Most of the time, when law students flip out, they flip out about their law school. But in this era of law student meltdowns, it was only a matter of time before law students started brawling with each other.
On April 30, New York Law School (not to be confused with NYU School of Law) had a cocktail party for 3Ls to celebrate the end of classes. A tipster explains:
There was supposed to be hors d’oeuvres served with the free alcohol, but there was little food in sight, so the scene was set for overconsumption of alcohol on empty stomachs.
This sounds promising.
You might think that this story devolves into New York Law School students rioting in TriBeCa over the school’s inability to break out of the third tier. But instead, we’ve got a classic green-eyed monster lurking about:
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Apparently, one 3L brought a 1L as his date, and this was upsetting to his ex-girlfriend, another 3L. Earlier in the night, the [female] 3L allegedly spilled wine on this 1L. The 1L later on then threw a wine glass at the 3L.
I think we all know where this is heading. Details after the jump.
Not surprisingly, the jealous 3L did not take kindly to being assaulted by the 1L sideaction:
In retaliation, the 3L went after her and ripped the 1L’s dress off. So at one point the 1L was running around in only her shoes, stockings and thong, and security had to kick everyone out because of the fight.
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We have to turn to an observer’s Facebook status updates (and attending comments) for more details (names have been changed as is my whim):
Rabble Rouser: Remind me not to wear a tube top/dress to any law school function
Interested Observer: lol, is that b/c of what you saw during the cat fight?
Didn’t Stay Late Enough: Sooooo wish I’d seen it.
Rabble Rouser: I actually didn’t see the boobs myself, but I believe the fight was over the 3L’s ex who had brought a 1L to the party. Sorry this is turning out to be TMZ… but at least it’ll keep us entertained through finals.
Interested Observer: lol, love to know who the “man” was!! bet you anything he wasn’t worth it, if he’s dated those two!
Who the Hell are You?: Yes, who is the guy? We’ve seen the 3L, we’ve seen the 1L, now let’s see the baby daddy!
Didn’t Stay Late Enough: There was a drink thrown?! This seriously gets better every time I hear about it. We may never get much use of the new building, but I’m guessing we’ll be the last class to get a cocktail party. Go NYULS!
Somewhere, the “baby daddy” is smoking a cigar, receiving the adulation of his boys, and feeling quite good about himself, I imagine.
Meanwhile, the rest of the NYLS community searches for answers. Another NYLS tipster had this to say:
NYLS has enough doubt cast upon its students and the intstitution itself, and i know i am not the only one wondering what the shcool plans to do about this humilitation on its community.
We reached out to NYLS Dean Richard A. Matasar, but his office declined to comment about the events.
We hope the defrocked NYLS 1L has learned a powerful lesson about straps.
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