I would love to own my own business. The safe and boring cocoon that is law school only encouraged me to day dream of ideas for start ups and solo firms as is planning my escape.
To prepare for my Steve-McQueen-esque lurch to the real world, I took as many business law classes (and entertainment with business applications) as my schedule would allow and I read books about solo firms and business (basically as much reading outside of law school as the reading inside law school would allow). Let's take a look:
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Showing posts with label Southwestern Law School. Show all posts
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Thursday, May 5, 2011
Monday, June 29, 2009
Summer Time and the Law School Is Easy...
This summer I am taking two classes: Entertainment Law and Defamation Privacy and Publicity. Entertainment Law is a very general overview of the business and legal side of the entertainment industry, focusing on such topics as talent contracts. Defamation, on the other hand, is a very focused class on a specific species of tort that balances individual's personal rights with constitutionally protected free speech.
It is great to finally take classes that represent my career interests specifically. While all of law school is a rhizome of overlapping and intertwining subject matter, it feels good to get a little specialization, and to apply what I have learned in other classes ( like contracts and torts) to the area of law I hope to break into in two years.
Southwestern itself is a strange atmosphere during the summer, reminding me of the lazy summer days and casual classes of the summer session of undergrad. It is a nostalgic, if ephemeral, feeling.
It is great to finally take classes that represent my career interests specifically. While all of law school is a rhizome of overlapping and intertwining subject matter, it feels good to get a little specialization, and to apply what I have learned in other classes ( like contracts and torts) to the area of law I hope to break into in two years.
Southwestern itself is a strange atmosphere during the summer, reminding me of the lazy summer days and casual classes of the summer session of undergrad. It is a nostalgic, if ephemeral, feeling.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Extracurriculars
Well it's been a few months. Sorry.
I am volunteering with this program called Teen Court as of late. It is an alternative to Juvenile detention for young law breakers, offering them a chance to keep their record clean. Before a judge and a jury of their peers, they have to explain various aspects of the crime the committed, their current activities, what they hope to accomplish if they don't get their act together, etc. I help with jury instruction, but it is really not necessary; these kids know their stuff. It is truly amazing to watch theses judges at work. They are not individuals with whom to mess. Tomorrow, we have about 100 kids coming from Dorsey High School to see how we live. Dorsey is a legal magnet school, so hopefully we either scare these kids into choosing a different career path or sharpen their resolve. We can't all be lawyers, after all.
I am now a member of the National Lawyers Guild. It is a Critical Theory Bar Association; basically it is CHID for grown up lawyers. Mumia Abu-Jamal is a Vice President of the organization, if that is any indication of the type of crowd.
Mumia is a black panther convicted of murdering a police officer and is currently serving a life sentence (I believe he was or is sentenced to death, however). It was one of those case similar to the Hurricane (with whom I've spoken), where no one really saw what happened, and an "angry" black man was there to get blamed. Its also a case of racism inherent in the legal system, with various court officials showing evidence of racial bias (This is an understatement which I meant to be sarcastic. A court stenographer filed an affidavit stating that he over heard one of the judges sitting on the appeal state that he would like to help "fry the n****r"). Rage Against The Machine is one of his big proponents.
Needless to say I am excited to go to the first NLG networking event.
I am also thinking about volunteering next door with the Heart of Los Angeles Youth Program. It is a question of when I will find the time however. I need to get on that. A 1L does not have much time to do anything, let alone non-law school things.
I am volunteering with this program called Teen Court as of late. It is an alternative to Juvenile detention for young law breakers, offering them a chance to keep their record clean. Before a judge and a jury of their peers, they have to explain various aspects of the crime the committed, their current activities, what they hope to accomplish if they don't get their act together, etc. I help with jury instruction, but it is really not necessary; these kids know their stuff. It is truly amazing to watch theses judges at work. They are not individuals with whom to mess. Tomorrow, we have about 100 kids coming from Dorsey High School to see how we live. Dorsey is a legal magnet school, so hopefully we either scare these kids into choosing a different career path or sharpen their resolve. We can't all be lawyers, after all.
I am now a member of the National Lawyers Guild. It is a Critical Theory Bar Association; basically it is CHID for grown up lawyers. Mumia Abu-Jamal is a Vice President of the organization, if that is any indication of the type of crowd.
Mumia is a black panther convicted of murdering a police officer and is currently serving a life sentence (I believe he was or is sentenced to death, however). It was one of those case similar to the Hurricane (with whom I've spoken), where no one really saw what happened, and an "angry" black man was there to get blamed. Its also a case of racism inherent in the legal system, with various court officials showing evidence of racial bias (This is an understatement which I meant to be sarcastic. A court stenographer filed an affidavit stating that he over heard one of the judges sitting on the appeal state that he would like to help "fry the n****r"). Rage Against The Machine is one of his big proponents.
Needless to say I am excited to go to the first NLG networking event.
I am also thinking about volunteering next door with the Heart of Los Angeles Youth Program. It is a question of when I will find the time however. I need to get on that. A 1L does not have much time to do anything, let alone non-law school things.
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