Justin and Aaron's Get Together 2005

On Saturday Justin and Aaron had us over for a fun little party. Very relaxed, and not too many of us so we really got to hang out.

Aaron and Justin

Brian, Jeremy, Julie, and Elizabeth

Audra and Brian

Me and Seth, looks like maybe Sarah behind my arm

Girls' Weekend 2005

Last year, my college girlfriends and I went to the beach for our first annual "Girls Weekend." This year, the summer got away from us, so the girls decided to come visit me at my new place. Since I was up in Arlington for Michelle and John's wedding on Friday, Friday night we all slept over Janice's apartment near Pentagon City. Saturday, we bought a bunch of orange shirts, drove to Charlottesville and went to the UVA football game against W. Michigan. GW didn't have a football team so it was a novelty for all of us.

Me, Janice, Laurie, Megan, and Christina

Trying to figure out how to get to the game... (Where does this bus take me?)

Megan and Laurie chilling

W. Michigan v. UVA Football Game!! UVA wins!

Sunday, we had brunch on the Mall, followed it up with some gelato at Splendora's, and then caught a movie. We ate so much for dinner that we had a strange hodge-podge for dinner that included Megan's spinach dip bread bowl, Christina's crab dip, and ice cream cake... because that's how we roll.

Christina and Megan

Laurie and Janice missing Soraya.

Me, Megan, Christina, Janice, Laurie

Movie snacks

Hurray!

Thanks for an awesome weekend girls! And thanks for being some of my first visitors!

Michelle and John's Wedding 2005

I went back to Northern Virginia this weekend for Michelle and John's wedding. I got a ride up with one of Michelle's friends that is also studying in Charlottesville and was also going to the wedding. The ceremony and reception were at Crystal Square in Arlington, Virginia. It was a lovely wedding. Congratulations!

Ceremony

Wedding cake


He sang to her! How romantic!

Cheers!

Me and Michelle

1L Fall Schedule

Criminal Law, M-F, 9-10am,  Professor Jeffries.

Contracts, T, W, Th, F, 10:30-11:30 am, Professor Leslie

Civil Procedure, T,  Th, F, 1:30-2:45 pm, Professor Ortiz

Legal Research & Writing, W, 1:30-2:30 pm, Professor Moran

Torts, M, W, Th, 3-4:15 pm, Professor Abraham

First Day of Law School 2005

Yesterday was the first day of law school! We all take the same classes first semester: Contacts, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law, Torts, and "Legal Research & Writing."

Feeling very "Legally Blond"

The entire class is divided into "sections" A-L. I'm in Section B, and we have all 5 classes together. For Contracts (with Professor Leslie) and Legal Research & Writing (with Professor Moran) our small section is alone. Civil Procedure (with Professor Ortiz) we take with Section I, so we're getting to know them better than most. Criminal Law (with Dean Jeffries) and Torts (with Professor Abraham) we take in large lecture halls with multiple sections.

The law school

The law school is beautiful, but my favorite place by far is the library.

How can you not love this?


Little walled garden that's surrounded by law school.

Law School Orientation 2005

I'm finally on email now that orientation was yesterday. We met everyone in the section and I like most of the people. Everything is going pretty well so far except I have a ton of homework already.

Pre-orientation photo 

They called us for directory pictures during our lunch break- no pressure that's just the picture tied to our email for the next three years!

Some kid had a nervous breakdown during "the name game." It was like a horrible train wreck. I mean I was a little nervous too, but he completely lost his cool and even said "screw you all" to our entire section. It was really painful to watch in a George Costanza way.

Speaking of the name game, we have a ridiculous number of "J" names in our section: Jane, Jeremy Jerry, Jim, Joe, Jon, Josh, Josh, Julie, Justin, Justin. It's going to make learning everyone's names an interesting challenge.

We also have three Australian guys in our section this semester: Matt, Paul, and Adam. They're doing a semester abroad as part of their undergraduate Australian legal degrees. Sounds cheaper than our system!

Friends Over 2005

I had Tommy, Akure, and Seth over my apartment for drinks last night. We were a little nervous about Orientation today.... more on that tomorrow. We got our section assignments on Friday and we're all in different sections which is a little sad. You spend a lot of time with your section.

Tommy enjoying one of my wine coolers (Section D or E, I forget)

Akure (Section F) and Seth (Section L). I'm Section B.