So it is the end of my first week in law school and I thought I would list my schedule and maybe jot down some things that I have learned. I wake up at 6:30 or 7:00, not cause I have to but I find I'm more productive that way, and I get ready and try to leave my apartment around 7:30 or 8. I used to walk to school, though I bought a bike so it isn't going to take me as long to get to school. So I study til my first class which what ever day is always at 10:00. Monday and Wednesday I have Civil Procedure at 10:00 AM I then have a break until 2:20 when I have Torts. Really dry professor I hope I don't fall asleep. I am free after that at 4:00 and then can study and go home.
Tuesday I have Property at 10:00 and lawyering skills at 6:00PM and then I'm done that day. Thursday I have Property at 10:00 and then Legal Research at 3:30 and then I'm done. So that's my life; school, library, and home.
So what have I learned. Well in my civil procedure class I've learned that you can be sued in any court as long as you've had contact with the state and have availed yourself of any of it's benefits or its protections. This is especially important to corporations since many are incorporated in Delaware but do business all over the country.
In Torts I've learned that intent is important when proving Battery or Negligence. One woman sued a 6 1/2 year old for pulling out a chair from underneath her. The court found that he didn't have the intent to harm her, but the appellate court said that intent was knowing that the action could bring harm and that the victim would act in a certain way. The kid knew that what he did could have caused harm and had a reasonable belief that the woman would try to sit down where the chair had been so they remanded to the original court and they found the child liable of a battery tort.
My Property class I think will be my favorite this semester. We are talking about lost, mislaid and abandoned property. Finders Keepers Losers Weepers is actually law. The law says that the finder of a lost object claims possession of it over everyone else in the world but the original owner. So if you find 20 dollars on floor, or parking lot of a store it's yours to possess. You don't get title but you get to possess it. Lost property is defined by the nature of the item and where it is found. So it is reasonable to believe that a person wouldn't put a 20 bill on the floor and therefore we can believe that it was placed there accidentally, and without the owners knowledge. Mislaid is something that is left in a place and forgotten. So if you find a wallet on a table at a barber shop it is reasonable to assume that it was left there on purpose. In that case the wallet's possession would go to the owner of the property in question.
Classes are going well and they are interesting so I'm really happy. The only thing that bothers me out here is the fact that the use the F word like it's their job, and they drink way too much. I've remember how much I hate dealing with drunk people, and I hate swearing. Both being drunk and swearing make you sound and look so stupid and ignorant. And I know people out here are as smart as anywhere. Anyways I'll stop complaining and finish this up. Take care everyone and thanks for reading my blog.
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Hey, just read your post. Sounds kind of interesting, the classes that is. I am glad to know that finders keepers is law. I will be more in the look out! As far as those around you, try to look past the language and drinking. It is all they know so be a good example and a good friend. Love you.
I wanted to go to law school for a long time. This stuff just sounds so interesting!
I hated the F word in Georgia too. It was everywhere. I may have gotten desensitized or something. Eventually, our friends started to not use it around us.
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