For someone who loves to stay on top of all things current, you'd think I'd have a better grasp on current affairs. But sadly, I know a lot more about Brittany's latest saga than what is happening in Iraq. Since starting law school (no, we'll tell the truth--it all started last year when I was going to an interview and knew I'd be asked about current affairs, so along with facebook every morning I checked The New York Times and The Vancouver Sun) I've started to keep up with more than just Perez's blog.
It took me a while to get caught up with the world. A while, and some embarrassing questions to my father which resulted in him asking me on what bubble I'd been living for the past 22 years. But now I'm hooked. www.vancouversun.com is my new facebook and I get the New York Times headlines emailed to me every morning.
What's hooking me to these wordly affairs is more than not just looking vacuous amongst friends and parents. What's hooking me is that every other story on the front page of the Vancouver Sun has an element that is law-related and that I've probably touched on in class. For instance, Vincent Li's verdict was being released just as we were learning about why people would be held not criminally responsible for reason of a mental disorder in criminal law class. Two years ago the most I could have told you about Kyoto is that it's a place in Japan and you could probably find sushi there; now, I've studied a case on a non-profit group that brought the government to court for not adhering to their obligations under the Kyoto Protocol. Whether I find these subjects innately interesting or inexorably boring, I now have the knowledge to understand what is happening in this world on a deeper and more technical level, such as the logistics behind Chris Brown's court case.
If you have any questions about Perez Hilton, Law Orientation Week or anything else be sure to give me a call (604) 827-3552 or email orientation@law.ubc.ca
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