Day 8 of Bar Prep -- 62 Days to Go! Yikes!
Today, was the first day of substantive lectures from BarBri. 3+ hours of Texas Wills...I know, you are most likely experiencing the same inability to contain your excitement. At least, the lecture was prepared by Professor Stanley M. Johanson from the University of Texas School of Law. He made the content as entertaining as it could be, and I am grateful he utilized hypos to lecture the material. If it were 3+ hours of straight lecture on the black letter law, I may have walked over to the Omni Tower on the other side of the water gardens, asked to see a top-floor condo for purchase, and then hurl myself off the balcony! Thankfully, that wasn't the situation. This Bar Prep is far and away the most intensive preperation and test of endurance I have ever attempted.
Still, working MBE (Multi-State Bar Examination) Questions. Took my first stab at the MPQ1...attacked 18 questions of Constitutional Law. Good News, I finished within the time frame, actually ahead of schedule, and got 12/18 which was the targeted goal for the first set. I really need to bust my ass and attack these questions every single day. Regardless, of the substantive law involved, the overall repitition of hundreds of questions will allow me to learn the law.
I need to finish -up here. I should be studying more than blogging. I also need to get ready for my first day valet parking at the Omni Hotel for a part-time gig this summer. Rich peoples vehicles and tips amount to a nice study break for a few hours a day! Not to mention, having a family, and over $100K in student loan debt coming due, is not going to pay for itself! Till next time.
God Bless
Give me the strength and fortitude Lord to stay the course, remained focused, and really give it my all these next two months.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Selection from Legal Thesis
The motivations to delve into the mountains of case law regarding the procedural measure of piercing the corporate veil stems from a personal interest in the legal history of the corporation and a professional interest in directing my future legal career in the area of corporate law. In the course of the hours of research into this rarely applied exception, I noticed a direct connection between a jurisdiction’s piercing standard and the traditional political ideology of the respective jurisdiction. As a political scientist, I could not resist expounding into the macro ramifications of an applied piercing theory supported with the micro legal analysis of corporate veil piercing. The following analysis is the result of a law student allowing the political scientist within to take a theory and run with it.
The global economic meltdown in September of 2008 and the resulting recession has provided the public, as well as our elected officials and judges, a plethora of reasons to harbor a distrust and disdain for Wall Street and the conglomerates that make up its’ ranks. With the news of dishonesty and deceit surfacing after the collapses of players like AIG and Arthur Anderson, along with the cronyism, back room deals, and inside information that has allowed players like Goldman Saks to reap a windfall from the destruction of the housing market. It should be of no surprise that a public outcry for the punishment of the guilty players, and a growing distrust of Wall Street, is prevalent across the American landscape. Especially, when the leaders of the ‘angry mob’ are preaching daily from the pulpit affixed at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, advantageously manipulating their vehemence to advance its’ Progressive laden agenda.
There is no doubt that those responsible of any wrongdoing should pay the punishment for their supposed actions. Our judicial system has the capability and the laws in place for such an undertaking. Instead, of holding the actions and corruptions of a few in the public contempt, however, the arbitrary torch light of the ‘angry mob’ has been directed at the private sector in it’s entirety. In the name of market reform, the Progressive movement has seized the opportunity to destroy piecemeal the centuries of jurisprudence in the area of Corporate Law and the treatment of the corporation under the law. Capitalizing on the emotions of a fickle mob, the Progressive movement and its leftist disciples have the opportunity to force their hope and change down our throats (or up another part of the anatomy not named for reasons of decorum), and finally input reform (e.g., control) into the arena where all the evil and greedy capitalists reign. Preaching to the ‘angry mob’ that this is where the bourgeoisie sets out daily to exploit the masses and bath in the blood of the poor down-trodden proletariat.
The global economic meltdown in September of 2008 and the resulting recession has provided the public, as well as our elected officials and judges, a plethora of reasons to harbor a distrust and disdain for Wall Street and the conglomerates that make up its’ ranks. With the news of dishonesty and deceit surfacing after the collapses of players like AIG and Arthur Anderson, along with the cronyism, back room deals, and inside information that has allowed players like Goldman Saks to reap a windfall from the destruction of the housing market. It should be of no surprise that a public outcry for the punishment of the guilty players, and a growing distrust of Wall Street, is prevalent across the American landscape. Especially, when the leaders of the ‘angry mob’ are preaching daily from the pulpit affixed at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, advantageously manipulating their vehemence to advance its’ Progressive laden agenda.
There is no doubt that those responsible of any wrongdoing should pay the punishment for their supposed actions. Our judicial system has the capability and the laws in place for such an undertaking. Instead, of holding the actions and corruptions of a few in the public contempt, however, the arbitrary torch light of the ‘angry mob’ has been directed at the private sector in it’s entirety. In the name of market reform, the Progressive movement has seized the opportunity to destroy piecemeal the centuries of jurisprudence in the area of Corporate Law and the treatment of the corporation under the law. Capitalizing on the emotions of a fickle mob, the Progressive movement and its leftist disciples have the opportunity to force their hope and change down our throats (or up another part of the anatomy not named for reasons of decorum), and finally input reform (e.g., control) into the arena where all the evil and greedy capitalists reign. Preaching to the ‘angry mob’ that this is where the bourgeoisie sets out daily to exploit the masses and bath in the blood of the poor down-trodden proletariat.
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Posts and Commentary Coming Soon!
NEWS FEED
*Graduation Commencement Ceremony May 14, 2010 at Fort Worth Convention Center
*Graduation Party with friends and family Saturday, May 15, 2010 @ our place in Keller
*Bar Preperation (BarBri Course) begins May 18, 2010 (60 Days to Prepare for Bar!)
*Graduation Commencement Ceremony May 14, 2010 at Fort Worth Convention Center
*Graduation Party with friends and family Saturday, May 15, 2010 @ our place in Keller
*Bar Preperation (BarBri Course) begins May 18, 2010 (60 Days to Prepare for Bar!)
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