I'm off to turn in my appellate brief for Legal Research and Writing. For all the anguish I saw it causing around campus all week, I thought it went surprisingly smoothly. I started editing after dinner yesterday and got to bed by 12:30.
Three lessons learned:
1. It is SO much easier to be a respondent than an appellant. Your argument is much simpler, as you just have to say, "Appellants say X, Y, and Z, but they are being ridiculous. The district court was right. They are way smart. And sexy."
2. Microsoft Word has some stupid powerful features. Learn to mark your headings and citations, and it will make the tables for you automatically. This is so cool.
3. Choose your partner well. Mine was randomly assigned, and luckily I got someone of similar temperament who always got her work done with time to spare. Nicole, I love you.
Now, time to go make red cover pages! Whee!
1 comment:
"and sexy." hey T, you're freaking hilarious
ps -- am sad that lsu got whupped so badly
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