“Justice? -- You get justice in the next world, in this world you have the law.”
Saturday, October 21, 2006

Kudos to the novelist William Gaddis for the heading for this post. Try not to read into it too deeply, you'll only end up depressed (^_^)

So I guess I haven't updated this thing for almost half a year... My excuse is that I was just too lazy in the summer, and as for September and October, I've actually been pretty busy :p. Most of you already know that I got accepted into UVic law in August, but in case you were wondering what law school (in Victoria) is like, here are some quick 'factoids':

  • Law school is three years of schooling plus one year of articling
  • The 1st year class in UVic Law is about 100 students
  • The average age of a 1y student this year is 26
  • All 1st years follow a Standardized class schedule, which is 6 full year courses and 1 half year course.
  • Most courses just have a lot of readings with one big final and a 'no-hurt' midterm (only counts if your midterm mark is higher than your final mark)
  • Surprisingly enough, each course has only two 1.5-hour classes per WEEK. I actually get fridays off!
  • Uvic Law school environment is pretty lax
  • Law Profs are NOT like the ones shown in 'legally blonde'. They aren't really mean at first but nicer as the movie goes along - they're just nice in general (mine are anyway)
  • In law school, you're more motivated to do your readings and participate in class discussions - i've probably done more reading in two months than i did in my entire 4th year (^_^)



One thing you realize really early on is the dual nature of law: a balance between legal formalism and personal judgments, and a balance between consistency and flexibility. In any area of law, there is always a counter argument to your argument, a retort to that counter argument, and so on and so on...

It is really interesting stuff, but right now, there doesn't seem to be a lot of ground to stand on in the world of law - I've been told that it will start to make more sense sometime in the middle of second year (a prof told me that too, lol).

So far, I'm enjoying the whole experience of law school, but then again, I haven't taken any exams yet... exams ruin everything >:(

Anyway, drop me a line, but don't ask for legal advice just yet (^_^).

Posted byCharles Ang at 2:46 PM 3 comments  

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