Building Blocks – v2

Office memorandum

Legal writing, precise, supported,

Predicting, precedent,

Discussion, relevant facts

Building blocks, leading

To inevitable conclusion

Weighing pros and cons

Seeing both sides,

My client and theirs

Facts and issues revealed;

Gaps in law and facts

Inferred, developed

To predict, to see

The inevitable outcomes

===========

edited January 20, 2016

Holding onto my Dicta – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/holding-onto-my-dicta-v2.html

posted February 26, 2004

November 11, 2002 8:35pm

Holding onto my Dicta

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/holding-onto-my-dicta.html

&

edited January 20, 2016

Actors – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/actors-v2.html

posted February 28, 2004

written 9/18/01 23:00 to 23:15

Actors

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/actors.html

&

edited January 20, 2016

Kontraxtz – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/kontraxtz-v2.html

posted February 29, 2004

written September 22, 2001 19:18 to 19:40

Kontraxtz

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/kontraxtz.html

&

edited January 20, 2016

Into the Stream of Commerce – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/into-stream-of-commerce-v2.html

posted March 3, 2004

written 11/14/2002 8:35am

Into the Stream of Commerce

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/03/into-stream-of-commerce.html

&

edited January 14, 2016

My Memo 1 Sucks – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/my-memo-1-sucks-v2.html
posted February 27, 2004
written 9/18/01 23:25 to 23:40

My Memo 1 Sucks

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/my-memo-1-sucks.html
(About the first memo in Legal Skills, 1st semester of law school)

&

edited January 13, 2016

Hands Raised – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/hands-raised-v4.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/hands-raised-v4_13.html

(editing version 3 and original)

edited October 3, 2015

Hands Raised – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/hands-raised-v3.html

(editing version 2)

edited June 25, 2014

Hands Raised – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/hands-raised-v2.html

posted March 1, 2004

written September 3, 200118:45

Hands Raised

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/03/hands-raised.html

first week at Franklin Pierce Law Center,

now UNH School of Law

&

edited January 8, 2016

Swimming in Molasses – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/swimming-in-molasses-v2.html

posted February 25, 2004

written September 10, 2001 19:13

Swimming in Molasses

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/swimming-in-molasses.html

(Thinking about the readings for the Contracts class

of 9/10/01 and the discussions in Torts

last week on wooden use of aged precedents)

&

edited January 8, 2016

Yellow Bands – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/yellow-bands-v2.html

posted February 26, 2004

written October 20, 2001 22:47

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/yellow-bands.html

(about highlighting text for class discussions)

&

edited January 8, 2016

Law School – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/law-school-v2.html

posted February 23, 2004

written 9/3/01 19:25

Law School

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/law-school.html

edited January 8, 2016

&

Done – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/done-v2.html

posted February 23, 2004

January 28, 2004 22:43.

Written on completion of the Education Law Institute paper,

after 2 extensions. Forty-six pages, 12,000 words, and 335 footnotes.

Done

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/done.html

&

edited January 7, 2016

Citations – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/citations-v2.html

posted February 16, 2004

written 9/3/01 18:15

Citations

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/citations.html

about first few weeks of Law School

Legal Writing class

&

edited December 31, 2015

Building Blocks – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/building-blocks-v2.html

posted February 16, 2004

written 9/3/01 12:30

Building Blocks

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/building-blocks.html

&

edited December 30, 2015

First Day – 1L – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/first-day-1l-v2.html

posted February 16, 2004

8/22/01 22:50

First Day – 1L

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/first-day-1l.html

All of my poems and photographs are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 40,750+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

IT DEPENDS - v2

How will the case go

How will we ever know

What are the facts,

What is the law

the black letter,

the meaning, ambiguity,

who is the judge

what day of the week is it…

It depends

On the totality of the circumstances

The best interest standard

Clear and convincing

compelling state interest

Strict scrutiny

Middle Tier

or simply rational basis

Or is it the members of the court

or their latte that day

When my brief was before them

did I get the right color,

was a jurist’s name misspelled,

the issue I care about

sweated over, to be right on

precedent and theory

persuasive, compelling,

the fact pattern that I am reading

clock ticking in the Rich Room

yet again, last time, I hope…

Summer awaits but not before the last final

the magic words used or unused

vagueness or over-breadth

It depends on who’s grading…

Oooh was it ripe,

ready for the testing

Justiciable after all

ready for the will of the court

IF it pleases the court

Tells a story, compelling,

enticing, juicy, with bite

of what the plaintiff’s theory was

and Defendant’s defenses

in rhythm, in time

Blue book sing for me

pages filling, 1L, come on,

be clear, concise, rich issues

facts and law blend

to spin the story

taking every branch, fork in the road

until Time is called.

Hopefully it is enough.

But it depends.

Once more.

edited June 27, 2014

IT DEPENDS – v2

May 9, 2002

IT DEPENDS

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/it-depends.html

(posted to blog on 2/9/2004,

5 days into blog’s existence)

Franklin Pierce Law Center,

UNH School of Law

http://law.unh.edu/

https://twitter.com/UNHLaw

Concord, NH

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 30,770+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Shimmering Chartreuse - v2

I can almost imagine, I must be ready

a client's perspective, what I must argue

their opinion, from fertile imagination

that the sky, the very air thick

a shimmering chartreuse living color

when the sky is blue, rich in summer

Now what research, analysis, argument

to raise, with a stoic straight face,

every claim, proof, perspective

convince the one who counts

of the color of the sky, shimmering chartreuse,

The one who wears the robe of black.

Edited July 27, 2013

“Shimmering Chartreuse – v2”

March 11, 2008

“Shimmering Chartreuse”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2008/03/shimmering-chartreuse.html

All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 23,920+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Ignoring Precedent

My blood boiled,
my eyes rolled
at the position they took
the wall they created
to entry, to rights
Claiming their argument
in spite of, ignoring,
denying precedent
Oh that doesn’t apply,
this is so different,
they are individuals after all…
But in their piety,
their overstated certainty,
a child is barred from
rights stated, in repeated
repeated decisions, in many courts,
all stating they are wrong,
or so I will argue
before the next tribunal.
Next stop, stare decisis.

September 7, 2007 21:14


All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 19,730+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Researching

Above the noise in the room below
the sound of the television, the game,
the laughter of our five-year old
entertaining herself alone
Looking for precedence, for the case on point
a winning parallel for my case
looking desperately, seeking
arguments in synonyms,
someone else who had gone before
blazed their way, before
Before the change in the law
Back when fertile ground remained,
when you could argue, fight
more services, more gain,
more balance, for them
seeing futures, opportunities
in the words of the law, regulations
mandatory authority
precedent, winning precedent,
elusive; but may be there still
for the tenacious.
Keep searching.

January 5, 2007 20:32


All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 19,060+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Discovery

How aptly named,
is discovery, the information
the case of the Division
Page after page, a catalog
of surprises, discoveries indeed

The proofs, evidence, claims
of the prosecution

Pour over it, all of it
for a hidden gem,
inconsistency, weak links
in the chain, the steps
the path to guilt

November 3, 2006 21:33
On receiving a 250 page packet
of Discovery


All of my poems are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss for usage. See all 19,010+ of my poems at http://www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Building Blocks

Office memorandum
Legal writing
Predicting
Discussion, relevant facts
Building blocks
Inevitable conclusion

Weighing pros and cons
Seeing both sides,
My client and theirs
Facts and issues
Gaps in law and facts
Inferred, developed
To predict
Outcomes

===========

edited January 20, 2016

Holding onto my Dicta – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/holding-onto-my-dicta-v2.html

posted February 26, 2004

November 11, 2002 8:35pm

Holding onto my Dicta

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/holding-onto-my-dicta.html

&

edited January 20, 2016

Actors – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/actors-v2.html

posted February 28, 2004

written 9/18/01 23:00 to 23:15

Actors

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/actors.html

&

edited January 20, 2016

Kontraxtz – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/kontraxtz-v2.html

posted February 29, 2004

written September 22, 2001 19:18 to 19:40

Kontraxtz

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/kontraxtz.html

&

edited January 20, 2016

Into the Stream of Commerce – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/into-stream-of-commerce-v2.html

posted March 3, 2004

written 11/14/2002 8:35am

Into the Stream of Commerce

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/03/into-stream-of-commerce.html

&

edited January 14, 2016

My Memo 1 Sucks – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/my-memo-1-sucks-v2.html
posted February 27, 2004
written 9/18/01 23:25 to 23:40

My Memo 1 Sucks

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/my-memo-1-sucks.html
(About the first memo in Legal Skills, 1st semester of law school)

&

edited January 13, 2016

Hands Raised – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/hands-raised-v4.html

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/hands-raised-v4_13.html

(editing version 3 and original)

edited October 3, 2015

Hands Raised – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/10/hands-raised-v3.html

(editing version 2)

edited June 25, 2014

Hands Raised – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/hands-raised-v2.html

posted March 1, 2004

written September 3, 200118:45

Hands Raised

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/03/hands-raised.html

first week at Franklin Pierce Law Center,

now UNH School of Law

&

edited January 8, 2016

Swimming in Molasses – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/swimming-in-molasses-v2.html

posted February 25, 2004

written September 10, 2001 19:13

Swimming in Molasses

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/swimming-in-molasses.html

(Thinking about the readings for the Contracts class

of 9/10/01 and the discussions in Torts

last week on wooden use of aged precedents)

&

edited January 8, 2016

Yellow Bands – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/yellow-bands-v2.html

posted February 26, 2004

written October 20, 2001 22:47

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/yellow-bands.html

(about highlighting text for class discussions)

&

edited January 8, 2016

Law School – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/law-school-v2.html

posted February 23, 2004

written 9/3/01 19:25

Law School

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/law-school.html

edited January 8, 2016

&

Done – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/done-v2.html

posted February 23, 2004

January 28, 2004 22:43.

Written on completion of the Education Law Institute paper,

after 2 extensions. Forty-six pages, 12,000 words, and 335 footnotes.

Done

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/done.html

&

edited January 7, 2016

Citations – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/01/citations-v2.html

posted February 16, 2004

written 9/3/01 18:15

Citations

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/citations.html

about first few weeks of Law School

Legal Writing class

&

edited December 31, 2015

Building Blocks – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/building-blocks-v2.html

posted February 16, 2004

written 9/3/01 12:30

Building Blocks

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/building-blocks.html

&

edited December 30, 2015

First Day – 1L – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/first-day-1l-v2.html

posted February 16, 2004

8/22/01 22:50

First Day – 1L

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/first-day-1l.html

All of my poems and photographs are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 40,750+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

IT DEPENDS

How will the case go
How will we ever know
It depends

On the totality of the circumstances
The best interest standard
Clear and convincing
Strict scrutiny
Middle Tier
or simply rational basis

Or is it the members of the court
or their latte that day
When my brief was before them
the issue I care about
sweated over, to be right on
precedent and theory

the fact pattern that I am reading
clock ticking in the Rich Room
Summer awaits but not before the last final
the magic words used or unused
vagueness or overbreadth

Oooh was it ripe
Justiciable after all
ready for the will of the court
IF it pleases the court
Tells a story
of what the plaintiff’s theory was
and Defendant’s defenses

Blue book sing for me
be clear, concise, rich issues
facts and law blend
to spin the story
taking every branch, fork in the road
until Time is called.
Hopefully it is enough.
But it depends.

.

edited June 27, 2014

IT DEPENDS – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/06/it-depends.html

Posted February 8, 2004

Written 5/9/02, as I prepared for my 2nd semester of law school finals. 

It is almost always, "it depends"

IT DEPENDS

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/it-depends.html

(posted to blog on 2/9/2004,

5 days into blog’s existence)

Franklin Pierce Law Center,

UNH School of Law

http://law.unh.edu/

https://twitter.com/UNHLaw

Concord, NH

All of my poems and photographs are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016. All rights reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 40,710+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.