In The News

Our Law Library was in the Minneapolis Star Tribune today (front page, above the fold even... which tells you how slow of a news day it was yesterday in Minneapolis) because we got the letters of Clarence Darrow¹. This has been a huge deal at our law school because it is the Library's [trumpet fanfare] One Millionth Volume². We've had free lunches and music provided by the library all in celebration of the wonderfully round number 1,000,000.

To this I say 1) congratulations to the law library and 2) pass the chips and shut up about it so I can study. It's great that one million is so important to you, but I don't really care. With the advancement of the online legal database, it is becoming less and less important to look things up in books. And in the rare instance where I do have to trod up to the stacks and pull out a book to look something up, I will be able to do it with one of the 999,999 volumes you already had. Thanks thought. Enjoy your party.

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¹If you follow the link to the story and look at the picture of Darrow, you will see the ugly-ass picture us law students at Minnesota get to see every day as we are walking into the building. Now imagine that mug on a huge 30 ft. by 10 ft. banner. The nice thing about it is if you aren't completely awake in the morning, Mr. Darrow's stern gaze will scare you wide eyed.
² Which apparently, as a student, I should give a crap about.