The blog stylings of a few students at The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law.
Countdown to Graduation:
8 months and 24 days.
80.8% done

The Law 1; Ashton Kutcher 0.

Not that it take a lot to set fire to the factual underpinnings of your average Ashton Kutcher vehicle, but its sure funny when your concurrent law school studies bring the gasoline. To wit, I was flipping through HBO late last night, and caught the first 15 minutes of “What [...]

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 [...]

Movie Review: There Will Be Blood

“There Will Be Blood” is a good movie (for the first time ever, Mrs. Sherpa is wrong on this). Daniel Day Lewis – though he’s playing a similar character to Bill “The Butcher” Cutting – is excellent and his character is exceedingly evil. The trouble is you can’t find much sympathy for his victims.

The movie [...]

Movie Review: The Paper Chase (Or: How Law School Messes With Your Head)

I can’t imagine a law school blog that does movie reviews without including one on The Paper Chase.

Having watching it recently, I’ve been thinking about it a lot. And there’s probably not much I could say about the classic movie The Paper Chase beyond what’s already been well-said.

It’s the story about Hart a 1L at [...]