PALS Meeting Today -- Exam Preparation

PALS is having a brown-bag lunch meeting today, Nov. 24, at 12:30 in Room 212-213. We are hoping that 2L and 3L members will come to share their study strategies with the 1Ls, who are busy preparing for their first exams. How were you able to prepare for exams and still have time to spend with your family? How much time did you spend outlining? Is it worth taking the time to do practice exams? Which commerical aids (if any) did you find helpful? Please leave some advice for 1Ls in the comments.

Parental Prejudice?

Check out: The Wall Street Journal law blog article: Women in BigLaw Pounding Against the Glass Ceiling? http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2008/11/17/women-in-biglaw-pounding-against-the-glass-ceiling/
Although I'm disturbed by the statistics (provided by the National Association of Women Lawyers surveying large corporate defense firms a.k.a "BigLaw") that "48% of first and second-year associates are women" but only "27% of non-equity partners and less than 16% of equity partners are women." And worse still: "There is also a considerable pay gap. At 99% of the firms, the top-paid partner is a man; on average, male equity partners earn more than $87,000 annually than female equity partners." I am more disturbed by the comments following the article justifying the gaps in pay and promotion by pointing to flex-time and pro-family policies. Bottom line being that some people think that parents can't cut it in "BigLaw" and that it is perceived to be acceptable to withhold promotions and pay from lawyers who take time for family.

More Onesie Designs

Rike got requests for a less serious, more kid-friendly
design.  So here are three more options. The t-romper in
purple "won" the onesie contest, and Rike will
also order some toddler tees! Yeah Rike!
Please let Rike know (by post or email, rike@)
whether you like the more serious options posted
earlier, or any of these three.

Thanks!

UWeek article on the Remote Learning Room

Photo by Kathy Sauber, University Week

The campus e-magazine UWeek has a nice article on the Remote Learning Room. Check it out here:
http://uwnews.org/uweek/article.aspx?visitsource=uwkmail&id=45183
The main page of the e-magazine is here:
http://uwnews.org/uweek/index.aspx

Very cute picture of the Harwoods! What do y'all think of the article?

(Also, as long as you're here, please leave a comment on the onesie post below...)

New Onesies, Let your voice be heard!

Hi, SBA will be ordering new onesies and Rike has asked for our input! Please take the time to look at the options and post your comments.

1) What kind of onesie-type clothing should we order?


http://www.latsportswear.com/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=149

http://www.latsportswear.com/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=116

http://www.latsportswear.com/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=65 (Lilac is
closest to purple for this one)

2) What color?

3) Which of the attached designs to you like, if any?  What other kind of
design might you like?