Start Spreading the News...I'm leaving today...gonna be a part of it...in old New York!

This is a mobile blog post....I am currently sitting on the Chinatown bus on my way to NYC! Great deal! You get a round trip ticket from DC for $35. The ride is about 4 and 1/2 hours and they have free wireless internet the whole way. I always have intentions of using it to study...but rarely get much done. I'm easily distracted. But I'm nearing Manhattan and just got a glimpse of all those tall buildings cramped on that tiny island! I seriously love it! It's such an exciting place! There is so much going on! I've always loved cities ever since I was a little girl. My parents tell me I would just gawk at all the buildings in downtown SLC....so you can imagine how much worse the gawking is in NYC. This is my 3rd visit to NYC (2nd this fall!) and I think I will finally make it to a Broadway Show this time! Super excited! Ah, I just love the nyc skyline!

I Love GW

It's so awesome going to school at George Washington because of stuff like this:

A few weeks ago I got to attend a roundtable discussion with 5 former Secretaries of State! Henry Kissinger, James Baker, Warren Christopher, Madelaine Albright, and Colin Powell were there. It was moderated by Christiane Amanpour and Frank Sesno and was taped to be aired on CNN. The topic was the foreign policy challenges that the next president will face. They went through each region of the world and discussed what is currently going on and what should be done. Obama and McCain have referenced the comments made during this discussion multiple times as they've been debating and campaigning. It was seriously so cool to be there!

And then on Thursday this week, I went to another panel discussion at the law school. This one was on the current financial crisis: how it happened and what we should do. There were 4 panelist...all had been or currently were senior partners at major law firms (like Skadden)...2 were or had been general counsel to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), one was general counsel to the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), and another was general counsel to ETrade Bank. It was really cool to be there! Some of the investment banking terms they were throwing around were a little over my head...so I didn't understand as much as I would have liked to...but, I just love learning about all that stuff...it's so interesting!

"Practicing" Attorney

As in practicing [being an] attorney. This week was pretty big for me....I accepted an offer to work at Kirton & McConkie in Salt Lake City next summer! I'm really happy because I think it's a perfect fit for me! I can't believe I'm almost half-way done with law school. Time is flying by!