Legal paper

[sorrowmonkey]

So, I've been working on my 15-page legal skills paper (I'm at around 10 pages) which is due Thursday. I have actual legitimate work to do, but I can hopefully make that up during break (right after this is due). I've hit a bit of an impasse in one of the three sections, and for now I think I've just going to detour around it for now and come back to it later.

I'm not going to bore you all with a bunch of legalese about it, but to show, by analogy, the nature of my complaint, I will give a mathematical example...

The professor divides the class in half. One half is supposed to answer yes, and the other no. We are given a problem to research, and we must support our answer with mathematical proof. However, in the course of the research, it comes out that the equation we are talking about is:

Does 2 + 2 = 4?

Now, imagine, that you ended up on the "no" side. Blarg.

Comments

Luna Law

[darthluna.livejournal.com]

When you're standing firmly in the wrong, move the ground.
Skippy says it's ok.
I would be willing to help talk it through if that would help. I don't know the law, but I'm not bad at contary and obstinate.

Re: Luna Law

[nrawling.livejournal.com]

It's mostly a case where I really hate what the rule is, but it has gained widespread acceptance, so it's like beating your head against a wall to change it.

Every comment has been on-point and helpful. I can't really ask for a change in the law (outside of the scope of this assignment), so all I can do is work the narrow exceptions and carve out a little piece of ground for the plaintiff to stand on.