Little Sue Monkeys

True Story: The other day when my roommate was taking the bus to school, she and some other law students were waiting on the sidewalk. As they were waiting, a guy riding a bicycle across the street was hit by a person driving a minivan. The people who witnessed the event reported hearing a very loud thud and saw the bike rider land onto the van's hood. Fortunately, the guy wasn't badly hurt. While most normal people would make sure that the person is alright and help him up. My roommate said that all the law students around her yelled "Get Popper!" Popper is one of the first year Torts professor. Ah yes, this is what we law students do. Look at every accident and think of the 50 different ways we could sue someone like the minivan driver.

I guess when you're surrounded by cases every waking hour (and sometimes they infiltrate your dreams too), your natural reaction is to think of what laws apply to every situation. I almost feel like a machine that processes facts into lawsuits automatically now. It's a little scary. I'm hoping that when I'm actually a lawyer and grown up, I'll have other things to balance my life so I don't see everything around me as a lawsuit or a liability.

Speaking of being a real lawyer...today in my legal rhetoric class, we divided the class in half to represent two sides of this case that we're writing memos on. When the desks were put together like a long table, sat in swivley office chairs with our laptops infront of us and debated the statutes regarding child support payments, I felt like I was working at a law firm. It was a really cool feeling. It's these type of moments that make the rest of the workload feel bearable.