Aug 12 - After talking with an academic counselor, I decided that it was best if I kept a lighter course load. I'm looking at a long write-on competition for the law reviews this fall semester. Namely, I'm expected to write a 60-page note complete with footnotes. Most people never finish. So I'll still take Business Association & Criminal Procedure. I reluctantly dropped Jurisprudence so I avoid taking day classes 4 days a week. Instead, I'll be talking Trademark and International Business Transactions.
I'm currently in Atlanta today, far removed from where I should be searching for place to live and even farther from where I need to pack my belongings. Yet, through the wonders of modern telecommunications, I am able to make arrangements via the Internet. One minute registering for classes and the next minute I'm browsing through job listings on the Career Services forum. I keep hitting up Craigslist in hopes of finding an apartment nearby campus that's less than $650 (utilities included and furnished) but then again, I've always been the dreamer.
I had just said my farewells to a few of my first-year professors yesterday at Texas Wesleyan. I was scheduled to take Business Associations, Intellectual Property, Constitutional Law, Employment Discrimination, and Professional Responsibility. All fine courses, but perhaps nothing as focused as what American University offers. I just registered for Criminal Procedure (a required course), Business Association (a prequisite for many future courses), Legal Aspects of Foreign Direct Investment, and Jurispurdence. I have yet to determine a final class to round out my 16 hours. Perhaps I'll take a seminar on International Contract Law or Space Law & Satellite Communication. Its difficult to decide between courses of interest and courses of relevance. My interest lie in corporate litigation and international law; but at the same time, my curiosities lie in other topics such as entertainment law and terrorism. A broad field of interest indeed. In the end, I feel it best to follow the advice of my first-year property professor, Professor Short, "take classes where you'll get the best grades."
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