After only two weeks, classes resumed this past Monday. The break was not long enough. I, as well as most of my fellow classmates, feel at least one more week was necessary. But this is the reality of the law school we chose.
Most other law schools have a longer break. Cal Western's is shorter because the school runs a trimester system vice a semester system. This allows flexibility for students who desire to enter law school at non-standard times while also allowing students a chance to finish law school earlier than three years. Obviously, this flexibility has a con in shortened break periods.
While wishing I had had more time off, the shorter break does have a plus - not losing school skills obtained during the prior semester (I know we have trimester but "semester" is the term most people understand). The time to "get back into the swing of things" was short. The routine I used last semester was easy to re-establish within a day of returning. While I can't say that the same would not have occurred coming off a longer break, the feeling is it would've taken longer to get back into the swing of things. So for that, I'm grateful for some down time, but not a lot of down time.
This semester, Criminal Law has been replaced with Torts. The other four classes (Property, Civil Procedure, Legal Skills, and Contracts) remain. This means four classes building on what was learned from last semester and one new class. But, similarities exist between torts and criminal law. We'll see how those work out for us as the semester progresses.
For now, the break is over and school is in full swing. Right back at it.
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