Back From The Dead

It's been ages since I last posted (the Dow Jones was above 10,000), but what better day to return than the day I finished finals! I am now halfway to a JD, with the hard half out of the way. I do still have a paper to turn in next week, a note on the Harry Potter Lexicon case, but it's something I've been working on over the course of the semester, so it shouldn't kill me.

As predicted back in August, this wasn't the most exciting semester class-wise. I got the ethics requirement out of the way, a total bore. Jurisdiction is an important concept, but not an interesting one. The writing workshop was painful.

The only saving grace was constitutional law. It completely kicked my ass, but in the process I got to explore a lot of topics I would have wanted to learn about on my own anyway, especially given the current political climate. Issues like executive power and equal protection dominate headlines, but even as a political news junkie, I never had a deep understanding of the underlying conflicts. After taking this class, I see things in a whole new light. For instance, now I hate Bush even more! :) (thereby reaffirming every stereotype of a Berkeley education) I also have a greater appreciation for the prospect of having a con law prof in the Oval Office. Change is coming.