03103cam a22003014a 4500003000800000005001700008007000300025008004100028020001800069020001500087020002400102020002100126040001700147041000800164050002200172100001800194245008200212260003000294300002800324520190400352610007202256650004502328650005802373856009102431856008102522856009202603856010602695BJBSDDR20230410143144.0ta070104s2007    nyu           000 0 eng    a9780743288385  a0743288386  a9780743288392 (pbk)  a0743288394 (pbk)  bspacBJBSDDR  aeng14aKF 373bK49i 20071 aKimes, Martha10aIvy briefs :ba privileged and confidential law school story /cMartha Kimes.  aNew York :bAtria,c2007.  aix, 276 pages ;c22 cm.  aFrom first-day nerves to first-year grades, from bizarre job interviews to bar exam insanity, Ivy Briefs pulls back the curtain on the marbled halls of law school, revealing the absurdity often bubbling beneath the surface.

Meet Martha Kimes: a naïve small-town girl with strong neurotic tendencies who has (due to an inexplicable stroke of luck) been admitted to Columbia Law School. She's a Midwesterner in the middle of Manhattan, a student on the verge of a nervous breakdown. In her candid memoir -- the best of its kind since One L and the only one written by a woman -- Kimes makes her way through law school, doing battle with a memorable cast of characters:

The Sadistic Professor: Every law student's nemesis, the Sadistic Professor takes pity on no one. The Socratic Method is his favorite torture device, and he's got staying power that rivals that of the Energizer Bunny.

The Gunner: So enamored with the sound of his own voice, he finds it physically impossible to keep his hand from gunning up into the air every time a professor asks a question. Ten minutes into the start of the school year, everyone is already sick of the Gunner.

The Do-gooder: Lurking behind a kind exterior is a pit bull ready to pounce on those who don't plan to devote their legal careers to public service. But would she be so quick to categorize all those who dare go into corporate law as loathsome, soulless warriors for the devil if she, too, had student loans to repay?

The Boarding School Bastard: He wears a firmly pressed pin-striped oxford shirt and has a condescending attitude bigger than most European countries. By definition he is better than you because he went to Exeter. And he'll never let you forget it.

With sharp wit, dead-on aim, and a healthy dose of self-deprecation, Kimes proves that it is possible to survive law school with both your sense of humor and your sanity intact.20aColumbia University.bSchool of LawxAlumni and alumnaevBiography. 0aWomen lawyerszUnited StatesvBiography. 4aMujeres como abogadas zEstados Unidos vBiografía 423Publisher descriptionuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0710/2007060651-d.html413Sample textuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0710/2007060651-s.html413Table of contents onlyuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0712/2007060651-t.html423Contributor biographical informationuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0910/2007060651-b.html