Law School Finals in GIFs

Panicky Smurf (1L is tough) After three years of law school, exams still feel just about as terrifying as they did that first semester.  I still feel the same way about the exams as that smurf - panicky - and it seems that the only thing that has really changed in this regard is that the internet is now using GIFs (and on websites other than tumblr).  Now that all my final exams are done, here is the story of law school exams, as told by GIFs. First, finals period for law school doesn't really start during the last two weeks of the term.  It actually starts around Thanksgiving, usually during Thanksgiving break when the rest of your family is celebrating together and you have to start reviewing your material and outlining...

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Cardozo the Law School Shark

Shark besos! Ever since I was a 1L spending some long nights of studying in the reading room, I wanted to come up with something special to celebrate being done with final exams as a 3L.  Once I knew that I was going to Geneva for my last semester of law school, this meant that I would finish with all my official law school exams in December 2013.   On one of my first visit to Michigan Law, it must have been around finals period as well because I saw that some students had taken fishing line and inflatable pool toys and strung them across the light wells above the subterranean levels of the library.  I thought it was hilarious.  Apparently, the pranksters even left a funny, polite note for the custodial staff explaining...

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Pure Michigan: Fall Break in the Great Upper Peninsula

For fall break this year, I took a trip to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.  Having family that lives there, I have had the opportunity to travel there several times each year before, but this trip was extra-special.  The U.P. is typically ten degrees (Fahrenheit) colder than the lower peninsula of Michigan, so I was crossing my fingers that the leaves had not already dropped, as I was looking forward to seeing some beautiful fall colors along the way.   We were in luck.  The weather was perfect the whole trip and the fall colors on the leaves made the entire countryside shimmer in gold, orange, and red in the sunlight.  I mean, take a look at the highway view: On our drive over to my relatives' home,...

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Posted in: 3L,Canyon Falls,Crystal Falls,English,Great Lakes,J-Mad,Lake of the Clouds,Lake Superior,Michigan,Porcupine Mountains,Pure Michigan,U.P.,Upper Peninsula