{"id":21381,"date":"2013-10-03T12:28:21","date_gmt":"2013-10-03T17:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/?p=21381"},"modified":"2013-10-03T12:28:44","modified_gmt":"2013-10-03T17:28:44","slug":"from-the-mouths-of-1ls-more-six-word-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/2013\/10\/from-the-mouths-of-1ls-more-six-word-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Mouths of 1Ls: More Six-Word Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"

A\u00a0couple of\u00a0weeks ago, I posted<\/a> about a challenge to write six-word stories about law school or the law.\u00a0 That post inspired many creative six-word stories, which you can read in the comments to that post.\u00a0 The post and its idea were picked up by other blogs, including the Wall Street Journal law blog<\/a>, the Wall Street Journal <\/i>print edition on Monday, September 23, 2013, Above the Law<\/a>, TaxProf blog<\/a>, and the ABA Law News Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Below are some of the six-word stories submitted by my first-year legal analysis, writing & research students. I hope you\u2019ll add your own in the comments.<\/p>\n

New analysis, old logic, law school.<\/p>\n

Adam Vanderwerff<\/i><\/p>\n

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Wish I knew contracts like Kingsfield.<\/p>\n

Alexa Callahan<\/i><\/p>\n

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This isn’t quite like Legally Blonde.<\/p>\n

Alexa Callahan<\/i><\/p>\n

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Helen Palsgraf shouldn’t have stood there.<\/p>\n

Kelly Pingel<\/i><\/p>\n

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Student focused. Eckstein prepared. Challenge accepted.<\/p>\n

Josh Lurie<\/i><\/p>\n

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Where I became a caffeine junkie.<\/p>\n

Brycen Breazeale<\/i><\/p>\n

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Come to our meeting, free food!<\/p>\n

Larry Whitley<\/i><\/p>\n

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Law school: life experience, life changing.<\/p>\n

Jordan Feest<\/i><\/p>\n

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Yes, overwhelming; yet, so extremely rewarding.<\/p>\n

Ian Kalis<\/i><\/p>\n

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Challenging and new; focus, get through.<\/p>\n

Kyle Thelen<\/i><\/p>\n

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Shaping legal landscapes from grass clippings.<\/p>\n

Molly Madonia<\/i><\/p>\n

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Coffee read read read read coffee.<\/p>\n

Rex Hupy<\/i><\/p>\n

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The law is a fickle beast.<\/p>\n

Jordana Rostant-Nunes<\/i><\/p>\n

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I’m having 1L of a ride.<\/p>\n

Trace Hummel<\/i><\/p>\n

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Law\u2014compromise of mind and heart.<\/p>\n

Jessica Jurevis<\/i><\/p>\n

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More you learn. Less you know.<\/p>\n

Cassie Van Gompel<\/i><\/p>\n

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Legal education: a complete mental metamorphosis.<\/p>\n

Asma Kadri<\/i><\/p>\n

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Who is this magical reasonable person?<\/p>\n

John Woodson<\/i><\/p>\n

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School was easy. Then things changed.<\/p>\n

Craig Dietrich<\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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A\u00a0couple of\u00a0weeks ago, I posted about a challenge to write six-word stories about law school or the law.\u00a0 That post inspired many creative six-word stories, which you can read in the comments to that post.\u00a0 The post and its idea were picked up by other blogs, including the Wall Street Journal law blog, the Wall […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"","ocean_second_sidebar":"","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"","ocean_custom_header_template":"","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"","ocean_post_oembed":"","ocean_post_self_hosted_media":"","ocean_post_video_embed":"","ocean_link_format":"","ocean_link_format_target":"self","ocean_quote_format":"","ocean_quote_format_link":"post","ocean_gallery_link_images":"on","ocean_gallery_id":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,122],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legal-writing","category-public","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21381\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}