Journal Of Sweet Stuff

Graduation

2007-05-16T16:29:00.000-04:00

Graduation. Now that's sweet.

Sweeeeet Firm

2006-04-30T00:56:00.000-04:00

Goldstein & Howe, P.C. is the nation’s only Supreme Court litigation boutique law firm. Over the past several terms, the firm has been counsel on dozens of cases on the merits, arguing fourteen. The firm’s partners are also co-founders and instructors in the Stanford Law School Supreme Court Litigation Clinic and teach Supreme Court Litigation at Harvard Law School.

http://www.goldsteinhowe.com/

The Sweet and the Non-sweet

2006-04-21T13:10:00.000-04:00

The members of JOSS were discussing just what items are sweet and which items are not.  One of the members moved that in order to determine what is sweet, one must define what is not sweet.  This is, by no means, a simple task.

Take for instance Joss Stone.  First, she has the same first name as the acronym for the Journal of Sweet Stuff – JOSS.  However, her website is totally not sweet.  In fact, it sucks.

So, we shall endeavor to describe both the sweet and non-sweet.

Non-sweet:  No spellchecker in the Electronic Blue Book software.
Non-sweet:  The way the people at Panera look at me when I have been sitting there for 10 hours.  I buy a bread-bowl soup every three hours.  Stop looking into my soul!

Signed,
Director of Sweet Stuff Affairs

Sweet Dream

2006-04-19T00:00:00.000-04:00

Office of the Registrar
Your Law School
123 Main Street
Springfield, AB 12345

Dear Student:

We are writing to inform you that due to an unforeseen two-week nationwide holiday, finals for the spring semester have been cancelled. The faculty joins us in our sentiments that you have studied enough over the course of the semester, and therefore rescheduling final exams for this semester will not be necessary.

We know you are curious how our decision will affect your class rank, if at all. For your information, we are changing our official policy to make every student #1. When employers write to inquire where you are in the class, we will universally acknowledge that you are the #1 student in the class. Externally, we will continue to say that we do in fact rank, and we will continue to publish our GPA ranking percentiles on our website. The fact that these will be misleading will remain our secret. Please do not spoil this good fortune for others by divulging this information to friends outside of the law school, potential employers, or heaven forbid publishing this information on your blog.

We hope you enjoy your summer, and that you will not work too hard slaving away for a firm to pay us back the more than $100,000 you will spend for tuition for the duration of your law school career. Please find some time to enjoy yourselves. If you are studying for the bar, we are very sorry for your misery, and we hope you find some time to spend with your long forgotten family members before you again disappear into a firm for the next several years while you pay down your debt.

Again, best wishes for a fruitful and successful summer. We will not be in communication with you, as there will be no grades to post. Instead, your transcript will simply reflect an "A" for each course you chose to undertake. We will also retroactively be changing your grades to all A's to reflect our new "unofficial" policy to make everyone #1 because you all deserve it. For those of you who already had straight A's, congratulations. Now everyone can be just like you.

Congratulations on another successful year in law school.

Sincerely,

Tammy Bakerschmidt
Dean of Students

PS. Law Review membership has been expanded, and everyone who decides they would like to join may do so. Please contact the Editor-in-Chief to inform her of your decision to join. Please note that you may also explicate your Law Review membership on your resume for employment purposes even if you choose never to do anything for the journal. We feel that this collaborative and non-hierarchical approach will make our Law Review one of the most important law journals in America.

Boards

2006-04-18T09:07:00.000-04:00

The JOSS (Journal of Sweet Stuff) is holding interviews for new board members. All current members are encouraged to apply.

We have not decided where we are holding these meetings yet, but be sure it will be sweet. Some things you can be sure will be there is:

Soda you can refill yourself

Free wifi access

Lot of outlets for your laptops

Free matches, but not books, rather boxes with wooden matches (those are so sweet!)

If we get burritos—at a place that also gives you a side of chips without having to pay extra. Burritos with no “free” chips is so not sweet. Lame.

It's on!

2006-04-18T08:50:00.000-04:00

1 J. of Sweeeeeet Stuff 1 (2006)