Michigan Class of 2014 Forum

[RIPmitchhedberg]

So it looks like unless Legal Practice Skills screws us, no Friday classes over the summer?


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Someone in the Summer Starters facebook group was saying the Skills part of Legal Practice doesn't have a formal meeting time, so I think we're in the clear

[RIPmitchhedberg]

Hahaha it looks like Wildcat beat me to the punch on that one

[Entchen]

Yay three day weekends

[wildcathighfive]

Hahaha it looks like Wildcat beat me to the punch on that one

only barely...i think we're just all so excited!

[RIPmitchhedberg]

Hahaha it looks like Wildcat beat me to the punch on that one

only barely...i think we're just all so excited!

I know! My flight is one month from tomorrow. Until then it's just me, a gym membership, and about 300 tivo'd episdes of SVU.

[Excellence = a Habit]

Hahaha it looks like Wildcat beat me to the punch on that one

only barely...i think we're just all so excited!

I know! My flight is one month from tomorrow. Until then it's just me, a gym membership, and about 300 tivo'd episdes of SVU.

I am srsly jelly!

[applepiecrust]

Hahaha it looks like Wildcat beat me to the punch on that one

only barely...i think we're just all so excited!

I know! My flight is one month from tomorrow. Until then it's just me, a gym membership, and about 300 tivo'd episdes of SVU.

I am srsly jelly!

Me too. My next month is presentations, papers and an exam, then senior week and graduation, then a Florida vacay and THEN moving to Ann Arbor. Phew.

[thelaststraw05]

I am jealous of both summer starters and fall starters who don't have to work 40+ hours a week all summer.

I have NO motivation to work.

[twelda]

I am jealous of both summer starters and fall starters who don't have to work 40+ hours a week all summer.

I have NO motivation to work.

Do as I do and quit early! Yes, you don't get the extra income, but at this point I'm about ready to bite everyone's head off at work so I think it's about time to go our separate ways. Summer vacation!!!

[03121202698008]

Legal practice skills is under the days/times for legal practice. It's just the credit for all the crap you do on your own time outside of it.

[er doctor]

I am jealous of both summer starters and fall starters who don't have to work 40+ hours a week all summer.

I have NO motivation to work.

Do as I do and quit early! Yes, you don't get the extra income, but at this point I'm about ready to bite everyone's head off at work so I think it's about time to go our separate ways. Summer vacation!!!

+1 My last day of work id May 24 and it can't come soon enough!

[Tanicius]

Just withdrew. Worst email I've ever had to write.

[er doctor]

Just withdrew. Worst email I've ever had to write.

Good luck at Berkeley!

[InvictusFortis]

Just withdrew. Worst email I've ever had to write.

Good luck at Berkeley!

I bet a well stitched Michigan beanie could have convinced them to stay.

[dorriedoodle]

Summer Starter here freaking out about housing. Thought I had something lined up, but now it sounds like I would have to move out a week before finals. This is a horrible idea, right?

I have a dog, so it makes things more difficult. See picture to left.

Any ideas friends?

[AreJay711]

Summer Starter here freaking out about housing. Thought I had something lined up, but now it sounds like I would have to move out a week before finals. This is a horrible idea, right?

I have a dog, so it makes things more difficult. See picture to left.

Any ideas friends?

Actually this happened to me (well not as bad but still). The person was mistaken about the length of the original lease and I have to move out the 25th which is a day we have finals. This is probably enough of a reason to get out of the lease but I'm going to look first and see if the landlord will let me go another day. I think moving right before or during finals is probably a bad idea.

[03121202698008]

You don't want to move during finals. You really really don't want to.

[er doctor]

Just withdrew. Worst email I've ever had to write.

Good luck at Berkeley!

I bet a well stitched Michigan beanie could have convinced them to stay.

I'm going to spend the next three years knitting 360 beanies aren't I?

[dorriedoodle]

You don't want to move during finals. You really really don't want to.

How about a week and a half before?

(I'm desperate)

[RIPmitchhedberg]

Summer Starter here freaking out about housing. Thought I had something lined up, but now it sounds like I would have to move out a week before finals. This is a horrible idea, right?

I have a dog, so it makes things more difficult. See picture to left.

Any ideas friends?

More than a month ago I put an ad on Craigslist saying I was looking for a room for less than $350/month, and I'm still getting responses. You could probably do the same and mention the dates, and that the place needs to be dog friendly.

[whathojeeves]

Just withdrew. Worst email I've ever had to write.

Good luck at Berkeley!

I bet a well stitched Michigan beanie could have convinced them to stay.

I'm going to spend the next three years knitting 360 beanies aren't I?

Yes. My hat size is a 7.

[Excellence = a Habit]

For the NYCers ... there's a brunch/happy hour brewing over on the facebook page. (Sorry too lazy to link but I can if you really want.)

[whirledpeas86]

Yes. My hat size is a 7.

For knitting hats, a measurement of head circumference in inches is helpful!

[03121202698008]

You don't want to move during finals. You really really don't want to.

How about a week and a half before?

(I'm desperate)

Eh, I wouldn't. You guys have a compressed schedule during the summer. So days you have class are ALL day. You have class most of the day hours, then need to read for the next day that night. This semester we have 4-5 days completely off to prepare for each final and it still feels rushed. Last semester we had fewer days and it was crazy. (And most started preparing heavily on weekends around Thanksgiving for finals in mid-Dec.) The problem is, classes don't slack off. So you'll have normal reading to do, plus legal practice assignments, right up until exams. The evenings/weekends when you'd move 1.5 week out is exactly when you'd need to be studying. I was hear during the summer last summer and my summer-start friends disappeared about the third week of Jul and didn't re-appear until after finals. Like...no time to grab a bite to because they were proofing papers while eating, etc. And that's only marginally busier than they were the whole month of July.

Again, I'd find an alternative unless you'll have very little to move (like a suitcase or two) and won't have to worry about turning on utilities, etc at the new place. Not sure where you are moving to but it's a lot of work getting everything set up...running to comcast, waiting for comcast to come (you'll need internet access to study), calling electric co, etc. If you're talking setting up furniture and such, forget it.

Your schedule may seem like it has holes, but add in 4-5 hours of reading a night, reviewing/outlining/supplements on weekends (with much more closer to finals than beginning), and legal practice assignments that can easily eat up 40+ hours per assignment. (Some are shorter, some are longer...longer ones towards finals.)

[er doctor]

Yes. My hat size is a 7.

For knitting hats, a measurement of head circumference in inches is helpful!

Don't encourage them!