Going Once, Going Twice, Sold!

I had a really fun day today, inspite (or maybe because) I spent 13 hours at my law school. See, there's this little secret about law school: they reward you for all your hard work and insanely high tuition with a lot of fun and interesting events. That or it's the only way they can keep us sane.

The first event I went to today was a panel entitled "Who is the Decider? Congressional Oversight of Presidential War Powers." It was moderated by my own Con Law Professor, who also was general counsel for Carter, Clinton, the 9/11 commission, and was Associate Attorney General. With former Department of Justice attorneys citing a lot of cases we do in our reading, and talking about issues that I'll be researching this summer with my externship at the Constitution Project, it was really cool (in the nerdy type of way) to see how everything ties together. I was also happy to see the huge turnout for this event.

Then tonight, I went to an auction for public interest scholarships. I can't remember the last time I went to a live auction but it was really fun and very well done. Giving competitive law students, who have no concept of money because their debt is so large, some drink tickets for alcohol is a good way to raise money through an auction. They had a lot of creative and hot ticket items. Some of the notable ones were:

• An icecream social with my favorite professor & 14 of your friends (wanted to bid on it but it went for $275, far above my planned bid)
• A Louisiana-style 5 course gourmet dinner for you and your friends cooked by one of the professors who also agreed to donate $250 to any Katrina charity of your choice (went for $900!)
• 2 VIP tickets to ESPN's Pardon the Interruption where you got to meet the hosts (went for $675)
• Dinner & Poker Night for you and your friends with an alum who argues infront of Supreme Court. (went for $700)
  
• Have a sandwich designed and named after you for a year at Wagshals, the sandwich shop right by the law school (went for $350, which was once again, far more than I could pay. But if I could...a Doanie Bologna Sandwich for sure!)

There were a lot more interesting things, like VIP passes to the Colbert Report and a 5 on 5 challenge against some of the law school's favorite professors. My roommate and I left though because we were tired of being on campus all day and she has class tomorrow. I'm really glad I went though. It's really fun to see our law school, from faculty to students, all come together. Perhaps some law students will regret dishing over hundreds of dollars they can't afford now, but at least it's all going to a good cause.