I feel I have exhausted all I had to say about the first two years of law school (you’d understand if you have ever read one of my posts). When I asked my boyfriend what to write about, he told me to write about writer’s block. I asked, “do lawyers even get writer’s block?” and he told me that it could be a good topic for anyone struggling to finish a memo, a law review article, and anything else law students are expected to write. I have been wondering if the problem isn’t that I don’t know what to write, but that I don’t know how to write it.
Continue readingA Q&A With BC Law Admissions
Today’s post is a collaborative effort between me and Kamil Brown, the Director of Admissions and Financial Aid. With Admitted Students Day behind us and another cycle slowly winding down, I sat down with Kamil to discuss some questions regarding Admissions, especially with how competitive this cycle has been. I also reflected on my own experiences during my cycle during 2023-24.
Continue readingELS heads to Salem for Winter Weekend
On March 28, the Environmental Law Society hosted the ELS Winter Weekend. Postponed due to a snowstorm in January, the Winter Weekend looked slightly different than in previous years—namely, rather than taking place in Provincetown, this year’s weekend brought BC Law students to Salem.
Continue readingThe AI Arms Race: A Modern Prisoner’s Dilemma
This week was “AI” week in LP.
Westlaw introduced CoCounsel. Lexis rolled out Protégé.
And my professor made a comment that felt bigger than she probably intended: It makes her depressed that as soon as we learn something about AI, ten minutes later AI has already evolved.
Continue readingBoston’s Best Running Routes
When it comes to running cities, Boston is one of the best you’ll find in the United States. Most people know it for the Boston Marathon, which attracts thousands of celebrated marathoners from around the world every April, but what makes the city a regular runner’s dream is the fact that it has so many varied and lengthy running routes for everyone to enjoy, from the weekend warriors to the elite-level athletes. Over the past 18 months, I have tried to explore as many of these routes as the weather and my body’s limitations would allow. Having gained all that experience, I want to share my five favorites for any BC Law student—or anyone else who stumbles upon this post—to use as a guide for their own running adventures.
Continue readingFeeling Unproductive? Catch a Breath of Fresh Air!
During my 1L spring semester, an email advertising Academic Success Program Director Nina Farber’s Productivity Labs caught my attention. Thinking to myself, “who wouldn’t want to be more productive,” I filled out the sheet and awaited the results. Thankfully, I was accepted, and over the course of the next few weeks, I met once a week with Nina, alongside several other students, learning strategies catered towards studying, meditating, and test taking. One lesson of the program that has remained in my arsenal of tactics against unproductivity is breathing, particularly breathwork.
Continue readingSeven Miles, Four Left Turns, and One Very Bad Idea
Over Fall Break this past October, I went for my first outdoor run in Randolph.
It was also the first time in my life that I ended up on crutches.
Continue readingCindoughrella and the 1L Survival Strategy
At the beginning of this semester, right around the time reading assignments started multiplying and summer job interviews were happening almost every day, I made a somewhat questionable decision.
I decided to start a sourdough starter.
Continue readingFrom Duels to Gorillas: Weirdest Laws of Massachusetts
As a state with one of the longest and most storied histories in our country, Massachusetts is no stranger to quirky and arcane laws. These laws may derive from Puritan norms of the 17th century or may come from more recent irrational worries. While I found myself extremely disappointed that some of these are more urban legends than past or present reality, I will be running through a few of my favorites regardless of their origin.
Continue readingYour (Unofficial) Guide to St. Paddy’s Day Weekend in Boston
Yes, it’s Saint Paddy’s — not Patty’s.
I’ve somehow managed to write about something law-related in every article I’ve contributed to this blog so far. Today, however, I’m choosing joy. Coming off of spring break and realizing that morale is still… let’s call it… fragile in Crim Law, I think it’s time we talk about something more exciting than case briefs and writing competition materials.
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BC Law: Impact 