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A meme (with homage to Pavlov’s Cat)

December 21, 2008 – 5:25 am

I’ve never done one of these, but right now am feeling relaxed and comfortable enough to make the attempt: I’m tutoring jurisprudence and constitutional law (UK version — parliament always wins) next term (which also means cash on top of the scholarship — always handy), the thesis is going well, and I’ve bitten the career [...]

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‘Some rooms are like cages’

November 29, 2008 – 3:20 pm

Sonny sits by his window and thinks to himself How it’s strange that some rooms are like cages. Sonny’s yearbook from high school Is down from the shelf – And he idly thumbs through the pages. Some have died. Some have fled from themselves. Or struggled from here to get there. – Paul Simon, The [...]

By skepticlawyer | Also posted in Education, Feminism, Personal liberty | Comments (21)

Old friends

October 19, 2008 – 8:02 pm

I caught up with a friend of mine from my UK high school today. We calculated that we hadn’t seen each other for almost 10 years. But it seemed like yesterday that we’d last seen each other, and there were no uncomfortable pauses in conversation (unless you count the moment when my daughter ran in [...]

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Feeling Fat and Frustrated…

October 11, 2008 – 9:35 am

It’s a perk of blogging that I get a platform to whinge. I’ve suddenly reached That Point in my pregnancy. That point of Feeling Fat and Frustrated. You swim along on a tide of hormones, feeling muzzy and happy, but then suddenly you reach the end of your tether. I’m so enormous at the moment [...]

By Legal Eagle | Also posted in Motherhood, Pregnancy | Comments (18)

Maternity leave

September 30, 2008 – 9:50 pm

The law firm for which I worked when I had my daughter did not have paid maternity leave unless you were a partner. As far as I know, only one woman ever met that hurdle. It is a really short-sighted position to take when you are a profitable business with a pretty good turnover. I [...]

By Legal Eagle | Also posted in Children, Feminism, Motherhood, Pregnancy | Comments (48)

Can’t be too long…

September 23, 2008 – 7:37 am

Today I’ve officially got 6 weeks to go until Baby is born. I’d know it wasn’t too far off anyway, because I have been overtaken by some very strange impulses…namely, cleaning impulses. Usually I’m not a very tidy person. Last time, before I had my daughter, I drove my poor husband wild. I tried to [...]

By Legal Eagle | Also posted in Motherhood, Pregnancy | Comments (14)

Accelerated learning comes to Court

September 18, 2008 – 6:00 pm

The mother of a very gifted child is suing the Queensland Government for failing to enrol her 9 year old daughter in Year 8 at a Queensland public school. There is no minimum age for enrollment in high school, but the Queensland Government cited fears over the girl’s social development as a reason for refusing [...]

By Legal Eagle | Also posted in Children, Education, Law, Motherhood, Society | Comments (4)

Lawyer blues

September 18, 2008 – 1:25 pm

I’ve written extensively on this topic before (here, here, here, here and here). It’s one of my bugbears – why are lawyers so prone to depression? Is it something about the kind of person who is attracted to studying law, or is it something which is created by the way in which the law functions? Or [...]

By Legal Eagle | Also posted in Depression, Law | Comments (7)

Illjury prone

September 12, 2008 – 11:00 pm

A friend from uni dubbed me “illjury prone”: meaning illness and injury prone. I can’t really defend myself from this claim with any confidence. I do have a tendency to get into scrapes of one sort and another. Anyway, unfortunately, I’ve had a bit of trouble with my legs and hips over the last two [...]

By Legal Eagle | Also posted in Fark!, Pregnancy | Comments (4)

The day I decided criminal law was not for me…

September 4, 2008 – 6:41 am

When one is young and naive, criminal law seems really exciting. But ultimately, I ended up going down the private law path. This is what happened the day I decided criminal law was not for me. It all started when I had to stand in for a court clerk who was off sick on a day [...]

By Legal Eagle | Also posted in Fark!, Law | Comments (22)