Welcome back to Foreseeable Harm, a series where we take a look at some of the most appalling law school horror stories, straight from the law school trenches. These are real emails and messages we’ve received from real readers. Take a look at today’s tale of law school woe:
My best friend and I finished our required appellate briefs a day early, so it was party time during the week for us. I took it easy because I had early class the next day, but he sure didn’t because he didn’t have an early class. He also thought it was due a day later than it actually was.
This wouldn’t have been a problem normally because the brief was finished early, except he was still intoxicated from the night before and couldn’t drive to turn it in. Frantic texts and calls went out to many people for a ride. I was in class and saw his text. Realizing nobody else would help him because I was in the minority who got their brief done early, I channeled the powers of Hermes and ushered his soul into the afterlife which awaits every law student following the end of the brief.
I was successful in sneaking out of class for the 15 minutes it took to shuttle him to turn his brief in.
What’s your law school horror story? You know you have one, so feel free to email us (subject line: “Law School Horror Story”) or text us (646-820-8477) and tell us all about it. We may feature some of them here in an upcoming post on Above the Law.
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