The School of Law

"There are many, many types of books in the world, which makes good sense, because there are many, many types of people, and everybody wants to read something different....But one type of book that practically no one likes to read is a book about the law. Books about the law are notorious for being very long, very dull, and very difficult to read. This is one reason many lawyers make heaps of money. They money is an incentive-the word "incentive" here means "and offered reward to persuade you to do something you don't want to do"-to read long, dull, and difficult books."


-Lemony Snicket The Bad Beginning









Christian, now an official law student of one month, has acquired many interesting books as part of his required reading. Some of these riveting titles include:






























As well as many others.





I'll be honest. A little over a month ago, I knew little more about law than the wikipedia definition:

"Law is a system of rules, usually enforced through a set of instructions, used to underpin civil obedience, politics, economics and society in numerous ways. "



However, after many dinner conversations about different cases, listening to Christian reiterate his reading, trips to the campus (see right), and even more wikipedia research, I have come to the conclusions:

1. Law is extremely necessary.

2. Law can be very interesting.

3. Maybe I want to go to law school some day.









Although, upon further reflection of number three, I remembered just how big those law books really are. I mean, drop one on your foot and you are looking at 6 to 8 weeks in a cast. Maybe I'll opt for another method