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The Weekly Law School Roundup #239

Here's your weekly list of good posts from the past two weeks by law students, some current or almost current, some recently-graduated--

Nightmare A new cover letter for recruiters. [Legal Ease]

Answers 1Ls have some questions. [law:/dev/null]

Wine More advice for 1Ls. [oh hay, it's kk]

Energy A week of screening interviews. [i don't wear skinny jeans]

Mothership A road-trip post. [Tales of a Tree-Hugging 3L]

Books How to save $1000. [The Reasonably Prudent Law Student]

Beginning Oriented to law school. [Swimming with the Sharks]

Etiquette Basic rules for fellow students. [The Corner In The Middle]

Reading First impressions, week one. [Maybe So, Maybe No]

Ritual Preliminary thoughts on gunners. [Legally Questionable Content]

Jokes Woody Allen, applied to law school. [My Legal Fiction]

Wrap-Up An account of a 2L summer. [Dennis Jansen]

Round-Up Moms in the Legal Profession #165. [Butterflyfish]

Look for next week's roundup at Thanks, But No Thanks then it's back here the week after that. You can find some other recent roundups in the "At the Law Schools 2" category, as well as sixty or so older roundups from 2004-2005 here. Finally, if you want to know how I choose posts to highlight, see "How I Write the Weekly Law School Roundup." (If you have a law-student weblog that I don't seem to know about or that isn't in my blogroll, please send me an email.)

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "This Year's Supplement to My Deposition Book: A Chapter on Breach of Contract."

LONELY? . . . Read about the death of friendship  in "America: Land of Loners?" by Daniel Akst in The Wilson Quarterly. Link from Arts & Letters Daily.

The Weekly Law School Roundup #238

Here's your weekly list of good posts from the past week by law students, some current or almost current, some recently-graduated--

Incoming To 1Ls: It will be okay. [Fresh Thought Soup]

Guidance More advice for 1Ls. [Exhibit L]

New The getting-to-know-you script. [Legally Questionable Content]

Advice Tips for summer associates. [The Moonshine Project]

Book About Karl Llewellyn's Bramble Bush. [Legal Geekery]

Zombies Thinking about decedents estates. [law:/dev/null]

Next General optimism about the post-graduation future. [Fight the Hypo]

Hose Do Brits bathe? [Virgin in the Volcano]

Potpourri Paraphernalia, but not for drugs. [Dennis Jansen]

Roundup Moms in the Legal Profession #162. [Attorney Work Product]

Look for next week's roundup at Thanks, But No Thanks then it's back here the week after that. You can find some other recent roundups in the "At the Law Schools 2" category, as well as sixty or so older roundups from 2004-2005 here. Finally, if you want to know how I choose posts to highlight, see "How I Write the Weekly Law School Roundup." (If you have a law-student weblog that I don't seem to know about or that isn't in my blogroll, please send me an email.)

THE WEEKLY LAW SCHOOL ROUNDUP . . . You'll find Weekly Law School Roundup #237 at Thanks, But No Thanks. The next installment will appear here soon.

BEYOND THE iPHONE . . . . From Lifehacker: "A Guide to Organizing Your Android Home Screen."

NO COMPUTERS ALLOWED . . . In some coffee shops, electronic devices are no longer welcome.  At Jacket Copy, the question is, "Have you faced Kindle prejudice?"

The Weekly Law School Roundup #236

Here's your weekly list of good posts from the past week by law students, some current or almost current, some recently-graduated--

Advice How to stay organized in law school. [Dennis Jansen]

Mediation John and Jane fight over pennies. [law:/dev/null]

Clubs Being a joiner in law school. [Maybe So, Maybe No]

Hope Getting past a cynical attitude towards lawyers. [Tales of a Tree-Hugging Aspiring 3L]

Citation A law school ignores reality. [The Corner in the Middle]

Haters Chit-chatting behind a co-workers back. [A Paralegal's Journey to Lawyerhood]

Anniversary Reviewing a year of blogging. [Legally Questionable Content]

Week Gearing up for law school. [Swimming with the Sharks]

Happy The pitfalls of taking law too seriously. [i don't wear skinny jeans]

Roundup Moms in the Legal Profession #160. [Butterflyfish]

Look for next week's roundup at Thanks, But No Thanks then it's back here the week after that. You can find some other recent roundups in the "At the Law Schools 2" category, as well as sixty or so older roundups from 2004-2005 here. Finally, if you want to know how I choose posts to highlight, see "How I Write the Weekly Law School Roundup." (If you have a law-student weblog that I don't seem to know about or that isn't in my blogroll, please send me an email.)