Sunday, November 24, 2013

Fifteen Minutes of Trial and the Four Broadway Memo

The W&M 1L class is terrific. The law school has an annual Thanksgiving Basket Competition between the 1L sections. Well, basket is a bit of a misnomer. It’s more of a pile-of-donated-food-in-a-creative-way competition. The previous record was about 4000 cans of food. This year’s 1L class: 7000+ cans of food and some donated cash on the side! (The lobby was very crowded.) I have some great (and very creative) colleagues.

That was the major event at school this week.

A recent, much more minor event took place in Civil Procedure. A class on court rules and procedures would seem to need a lot of time spent on talking about trials. Not so much. We covered trials in 15 minutes and moved right on to preclusion. The part of law that draws the most attention in popular culture is one of its smallest components.

My big project of the week was my final legal memo. For an idea of how much time I’ve spent working on it, I’ve managed to listen to Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, Wicked, and The Lion King (Broadway version). And I’ve had some silent work time as well. Happily, it will be done tomorrow morning.

Which is also why I’m going to bed now.

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