Hi, all! This is a super-quick update.
First, I just thought I'd let you know that the layout of my blog is less ugly.
Second, thought I'd let you know I changed my major, from Literary Arts, which was somewhat unrelated to the work I've been doing, to American Civilization with a focus in Gender and Healthcare. I think this will be far more helpful in achieving my law school goals.
Third, the Center for Sexual Pleasure and Health is moving--two doors away. It will still be in the Grant building at 250 Main Street in Pawtucket, but it will be relocated to a larger space, which it desperately needs. We start painting in a few days!
Fourth, the RI NOW PAC's endorsements will be rolling out soon, so stay tuned.
Fifth, I have continued to study for the LSAT, and I now recommend the ExamKrackers book for logical reasoning questions. Way cheaper than PowerScore and way less dense/dull/time-consuming. Oh, I am continuously on the search for an LSAT buddy in the Providence area, so if you know anyone, please let me know!
Take care.
Showing posts with label Law School. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Law School. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Good News and Bad News
The good news is, I went to the intern breakfast for the Center for Sexual Pleasure and Health yesterday, and it was awesome. I met three of the other interns, and they seem great. I'm really excited to be working with them, and I think our skills complement each others' in a great way. Also, Megan, as usual, is fantastic, and I'm glad I'll be working with someone who is as passionate about sex ed and helping people as I am. She also knows Carolyn from RI NOW! No one out of state understands how small a world Rhode Island is, particularly the world of women's issues and sexuality studies. My good friends Abigail and Sara are also working in the area at Planned Parenthood and Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence, respectively, and we run in the same circles constantly, because everyone here overlaps in other organizations.
Speaking of overlap in organizations, one of my jobs for both CSPH and RI NOW are to organize student groups at Brown so that they can all receive the same information. I definitely want an umbrella organization system to happen so that everyone involved in female-positive, sex-positive, queer-positive groups can at least be on the same listserv. It is absurd how many events one can miss just because they're on the listserv of one group instead of another. I think increasing communication between the groups is crucial, and I'm more than happy to make this my project for the summer.
Then there's the bad news. The bad news is, I didn't do so great on the LSAT. I'm not super-shocked that I didn't do as well as I'd wanted, but I did nearly 10 points below what I was averaging in practice exams. I think I need to work on my stamina, and hopefully in September I'll be able to do better. I need to figure out how to work in 4-hour chunks, though, because the only thing I did "poorly" in my studying was that I'd complete half a test at a time because that's as much time as I had to work with in one block. I'm a busy chica, and I'd fit my studying around the rest of my schedule. I guess I'm going to have to sacrifice more weekend time and possibly not sleep as often during the next few months. It'll be worth it, though, if I can increase my score and get into a decent law program.
I'm bummed, but I meditated a bit and realized that it's not the end of the world (and my score wasn't even that horrific, just wasn't up to my desired par), and that I do have the chance to try again before application season hits. Maybe I'll just apply to the University of Hawaii and learn the law in beautiful weather.
Take care.
Speaking of overlap in organizations, one of my jobs for both CSPH and RI NOW are to organize student groups at Brown so that they can all receive the same information. I definitely want an umbrella organization system to happen so that everyone involved in female-positive, sex-positive, queer-positive groups can at least be on the same listserv. It is absurd how many events one can miss just because they're on the listserv of one group instead of another. I think increasing communication between the groups is crucial, and I'm more than happy to make this my project for the summer.
Then there's the bad news. The bad news is, I didn't do so great on the LSAT. I'm not super-shocked that I didn't do as well as I'd wanted, but I did nearly 10 points below what I was averaging in practice exams. I think I need to work on my stamina, and hopefully in September I'll be able to do better. I need to figure out how to work in 4-hour chunks, though, because the only thing I did "poorly" in my studying was that I'd complete half a test at a time because that's as much time as I had to work with in one block. I'm a busy chica, and I'd fit my studying around the rest of my schedule. I guess I'm going to have to sacrifice more weekend time and possibly not sleep as often during the next few months. It'll be worth it, though, if I can increase my score and get into a decent law program.
I'm bummed, but I meditated a bit and realized that it's not the end of the world (and my score wasn't even that horrific, just wasn't up to my desired par), and that I do have the chance to try again before application season hits. Maybe I'll just apply to the University of Hawaii and learn the law in beautiful weather.
Take care.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
End of April Update
So my life has been fairly insane lately, but I thought I'd update in this brief period when I should be paying attention to my co-ed literary fraternity's poetry meter workshop (they're analyzing the meter of Lady GaGa's Bad Romance, it's pretty epic).
THINGS I HAVE DONE/AM DOING:
- Continue to volunteer for Betsy Dennigan, going to be assigned press releases to write closer to the primary in September. Tomorrow I'll be representing Betsy at a peace conference in Roger Williams Park's Botanical Gardens (Click on the brochure in the top portion of the page to see details.) She can't go because she has a different event to attend, but she is a sponsor of the event, so I've been appointed to go in her place.
- Attended escort training for Planned Parenthood, where I will help women pass through crouwds of protesters on scheduled abortion days to get from the parking lot to the building across the street.
- I'm meeting with Carolyn Mark, president of RI NOW, to discuss my being their Political Action Committee intern. This will involve a lot of lobbying, researching laws, and testifying at bill hearings.
- Been completely inspired by James Forman Jr., who spoke at a Careers in the Common Good informal info session about Public Interest Law at Brown earlier this week. Hearing his story made me feel far better about my decision to pursue law school, that I won't lose my entire soul or my reasons for attending, and that I can really make a difference one day. I just need to remind myself why I'm there and avoid the herd. Basically, I need to find awesome friends at a good school so we can keep each other's morale up against the suits that dominate the field. I can do that. I'm doing it at Brown, I did it in high school, and I have faith that I can continue to do so in the future. I'm going to see if I'll be able to volunteer a few hours a week at the Public Defenders office. I think that's the best way to get real experience with the law and, as I always strive to do, with ground myself to understand the people that laws not only affect, but should be built around.
- Trying to get back into Brown following my leave. I'm getting some of my friends to edit the letter I've written, and I already have the letters of recommendation I need done. I'm pretty excited to go back--leave has been a priceless experience, but I need to graduate.
That's all for now. Take care.
THINGS I HAVE DONE/AM DOING:
- Continue to volunteer for Betsy Dennigan, going to be assigned press releases to write closer to the primary in September. Tomorrow I'll be representing Betsy at a peace conference in Roger Williams Park's Botanical Gardens (Click on the brochure in the top portion of the page to see details.) She can't go because she has a different event to attend, but she is a sponsor of the event, so I've been appointed to go in her place.
- Attended escort training for Planned Parenthood, where I will help women pass through crouwds of protesters on scheduled abortion days to get from the parking lot to the building across the street.
- I'm meeting with Carolyn Mark, president of RI NOW, to discuss my being their Political Action Committee intern. This will involve a lot of lobbying, researching laws, and testifying at bill hearings.
- Been completely inspired by James Forman Jr., who spoke at a Careers in the Common Good informal info session about Public Interest Law at Brown earlier this week. Hearing his story made me feel far better about my decision to pursue law school, that I won't lose my entire soul or my reasons for attending, and that I can really make a difference one day. I just need to remind myself why I'm there and avoid the herd. Basically, I need to find awesome friends at a good school so we can keep each other's morale up against the suits that dominate the field. I can do that. I'm doing it at Brown, I did it in high school, and I have faith that I can continue to do so in the future. I'm going to see if I'll be able to volunteer a few hours a week at the Public Defenders office. I think that's the best way to get real experience with the law and, as I always strive to do, with ground myself to understand the people that laws not only affect, but should be built around.
- Trying to get back into Brown following my leave. I'm getting some of my friends to edit the letter I've written, and I already have the letters of recommendation I need done. I'm pretty excited to go back--leave has been a priceless experience, but I need to graduate.
That's all for now. Take care.
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