"I'm little drunk on you and high on summertime"

So, this is summer.  Probably the weirdest summer that I can remember, especially given that, over the past five summers, I have lived in a foreign country three times.  In that light, living in Champaign is one of the least interesting things I've done.  Add to that the bar studying, on my own and in class, and you start to have a recipe for a "meh" summer.  The aforementioned notwithstanding, this summer is off to a really interesting start.  I am doing a public interest fellowship at the legal aid office in town, and that has to be the best part of the summer so far.  The people are wonderful, especially my supervising attorney, and I have been thrown into a number of interesting assignments and cases there.  I will mainly be working on family law cases, and I am excited to have the opportunity to appear in court, especially before the judge I externed for during 2L year.  It's strange to have come full-circle in some ways--starting law school with the intention of litigating, spending most of law school focusing on transactional work, and now litigating for the summer.  Of course, that will be somewhat short-lived given that I will likely being transactional work when I start my job in October, but who knows?!?!?  The possibilities are endless.

In any case, I am looking forward to my fellowship work.  It is one of the only things that is going to keep me sane while I have so much fun studying for the bar.  On that note, I apologize if my blog becomes inactive, boring, whiney, yadda yadda yadda.  Inevitably, it will, and, when that happens, know that it is nothing personal--well, for some of you, it's personal.  Just kidding.

Until that time comes, I'm going to try to keep it interesting with updates about what I'm up to.  For now, that consists of spending way too much time reading for fun, changing my diet back to what it used to be in an effort to combat the effects of my inability to run, and running between bar study and my fellowship.  To everyone who knows me, this juggling act is a perfect way for me to stay happy...hopefully.

Besito,
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