PARRRRTAY!

Hey LO11,

I sent an evite to you all via email but apparently it went to some of your trash folders. :( This Friday is my b'day and I'd love for you all to help me celebrate before the dreaded reading week begins! (Not to worry... my fellow 2Ls celebrated with me this same time last year and were glad to have one last night of fun before study-fest 2007.) Hope to see you there!!

Em

Here's the link to the evite. http://www.evite.com/pages/invite/viewInvite.jsp?inviteId=VPIEOBCATNIQETVWLENU&li=iq&src=email

For the first time in a long time...

Hey guys,

Congratulations. It's over; by or around now Erin is handing in the final copy of our paper. I know this is the first post in awhile, but it's the first time in awhile I've felt prepared enough to post something.

What I've seen you guys do over the past few days has been incredible. We only got that draft back on Sunday, and with three days to polish, correct, and, in a few cases, create we managed to pull together in an incredible way. I know I've probably bored you all enough by now with my psycho-babble about synergy, but today I saw us pull together in a way I'd never seen us pull together before; we've really managed to do as a group what none of us could do alone. Today I saw groups identify problems, decide together the course of action, and turn two hours worth of work into ten minutes of easy revisions. I don't know if some special ingredient got added (maybe the pressure), or if we're just growing as a group (which would be a shame since this is our last endeavor together), but great job guys. Sorry, I know I can get overly sentimental sometimes, but congratulations guys. We did it.

Faithfully yours,
Sam.

Spring Broken (but not our project!)

Hey guys, hope your breaks went well.

I just finished my time sheet, and WOW is it barren over the latter part of my break (beautiful). I expect yours to be just as empty, or you'll make me look like a lazy jerk (remind you of someone from Writing?)

Anyway, we had our crazy Tuesday meeting (silly co-op meeting) and now tomorrow is our weekly Thursday meeting. The Editing team will be returning the big draft doozy to us for our continued input and revision based upon their guidance. We're reaching the home stretch folks, so don't lose heart yet! Meeting tomorrow (Thursday) in Room 56 from 3:30-4:30, see you there.

Your faithful Team Blogger,
Sam.

Post-Draft II

Hey Guys!

Here comes another awesome update. We got draft II in, and nice job everyone on that! If you ever get down, just remember that our client didn't tell us everything we've done is wrong and that we can't do it right in time... those poor guys.

Anyway, don't forget we're meeting for one hour at lunch starting at 12:30 Tuesday, Feb. 19th at an undisclosed location (see Brandon or Kevin I guess?)

Then, we're meeting again on Thursday from 3:30-4:30 in our usual room 54! Hizzah. Don't forget to do the assignments we each have for next Thursday (see various authorities [i.e. Audrey's minutes] for those specific assignments).

Also, feel free to check out the new episodes of Super Scalia that have been posted. We've got Episode III: Public Policy Kills and Episodes IV & V: Trouble Is History Parts I & II. Some good fun to take your mind off the project, and it's all on Blackboard!

The Sacntuary is still up and checked regularly, so feel free to voice all concerns as anonymously as you want, and we (Rachel and Krystal) can try our best to fix em'.

Thanks guys, have a fun three-day weekend, and see you Tuesday!

Sam.

The Usual Suspects

Hey Guys!

I hope everyone's Super-Bowl Sundays were to your liking (I know mine was!); great party Rachel!

This Thursday will be our usual meeting of the minds from 3:30-5:30. Please, and I can't stress this enough, get on the phones, get on the computers, and get emailing! I want to see a LOT of happy faces this week when we discuss interviews and external primary sources. Other than that, keep working on your papers in conjunction with last week's decisions on a new paper format, so that draft 2 might actually be the draft 1 Enrich is looking for!

Other than that, don't forget to check out BlackBoard, some pretty exciting stuff is getting posted in the discussion board for our law office, including Tenzin's Weekly Assessments, Audrey's minutes, and the brand new series The Adventures of Super Scalia! Hope all three are to your liking, though some may be more fun than others.

Good luck with interviews and see you Thursday at 3:30 in Room 54!

Yours Sincerely,
Sam.

A New Era

Hey guys,

Great meeting last week! Picking jobs was hella-fun. Now, onto my duties as manager of the blog and blackboard (what are those again?) I guess I can start by reminding everyone about the meeting this thursday at 3:30 (our usual time) at room 54 (the usual place). See you there I guess!

(Wow that was easy),
Sam.

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so, do you like my awesome new accessory?? courtesy of a snowboarding weekend in maine. at least i can give you all the thumbs up. ;) miss you all!!

-em

Citation Workshop Schedule

Hello LO 11!
I went to the citation workshop today and found it to be pretty useful. I've posted my notes on blackboard.

I would strongly encourage you to attend the remaining workshops.

Wednesday, January 23; 3:45 - 4:45; Rm. 97.
Wednesday, January 30; 3:45 - 4:45; Rm. 97.

Happy citing!

- Julia

January Intensive Research Week

Good morning sunshines! Here is a rough schedule of meeting times/ locations for our research week:

Wed., Jan 2
9:30 - 11:00 rm 97 -- LSSC-wide meeting
11:00-12:00 rm. 205
3:30 - 4:30 rm. 204

Thurs., Jan 3
9:30 - 10:30 rm 202
2:30 - 3:30 rm 86

Fri., Jan 4
9:30 - 10:30 rm. 54
2:00 - 3:00 Moot Courtroom
3:00 - 4:00 rm 97 -- LSSC-wide meeting


I will bring delicious treats to our first meeting, so please don't dread returning to school too much!

- Julia

Emily's Wonderful Orientation Manual -- Yours to Own!

Hi all! In case you glossed over SMR's lengthy email (I know I did), your SJP orientation manual is now available at Gnomon. It should cost somewhere b/w $4-$7.

Emily has done a wonderful job with this manual, and it will be very useful to you as you begin your SJP. We will begin our orientation week in January discussing the manual, so you will want to find some time over the break to read it. It is a very manageable length, and should probably take no more than 2 hours to read.

Enjoy!

-Julia

Pics from our bowling fiesta FINALLY online!!

You were afraid you would never see the beautiful memories. Rest easy. CLICK HERE
-Em

I MISS YOU!!!

Hey all. I'm on co-op right now, sitting at my desk, all by my lonesome with no one to roleplay with. That aside, I'm really digging BU General Counsel. Everyone is really nice and there is a great variety of work (most of it over my head right now!) I miss you guys so much and hope you're having a great time with Julia. Keep me posted and darn it, someone throw a party soon!

Ok, that's all. Back to work. In the meantime, if you miss me, just click HERE. Nathan, Belle, and I made a video for you.
Mele Kaleekee Maka - Emily

Lovely Reminder

Thursday, Nov. 8
(9:00a - 10:00a) Client meeting w/ Michael Foreman, Room 204, business casual
(3:30 - 4:30p) Discussion of final transition memo, Room 54

Thursday, Nov. 15
(12:00p) Lunch with Prof. Klare, location TBD

Important Info for this Week...

Hope you all had a great weekend. I had a great (though rainy!) time in NYC with my mom and am trying to get back on track. This week is a busy one, so here are the important dates to keep in mind.

* Tuesday, Oct. 30 - Welfare Regulation (p. 324) due (posted on LO11 Blackboard BY 8:00p)

• Group 1: Kryssie, Erin, Sam (Kryssie presents)
• Group 2: Kevin, Jen, Vanessa, Brandon (Kevin presents)
• Group 3: Rachel, Dave, Tenzin, Charlie (Dave presents)
• Group 4: Sarah, Audrey, Mike (Mike presents)

* Wednesday, Oct. 31 - HALLOWEEN! LSSC Makeup (12:00 - 2:00p, Emily's buying pizza, Room 201)
* Thursday, Nov. 1 - LO 11 Bowling Party!! (3:30 - whenever); NUSL Halloween Party @ Milky Way in JP later that evening

(Note - Because I'm extending the due date/time for your assignment, please make sure you have it in on time!!)

Regulation Exercise Info!!

Helpful resources

* LSSC Property Unit Readings and Unit Three welfare readings – on imaging, cultural competency and due process
* Welfare videos online on blackboard
* NJ v. Shack (p. 132)
* Susan Sturm’s article “From Gladiators to Problem-Solvers” on p. 85 AND Randall's article (p. 317)

Things to consider

* Budget constraints
* Political feasibility
* How multiple perspectives of the recipients and the Massachusetts DTA can be shape procedural due process surrounding welfare assistance

** Please review the other postings prior to class on Wednesday!!!

I would like to introduce you to my cat

This is Belle. She is tired. So am I. She sleeps WAY more than I do. :)

Short Survey from Last Thursday's Class

Please take this short survey so that I have feedback from our class. Thanks!!
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Groups for Next Week's Exercise

As a follow up to the group assignment for Thursday's advocacy exercise, I divided the groups in half to create four teams. They are as follows:
Plaintiffs:
*Audrey, Charlie, Erin, Kevin
*Brandon, David, Jen
Defendants:
*Kryssie, Rachel, Sarah, Vanessa
*Michael, Sam, Tenzin
(I will let you know next week who will be presenting for the groups but as I mentioned in class, I want everyone to prepare as if they are presenting.)
Have a GREAT WEEKEND!!

Exam Stuff

1) Tomorrow (Wed) from 3:45 - 4:45p, the Academic Success workshop (in rm. 97) is "How to Outline/Write an Exam Answer." I highly recommend checking it out. It's nice to have an entire hour devoted to understanding exactly what it is your profs are looking for in that crazy long essay.

2) Find more information re: the torts practice exam (exam #, when, who, how, etc) on the WeBoard "commons"

Check out the Law School Calendar

So, the law school is trying out this new electronic calendar and it's pretty cool. If you click on "Student Master Calendar" you can see when/where all things law school are happening. Good way to find out about student groups, speakers, sponsored events, etc. Click HERE.