Very Elle Woods during the climactic part of the movie with music

Week 7?? More like week 7 hundred!!! I feel like I've been in law school forever!!!

I heard one of my classmates tell another 1L in the hallway a few days ago that we have read 107 cases since our first day of classes. I can honestly say that I really have read and briefed every one of them. I wish I could also honestly say that I read everyone of them because I was vigorously trying to learn everything about the subject that I could. The truth is that some nights after 8 hours of studying already, the only motivation I have to read and brief a case is the knowledge that there is a chance that I will get called on to stand in class and present the case. To me, that's fundamental in law school. The teachers ask you to stand and usually keep you standing anywhere from 5 minutes to the duration of the class depending on how they are feeling. If you do well everyone knows it, and if you don't...it ruins your day.

Last Friday all of my reading paid off when I was called on for the first time in Property. It was the last class before the weekend and my mind was already taking a nap when I hear "Miss McKinney, will you please stand and tell us about this case?" My first instinct was to freak out, but I remembered that I had just taken notes on this case during lunch and so I just start saying what I remember. I grab my notes and he starts asking me questions pertaining to what he wants us to get out of the case. To make a long story short I knew what I was talking about. I did really well and the prof was pleased. Several classmates found me after and told me how impressed they were. My heart was so full of joy at that moment because everything I had worked so hard to learn since August was all worth while finally!

It was the BEST start to a weekend I've ever had, and I even sang karaoke that night to celebrate!

So my first "getting called on" experience in law school came and went, and as most attorney's say I will always remember it!