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A Bittersweet Goodbye: One 3L's Reflection on Law School By Laura Patrick, Senior Staff Writer The time is finally here for us 3Ls - the end of a long, grueling, stressful, anxiety-ridden three years of law school. No longer will we have to endure tlie lectures, the tedious readings or the stress of finals. I should be jumping for joy, walking on air, patting myself on the back, thanking my lucky stars and sighing with relief. .. but it isn't that simple. The conclusion oflaw school has so far been a bittersweet experience. Yes, that's right future 3Ls, one day you will actually look back on your law school experience with nostalgia and see the end ·as, well, somewhat depressing. Graduation is a sad day for a few obvious reasons. For one, only moments after you graduate you're immediately · thrust into the insanity of studying for the Bar. For most of us, bar review classes start only two days after graduation (two days - seriously!?). But the disheartening prospect of the bar isn't the only thing putting a damper on the end; there are the slim odds of getting a job in the current legal market or the fact that despite our best efforts to avoid it, we will have to face the real world in a few months. · But all of these things aren't really what make graduation bittersweet. Yes, facing the bar (anq adulthood) ,..._. .is...a p..retty .scary prosp~c!._ but the hardest part for me is - leaving behind ·all the. people I've built relationships with and the city I have grown to call home. Law school has Warren Hall, home to a wide array ofemotions, temperatures, smells and day-old pizzas. been a wild, wild ride, but when I look back, the times I want to be a part of your life forever. I have made life-long remember the most are the ones spent making new friends, many forces at work trying to derail it. For one, I didn't friends at USD and the idea ofleaving them seems equally celebrating with old ones, and bonding with my fellow law expect to grow so attached to Squthern California. I can't as painful as a summer of bar studying. students through. all of its trials '"and tribulations say I wasn't. warned. Every person I· encountered in San Yes, when I look back on my three years here, there Almost three years ago I ~ade ·""the long trek from Diego said the same thing: "You'll never want to leave." are some purely school-related memories, but most of Charleston, South Carolina, with ·my three dogs and a But little did they know that I was from Charleston, one of them aren't very pretty. I remember the full-on mental packed SUV. Of course I came out here knowing I would the other few cities in the world that seduces you, sucks breakdown I experienced the day before our first memo meet new people and soak up the California sunshine, but you in and clings on for dear life. Despite the allure of San was due IL year. I also remember later that day, calling I also knew. law school would be demanding and at times Diego, I had no intention of staying out west. I can't say my parents (op. my dad's birthday, no les_s) to inform them I would loJlg for my hometown. (We Charleston folk are that my resolve to return home hasn't been tested, because I would be dropping out. (I'm lucky my dad was able to infamous for our obsession with our own city - not much it has, with every sun$et on the beach, every fish taco and talk me down and that USD hasn't developed a "drop out" different from your typical San Diegan, I suppose.) The every sunny, humidity-free day. But California itself isn't button on their website.) I i;ecall the lovely Friday evening plan was to move out west, learn the law, experience enough to make me question my decisibn to return to I delivered my oral argument, while a few friends enjoyed everything Southern California had to offer and promptly my hometown, it's the people. For every crazy, type-A, the tickets I. was forced to give away to a Tosh.O standup return to where I belonged - Charleston. argumentative person you can't stand in law school, there comedy show taking place only a few buildings away. But like most carefully laid out plans, there have been is an equally crazy, type-A, argumentative person you Please see REFLECTIONS on pg. ·3 filed a few briefs before the Board of Equalization. It was A Student's Last- an exc~Jlent and enjoyable experience, and I would highly recommend working at a clinic, either during the summer or during the schooi year. B~ aware, however, that some Minute Jop Tips for the of the clinics have prerequisites, and some of them fill up IN THIS.ISSUE quickly. Summer To apply, fill out the clinic application and submit your transcript and resume. You can learn more about the clinics Continettt Watch ........................................... 2 By Camille Edwards on the MySandiego website:http://www.sandiego.edu/law/ . academics/clinical education!ai).plication procedure.php The job search in law school can he stressful. We all Next, go onto Symplicity's job board to apply for know that employers want to see that we had internships summer and fall jobs. There are still a lot of employers Exam nps for 1Ls Through 41,s.................... J during our summers. Ifyou haven't found a job yet, don't posting on Symplicity, as many employers' legal work is worry, because a lot of people can find jobs last minute. not tied to the semestyr calendar and they are looking for You just have to be persistent and put in a little work. I summer help. A 2L's Look Back at Her Law . School found my job for last summer at the end of the spring Also, be willing to look outside of San Diego, if Career Thus Far.......................................... 3 semester, and I had a great experience. possible. There are many wonderful jobs to be bad outside First, apply for a legal clinic here at USD right now. If of this city. I moved to Sacramento last summer for an you get into a clinic, you can have that as a fall back ifyou internship. I loved my job, had a great experience, and Holy Nerg-Gasm! Comic.Con Once Again do not find an internship. The clinics give you the kind of made some great friends. Also, everyone wants to be in practical work experience that you would get as an intern, San Diego for summer, so the competition is heightened. Returns to San Diego................................ -4 including researching, writing, and client interviewing Consider looking in your hometown or in markets like skills. USD has a number of clinics, including Civil Washington D.C. or Los Angeles. Bigger cities like D.C. Clinic, Entrepreneurship Clinic, and State Income Tax and L.A. have a lot more internship opportunities than San Album Review: Should You, or Shouldn't Clinic. I worked at the State Income Tax Clinic in the Diego. fall, representing clients before the California Franchise Don't limit yourself to just applying to law firms. Look You But Fun.'s Latest Album .......... 1............... .4 Tax Board and the Board of Equalization. I performed a Please see SUMMER JOBS on pg. 3 l lot of work that an attorney would normally do, and even MOTIONS · May 2012· CONTINENT WATCH International Human Rights Law Society May 2012 Middle East, Syria In the past year, the President of Syria and the King Europe, Former USSR of Bahrain dealt with major political uprisings in their Arrest and unlawful detainment of three members of a respective States using brutal force. Both regimes female Russian punk group called Pussy Riot has raised systematicaliy tortured, killed, and detained members of concerns about freedom of speech and the growing the opposition and banned joi.trnalists from entering the­ influence of the Orthodox Church over the Russian country to report. Due to the geo-political nature of the political scene. The group formed in October 2011 to. uprisitigs, one has garnished western support including promote women's rights and political freedoms in Ru.ssia. Security Council Resolutions to address the matter, while Its 30 members all maintain strict anonymity due to fear of the other has been silently suppressed, witl:i almost no prosecution. On February 21, 2012, Pussy Riot performed support by U.S.