Parade of Lunacy

Hello again! It's been a week since my last post, so I thought it was time to fill you in on the law school process. Classes are in semi-full swing. We're still moving fairly slowly, but I continue to understand most things, and I'm enjoying just about everything. The only real bummer is the near-constant reminder from some professors that it's OK to do badly on early projects, and to be confused and to get middling grades. We all know that in a class of 80, less than 10 will get an A- or higher, but we need not be reminded of this quite as often as we are.

Now that I have had more than a week of classes, I am starting to see the greatest part of law school: the parade of worst-case hypothetical scenarios. The best way I can think of to illustrate this phenomenon is through an old ad campaign mixed with a shockingly realistic look at my property class:

This is your brain:
Professor: "So, the court ruled that migrant workers are entitled to receive visitors and guests customary to all citizens"
Students: "Yeah, so the worker's sister is allowed to visit."

This is your brain on law school:
Professor: "So, the court ruled that migrant workers are entitled to receive visitors and guests customary to all citizens"
Student 1: "Yeah, so the worker's sister is allowed to visit."
Student 2:  "OK, then what about a clown?"
Student 1: "A clown? It's not customary."
Student 2: "What if it's a part of their culture? Who are you to decide a clown isn't customary? Or, what if they know a lot of clowns?"
Student 1: "Well, I guess if the migrant worker knew somebody who happened to be a clown, it would be OK. But they couldn't have a clown come, and then try to pass them off as a friend. You would have to establish that he had a prior relationship with the clown."

This is a fairly representative classroom discussion as we, the new crop of 1Ls, try to find our way through the Socratic Method. The only way we can really come to a fair definition of any rule is to start with a general statement, then carry it to its logical (albeit bizarre) conclusion, then carefully whittle it back until it resembles something of use to society (at which we often fail).

That's more or less everything I wanted to talk about, so I'll leave off here, but I'll be sure to share any more funny/interesting/notable things I experience soon!