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Starting the 6th

I am starting my sixth term of law school next week. Since I am on the four year plan, I take ~11 hours of class each term, at night, for four years. So far, I have squeezed in regular classes, an externship at the Arkansas Supreme Court, moot court competition, law review, and a research assistantship with Dean DiPippa. I am going to travel to Minnesota at the beginning of March with the moot court travel team, but besides that ... I'm trying to make this term low-stress. Last term almost killed me... and I still don't have my grades yet. Ack.

If I had it to do over again, I would follow the same path. Law school is tough, as much harder than college as everyone always said each next step would be, but I never found that so until now. Junior high was actually easier than elementary, high school was not much harder, college was pretty simple ... and then, BAM! Socratic method with smart people! This has been the first really challenging academic experience of my life, and I must say I love it.

And I hate it, of course. I can't wait to have most evenings with my family, control of my schedule, etc. So I can't say that I have mixed feelings about being 5/8ths of the way through -- I look more and more forward to being done.

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