The Chapman Law Courier Fall 2007 Volume 3, Issue 1 Surviving Your First Year: Random Tips for 1L’s - Aleksandra Sarosiek and David Plutko § Invest in a Latin dictionary and a § Get a locker - it will Black’s Law diction- save you from making trips ary. Memorize both to and from your car. Espe- on your lunch break. cially when you show up at Just kidding. In fact, 5 past 10 a.m., and your car don’t be “that guy.” § Don’t rely on purgatory) all day. news reports for § Don’t subject yourself updates about cases. to vending machine food - but if you do, David Plutko Don’t rely on your swears the frozen sliders are “utterly delicious.” friends for anything § Don’t lose your Chapman card. And more impor- about cases. Read the tantly, bring it with you on Saturdays so you’re not pounding case yourself. on the door for 45 minutes until a janitor lets you in. § If your professor recommends a book - buy it. “Rec- § Be careful walking around the parking structure. ommended” is another word for “get it because I said so.” People tend to take those corners a little carelessly § Take advantage of professors who put old exams on when they are highlighting, eating, smoking, texting and gives you a reason to familiarize yourself with the excep- “driving” at the same time. tional copy machines that eat pocket change. § Upload CD lessons § Collect as many LexisNexis and Westlaw points as (such as Sum & Substance) you can. You can always use another Starbucks gift card. onto your Ipod and take your If you can’t, we can - on that note, our mailboxes are in the favorite subjects to the gym! same place as yours. Sweating to subject matter § Take advantage of the highlighters and pens that jurisdiction will make you companies often give out. It’s just an email address - and feel so much cooler than the trust me, you will go through more highlighters in the next person next to you watch- nine months than you ever thought possible. ing Dancing with the Stars. § Mark your food container with some crazy disease § Start outlining right to prevent people from stealing it. A classic “don’t touch before mid-terms. Every thing takes longer than you think it will. Especially Erie. results” usually does the trick. § If you’re nervous about getting called on - volunteer. § Relax and enjoy the year. Read the Chapman Law Cou- Most professors appreciate you putting your neck out there rier. Go have some fun once in a while. After all, it’s true what and don’t mind if you volunteer the wrong answer. they say - law school is not a sprint…it’s a marathon. Dicta “If there was a guard, at that point I would bring in ninjas.” Caleb Strouse, Secured Transactions “Well, you won’t get in a car accident in this class!” Keith Bishop, Corporate Governance “I’m a victim of the Code.” Zeph Yowell, Secured Transactions Entertainment Law Page 2 A Day in the Life of an Entertainment Lawyer - Tamara Bal Gendler was a member of Law tionship with Gendler followed him Review. After graduating in 1980, he Working on a daily basis with clerked for a federal judge in the Ninth & Kelly. Now Gendler is typically actors such as Steve Martin or Circuit. involved with making deals and advis- Meryl Streep, or television producers Thereafter, he worked at the Center ing clients. like David Chase (The Sopranos) for Law in Public Interest and enjoyed Most of his time is spent either or Howard Gordon (24) is nothing working on a political campaign for on the phone, internet (e-mail), or in unusual for entertainment lawyer six months. meetings. Both Gendler and his clients Michael Gendler. Gendler was interested in going have a casual relationship, however He enjoys working with actors, writ- into the Justice Department, but when they will be sure to dress up for any ers, producers, and directors and says Reagan was reelected, he decided to outside negotiations. that working with creative people work at Irell & Manella instead. Gendler truly enjoys working with Though Gendler made partner people who are intelligent and are He never knows if he can go into the within four years of working at Irell & interested in more than just business. Manella, a typical day involved arriv- Gendler feels somewhat like general if he needs to be sure to have his suit counsel because he is asked a variety starched and pressed. However, Gen- and leaving around 10 at night. of legal questions all of the time, dler’s employment was not always so Additionally, it was common for him ranging from divorce law to trespass to work at least one day on the week- issues. Michael Gendler graduated from UC end. Gendler enjoyed being the head As for advice for any potential enter- Berkeley with a major in Philosophy. of the entertainment department and tainment lawyer, Gendler acknowl- After college, he took a year off to edges that the entertainment industry travel. with great ethical teachers. When he returned, he pursued the However, the extensive hours were to take the best job that is offered. entertainment industry for six months a major downside. Fortunately, he was Gendler said, “Great careers start from until he realized he wanted to pursue single at the time and could manage different points.” his interest further and actually make the hours. Once he got married, Gen- As for entertainment law, Gendler a living. Gendler says he went to law dler was ready to start his own prac- feels that it is a business of contacts school “by default.” tice. and an “apprenticeship type where one While at UCLA School of Law, Those clients who had a strong rela- learns by doing.” Courier Editorial Staff Ashley Case Magdalena Kozinska The Courier executive Editor in Chief News/Features Editor Calendar Coordinator board maintains general [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] editorial control over the content of its articles. We Darren Case Parul Aggarwal Matt Wechter reserve the right to make Senior Managing Editor Opinion Editor Photographer changes, omissions, [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] improvements, or other Jennifer Spinella Aleksandra Sarosiek Professor George Willis information or materials at Senior Articles Editor Entertainment Editor Faculty Advisor any time without notice. [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Hien Q. Vu Avi Phillips Senior Copy Editor Senior Photographer [email protected] [email protected] Simply Entertaining Page 3 Welcome back, football! - Scott Ashby able; when their team is being handed a Chuck Liddel-esque beat-down; when we have looked into the eyes of the enemy It’s that time of year again when we gather in the traditional and concluded that the candle of hope, once fully lit, is now weekend huddle, crowded around the plasma, eyes glued to nothing more than a smoking ball of wax - it is then that the tumble. Carb after carb of beer, wings, burgers, and brats are out the least bit of sympathy as to the tumult in the pit of the consumed ritualistically in a frenzied feast not unlike jackals enemy, we “pile on.” And on. And on. at the site of a kill. Money is won. Money is lost. Why? Why do we revel in our team’s glory as if it’s our But more important than all of that is pride. Team pride. own, and shower our dearest of acquaintances with insults The kind of pride that swells the chest with fervor and vitriol while ill thoughts reserved only for the most bitter of per- we have come to expect nothing less than the same from our “friends.” For we shall not forget the history of this bitter spewed in haste at someone, who mere seconds before kick- rivalry as the gears of memory spring to life, recalling a cata- off, was your best friend. log of grotesque victory celebrations from years past when Friendship? Ha! For the next couple of hours friendship our team - our brothers, our family - suffered an equally is overruled by some completely irrational internal force - a appalling beat-down at the hands of the rival and the predict- judge not even the most skilled litigator can persuade. And able mockery that followed. We shall never forget that, nor shall they let us. but of authority. So don ye your team’s coat of arms and talk trash like For a short period of time every weekend, we gloat in our trash has never been talked before. Eat, drink, cry and laugh “friends” faces without hesitation - at each movement of the entirely too much. Scream at the television. Argue with the sticks, at each turnover on downs, and, perhaps most inhu- enemy. Just remember that even the warriors of the gridiron manely, especially after the coveted “blowout.” Yes, at that shake hands after the battle and congratulate each other on a moment when we know our “friend” is at their most vulner- The Law Counselor: Serving up the Truth with a Side of Sass The Law Counselor answers your love, life, and law best to provide your classmate with a few subtle sugges- school questions in each edition of the Courier. If you are in need of wisdom and sage advice, email the Counselor at [email protected]. All question submissions fail: will be posted anonymously. 1. Write, “Love you” on your eyelids and repeatedly blink at him. Dear Law Counselor, 2. on your notebook during class. If you are an independent I sit next to a guy in my Civ Pro class whom I think is woman, you may want to practice hyphenating.