From the Single Mom's Law School Experience, then "Almost Attorney" to FINALLY an Esquire!: Friday Night Bar Review

Monday, April 12, 2010

Friday Night Bar Review

Went with the ladies of Willamette [well 4 of us] to go to our first, and last bar review ever! Can't say I was missing much by skipping out on them.......if you have seen a bar, and drunk college students, you have seen bar review.

What I have been missing out on is getting to know these ladies outside of class or school. This is what made the evening GREAT. We had fun together, laughing hilariously, and generally just blowing off steam. This is going to be a little regret of mine, that I did not take more time to get to know some of my classmates.

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Lots of people ask me: how do you do it? How do you attend law school and raise a child alone? My answer is simply that you prioritize. You approach school as an 8 to 5 job. I take Friday evenings and Saturday's off. Study a bit on Sundays. For me this works. It means not being a part of the "social" things at school, and that time between your classes is in the library studying. But that's okay. You will have different goals then the students who are single with no children.

How do you afford it? Student loans........yes, you heard me. My reasoning is that my earning capacity will double, but likely triple, which means that I can afford to take on the debt to pay for a better future for my daughter and I.

Does you daughter resent you studying? No. Sometimes she gets frustrated, but she really does understand the bigger picture. She is my biggest supporter. I have learned to include her by taking her to class with me when I can, by having her help me study with flash cards, and by taking her to appropriate events at school. In fact, I did an incoming student panel one year, and the administration of the school had her speak as well. We are a team, and that includes this journey.