February 24th, 2009
After questioning Jill for 20 minutes, Professor M tried to move on:
Professor M: “Okay, let’s go with someone else. Jack Smith?”
Jill: “He’s not here today.”
Professor M: “Hm. Okay, what about John Doe?”
(Silence)
Professor M: “Fine, what about Andy Johnson?”
(Silence, a few chuckles)
Professor M: “…erm, Sarah Patel?”
(some people start laughing)
Professor M: “What are the odds?! I mean, MOST of you are here! See what happens when you don’t show up… Okay, okay, what about John Williams?”
John: “Here!”
(class applauds)
February 17th, 2009
We had a mandatory statutory interpretation research lecture today. The research librarian was pretty funny:
Librarian: “You know how there are those people who get scared talking in front of large groups of people? Well, I should have checked where they keep the defibrillators beforehand…”
Librarian: “This is a diagram from Westlaw. I don’t think it’s that helpful but other people have told me it is. Personally it makes me a little dizzy, a little nauseous..”
Librarian: “And everyone just loves microfiche! Typically when we tell someone that we have the document in microfiche they suddenly don’t need it anymore…”
He also mentioned that there was a Soulja version of School House Rock’s “How a Bill Becomes a law”… and sure enough:
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February 2nd, 2009
So the professor calls on a student:
Professor M: “Is it… Lay Smith?”
Leigh:“It’s pronounced Lee.”
Professor M:“Oh, I really got that one wrong. I bet you’re used to it though.”
January 26th, 2009
Starting Statutory Interpretation on a high note:
Professor S: “You all have finished a semester of law school so you should be able to answer this question: Where can we find law? Who makes it, and where is it found?”
Jack: “Cities!”
Professor S: “Uh…cities? I guess you can find a book of statutes in a city…”
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