Last Friday, late afternoon, the UPS man brought my back a goodie…my new rolling bookbag. On Monday, when I showed up for class, it was clear that several other people were evidently visited by the rolling bag fairy. Of my new “gang of four,” three of us are now sporting gravity-friendly paper-transportation devices. 

I don’t know about anyone else, but I am so much happier with my new bag. Come Friday, when I have two classes and two “tutoring” sessions, which means I should carry all 4 casebooks, my back will be very grateful. 

Have I mentioned the “tutoring?” Cal Western offers one extra session per week, optional, for each of the 4 core classes 1Ls take. These are taught by 3Ls, usually, who previously did very well in the course. They offer additional information and help–students can ask questions, of course, but there are also handouts, etc. I’m not sure how often I will be attending all of these, but it’s good to know they are there.

Today, during the couple of hours we have between classes, I had lunch with and went to study with three other women (I’m jokingly calling us the “gang of four”). We’re an interesting mix–ethnically we pretty much have everything except Continental-Asian covered–one African-American (really–her father is from Nigeria), one (I think) Mexican and maybe Philippino or Pacific Islander mix, one blonde Central Valley California girl, and me. They’re all bright and have great senses of humor, and I think we’ll end up making an interesting and effective study group. I was happy when they asked me to join in. 

Anyway, during our informal studying today, I asked what the others thought about our Civil Procedure prof. Christina (the second mentioned above) who was a journalist and teacher in her previous life, said she wasn’t sure about him yet. Then she compared the course to Defense Against the Dark Arts (Harry Potter reference), and the rest of us completely lost it laughing.

It’s actually a pretty accurate when you think about it–in that course we’re learning all the technical rules that less-than-scrupulous people have been known to misuse in arguably evil ways. Of course, those rules can also be used for good and the only way to defend against the scumbags is to know what they are going to try and pull. 

So now, of course, we’re trying to figure out which of our professors is Snape.

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