Surge In Popularity

Well blog fan(s), it looks like I'll have a lot less time to post in the coming years because I have just sealed my fate as the Most Popular Student at School of Law.

In my European Union law class, when asked whether I thought State liability should apply to national legislative bodies, I replied,

"Well yes, in Germany's case, because they were just being rude."

Now that everyone knows how brilliant I am, I'll probably be far too busy espousing my wisdom to my adoring real-life fans to entertain my tens and tens of supporters online.

However, if on the off chance my fellow students see me for the clueless student/failed diplomat/unicorn poacher I really am...there's a good chance I'll be hiding in a musty corner of the library, making snarky remarks on The Internets for a while to come.

On a Federal Job Application:

7a. Are you a male born after December 31, 1959?
____ Y ____ N (If no, skip 7b and go to 7c)


7b. Have you registered with the selective service system?
____ Y ____ N


7c. If "NO" describe your reasons in item #16.


WHAT? I have to describe the reasons why I am not a male born after December 31, 1959?

How do I go about telling the Feds about how the babies are made...

Success In Interviewing

Big Law Interviewer, graduate of School of Law: So, who is your favorite professor at School of Law?

Brilliant, Charming Law Student: Professor X, I appreciate that she really challenges her students.

Interviewer: Oh. I couldn't stand her.

(silence...)



I'll take that as a "You're hired."

Giggles

While I'm studying for tomorrow's fly back interview with Big Law, PR is in the living room playing this Lego computer game with a friend. I've got a pretty decent handle on my concentration until I hear PR say this:

"Well, I like this one [Lego Game] better than the other one [different Lego Game] because the other one is childish."

I try to laugh under my breath, but fail. Before I know it I am laughing hysterically. At the end of the day, honey, you're still playing with Legos.

Thank God I have this child mature adult to be my partner through life.

My Environmental Law prof named his dog NEPA (nee-pa) after the National Environmental Policy Act.

My future as a lawyer is bleak.

Foreshadowing

An excerpt from The Nine, by Jeffrey Toobin describing Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor:

"After blazing through Stanford Law School and graduating in 1952, O'Connor did not receive a single job offer as a lawyer. ( The major Los Angeles law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher said she could come to work as a legal secretary.) But O'Connor ignored the slights, as became her custom, and concentrated instead on building a life with her new husband, John."

Oh, the parallels between Sandra (can I call her Sandra?) and myself! At this rate, I think it's safe to assume I'll be the next influential Supreme Court nominee.

Kick you when you're down

In United States v. Cunningham, a nurse appealed her conviction for tampering with a consumer product. According to the prosecution, she stole Demerol out of syringes at her hospital and replaced the syringes with saline solution. After the faulty syringes were discovered, police questioned the nurse and took a urine sample to test whether she had any of the drug in her system. In the case against her, the prosecution submitted evidence of the nurse's past addiction to Demerol as well as the resulting suspension of her nursing license.

In his decision, the appellate judge details the nurse's history as an addict, her previous conviction for stealing Demerol, and the proceeding suspension of her nursing license. After he confirms that the submission of the prosecution's evidence regarding her addiction and license suspension was proper and thus denies all of her arguments on appeal, the judge writes this poignant last sentence:

"And she did flunk the urine test."

Ouch.