How have you gotten through law school?

Pensive in the Booths

Dear Pensive,

In honor of the looming exam period, I shall answer your query in outline form:

What Has Gotten Me Through Law School (Kim, Spring 2009)

A. Imaginary Things

1. Grandiose, unrealistic plans of taking over the world with my law degree.
2. The possibility of working as a legal consultant on "Law and Order."

B. Secret Habits that Strangely Make Me Happy

1. Repeatedly listening to the theme song of "Fresh Prince of Bel Air"
2. Browsing online for fine chinaware I don't need.
3. Walking.  Into a Thai restaurant.

1. Friends who teach you civil procedure the night before the exam.
2. Friends who give you their outlines and notes when they see you crying in defeat.
3. Friends who listen.
4. Friends who drag you to your date after classic female law student neurosis kicks in, and you start stressing out about dinner with someone you like, and consider not going.
5. Friends who quake with you when you get asked about Inchoate Crimes.
6. Friends on g-chat who point out the guy who's totally passed out in class.
7. Friends who watch your bags for you in the lounges for hours while you go frolic on the quad.
8. Friends who share their ibuprofen with you.
9. Friends who are going through just as difficult a time as you are and aren't afraid to admit it.

I don't know if I will make it - in fact, I don't even know what "making it" means anymore.  All I know is that I have made it this far, and if I ever do reach that elusive point of success, it won't be because of any trait of mine; but because of all of you who have pulled me along.   So thanks for last year, this year, and the next.  Hope you guys have a great summer!

Sincerely,

Yunji