Day in the life of at 10:07 PM

I figured that this week I would go over what I do on a daily basis. I usually get up around 7 or 8ish which means I lay in bed and fight getting up as long as possible. When I eventually get out of bed I mosey on over to my computer and read some news to get my brain going a bit and to catch up. I eat something small like cereal or fruit and hop in the shower. I get a couple cups of coffee in me then move it on over to class.

Classes are okay. Most of them are not too stressful except for when you are “on call.” If you’ve ever seen a law school movie being “on call” means you basically break down the case for the entire class and teacher as the teacher grills you a bit to get the point of the case across. My first week to be on call is this week; I will let you know how it goes. Otherwise, you can volunteer to answer some questions and the teacher just gets the answer they want and goes on.

Once classes or over or when I get a break in classes I get back to my place and make some eggs and toast to get a legit breakfast into me. If I am done with classes for the day then I get down to reading my cases and going through my studies to be done. Most of the time I screw around (something I need to cut down on but I have been good) but I have so far read for every class which I am proud of. I had to upgrade my chair as I spend 30% of my waking hours at my desk:

I usually finish around eight or nine (usually I just cut myself off since studying is never done). I play some video games or watch TV about this time and get to bed around eleven or twelve at night, making sure to say night to my girl.

I do this day after day after day. While skill helps, law school is all about endurance. You do not want to read every day. It might be impossible to read everyday with no real break. We shall see by the end of this semester.

::Antdog Out::

For many persons, law appears to be black magic--an obscure domain that can be fathomed only by the professional initiated into the mysteries.~susan c. ross~

Hypo at 1:18 AM

One of the harder things that a law student has to get used to is the suspension of judgment while reading a case or legal rule. When you read a case there is a certain set of facts that are the reason the case is where it is at. Sometimes the legal rule addresses those facts and sometimes they loosely follow those facts in order make an easy rule for someone to follow. The problem that arises is the hypotheticals that can come from them.

If someone is being beaten and you see them then you do not have a duty to help them.

A pretty simple rule that many can agree is not a bad rule. If someone is being hit with a bat in front of me then there is no legal duty to help them and in turn I do not get hit with a bat. While it might be morally a good thing to help that person it is not a legal duty.

Now to make it a hypothetical: If a baby is face down in a pool of water and you are not related to the baby nor have special relationship to the baby (such as babysitter or guardian) then you do not have to take it out of the puddle.

Welcome to Law School.

::The above hypothetical is one of the reasons I love the law::
cowards die many times before their deaths;
the valiant never taste of death but once.
of all the wonders that I yet have heard,
ot seems to me most strange that men should fear,
seeing that death, a necessary end,
will come when it will come.
~julius caesar~