Legal Research & Writing Party 2006

Legal Research & Writing was one of the classes we took alone with just our section. And we had it Fall through Spring. Plus we just finished this big briefs on a fictional case suing a kid recklessly and possibly intentionally killing a beloved and elderly cat "Muffy" in front of its child owner. Outrageous! To celebrate finishing the brief and almost being done with the first year of law school our kind LRW Professor Moran got us a funny Muffy cake.

Section B 2006 on the last day of LRW

"In Memory of Muffy" cake

Here are some of the best Muffy quotes:

• "If Jack had chased after a boy, "just trying to scare him", with a tractor, a large and dangerous machine that has killed before, would you not find that to be outrageous?" -JK


• "Based on the common-sense notion that running over a cat is somewhat different from running over inanimate, inorganic property, California has heaped statutory and jurisprudential disdain upon those who, like Callaghan, purposefully terrorize animals." - JZ


• "The trial court seems to envision a harmless child innocently chasing a cat through bucolic meadows. The outrageousness of Callaghan's behavior, however, must be evaluated in light of the context in which they actually occurred." - JZ


• "Judge Cohen can't handle the truth!" -SH


• "Is there some reason we're not doing trespass to chattels?" -JP
• "I believe it's because in that case you are only responsible for the cost of the chattel. I think elderly deaf arthritic cats go for maybe $7 on ebay." - EA


• "There are two means of refuge from the misery of life: music and cats." - Albert Schweitzer

Katy's 28th Birthday 2006

We went out for burgers for Katy's birthday. Can you figure out where? There are clues. Haha.

Sarah and Katy

Audra and me

Brian and Kathy

Donald (for the record, I took one of Donald and me but we both came out bad)

Selina and Tiffany

Kathy, Red Robin, and me

Nathan's 23rd Birthday 2006

We celebrated Nathan's birthday at the Hardware Store Restaurant downtown specifically because they have meter-long beers. Not everyone was back from winter break yet, but nine people for dinner and drinks is about as much as you can hold a conversation with anyway so it worked out pretty well.

Nathan enjoying his birthday beer

Jon and Paul with their half-meters - after all it's not their birthdays.

Kathy and Nathan

Me and Sarah at Hardware Store Restaurant

 

Birthday sundae joy!

Afterwards we moved down the mall to Zocalo restaurant for fancy drinks. It's such a cute place.

Selina, Brooks, and Julie at Zocalo

Keg Race Against Section F 2005

On Thursday, we had a section mixer keg race with Section F at someone's house before Bar Review last night. I actually love Section F. BF= BF. I did however get pretty competitive about this keg race because 1) they already beat us at softball, and 2) I talk to them a lot so I anticipated a lot of smack talk if they won. Alas, every last person in their section came and partied and they beat us. At least they're awesome.

Me with Alec and Akure from Section F

Section F friends: Akure, Tiffany C, Andrea, and Kristen

Section B buddies Justin R and Jim

Joe and our peer advisor Adam

Lauren, Jane, and Brian

Cheers!

After the section mixer/keg race/ pre-party was over we joined other law students at the bar review at Starr Hill bar.

Tiffany N, me, John, Kathy P, Julie at Starr Hill

Tommy at Starr Hill

Tiffany, Kathy, Brian and I wandered away on the corner and ended up joining some other people at Buddhist Biker Bar.

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On the Corner

Kathy, Tiffany, me, and Brian at BBB

Dinner at Professor Leslie's 2005

Our section has Contracts with Professor Leslie and he's our section advisor/spiritual leader. He invited us over for dinner on Saturday, and even though we were mostly all still hungover from PILA we happily obliged. His wife made three delicious lasagnas for us as well as salads.

Professor Leslie and Ryan

Dinner table

Other angle


Getting more lasagna

Roger, Elizabeth, and Sarah


Me and Brian


Jeremy, Mrs. Leslie, Selina and back of Brooks


Julie


Cyndra and Kathy

After dinner and conversation we checked out their home theater in the basement and he showed us "the music greats" including Elvis. Audra and I had never seen a video of Elvis performing and we promptly fell in love. Too bad we're about 30 years too late.

Donald, Lauren, Kathy, Nathan, Justin, and Jerry


Helloooo Elvis


Jon, Andrew and his girlfriend


Professor Leslie's home theater dance

1L Softball Tournament 2005

I don't play softball... I don't have anything against it, I'm just really bad at it. But softball is a big deal at UVA generally, and it's a big deal at the law school- they host a multi-law-school tournament in the spring for charity. In the fall, the law sections play each other for bragging rights. I went to cheer and support the people that were playing for our section. Our section is decent and won our first game. But then got out in round 2.

Section B Group Picture!


Jane makes it safely to first

The tournament schedule

Some of the women in Section I

 

Softball stars Jen and Akure- Section F

Jen in action!

Section L


Go Andy!

Justin and Aaron's Party 2005

Justin and Aaron threw a really fun party. So fun that no pictures can be shared. Sorry!

B-E-D Section Mixer 2005

Last night we had a section-mixer party for sections B-D-E, which we rearranged into a "B-E-D" party wherein some people wore pajamas and robes and whatnot. Also somewhat inexplicably, but awesomely, there was an ice luge.

Party! Beer pong... spotted in crowd Kathy P, James, Tommy and Lynden

Section B Peer Advisors Adam and Aryn (3Ls)

Section B Peer Advisor Matt (3L) and me

Brian and Amy cuteness


Kathy, me, and ice luge

Elizabeth, Kathy, Roger, me, Brian, and Justin

Afterwards, a bunch of us went to the law school bar review. Bar review is one night each week the law school picks a bar and we go to it in mass. This week we went to Buddhist Biker Bar because they tolerate us reasonably well and they have an outdoor area.

Me, Jen, and Akure (original DC girls) with photobomb by Jesse

Roger and Section B Peer Advisor Vida (2L)

Me and Audra at Buddhist Biker Bar- both making funny faces

Brian, me, Roger