hitting my stride

Well it's almost one month into my second year here at the LLSOP, and I really feel like I'm beginning to hit my stride. Second year is a completely different beast. One of the things that I like is that I get to take the classes that I want (well subject to balloting). It's one thing to have read 50-60 pages a night, but it's a whole other thing to read 50-60 pages a night of stuff you are interested in.

My courses this term include Evidence, Environmental Law, International Law, Indian and Aboriginal Law, Law Reform and Law Review. Yes six courses. Law Review really isn't a full course, but one I'll do all year. Next term I get to drop one course in lieu of the work I do in Law Review.

For those non-lawyers out there, the law review is a scholarly journal published by the LLSOP. 18 students (9 3rd yr and 9 2nd year) form an editorial board which makes decisions on what articles are published, and other editorial (and editing) tasks.

Also, this year, all of my marks don't rest on one 3-hour final exam. In two of my courses, I get to do papers. One major paper (worth 100%) is on environmental protection of arctic waters, while another (worth 60%) is likely going to be on reforming Saskatchewan's Human Rights Code. I know these may sound dry to many of you, but for me it's like a kid in a candy store. Somewhere along the way, I became a law school nerd, I'm not sure when it happened but I'm coming to terms with it.