Spring is in the Air

As we are only a mere 48hrs away from saying goodbye to February and welcoming in March, I’m really hoping that the old saying, “March comes in like a lion, goes out like a lamb” is true. March promises to be a busy month and the first few weeks are going to fly by, I know. March starts off bittersweet - March 2, I download the Bar Application, knowing I only have one month to compile all that required information. March 8, I wake up with a big fat sloppy grin on my face knowing I will, that evening, finally be with my sexy man again after a torturous, seemingly endless two month separation. The world will stop for us until March 19 when I’m back in the Burg contemplating my final month and a half as a law student (or any kind of student for that matter!) At the rate I’m going now, though, the end of the month promises to be anything but “lamb”-like. There’s that whole application thing to deal with, and I’m keeping my fingers crossed that the SF Superior Courts will call me back to CA for an interview. Not to mention, those 5 classes of mine and GRF projects raising their ugly head week after week.

(I can’t believe they only give us a month to complete the Bar Application. I still haven’t sent in my Moral Character and Fitness Application either. UGH. Why do I do this to myself? The thing has been sitting on my kitchen table for a month already and I’ve yet to even fill in my name.)

Recently I’ve been checking back in with more of the “blawgs” since all the Feb folks are getting ready to start their exams tomorrow… I think I need to stop because it makes me more nervous. How do you study for the Bar? How do you create a study guide for yourself and cover all the subjects? I feel like the MBE isn’t going to be SO bad, because at least some of that stuff is actually still in my head from first year, but what about the California subjects? How am I going to learn those?? One of the blawgers posted a few sample MBE questions on her site, and as I read them, I thought - “Hmm… This doesn’t even look like english to me.” Yeah, THAT’S promising. My next mission for Bar preparation is to find out how to make a study plan. What to include, how many MBE’s/Essays/Practice Tests I should try to take each day or each week. I don’t even know where to begin, but there’s got to be some information out there somewhere.

In non-law school news, my old roommate from SF just called me the other day and said that I could stay in her place, alone, for FREE during half the summer while she travels around Europe. A 3 bdrm apt in The City all to myself for a month and a half… I have to admit that it wasn’t so much the “free” part that got me as the “alone.” The thought of possibly never again having my own place has made me physically ill at moments. Sometimes I love having a roommate, other times I long for the total anonymity and freedom that comes with living tout seul. I can’t believe this opportunity just dropped in my lap. I feel like it’s another sign that this is the right thing for me to do, the right place for me to be.

Yes, I'm Moral... I mean, I did pass the MPRE.

After spending the last three years on the East Coast, I'm ready to go home to my gorgeous Golden State - I've decided to the take the July 2007 California Bar. I could've chosen any of the other 49 states, since I don't have a job lined up yet, but I think it's best if I return to San Francisco, the beautiful City by the Bay. The CA bar is a little intimidating, though. To get myself in the right mindset, I started searching the 'net and found all these great blogs written by other law students who took the Bar in 2006 (or are taking the Feb '07 Bar). Their posts have actually been quite helpful and informative, so I am inspired to post my thoughts and comments on bar preparation (and the last semester of school) in the hopes that someday, some other anxious 3L will come across my blog and get some use out of these words.

Right now, the Moral Character and Fitness Application is burning a hole on my kitchen table. I printed it out about a month ago, looked it over, and have not picked it up since. They want to know things like - "Have you ever been late on paying a bill?" Which is not exactly a topic I want to discuss considering how my financial savvy is not so savvy anymore. But I suppose I need to suck it up and complete the thing so if - i mean *when* - I pass the Bar, maybe my character will receive the state seal of approval as well.