It's about that time of year where I can sit back and reflect on the rapidly-ending semester, consider all I've learned, what I could do better, and what I'm taking away from the experience.  Now, I love Constitutional Law. But my professor, while he'll get your brain pumping, might just help… Read full post »

Growing up, my two best friends, Michelle and Lisa, were both of African-American descent.  My parents' way of living life lead me to believe this was wholly unremarkable. 

My mother is 100% Italian-American and 100% desires to be a soul sista.  Her wish for heaven is that God… Read full post »

It feels strange to return to law school coursework after last week's foray into the "real world."

I caught a terrible cold over the weekend, and last night my throat completely closed up. This morning my voice sounded as though I'd taken a dose of gravel with my morning coffee.  In… Read full post »

Tonight I was talking to  a fabulously cool attorney who went to law school at Loyola in the pre-Katrina years, and recently returned to practice in Nawlins.  She was reflecting on how sad she finds it that kids who were in their early teens five years back during the Katrina disaster… Read full post »

Apparently confidentiality forbade even the incredibly vague posts I'd written earlier this week.  Posts are down until I can edit them. Read full post »

Walking down the empty, echoing coridor from magistrate court this week, for the first time in my life I wondered if I'm tough enough to be a lawyer.

I'm doing some volunteer work this week at an organization that provides legal services to indigent persons who've been arrested.  Confidentialit… Read full post »