Networking
An extreme sport.
My brain is literally about to explode from the amount of information that has been bestowed upon me this past week. I’m suffering from one of the worst headaches I’ve ever experienced as I’m writing this, and I think that is a sure sign that I may have overextended myself this week.
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It feels like ages ago that I had just completed my Torts midterm, but that was only on Monday. On top of that, my Civ Pro professor gave us one of the most confusing quizzes I’ve encountered so far from him. At first, I thought that I just wasn’t understanding supplemental jurisdiction well — and that may very well still be the case — but after talking to all of my classmates, it seems as though the questions made absolutely no sense to anyone. We all knew how to apply the appropriate rules and regulations, but when it came to picking the right answer, there didn’t seem to be one that existed. After we all got our scores back and realized that we collectively did horribly on the quiz, we started nitpicking at the questions and answers, sending countless emails to our professor to try and convince him why our answers were correct. That in itself could’ve been a separate quiz testing our negotiation skills, but all in all, it was super frustrating.
In the second half of the week, I then had to switch gears to start focusing on the Contracts midterm in a couple of weeks. Don’t tell anyone, but I haven’t even started my outline for that class. My brain has not had a single chance to even process the fact that I just took a midterm. On top of all that, writing memos and having them graded extremely meticulously was also a major stressor of the week. I’d barely submitted my memo assignment this morning after finally convincing myself to stop obsessing over the thing and accept the fact that I did my best.
Then, my parents were in town from Thursday to this morning. Seeing them again was bittersweet, but always a fun time. I knew more of the town this time around and was able to show them some of the cool spots that I was able to find on my own when my head wasn’t buried in cases. My mom is a big fan of this city, and I don’t blame her. I fall more in love with it every day, and it’s certainly not a bad place to be stressing about law school either. They ended their visit by taking me to a nice steakhouse, and now I have leftovers to replace the meal prepping that I was not able to do this weekend.
Speaking of this weekend, I was able to go to one of my very first networking events! The Black Law Student Association here hosted a barbecue event where I got to talk to Black judges and attorneys, and I left with way more information than I could’ve possibly bargained for, hence the massive headache. It was extremely fun though, and now I have even more homework in terms of following up with my new connections. I am looking forward to building those connections and more, and I think that was a perfect event for me to start off with since it was so laid back. I am excited to go to more events down the line, and my planner will be filled to the brim now with even more opportunities to come.
