FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL

It's Saturday night and i can't sleep for some reason. So i figured now would be a good a time as any to blog about my first week of school.

On Monday i had Civil Procedure with professor Duvivier. She is a nice lady, but not very good at explaining things, or maybe in not very good at understanding things. I had her 3 times this week (Mon, Wed, and Thurs) and I always left more confused than when i walked in. Civil Procedure is basically the rules that guide how you progress in a law suit. They will teach us how to figure out who has jurisdiction, what laws to use, what court to choose, what cases are applicable, etc. Its actually pretty interesting, its kind of like a puzzle.

Torts is my second class. Professor Russell teaches that course and he is definitely entertaining. he did his best Shawn Johnson impression the other night by walking on a wall about 6 inches in width and 5 feet off the ground, in an attempt to illustrate how a plaintiff was hurt in a case we read. We spent most of the first day discussing the McDonald's Coffee case, where the lady burned herself with coffee. It was interesting to say the least, and i left with a lot more sympathy for that poor old lady that spilled the coffee. At first i just thought she was an idiot, but after seeing the facts of the case i'm surprised she didn't get more money.

My third class is lawyering process. I think this class is supposed to teach us how to be lawyers. How to read statutes and cases, how spot issues, how to write letters and briefs, etc. Its my smallest class and so far we've done a lot of group work. The only thing that sucks about this class is that i have it on Friday nights. The law school looks like a ghost town at that time.

The first week was pretty intense. They weren't shy about giving us reading and outside projects. I've already read about 6 cases and we've only finished the first week!!!!!!! Everyone was pretty nervous and i would even say a little overwhelmed. You could feel everyone stressing out a little. Luckily the professors have a little more respect for us night students than they do for the day students, because they realize we have lives. One girl in my class almost popped out a kid during my first session of torts. She stayed for the whole class even though she was going into labor!!!!!!! now that is commitment.