So, it's like, judicial notice is something where there is no controversy, it's clear and everyone takes it as fact. Like, in the adult bookstore charged with obscene materials, and the materials, they were all about people swimming in donkey semen, the court could take notice that they were obscene, because, obviously.So of course I threw that in our review notes. Thus beginning this email exchange:
RM: I am stunned the amount of semen blowing a donkey yields.
Me: DS is not, are you, DS?
DS: Oh, I mean, I am quite familiar with the volume of a standard donkey load.
ES: Ahem. Have a cocktail, friends.
Me: ES! What are you doing googling "donkey semen" at this late hour?
AE: Ah, a true verbal act.
This will continue for days, I am not even kidding.
I studied evidence at the professor's house for a bit yesterday, and he kept trying to get us to watch the opening scene from "Much Ado About Nothing" because of the naked ladies. He said naked ladies probably 10 times. The two dude students I was with were really uncomfortable.
ReplyDeleteI just realized that every person in the room was of a different race, but one guy pointed out to me today how weird it was for the professor to assume that one of the POC could only like Shakespeare for the naked ladies, but the other people in the room were assumed to just like Shakespeare.
What's up with the weirdness that happens when discussing evidence?
Ew. Seriously? That seems like it is veering dangerously close to the line of sexual harassment. He sounds like a really racially sensitive dude, too. But that people like him exist in law school I am not so surprised.
ReplyDeleteUm, and it's because I think evidence makes your brain rot? I don't know. My evidence teacher is a lovely gentleman, but none of my friends like that class. It bores us to tears. But yet I have heard from other people that it was one of their favorite classes in law school? I don't get it.
It was a little weird. I was busy telling the dudes how great the movie is, and how Keanu tried to ruin it. That professor is generally pretty awesome along the lines of recognizing where sexism and racism hurt our society. Strange day. I'm hoping that it was just a fluke, and he was up too early to think clearly.
ReplyDeleteI actually dig evidence, but I really wanted to take the class after an internship doing domestic violence appeals last summer. I wanted to understand why so much was inadmissible. I am fortunate in that most times, this professor is really entertaining and engaging. This was his first fail, but it was a big one. (At my school, it is rare that professors recognize sexism. Most are so bloody sexist my head explodes - so he is a rare treat)
Who knows? I'm completely ignoring evidence until after this paper and a PR exam with the professor I actually loathe. Maybe if I do all the evidence reading I will understand it or not. We'll see!