Law Students Shine at SBA & SELS Talent Show

By Elisa Wong, 2L
1 February, 2012

Long Live The Docket!

Hello Law Panthers,

This is our first posting for the 2011-2012 academic year. You can contribute to the student body by writing an article -- write about anything you want!

In our house, there are shared spaces, and then there are spaces that have been claimed, either expressly or by implication, by one resident or another.  For example: my office (mine), Scott's office (Scott's), the living room couch (Maggie's) or Scott's Armchair (Buster's).  I consider the kitchen to be largely mine, by virtue of the amount of time I spend in there puttering, cooking and avoiding homework.  There is a doorway between the kitchen and Scott's office that has been doorless since we moved in. 

A blog by Tiffany Patrick, 1L

Super Simple Salads

Since summer is quickly approaching and the weather is warming up, I decided to conclude my blog for the semester with an entry about salads. My reasoning is two-fold. First, during the summer people tend to spend a lot more time engaging in outdoor activities and sometimes if you’ve just eaten a heavy meal and it’s hot outside, it can be pretty painful to even walk because the heat and a heavy meal just do not mix well. And salads are a light, safe-if-you’re-going-to-be-outside-right-after-eating meal. Second, up until this point my blog has been filled mainly with fattening (although delicious!) recipes and I figured I should at least attempt to provide some semi-healthy recipes because eating healthy is definitely very important. So here goes, my top three salad recipes. . .

A blog by Anna Adams, 1L

Should you take MARTA?  

Throughout this semester, I have recounted crazy stories reminiscent of the smells and scares of MARTA; however, please believe me when I say that it is not all bad. As my last blog of the semester, I think it is also important to mention the advantages of taking MARTA (yes, they do exist!). For those of you who are not sure which form of transportation you will take to school next year, I have listed what I believe are the pros and cons of taking MARTA.

A blog by Jena Jolissaint, 2L

Rant, Rave, Release

For this, my final blog of the year and thus my last word (in semi-public, at least) on the 2011 Legislative Session under the gold dome, it makes sense to do a rundown of the highs, lows, and general hilarity that is how bills get made (or, you know, don’t) in Georgia. I’ve never been one of those people to thrive on the suffering of others. For instance, I didn’t get a kick out of couples fighting when I was single, or get excited when my classmates have technical difficulties during a particularly brutal final exam. But, somehow, when there is an epic battle for dominance within the Republican party it just tickles me to no end.  The debate surrounding Senate Bill 36 gave me just the lift I needed after a series of bills so boring and uncontroversial I would have surely dozed off had it not been for the fact that the Speaker kept fussing at everyone for chattering and threatening to use the gavel.
SB 36 creates a state digital database for prescription drugs, which seems pretty basic. However, the debate raged on for almost two hours, which just goes to show you what can happen when a party’s investment in resisting the nanny state clashes with their desire to criminalize substance abuse problems as much as humanly possible. I thought it was interesting that the sponsor for this bill (1) told stories from his home district that inspired the bill (about kids who died after drinking while taking oxycotin and xanax recreationally) and (2) made it clear that it was originally a House bill that had been amended by the senate and sent back (because it illustrated the battle between the chambers to own particular bills). It was also funny that he mentioned that doctors don’t have to be afraid of those “crazy trial lawyers” because doctors who do not participate in the database are explicitly not liable for failure to participate. And by funny, I mean less “ha ha” and more “totally irrational,” since the triumphant rise of SB 210 shows us that tort reform is a relative term, and doesn’t apply when the goal is to make it even more difficult for women in Georgia to access the abortion to which they have a right under the Constitution. But I digress.