It is bizarre that a little over a week after graduation I find myself not only back at the law school but back at the same lecture hall and the same subjects from my first year. Two weeks ago (especially after our conference and client meeting up in DC) I was glowing with accomplishment. Look how far I've come! Oh, the places I'll go! Turns out the first place I'll go is right back to the beginning... (insert wry smile here).
I don't have much to say on the topic of Bar Prep at this point as I have accomplished very little thus far. Classes started last Thursday. I can say that learning civil procedure the second time around is no less painful than it was nearly three years ago. Squeezing a semester's worth of lessons into two 3 hour segments is like trying to get a canteloup through something the size of a lemon; it just won't fit (can I get a summary judgment on that?). By the end of each tutorial my brain is soup and I am good for nothing which rather interferes with my self-study plans. It is also harder in that I am learning solely for information this time around and with no interest in edification. I consequently find it rather hard to motivate myself (especially when combined with aforementioned soup-brained-ness).
Oh well. I'll stop kivetching for today and finish up with Secured Transaction and hope that tomorrow is a better (more productive!) day!
