Hello. Welcome to my website. It started while I was in Europe for a semester, and I've kept it up since then. I'm now at the University of Chicago Law School, living in Hyde Park, and the story continues. If you want to say hi or visit me, email cfloyd at uchicago dot edu.
"Life is nothing if not the sum of your anecdotes." -Scotty The Body, on storytelling "But it ain't that bad, man. Just figure out the system before the system figures out you." -T. Matthew Smith, on the 1L year "The beer just doesn't taste as good when you're not drinking it with your buddies." -Anon., on being away from good friends "Somebody has to pay the rent around here. Why the hell not us?" -Cotton, on studying for exams
6/17/2004
Third day on the job.
The job is being a summer clerk for a federal magistrate judge here in Tulsa. A magistrate takes care of a wide range of stuff for the district courts, ranging from criminal indictments to party joinders to motion continuances and discovery issues. Basically they're the maintainence men for minor matters in the court system. It's a position that didn't exist until 1968.
The office is in the federal building in downtown Tulsa. It has the chambers and courtrooms of three different magistrates, as well as rooms for various clerks and secretaries. I have a workstation set up at the end of a conference table in the library. There are two other stations here, and I share the library with one or two clerks for the other magistrates. Also on the floor is a nice workout room with several treadmills and weight machines. Just knowing that it's there will give me the motivation to eat this donut in front of me. I can always burn it off if I so choose!
I haven't quite figured out what my schedule is. I don't think I have one per se. Since I'm working for free I think I just show up when I want and do what I want. Of course, I don't have anything else to do, and this place is air-conditioned and has internet, so I'll probably just start showing up here and hanging out even when I don't have procedural issues concerning appeals of Social Security benefits to review and summarize for the judge.
That's all the basics. The funny, as we all know, is in the details, especially the people and their interactions. So I will type all that up very soon. I have several good stories.
6/17/2004 09:02:00 AM
