First night of law school
Tonight I had my first law school class. WOW! It was amazing. I loved it. I am so ready for this career path.
I gave a brief tonight, and I seemed to be received well by the professor. She didn’t correct me…so that was a good sign. She is the Chief Public Defender for Sonoma County. It’s funny that she is my professor, as today I was just reading a note today from my friend Cassandra about what my morals can handle when it comes to the law. Could I defend a criminal I don’t morally support? I asked the professor how she deals with that, and she said..well I don’t always support them, or think they deserve to get off, or that they are even good people. But the law states that EVERY person is entitled to a fair trial…and someone has to represent these people…so it might as well be me.
What a profound answer. I still couldn’t do it.
Here’s a link to my first case brief tonight on Robinson v. California.
Don’t laugh…I hate my voice on these recorder thingys.
http://1thinlayer.com/my_first_law_school_brief.mp3
thankfully I finished most of the 120 pages and the 12 cases I needed to brief today. So I’m ok…I’m tired. But relieved and happy.
I gave a brief tonight, and I seemed to be received well by the professor. She didn’t correct me…so that was a good sign. She is the Chief Public Defender for Sonoma County. It’s funny that she is my professor, as today I was just reading a note today from my friend Cassandra about what my morals can handle when it comes to the law. Could I defend a criminal I don’t morally support? I asked the professor how she deals with that, and she said..well I don’t always support them, or think they deserve to get off, or that they are even good people. But the law states that EVERY person is entitled to a fair trial…and someone has to represent these people…so it might as well be me.
What a profound answer. I still couldn’t do it.
Here’s a link to my first case brief tonight on Robinson v. California.
Don’t laugh…I hate my voice on these recorder thingys.
http://1thinlayer.com/my_first_law_school_brief.mp3
thankfully I finished most of the 120 pages and the 12 cases I needed to brief today. So I’m ok…I’m tired. But relieved and happy.
posted by Ryan Mlynarczyk at 11:46 PM
3 Comments:
Good for you Ryan. You sound all smart and stuff.
Have you finished your homework for Contracts class tonight? Only 2 cases to brief, but they're pretty intense.
I hear our Contracts teacher isn't quite as "friendly" as the Crim Law teacher. Yikes! I'm a bit nervous...
Wow--Ok, now you have to comment on the Contracts class last night. I thought it was fantastic! I think we got REALLY lucky with our teachers this year. :)
So glad to see so many of the "old gang" there.
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