No Time, no time,
Rushing around,
To think, to
plan, to dream, to be ready
Reading slower as time goes on
Words blur in my cube, my mind
Wanting time to stand still
Does that sentence make any sense?
It didn’t the last 4 times
I read it, for the class, for the test.
Why me? What penance must I pay
I actually did this to myself – What was I thinking?
Where is the logic to this holding?
Give me Antonin Scalia, a dissent – a turn of phrase -
Minnick v. Mississippi – what a dissent
“Prophylactic layer on prophylactic
layer”,
“Towers and turrets on the Miranda
castle”.
Or parsed/pitchy jibe to wake me from the drudgery
When
minority views are claimed as generally understood rule of law that…
The opaque words I’m trying to learn – gray on gray
The
words merging together, as if Law School was one class…
Caffeine – a Moxie, if you please –
O great vending machine
Give me the nectar, the lift,
Warm my lips and quiet my chill
As the night grows to morning..
Highlighter, fly to the key phrase –
Don’t just cover the page
in a blur of yellow
Wince in looking back
In looking, in searching,
In my notes
–
What was in
my mind then?
Am I dyslexic? A-D-D? –
Clarity
eludes me
Cryptic scratchings of
reading at midnight
Don’t call
on me!! – No clue what the Rule
The worth of
the case
The weight of authority – narrow to
the case at hand – or
Brown v.
Board of Education (I & II)
Progeny too,
Or unpublished opinion?
No time
Class in minutes
Bag on my shoulder
Only time for coffee – black - again
Unprepared –
Wing it!
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edited January 21, 2016
No Time – v2
posted March 5, 2004
written 1st draft 11/7/02 9:14am
edits 11/8/02 16:47
edits 11/11/02 18:10
No Time
about last semester of law school
&
January 14,
2015
no time - 2
Worship Theme:
New Year
Ecclesiastes
3:1-12 NIV
Revelation
21:1-6 NIV
Epiphany of
the Lord Sunday
sermon “A Year
in Review
by Pastor Ruth
Foss
sermon blog
meditation
blog
“God’s
Whisper” blog
Prayer of
Thanksgiving
we thank you
Lord – v7
by Raymond A. Foss
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
Epiphany of
the Lord Sunday
December 28,
2014
&
edited January 20, 2016
Holding onto my Dicta – v2
posted February 26, 2004
November 11, 2002 8:35pm
Holding onto my Dicta
&
edited January 20, 2016
Actors – v2
posted February 28, 2004
written 9/18/01 23:00 to 23:15
Actors
&
edited January 20, 2016
Kontraxtz – v2
posted February 29, 2004
written September 22, 2001 19:18 to 19:40
Kontraxtz
&
edited January 20, 2016
Into the Stream of Commerce – v2
posted March 3, 2004
written 11/14/2002 8:35am
Into the Stream of Commerce
&
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
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)
(About the first memo in Legal Skills, 1st semester of law school)
&
edited January 13, 2016
Hands Raised – v4
(editing version 3 and original)
edited October 3, 2015
Hands Raised – v3
(editing version 2)
edited June 25, 2014
Hands Raised – v2
posted March 1, 2004
written September 3, 200118:45
Hands Raised
first week at Franklin Pierce Law Center,
now UNH School of Law
&
edited January 8, 2016
Swimming in Molasses – v2
posted February 25, 2004
written September 10, 2001 19:13
Swimming in Molasses
(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
posted February 26, 2004
written October 20, 2001 22:47
(about highlighting text for class discussions)
&
edited January 8, 2016
Law School – v2
posted February 23, 2004
written 9/3/01 19:25
Law School
edited January 8, 2016
&
Done – v2
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
&
edited January 7, 2016
Citations – v2
posted February 16, 2004
written 9/3/01 18:15
Citations
about first few weeks of Law School
Legal Writing class
&
edited December 31, 2015
Building Blocks – v2
posted February 16, 2004
written 9/3/01 12:30
Building Blocks
&
edited December 30, 2015
First Day – 1L – v2
posted February 16, 2004
8/22/01 22:50
First Day – 1L
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