Today's my first day back since Monday. Missing two days of class was hardly noticeable in high school. Miss two days at Cornell and a person was in jeopardy of having to drop the class. I imagine law school is somewhere between those two extremes. Friends taking notes is a huge help.
People are saying that half the law school has the flu. I won't miss my flu shot next year.
Next weekend, Feb. 8-9, is the Institute of Bill of Rights Law's first-ever Citizen-Lawyer Conference. W&M's credo, if you will, is that lawyers have a special obligation to serve the public interest, given the tools we learn at law school. This fits well with what many of us hope to do. At the conference next week, lawyers and professors from all over the country will discuss the usefulness of the Citizen-Lawyer concept, first envisioned by George Wythe, who signed the Declaration of Independence, attended the Constitutional Convention and at the request of Thomas Jefferson, founded the William & Mary School of Law (the nation's first). His pupils included Jefferson, Henry Clay, James Monroe and John Marshall, who later became perhaps the most important Chief Justice in U.S. history. Hence the name of our school — Marshall-Wythe. (UPDATE: I added a recent snow-covered picture of the Marshall-Wythe statue outside the law school.)
Sandra Day O'Connor, W&M's Chancellor, will be the featured guest at the Citizen-Lawyer Conference. I got the chance to see her speak on the undergraduate campus earlier this year, but this time she's coming to the law school, a more up close and personal visit. Should be a good weekend.
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