Who can say "He should have read the class descriptions before he signed up for them" five times fast? Not me, I'm too busy.

A requirement for graduating with a law degree from my particular law school is the completion of both the oral and written requirements. Each must demonstrate a significant research component and be of a sufficient length and focus to qualify as a graduate level quality writing/speaking task. A professor who witnessed or read the project must certify that the oral or written work was of ‘B’ quality or better.

Every student is required to complete one oral task (it could be a class presentation, arguing an appellate brief, arguing a case with a practice license, or being on the moot court team). Students are also required to complete one written task (it could be an appellate brief, a substantial legal memo, law journal article, or analytic essay).

To date in my academic career as a law student, I have completed my oral requirement twice, and my written requirement four times. To say I’ve done more work in this regard than my average peer would be appropriate. This semester, though, I’ve decided to see if I can push myself toward my limits.

This semester alone, I will re-complete the oral requirement and written requirement. To do both is not a huge task. The first time I completed either, I completed both in the same semester. This time, though, I will be completing my oral requirement four times in the same semester while simultaneously completing my written requirement five times.

Yeah. How bad can it look to have completed the written requirement 9 times over, or the oral requirement 6 times, look anyway? And who knows, in the Spring, I may add to that total.