Law is Like…. the French Taunter

How would you capture the essence of law school? I’ve felt since the very first semester that the movie The Paper Chase gets at something central to law school – a challenge to your ego inviting you to take up an intellectual quest for knowledge and growth. A bit dramatic, I know, but I think there’s something to Hart’s obsession with learning and excelling.

Though it struck me recently that perhaps law school is more accurately portrayed in this scene:

You’re certainly on a quest. But the law simply taunts you from behind a citadel of brick and mortar. You’re powerless to do anything about it since the extent of your weaponry is sword and coconut shells.