Career Satisfaction

He’s thinking, “I hate my job.”

So as you can imagine I’ve been thinking a lot recently about careers. I have several paths in front of me. In fact, I can still do just about anything I want. Here’s what’s going through my head. I’m going to be doing this job for hours and hours a [...]

First U.S. war crimes trial starts at Guantanamo

(I borrow my title from a reuters.com article)

The Supreme Court ruled that Terrorists can take their cases before an American military court and that’s just what they’re doing. This is the first time this has happened since the Nuremberg trials of WWII.

I read this book in December and I highly recommend it. It outlines the [...]

War on Drug Cartels: We’re Losing.

“Cocaine is God’s way of saying you’re making too much money” – Robin Williams

…a typical scam[:] A cartel member… volunteered to become a DEA informant for pay. A few weeks later the “informant” reached out to his DEA handlers and told them that a major drug shipment, a million dollars of marijuana, hidden inside a [...]

I’m not Suicidal: of Girlfriends and LSATs :(

What a horrible past few days. Especially the past 24 hours. Just awful. Terrible, horrible, no good very bad day. I can’t remember a worse 24 hours in a long long time. Everything was going my way just 2 days ago and now I’m left with a hope and a prayer. Luckily, as my mom [...]

Law School Admissions Test: my experience

Feel free not to read this. I ramble… a.. Lot.
Ok, so the LSAT is one of the two biggest factors law school admissions councils look at to weed out potential candidates (along with GPA). While different schools apply different weights to various criteria, some consider the LSAT the top indicator of first year performance (which [...]

George v LSAC: Law School Numbers

Disclaimer to my Mom: I’m going to talk about my college GPA, but not in specifics. So you’re free to read on… if not I can’t blame you.

Further Warning: This post may not be too interesting to you, but I needed tangentially vent what runs though my head every day now that law school admissions [...]

FLDS Polygamy and Family Law

I am going to law school because I’m interested in family law. Divorce, mediation, child custody/advocacy, and visitation rights. So the unprecedented events in San Angelo Texas are completely fascinating to me. Unless you live under a rock, I’m sure you’ve heard about it so I won’t bother going over background. Google it if you [...]

Practice LSAT take 1

So I sat for my first proctored practice LSAT this morning. Now, there is a bit of background to consider here. First, for law school admissions, your LSAT score can be/is even more weighted than your GPA! Yikes! Imagine- four years of college overshadowed by a four hour test. Ok so it’s important, got that? [...]

My Timeline: Now til Graduation

So here’s where I am in life… I’m headed toward law school and trying to get my ducks in a row. Right now I am in a law lecture series. Lawyers come speak to our class about their specialty: corporate law, criminal law, ACLU, legislature, etc. I’ve enjoyed the class immensely. I’d recommend it to [...]

Rule of Law: Will of the People

Sadly. By my calculation (the computing power of a 10 year old) Obama has a better chance of winning than Billary and much much better than McCain. So, am I giving up hope? No, but baring a miracle it’ll be Barack Hussein Obama.
I’d like to add another thought or two to a previous thread. Rideronthet [...]

Mandated Welfare is not Charity

post I stole from
Latter-day Center for Moral Liberalism.
“For when aid becomes institutionalized, gratitude is replaced with a sense of entitlement, even of demands for aid, and deep resentment toward the wealthy who unjustly hoard the world’s wealth.”
“Christ’s plan is all about agency, and as such, persuasion, whereas the Adversary of Our Soul’s plan is [...]

Is the LDS Church Political?

“The Church’s mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ, not to elect politicians. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is neutral in matters of party politics…
The Church does not:

Endorse, promote or oppose political parties, candidates or platforms…

The Church does:

Reserve the right as an [...]

Apostasy and Mercy Explained for Bored in Vernal

I have found a blog through a friend called Hieing to Kolob. It’s written by a very liberal feminist called Bored in Vernal whom I find a curious person and disagree with her on almost all points (I hope she links back to read this article- I’d love to get her feedback). Though personally concerned [...]

LDS Newsroom: Constitutional Ammendment defining Marriage

The LDS Newsroom has great interviews with and statements by the Prophets and Apostles on vital matters. I’ll be looking through it and doing write ups. Here Public Affairs interviews Elders Oaks on homo-marriage. I highly recommend looking over the site, but for now, here’s a few excerpts on this topic with more to come:

(P.s. [...]

Morality: Legislate or Keep to Yourself?

“Is it wrong for a person to gamble, smoke marijuana, or marry someone of the same sex? Says who? Who are we to tell other people what to do with their own lives? Does right and wrong exist? If so, who decides what is right and wrong and to whom it applies? The answer to [...]

Why Gospel Principles should be used to approach any Policy

Here’s a great relevant article for those interested.
Because the Gospel is not just a collection of platitudes and “I luv Jeebus” warm fuzzies. It’s a set of eternal principles to be applied in all sorts of circumstances. I’ve heard the argument “Yeah, well, situations in which the Church has an Official Stance, I’ll go with [...]

Brainstorming

Sorry I haven’t blogged recently, I’ve been a bit busy and trying to think of topics to cover. There were a few ideas I thought of, but being a lazy person, when it came down to it, decided not to bother. Looking at other people’s blogs (see Links), it became apparent that people tend to [...]

What can your J.D. do for you

I’ve written some blogs in the past on possible paths for me to follow. Now that I am a few months farther along, why not take a moment to look into a few legal paths… What to do with a J.D.
Well strictly speaking there are the traditional careers in transaction and litigation.
Transactional law has more [...]

LAW SCHOOL

The name of my blog implies a wandering soul. This post will prove that I am indeed just that. According to early posts in this blog, I have been considering my professional post-bachelor’s options. The front-running candidate thus far has been a PhD in clinical psychology. The reasoning being that said degree would enable me [...]