Start Your Engines

Mark,
Set,
GO!!!!

And Like that, they are off. Or I'm off, I must be off my rocker at least to think I was ready for this. But as Summer comes to an end, Law school patiently revs itself up and waits to engulf the entirety of me. So as I cherish these last days of relative freedom let me share a few things about school (while I'm still excited about, and in favor of law school)

Monday was my first trip back down to the campus itself. I bought 2 of my 3 books, got my official ID made, set-up my school email, and met with one of my advisers. By the numbers shall we?

1)Like I mentioned I got two books: Constitutional Law and Torts. The book for my 3rd class civil procedure was not in stock so I have to get it later. These are by far the biggest and heaviest (not to mention densest) books I've ever purchased or had to read. More on that later though.

2 & 3) I got my official DePaul ID and set up my campus email and checked out the campus wi-fi while i was hanging around. All things seem to be a go for Monday.

4) Last, I met with the director of the Family Law Clinic (whom I will refer to as Ms. B). She was the one that recruited me into that department so I figured I'd be polite and stop by to say thank you and talk. She gave me some good insight into the personalities of my professors as well as her thoughts on the first year of law school. It both helped and hurt my nerves, I'm still really anxious but on the whole I'm glad I stopped by.

Tomorrow I will be going back to campus to try and pick up the last book as well as scout my classes out and rent a locker. In the afternoon the Social Life committee will be hosting a kickball game for all the law students so I'm done for that. Kickball and meeting new people...how awesome is that? So as you can tell the posting will slowly ratchet up in frequency as the semester gets underway. This is as much about documenting for me my journey as it is a resource for other perspective (or current) law students., as well as for curious people. Off to bed for a full day tomorrow though.

Marqus A. Cole