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Torts
By Kate | October 6, 2008
I wish more of these were offered at USD.
I just want to confirm the rumors: it is true, law school is hard.
Right now I am studying for my Torts class (ok, technically right now I am writing a blog article in an attempt to avoid studying for my Torts class). To give you a little idea of what that is like this is a quote from my current reading:
“Historically, the tort of negligent infliction of emotional distress had raised two concerns: (1) establishing authenticity of the claim and (2) ensuring fairness of the financial burden placed upon a defendant whose conduct was negligent. A court deals with these concerns by exploring in each case such public policy considerations as: (1) whether the injury is too remote from the negligence; (2) whether the injury is wholly out of proportion to the culpability of the negligent tortfeasor; (3) whether in retrospect it appears too extraordinary that the negligence should be too likely to open the was to fraudulent claims…”
There are about a bazillion more points… but, you get the picture. If you were not even slightly tempted to
(a) skip the paragraph
(b) fall asleep
(c) light something on fire
(d) buy a one-way ticket to Mexico & never look back
while reading that excerpt, I suggest you enroll in law school immediately. It will be a real barrel of monkeys.
If you had any of the aforementioned reactions to that paragraph, I suggest you stay far, far away from law school & keep thinking that the definition of tort is what is pictured above. Trust me, you’ll be happier in the long run.
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October 6th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
After reading that paragraph, I am tempted to: (e) Sue you for Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress.
Hang in there!!!
October 6th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
dude. you should check out feelings school. they’re all “listen to the client…no, really LISTEN.” and that’s it. that’s all there is to it.
i think i’ll go bake me a nice tort.
October 7th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
I have apparently been warped by 26 years of actively practicing law. That paragraph is just like the volumes of stuff I read every single day. I am NOT making that up.
Someone who knew the legal system well once said:
“Lawyers make a living out of translating what other lawyers have written.”
Welcome to my nighmare, Kate.
October 8th, 2008 at 7:47 am
Lawyers were invented by long-forgotten Bush ancestors, shortly after Noah and Co. departed the Ark.
The deal they struck was for biblical scribes to be provided stable and perpetual work, deciphering the jibberish that the newly created class of lawyers promised to churn out for eternity.
As millenia has progressed, so has the need to provide full employment for scribes (journalists) to feel secure in their prospects of employment.
Hence, lawyers thrive. And while journalists continue to wring their keyboard-grarled hands, they’re still thankful for the original full employment act.
October 8th, 2008 at 8:54 am
Wow, I am wasting my time in the Mother Hood. I should definitely be in law school instead. Maybe I could emphasize in a nice gritty family law profession. Yummers.