Now that I am finished with finals and thus my first year of law school, I would like to take this moment to share a few thoughts.

First of all, congratulations to the graduating class of 2005! Having only completed my first year, I have but a slim perspective on the full experience and challenge of law school, but I still can say without a doubt you have accomplished something to be proud of. Now go kick the Bar exam's butt.

Secondly, I would like to call attention to the comments underneath the petition post below, in particular a thoughtful response by Professor Bradford. Due to a glitch in the Haloscan commenting system, the comment count number has been going down on that particular post, despite the addition of new comments.

Finally, I'd like to thank Kelly, Josh, and Brian for their contributions to ILN this year and for welcoming me to Sapere Aude back in August. On behalf of all us, thank you for reading the blog and for your comments. If you're graduating, I encourage you to check back with ILN for news regarding your alma mater as well as news of general interest to the Indianapolis legal community.

To continuing students, if you'd be interested in writing for ILN, please send me an e-mail, and we can look into that possibility, as I hope to add at least a couple writers to the blog for next year.

The blog will of course be updated regularly over the summer, although my personal involvement may be less over the course of the remainder of May and June, as I'll be in China during that period. Hopefully, I'll have time to make a few posts on comparative law then.

Cheers, -lds