sweet naivete

I wonder what my contracts prof would think if I turned in a blank exam on Monday?

arrr, ye matey

If law school fails, I can always apply for a Letter of Marque and Reprisal and become....a privateer!

today, my head exploded.

Truly. It was a mess. Right in the middle of the torts exam. My poor neighbour's exam booklet was covered with tiny flecks of gray matter while the remainder of my body ran from the room twitching from the stress of spotting the damned bunnies.

I wonder if I can sue my torts professor for intentional infliction of mental suffering?

These exams are like a frickin' marathon. After torts, I broke down in tears...from the stress, the 9 hour daily study sessions, the feeling of not-knowing-what-the-heck-I'm-doing, or perhaps just from the wild-eyed confusion at having to prepare a written opinion on a legal issue which the goddamned Supreme Court of Canada can't even figure out themselves. Stupid social host liability...

Who knew tort law could have such an effect on me?

3 exams down, 2 to go. The irony is that I felt pretty good about my first 2 exams - Legal I and Property. I might not have aced them, but at least I wrote with confidence, even if it ends up being misguided confidence. I miss the days (like last week) when exams were fun, and I could while away the 3+ hours displaying my brilliant (and slightly arrogant) knowledge of the law.

Thank the goddess my next exam is crim, my one saving grace. Nuisance and negligence - my 2 worst nightmares. But murder and manslaughter - now that I understand...

Diversion!

Okay, I can't begin the exam period on a grumpy note. That's just bad karma.

Good news today - my LSLAP client's diversion request was approved! I'm really happy for him. He's the perfect candidate for diversion - young, employed full-time with a decent income, first time offender and so incredibly remorseful (and likely scared) after arrest (it was a simple possession charge) that he carted himself straight off to drug counselling. I love clients who get their lives back on track without my nagging.

I hope he does well. Hopefully, Community Corrections will recommend him to the DOJ for diversion. It was a nice case - cool client, simple charge, entertaining police report (the transcript with his dealer was like something out of Law and Order). I'm sure Alan will say that I should've taken it to trial and argued a Charter violation. But heck, I'll take a diversion anyday...

Intolerance: The Marginalized Value

What on earth is wrong with people these days?

To Ruth Malhotra, I say: "That's the price you pay for living in a liberal democracy, honey. Suck it up".

It never ceases to astound me how the law can be twisted for any number of means.

Perhaps I'd have a more coherent rebuttal to Ms. Malhotra's crusade to have her right to be intolerant protected were it not for the fact that my 1st year law exams begin tomorrow. Let the games begin...with Legal Institutions. Maybe I'll be less grumpy after tearing into Chaoulli and the completely ridiculous decision that the Supreme Court of Canada reached on Quebec's private health insurance law for an hour or so.