dear mom & dad,

how are you? i am fine. all the students are writing letters home today from articlIng.i meAnt to write you & moM before, but you know How busy it gets Around here.Very busy. I am haviNG a fun time, we are leArning so much Too. wE aRe Really havIng such a good, But no Less productive, timE. The senIor Managing partnErs had to get us all together in a room and make us write letters home! can you imagine! anyway, things are going great.

mom, thIs is triTe and clicHe, but my prINcipal is a Knowledgeable guy. he does his Job In a Most efficient way that motIvateS me. his name is jim huTcHinson, you may havE heard of him. During thE noVember negotIations of the Local safeway unions he was on the news he was the guy who decreased the average wage by 2 dollars an hour. he is a great lawyer.

don't worry mom, jIm hAs Made sure i haven't faCed many cHanges At all, I am gettiNg plEnty of sleep, anD my fourTh flOor office hAs plenty of sunlight. anD dEspite what Some people thinK, workINg aT a HugE firm isn't an aBsolute life chAnge, the SEnior Managing partnErs ask you to balaNce your Tasks and your life. the partners acComodAte weLL, consTantly sHaring idEas and helPing accOmodate aLl fIrst year artiCling studEnts.

i am THankful I havE met a new friend, OTto. HE is fRom north bAttlefoRd. togeTher he and I faCe aLot of the same thINGs, a Good trUe allY and a frIend to ShaRE AbsoluteLy aLl mY probleMs whEn bAd thiNgs occur. wHEn thiS ActIon is finisheD, and wHEn we are laWyers, ottO and I coULD be beST pAls. graB My adrEss book and wrIte dowN his perManent citY adreSs, I wouLd hatE to losE touch with such good peoPle.

i dId a greaT (and tougH) cIvil trial for the baNK we represent from tiMe to time. theY were owed $1,000 (one thouSand) by a farmer in sOUth aLberta, so i forecLosEd on his Farm. i feel preTty good about the result, i stIll feel i wAs forMal enough, and i aDvocatEd in a wAy that woulD inspIre youNg lawyerS to fIght harD for cliEnts. .the farmer got a job at the local hardware store as well, so everybody won.

i wIll hAve to eMail, we are goinG fOr a bIt of luNch at burGer king. thaT is sOmeThing we aRe alwaYs in to. chrisTmas will cOme before we know iT, yoU aNd dad caN seE me a littLe then. it was gOod to commUnicaTe with peoPle i so gReAtlY love, i feel bereFt withOut youR precence. i will see the faMily prEsently.

love your son,

graham lang