http://mowabb.com/ai/ {life is what happens while you're making other plans} en-us 2006-05-11T17:27:56-05:00 2008-06-01T11:41:23-05:00 Dear readers,It's been fun, but this ambivalent imbroglio is hereby closed for business. It became a lot more about law school than I anticipated, and now that law school is over...But hey, when one door closes, another opens, right? http://mowabb.com/ai/archives/007509.html So have you heard the one about the Michael Moore hata who has been begging for money to pay server costs to keep his blog going so he can continue to hate on Michael Moore? Yeah, and did you hear why he can't pay his own server bills? http://mowabb.com/ai/archives/007500.html And just like that, my adventure in law school has come to an end. I completed my final final and, as far as I know, do not have a single further obligation for law school. http://mowabb.com/ai/archives/007484.html Although I've tried to keep my whining to a minimum here, for the past six months or so, L. and I have been thinking of little else besides where we're going to be living six months from now. Yesterday, that dilemma was finally solved when she took a great job in Billings, Montana! http://mowabb.com/ai/archives/007474.html Once I get started, I just can't stop.... In a way you could say I came to GW only b/c of its LRAP b/c I only applied to schools w/LRAPs. That means if GW hadn't had an LRAP, it wouldn't have been on my list and everything would have been different. http://mowabb.com/ai/archives/007469.html I just learned that my fellow graduating (we hope) students at GW have been very generous this year in giving to the class gift. http://mowabb.com/ai/archives/007466.html As of just a few minutes ago, the Montana State Public Defender began advertising for multiple open positions in its new offices around the state. http://mowabb.com/ai/archives/007462.html If you haven't seen Steven Colbert roasting Yubbledew at Saturday's White House Correspondent's Dinner, watch it now (part II, part III). Words cannot describe... http://mowabb.com/ai/archives/007459.html Following a recent job interview comes this letter in the mail:Dear Mr. Imbroglio,Thank you for participating in the first step of our interviewing process. We are happy to inform you that you have been recommended for a second interview. Due to our lengthy hiring process, we may not be contacting you for several months (or longer) with regard to scheduling this interview. http://mowabb.com/ai/archives/007443.html This site and others living on the same shared server have been down much more often than usual recently. http://mowabb.com/ai/archives/007441.html Dave Hoffman has some interesting comments on Concurring Opinions about the ABA's role in accrediting law schools. The relevant part for me has to do with how law school accreditation interacts with the bar exam and professional discipline as mechanisms to ensure a minimum level of quality in the legal profession. http://mowabb.com/ai/archives/007434.html It looks like we'll be moving at the end of May.... Yeah, we decided when to move before we decided where.... That's just how we roll.But wherever we end up moving, it's going to be pretty far from the D.C. area, which means there's no time like the present to make sure we've done and seen as much of that area as possible. http://mowabb.com/ai/archives/007424.html It seems the chief public defender in Billings, Montana, has decided to resign as of June 30, 2006. This can only be a good thing for me, since that's exactly where I hope to work. http://mowabb.com/ai/archives/007419.html Mister District Attorney checks in to tell us what he's been up to recently:Sorry, it’s been way too long between posts, but I’ve just been unable to muster the writerly wherewithal to post anything. Work is still work. The bad guys still do terrible things to people, and we do our level best to lock ‘em up for as close to forever as we can.Doesn't that just make your day? http://mowabb.com/ai/archives/007415.html If you'd like a daily bit of humor from the BigLaw trenches, head over to The Disassociate, a relatively new blog whose author describes it as: one associate's attempt to see the humor, to focus on the lighter side, to find the fun. Somewhere along the way...repaying student loans, billing hours, monitoring salaries, many of us lost the sense of enjoyment, not about the law, but within the profession.... And just to be clear, I like working at my firm - I am just trying to get the fun back. http://mowabb.com/ai/archives/007412.html