Archive for the ‘Humor’ Category

Last-Minute Costume Shopping

by:  John Norkus As I’m sure most of you know, Halloween is rapidly approaching.  And if you didn’t know that then you must be one of those religious fanatics who doesn’t believe in celebrating goblins and ghouls.  Either that or an over-zealous, over-panicked 1L who hasn’t taken a breath since mid-September.  And if you are [...]

Back In My Day We Treated Law Students With Respect!

By: Chris Reed It was about two years ago during my 1L year when some friends and fellow classmates asked me if I’d be interested in writing an article for Blackacre as they were looking to revive the dormant publication. They knew that I studied English and Journalism in college and told me it would [...]

The 10 Other Things I Could Have Spent My Law School Tuition On

By:  John Norkus Recently it came to my attention that law school costs me a lot of money.  And by a lot of money I mean somewhere in the ballpark of $117,039 for tuition and books alone.  (Note:  I came up with this number at 2:41 AM on a Monday morning.  There is no scientific [...]

The 6-Pack

The 6-Pack will be a recurring piece in the Sports/Humor/Entertainment section.  It will ask 6 questions of various people in the law school (or outside of it – who knows) regarding a topic in sports or entertainment news, who will provide their opinions on the subject.  The first 6-Pack is to commemorate the start of [...]

Holy Shit, I’m a 3L

By:  John Norkus Sometime between the day before school started and the first day of school it hit me:  HOLY SHIT, I’m a 3L.  I don’t know if it was the 57 Facebook status updates referencing the fact that people were entering “their last first day” or if it was…ok who am I kidding? It [...]