My name is Rob Mount and I’m a 3L. I grew up in suburban New Jersey and my formative years were spent in a town called Montville, where I still return to when not doing law-related things. After high school, I matriculated to a small Pennsylvania school by the name of Susquehanna University....
Hiya,
As per form lately, I have been a derelict in my blogging duties, but I have surfaced from my work and the beginning of 3L to add a new post in honor of my last year at law school.
It's a strange feeling, knowing that at the conclusion of this year I'll have been in college for a total of 7 years. 7 years... think about that. I went to college in 2004 and I'll be graduating law school in 2011 and I have yet to have a job that pays more than $3,100 dollars a year. If at 18 you told me that I'd still be in school at (the cusp and soon to run over into) 25, I would've told you that you're insane. At 14, 25 seemed impossible; like an age that I would have a wife, kids, a career, potentially a house, maybe even a dog. I have none of those things, but then again when I was 14 I didn't know anything. I still don't anything, but at least at 24/25 I recognize that I have no idea about anything.
Jobs? Future? Economy? Politics? All of these are abstract concepts that I'm trying to come to terms with as a young adult. I'm applying for jobs and hoping for the best. My future is uncertain, but I proceed with confidence. The economy is one of the hundred things they tell me it is every day. Politics? Well, still haven't cracked that one yet.
I'm externing now a days. That's just a fancy word for internship during the school year. Good news is that I love it. I really am fortunate that every office I've worked in, I enjoy. Maybe it's the work, and maybe I've just gotten lucky with the awesome people I've worked with, but my internship experiences continue to be the highlight of my law school experience. Unless you count Professor Chung's 1L Contracts class, which still ranks among my favorite courses of my ENTIRE academic career. I guess I'll throw in a piece of advice here: make sure you use your time to become a better lawyer and working, in any legal capacity, will help with that.
I guess I should feel anxious with all of this uncertainty and feelings floating around the law school like landmines, but I really don't. I don't have much apprehension about the future anymore, and I somehow have a faith that everything will work out. They've taught me well, and I'll continue to learn as I grow into an attorney, but I'm confident in my chosen path.
In other news, there's supposed to be a big hurricane here this weekend. At least that's what the TV keeps telling me. I remember when the TV used to tell me that the killer bees were slowly making their way north, ravaging neighborhoods and landscapes in their path. I haven't done much research on the outcome of this prediction, but I'm happy my native New Jersey is still safe from the "stings" and arrows of outrageous fortune.
Okay, well I took a coffee break at my externship to write this, and now I must go back to work. I never mind going back to work because I actually enjoy it. Hopefully you do too.