Happy Monday!
Loyal Docket followers, we sincerely hope you all had fantastic weekends, filled with all your favorite Halloweeny things, whether that means small, adorable humans in costumes knocking on your door or larger, adorable humans making you drinks.
This week, as you realize you've recovered from the frenzy of spring registration and can now panic about encroaching finals, this week's bloggers Paul Black and Jena Jolissaint offer refreshing reminders to keep your perspective. Highlights include planned time off (what?!) and a blog about RWA complete with references to Plato, Socrates, Descartes, Hegel, Sisyphus (naturally), Bill Murray, and Lisa Simpson all in the same blog. Meanwhile, Diane Kim's countdown continues and Awesome Thing #47 is revealed.
New blogger Robert Dukes begins his mission to keep the school informed of legal news happening locally. This is a great blog that could prove very helpful to those of us hoping to hang around the ATL after we graduate.
But wait! There's more: another perfect illustration of a landmark case from Attorney at LOLcats genius Ian Sansot and a look into the challenges of keeping up the sexy bod while in the time-crunchy, high stress maelstrom of lawschool from Gino Emanuels. Finally, an insider's look at the SBA Halloween Party, including the answer to the question that's been keeping us all up at night. . .who won the costume contest.
Law students face unique difficulties with GSU Financial Aid Office
An opinions article by Patrick Wheaton, 2L
The GSU College of Law is a surprisingly outstanding institution. I say surprisingly because in general, Georgia State University has a well-established reputation for bureaucratic dysfunction. Yet, the College of Law manages to overcome this reputation and provide outstanding support to its students. Regrettably, the same cannot be said of those responsibilities that the College of Law, for whatever reason, outsources to the University.
Deans respond to accusations of "Class reservations"
Dean Sobelson had this to say about recent "troubling student behavior during registration" in an email to all students:
SBA Halloween Spectacular
The Docket would like to present all the creative costumes from this year's successful SBA Halloween Party.
1st place went to Mark Loggins, 2L, who was Alan from the Hangover.
Mark Loggins as Alan
A special nod to his fellow partners in crime, also from The Hangover.
Casey Viggiano, Sheldon Dartt, Mark Loggins, Gino Emanuels, and Eric Tatum
Non-bar fitness: Keeping in shape while the library beckons
A features article by Gino Emanuels (2L)
What's Happening Around Atlanta
A blog by Robert Dukes, 2L
November 1, 2009
Hello, everyone. This is my initial blog for the fall 2009 semester. I know that as law students we are very busy reading cases for class and writing legal memos on a range of topics. My goal for this blog is to hopefully keep you updated on current legal issues and practice areas locally.
Some recent developments for the last two weeks include a lawsuit against a Marietta based pharmaceutical company and an analysis of Chapter 7 bankruptcy filings in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Georgia.