The big news this semester is that I have successfully whittled down my on-campus appearances to three days a week. This has dramatically improved my enjoyment of law school.

The downside I suppose is that there are a lot of worthwhile classes that happen to meet on Thursdays. To those professors I offer apologies: I never considered your class seriously. The topic may have appealed to me, but I just preferred having the day off.

Part of the secret to my schedule success is having a three-credit independent study. If you have any capacity to get things done without a syllabus lighting the way, this has got to be the best deal in law school. You write the same paper you'd have to write for a seminar, but without the assigned reading and class meetings. I have no idea why people would let their option for up to 7 credits of independent study work go unused.

13 Jan 06