Tips for Starting Your 1L year - The 1L & 2L Perspective.

I'm really excited about this post because it has been in the making for some time now. It's the first, and definitely not the last, collaborative piece on Justifiably Blonde. It was such a pleasure to work with Nikki and together I believe we have really hit the nail on the head with some great tips for the beginning of your 1L year. So here is a little about my co-author for today's post.. This...

The Orientation Break Down

So first and foremost, I apologize for being completely MIA for what seems like the last couple of weeks. A ton has been going on from completely Orange Edge to diving right on into Orientation. I know some bloggers like to break up Orientation and do a post for each day but when I started doing that it turned out to be a waste of a post because a lot of what occurred during orientation was informational...

Orange Edge - Worth it or not?

When I finially made the decision to go to Syracuse University for law school I had a freak out moment: How was I going to get back into the swing of school when I've been working for the majority of the year I have had off? Am I going to take notes properly? Read actively? How in the world am I going to do with cold cut calling? I was used to my 8-4, Monday thru Friday schedule with...

The Photo ID Fail

Today I had the WONDERFUL task of completing one of the final items on my entering student checklist form. Let me tell you this was less than fun to do. First of all.... I'm really not sure my school would leave it up to me to take my own ID photo because lets be real.... I took about 100+ photos and hated EVERY.   SINGLE.   ONE. Here's the second crap part about this little...

22 & Still Excited About School Supplies

Yep I'll admit it I'm a 22 year old, soon to be 23, young adult who still gets excited about school supply shopping. I mean really who doesn't get excited about stuff like new pens and not just any new pens but the ONLY pen that makes your writing not look like you were in a rush or just plain chicken scratch. But let me take a second and share a little bit of my anxiety with you about this years...