Notes and queries

[raven]

Firstly: I am taking medical leave for the rest of the academic year. This is less extravagantly melodramatic than it sounds - the rest of the academic year is, after all, about a month, followed by exams and research-project submission. I could try and stick it out, I suppose, but, in the end it comes to the question of whether I should use my limited energy to be a functional depressed person who, you know, eats, and washes her clothes, and whatnot, or use it for... um... law school. Given that I still have about 5000 words to research and write on special measures directions, plus the end of the equity and public law syllabuses, and revision for the last three exams, Not Dealing is my preferred strategy right now.

(edited to add: okaaaay, there is a case at the Old Bailey today that is going to necessitate re-writes of my baby-dissertation. Why do I insist on being interested in current affairs?

Note: it is a very horrible case, about abuse of a child. Don't click, if you'd rather not.)

So through some bureaucratic jiggery-pokery, I am going to be a sort-of law student at Liverpool for a bit, and I was very impressed by the efficiency and kindness with which Brookes have achieved this. forthwritten has already promised me company and good things, and my parents were remarkably unfazed by this whole revelation. (My father noted that when he was my age, he had a similar revelation whilst reading for his MD exams. "Of course, in my case I was only six miles from home and I came on the Vespa. But it's the same principle without the Vespa.")

I'm pleased, or at least, as pleased as you can be about these things. I'll miss shimgray, but other than that, I think, this is a good plan for the time being.

In other news. Justice Souter is stepping down from the Supreme Court... two days after the Democrats have a filibuster-proof majority. Souter has generally tended to baffle me, but he seems to be a liberal now, sort of. The make-up of the court may not change all that much, but I'm actually hopeful about the potential nominees for once. One hundred days, and the novelty hasn't worn off. I hope it doesn't.

Amd so this post is not all a) law and b) my broken brain, I say my obligatory Dreamwidth bit. foreverdirt bought me paid time over there! I am still not sure what I am going to do with the account, but we shall see. My username, by the way, has changed (due to aforementioned crazy, please don't ask) - I'm now raven, and if you should wish to give me a poke over there, please please do.

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[loneraven.livejournal.com]

This is how I feel about it, I think - it is bad, but it is as good as bad can be. Mental contortionism I can has it, but. Yes. *nods*

My self-studying should work fairly well, I think - I have the rest of the syllabus all laid out in framework form, complete with lecture notes. So it's a matter of reading it, and going through cases, and doing the questions, and if I have issues, emailing my very nice equity and public law tutors to extortionate length. And once I've done that, I'll research my remaining 5000 words on special measures directions, and once I'e done that, I'll write them. And then, I'll revise for my exams, and come back the week before them to take them on site. It's a matter of just doing each thing, step by step, I think. I have - *deep breath* - full-time taught postgraduate privileges at Liverpool, so I have all the material I need.

So no, I will not be in Oxford very much until September. But you are very welcome to visit me in Liverpool again, or I could certainly come to you, after your exams! In June, after mine, perhaps? We could talk about it over the telephonic device! Today I have to help Shim and Maria with a duck - long story - and am out, but tomorrow I am in all day, please do call.

[tau_sigma]

A duck? I shall make sure to ask you about that, when I phone.

I had forgotten that postgrad courses actually use the whole year, rather than merrily slacking off from July until October. That makes things less confusing.

We shall speak on the telephonic device, yes. I can make no promises as to what time, but tomorrow, yes.