A Conversation with
Elizabeth
2000
Good Morning
From:
Elizabeth
To:
LMixson@PEC.com
Sent: Friday,
February 4, 2000 9:19 AM
Subject: Good Morning
Did you follow up on seeing that canal house? I was talking to a
friend at work yesterday and he and his wife have decided to "pull out"
of their house. They have been told if they don't do it now that
the property values will plummet very soon. They have an extremely
good location and have put tons of work into their home, building built
in bookshelves and huge closets, etc. The location is prime, but
the demographics have gradually started shifting, and as a consequence
the neighborhood is going down. The story seems to be that NOW
houses in the area of 90-110,000 are almost within anyone's reach.
That's news to me! These are pretty nice houses, because as I've
said before, once you get to 150-175 in Montgomery you get a castle.
My friend and his wife don't want to leave the house; they feel they
need to get out of the neighborhood. I guess I've reconciled to my
apartment until several other things happen: One, I want to see
want Univ. of AL in Tuscaloosa says about my transfer application.
I will hear that in July. Two, depending on what I hear from them,
if I stay here, I'll stay in my apt at least until I finish law school.
Otherwise, not much happening. I'm in the Education Dept here at
the hospital and Fridays are a "big" education day because the
physicians have presentations starting before noon and running through
until one. I used to go to them, esp. because for one day of the
week its a "free lunch." Lately though, because its so quiet with
all of them elsewhere, I stay here and make it the day I can "kind of"
do some law stuff at work. I might see a play this weekend out at
the university. I found out some "good news" about my law degree
from here, but I'm not sure of the details yet. Apparently, from
what my prof said (the one I e-mail, but who has lately NOT e-mailed me
back) with this degree I could practice in "federal courts" anywhere.
That may not convey much to you, but the way it works is SOME kinds of
cases can only be tried in state courts, some only in federal courts,
and for some cases there is what is called concurrent jurisdiction, the
complaining party can choose. For example, all bankruptcy cases
are federal. All tax cases. Anyway, its a "factoid" in
helping me plot my future. I really like the employment law course
I'm taking--employment law cases can usually be either federal or state.
You always have a choice of going to federal court if there is
discrimination because there is a "federal question" based on the
federal civil rights legislation. Anyword from the AOL thing?
Did I get it correct that you were interviewing for a new position?
Also, I don't know whether to bring it back up, but what's the status on
your divorce. You said it might be February or March.
Elizabeth
Updated: 04-29-2024