Stumbled across Jeremy Richey's blawg

Funny guy. Check out this Interview with Justice Scalia.

:)

"OK. Back to work," says my computer...

Presentations

This week has been dedicated to student presentations in Tort class. I have been truly impressed with my classmates. My understanding has substantially improved in landmark cases such as Jane Doe v. Board of Commissioners of Police of Toronto, Dobson (Litigation Guardian of) v. Dobson, and Odhavji Estate v. Woodhouse.

Sometimes, when I look around the room I imagine where my classmates will end up. "She'll make a great litigator." Or, "I wonder if we have a budding politician over there." In a way, first year law is like high school: we're all in class together prior to be divided up into our particular areas of interest. I suppose we're just walking in step with the principles of human nature as outlined by Aristotle, and then by Adam Smith:

"The positive effect of the division of labor on output and production cast is one of the most fundamental assumptions in economics."

Quote from Prof

"If you can fake sincerity, you will make a good advocate."

Career Day's Loot

I neglected to report on this year's "Career Day". Many firms and government agencies came to Kingston to give us stuff. Lots of stuff. This year's offerings:

backpack
umbrella
mints
gift certificate for Tim Horton's
travel mug
cereal
ice cream scoop
CD holder
PEZ candy dispenser
water container
pen/flashlight
highlighters
canvas bag
bouncy balls that light up
yo-yo
tea strainer/cup
pencils
candy
notebook
multi-purpose screwdriver

Did I miss anything?

Oh yeah, and they also told us about their firms. ;)

Fishing for courses

First years are in the process of selecting our courses for the 2005-2006 year. Queen's uses this really wierd "balloting" process whereby each student is assigned a "random" number, we hand in ballots that include our picks ranked 1a, 1b, 1c, 2a, 2b, etc. And then, somehow, they fill the classes.

While in some ways I can see this system as more fair than the first-come-first-serve system that more schools use, it also has its drawbacks. First of all, it's really complicated and difficult to get used to. Etc. Sorry, I don't want this to be a site full of complaints, so I'll leave it there.

Chosing courses for Sept 05

Queen's balloting for new courses is about to begin. I was looking at some of the course descriptions. This one is from last year's Legal Ethics:

Questions addressed include: what a lawyer should do; what a lawyer should be; whether it is possible to be a lawyer and a good person.

Boy, I need to take that. Is it REALLY possible? hmmmmm ...

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