Lawyers Debunk Blue Suit Theory

Yesterday I met lawyer friends Scott and Beth for lunch at Bombay Bistro. They bought me lunch and gave me some advice on interviewing with big firms this fall. They both work at big firms downtown and conduct interviews, so of course I just ate up everything they had to say. Beth even offered to set up a mock interview for me to practice with some of her co-workers. Awesome. Those guys are great. Oh, best of all, they debunked the blue suit theory. Boring, they said. Nobody cares. Who wants to see a bunch of people all wearing blue suits?

They told me that this coming semester is the hardest of my whole law school career. Gulp. I've got a brutal line-up. Family Law Clinic is supposed to take up about 20 hours per week, and Law Review will be another 20 hours. I may also be continuing my research assistantship with the prof. And then of course there are the regular classes. I figure I've got 168 hours to fill each week--that is, if I never sleep--so I'm sure I'll be just fine. Right?

It will be hard to leave my patio when school starts. Have I mentioned lately how sweet my home office is? I bring my laptop out to the patio (we have wireless internet) and from there I do research for the prof I work for, and my volunteer stuff, and my summer school homework. From my patio, I can print up Westlaw cases on the school printer via the amazing "Internet." Then I pick it up later, or have a friend at school get it for me and put it in my folder. I wish I could hire some kid to run to school and deliver my printouts for me, then I'd really have it made.