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New semester and new job on the horizon!

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As my first semester at PPCC draws to a close, I am taking stock of all I’ve learned but also looking forward to the new challenges January will bring. My courses for the new semester are Contracts, Property Law, Civil Litigation, and Estates and Probate. January is, of course, also the start of tax season (Feel free to ask me for tips! I AM authorized to practice taxes!) and thus a new phase of employment. This year I’ve been asked to be an office manager, so I am very much looking forward to whatever additional light my coursework can shed on the workings of tax law. Any knowledge I gain from it is knowledge I can also pass on to everyone else at my office, after all!

To all who read this, I wish you a happy holiday season and a bountiful new year!

Prenups can be fun!

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Or at least they can be when the assignment scenario is as humorous and ripped-from-the-tabloids as this one.

Personally, I believe that prenuptial agreements get a bad rap. The most common complaints are that being so concerned with how the money gets split up is mercenary and unromantic, and that making contingency plans for if the marriage fails undermines the idea that you’re supposed to work to make sure your marriage is for life. My response to this has always been that someone whose love for their spouse is strong enough that they want to make sure even a divorce is as amicable and fair as possible is more romantic than flowery declarations that one’s love is blind to matters of money. Marriage has historically been and continues to be more advantageous for men than for women. We need to protect ourselves, ladies, even as we follow our hearts.