Reason

9) Additional Points.

My B.S. is in Public Policy. It was neat to see that policy reasons are incorporated into brief writing.

Hopefully tomorrow goes smoothly. I'm excited. :)

4 hours.