Orientation - Day 2

The perfect follow-up to a rough day is an early morning wake-up the ensuing morning. I should have known this was coming. It is as if the forces that drive the earth in orbit and invented the middle finger were the same ones who were the decision makers when it came time to plan the second-day orientation schedule - these are the same persons who control the climate in an effort to drive me mad.

I awake at 6:45AM, as our day was to begin at 8:00AM. We were instructed to arrive comfortable and prepared to enjoy the day as it would be the easiest day of my first year of law school. They were correct.

The National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) was going to put on a show for us: we were to watch as practicing attorneys culminated their NITA training with a mock trial, and we were the judges. I understand that the legal profession is not in the courtroom a majority of the time, but it became a goal of mine to maintain the ability to present a case in the courtroom. The experience brought me back to my days as a mock trial competitor -- the format and presentation in their entirety were the same -- and I was suddenly excited to have lived my Junior Year at USC without a life and inside a makeshift classroom-courtroom.

The day ended early, so back to work it is for me. Back to being studious. Back to legitimizing myself as a law student. It is a good thing I am intrigued, thus far, by nearly everything on which I have spent time. May these blessings continue, for this is not the Undergrad Evan; nay, Evan 2.0 - The Legal Version is emerging from the most distant depths of some biology student who was without friends and sunlight, while sequestering themselves in the lab for days on end throughout their four year college education. Maybe I will be version 2.1, the upgraded product who showers regularly.

Stay tuned. Send money.