2L is the new black (my version of Hello Muddah, Hello Fuddah)

Goodbye Law School, Goodbye 1L
Now I’m down to my last brain cell
My exams are all completed
But I fear my social skills have been deleted

Legal Research, I Google statutes
Don't use Westlaw[1] for finding lawsuits
So long Lexis[2], I don't need ya
Everything I need to know is on Wikipedia

The acronym’s what lawyers dream of
But the footnote is their true love
You better cite it, if you state it
And if all else fails at least abbreviate it

Legal Writing, made me tired
Wrote lots of memos, as required
One thing continues to evade us
And that's why something called a "brief" is thirty pages

So long, Con Law[3], we spent hours
On enumerated powers
Thanks to you, Mister Marbury
To "say what the law is"[4] is for the judiciary

Reading the Supreme Court's interpretation
Of questionable legislation
New words they’re constantly inventing[5]
And why is Justice Scalia always dissenting?

Offer, Acceptance, Consideration[6]
Contracts - my Friday night obligation
We type - Prof lectures from the casebook
He doesn't know we're really messaging on Facebook[7]

Goodbye Civ Pro[8] - you make me weary
Jurisdiction, the doctrine of Erie[9]
My final test may not be perfect
So for my grade I move for a directed verdict

Bye “Hotel Boley[10]” (that’s the name I chose)
‘Cuz most guests are reading with their eyes closed
Try reading caselaw, before you judge me
And you too will soon be dreaming of your Snuggie

Black Student Union, See ya in September
From your one Caucasian member
With Latino Law[11] you’re not competing
But if you’d serve tacos I might actually attend a meeting

Summer will fly by and soon I’ll be back
I hear 2L is the new black
Again I’ll do it, in true “Kim” style
Casebook in hand, in three-inch heels and with a smile :)




[1] Westlaw is one of the primary online legal research services for lawyers and legal professionals in the United States . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westlaw
[2] LexisNexis is a popular searchable archive of content from newspapers, magazines, legal documents and other printed sources. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LexisNexis
[3] Like I said, if there isn’t an acronym you must abbreviate. Con Law is short for Constitutional Law.
[4] Marbury v. Madison , 5 U.S. 137, 177 (U.S. 1803)
[5]Most of these my spellcheck doesn’t know including justiciability, appealability, forseeability, unconscionability, tortfeasors, tortious, and many others.
[6] The three elements of a contract
[7] If you don’t know what Facebook is, you’ve been spending way too much time reading things with footnotes.
[8] Abbreviation for Civil Procedure, a required class for all 1Ls to learn the rules of court. I suppose if it doesn't kill you, it makes you stronger.
[9] Boring stuff we learned about in Civ Pro. Basically, if you have a case in federal court between citizens of two different states this is what tells you which jurisdiction’s laws to apply blah blah blah.
[10]This is what I call the Boley Law Library
[11] Latino Law Society. I’m not a member, but I hope to add this to my resume next year. I did receive an invitation to the National Latino Law Student Association, but they don’t give out free tacos.