So third year of law school is finished and I'm waiting (and waiting) on my grades. I decided to take a class over the three-month break since I drove my wife crazy last winter always looking for something to keep my attention for more than an hour.
I'm slowly becoming more and more comfortable in the legal world, reluctantly embracing the concept that every case is different hence every case a new puzzle to put together. I'm used to an order of things: A then B then C. While there is a relative degree of order in a case, each case has different facts which requires both a different approach and way of thinking. I've realized this is my legal "apprenticeship" and I've made myself available as a sponge to every valuable shred of knowledge I can collect.
Now that graduation and the bar exam are a year away, I've begun to focus on my exit strategy: What will I do in the "real world"? There are preliminary plans and ideas falling into place and hopefully over the next several months a wise plan will fall into place.
What intrigues me the most is the transition from student to advisor. In a short time, there won't be any more finals with huge fact patterns or voluminous essays, but a client placing their trust in my understanding of the law. This thought both humbles and challenges me to make the best use of my time in school and my job.
Here's to a winter break (sort of) and one more year...
