Clare Cavaliero

Stories from Clare Cavaliero

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Second semester 1L year is an awful, awful tease.  By now, you know the drill; classes get a little bit easier; LRW is still miserable, but bearable; and you have made it through one round of final

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

1Ls are blissfully ignorant of a lot of what actually goes on at this law school.  Just think of all the abbrevs they have yet to encounter!  To the lowly law school freshmen, FRP

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Everybody complains about it, but a mere student lacks the power to effect any type of change that might correct this problem.  It often negatively impacts every J.D.

Monday, January 18, 2010

I hate New Year's Resolutions.  I have never been one to engage in the practice of swearing to do something on January 1 only to be disappointed by my lack of effort three weeks later.

The End is Near
Tuesday, November 10, 2009

The last issue of the semester...can you believe it?!  First of all, you should congratulate yourselves for making it this far.  Yes, the end of the semester is the most stressful time of the year,

Haze Me Baby, One More Time
Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Ever wonder why the structure of law school has remained unchanged despite decades of rumors and complaining?  Attorneys who have been through it know how horrifically miserable it is, but nonethel

Post-Midterm Advice? Find a Distraction
Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Midterms examinations are next week for all the 1Ls and the best advice I can offer is to tell you all not to stress out.  One small test is not worth causing the development of a stress p

Hoof Cream Girl
Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Wait, Memo One was due this week? I had no idea... Just kidding! But, at least it's over. You made it! Congratulations!

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

On June 29, 2009, the Justices of the United States Supreme Court overruled their soon-to-be colleague, then-Judge Sonia Sotomayor, in a 5-4 opinion.

Writer's Block
Wednesday, September 16, 2009

As if law school's substantive classes are not stressful enough, the first-year courseload also requires students to burden their already-overloaded brain with learning an entirely new language: ci

Socrates Shmocrates
Wednesday, September 2, 2009

As the upperclassmen's first week of classes drags along, and we stroll into the law school completely unphased by the environment that surrounds us, I can't help but think of the 1Ls, who are w

Lesson One
Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Oh, Orientation.  I must have attended at least a million orientation sessions by now, none of which are particularly interesting or particularly useful, but all are "mandatory" nonetheless.  Law s

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Dean Morrison has heard numerous speakers during his attendance at the past eleven Commencement Ceremonies of The George Washington University Law School, but confessed that every year, he remains "anxious to hear what the speakers have to say."  The 2009 graduating class is looking forward to hearing Alumnus Gregory G.

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Professor Lawrence Cunningham, the King of Contracts himself, read the Sunday New York Times with his Contracts students in mind.  He said that the front-page story repeatedly mentioned American International Group's legal obligation to perform its contractual promise
Wednesday, March 18, 2009

The Moot Court Board First Year Competition will be taking place over the next few weeks.  Based on the 1L Spring Problem, the First Year Competition is the first opportunity 1L students have to compete for membership on the Moot Court Board.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

What a great week to return from your Mexican vacation! International Law Week consists of daily events the week of March 9-13, 2009 - the week directly following Spring Break. When all of the upperclassmen arrive back to the Law School with their sunburns and stories and the lowly 1Ls emerge from the bowels of Burns Library after the journal competition (or, for some, after starting their outlines in preparations of finals), they will be in the midst of this exciting week. Hopefully it will ease the depression of returning back to the grind.

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

The law school may be welcoming a new environmental law journal in the near future. While nothing has been finalized, Dean Paddock is working diligently to provide GW Law students with another opportunity to participate in a law journal. Dean Paddock joined the faculty a year and half ago and part of the reasoning behind creating his position as Associate Dean for Environmental Law was to emphasize building programs in the environmental area for JD students.

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

In addition to the popular Van Vleck Constitutional Law Competition, the Moot Court Board hosts a number of competitions exclusively for GW Law students each year. These competitions include: the Giles S. Rich Intellectual Property Competition, the Grenadier International Law Competition, the McKenna Long & Aldridge "Gilbert A. Cuneo" Government Contracts Competition, and the First Year Competition.