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Law Professor Gives Adorable Drinking Advice

Law professor warns students about the scourge of 'drink specials.'

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UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY SCHOOL OF LAW — RICHARD KRISCIUNAS

Congratulations! Your final exams are over. You are ready to celebrate.

If you celebrate by drinking alcohol, please remember to drink responsibly. If you are attending the end of the year SBA party, remember that after your first two free drinks, you may be putting yourself dangerously close to the .08 presumed under the influence blood alcohol level if you are stopped by the
police while driving. Those “drink specials” after your first two free drinks may put you over the top.

Check the blood alcohol chart at the link below and look at your weight and the number of drinks. That third drink for males under 150 pounds puts you at .10 and for all females under 175 pounds puts you over .08.

http://oade.nd.edu/educate-yourself-alcohol/blood-alcohol-concentration/

Remember how hard you worked to become a lawyer and how disappointed you, your family and your friends would be if you graduated from law school, passed the bar but couldn’t get through Character and Fitness because you had a DUI after an end of the year school party. It happens every year. Don’t let it happen to you.

Enjoy your summer. Relax and recharge those batteries.

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But don’t get into the college habit of celebrating your successes or failures by drinking. It’s a bad habit to kick. You’re going to be a lawyer soon. You can drink but know that when you drink too much, there are going to be consequences and you will be held to a higher standard.

Best wishes to all. See you soon.

Rich Krisciunas

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