I'll continue the echo - there are some people who think they know exactly what they want to do, but don't take it as absolute truth that they're right.  Plenty of people change their minds during their first year of law school.

Going into 1L year, your only real worry is the answer you have to the casual question "so what do you want to do with your JD?," because it's not like your chosen or not-chosen specialty affects your classes.

I'm a 1L with absolutely no idea what I want to specialize in - I can't even decide between transactional or litigation!  But I'm talking to lawyers, trying new things, and not really worried about it - I'd rather make the most informed choice I can as late in the game as possible than make a choice now and end up doing something I hate.

WashU, Cardozo.

Nah that's just the most satisfying one, not necessarily the most effective.

Slash not every lawyer is a litigator?

First year you're really leaving it up to chance as to what your Fridays look like, and if it's possible to miss once a month.  I can't imagine a professor actually telling you that your service wouldn't be an excused absence, so really it's all about whether or not you can handle missing a day of classes and a weekend of potential study time once a month.

In my experience at least, I don't think it would be that much of a problem - I'd say once a month at least half of our class is hungover for Friday class and doesn't spend the weekend studying until Sunday night.  I vote that it's certainly possible with the right amount of pre-planning and extra work to make sure you're not behind.