Law Students

The Marvels of the Electronic Age

If John McCain is tired of the old-person jokes, perhaps his campaign shouldn?t pedal ludicrous arguments like this one ? that Obama can?t properly form an opinion about Iraq until he has visited it in person.

I?m sorry, but is John McCain aware we no longer have to send galleons around the Cape of Good Hope to communicate with the Orient? In this marvelous new age of the telegraph and the telephone, people can actually correspond across thousands of miles ? exchanging information in real time! You can learn about -- and form a complex opinion about -- places beyond your line of sight.

McCain should make use of these amazing new technologies. No longer must he rely on carrier pigeons to communicate with his campaign staff back in Arlington. No longer must he travel home to Arizona to confirm it is still in the Union.

On the other hand, perhaps this ?how can you understand something until you've seen it in person?? reasoning could be uniquely helpful for law students. For instance:

-- How can the California Bar know an applicant is qualified to practice law if he hasn?t visited the California Supreme Court, where such laws are made?

Conversely, since I have seen the Supreme Court in action, why do I have to take a test in 10 days? Like John McCain, my multiple visits to a place should give me unquestioned authority and insight about it.

-- How can the Boalt Administration claim I didn?t Am Jur my last three classes, if Dean Edley didn?t personally read my exams? Relying on so-called ?experts? to grade my exams just shows Dean Edley can't reach a conclusion on his own.

I look forward to having my class rank recalculated in a McCain administration.

Full post as published by Nuts & Boalts on July 19, 2008 (boomark / email).