{"id":21303,"date":"2013-09-19T08:53:26","date_gmt":"2013-09-19T13:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/?p=21303"},"modified":"2013-09-21T14:28:23","modified_gmt":"2013-09-21T19:28:23","slug":"law-and-law-school-in-six-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/2013\/09\/law-and-law-school-in-six-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Law and Law School in Six Words"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the things we try to teach our law students is how to write concisely. And nothing is more concise than a story in six words. If you aren\u2019t familiar with six-word stories, let me briefly (in six words) explain.\u00a0 Ernest Hemingway wrote one; won bet.\u00a0 Okay, more fully, it\u2019s said<\/a> that in the 1920s, Hemingway\u2019s colleagues bet him he couldn\u2019t write a story in six words.\u00a0 He wrote:\u00a0 For sale: baby shoes, never used. Some say that Hemingway considered it his best work. (But see here<\/a> for evidence that Hemingway never wrote those six words.)<\/p>\n

Writing a six-word story is creative and fun\u2014and great practice at being concise. Here are\u00a0several six-word stories about law school or other law-related themes, contributed by faculty and students. My goal is to continue to collect such stories and post them as they come in. Please consider writing your own six-word story and posting it as a comment. Or email it to me at lisa.mazzie@marquette.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Answer:\u00a0 \u201cIt depends\u201d<\/p>\n

worked<\/p>\n

most days<\/p>\n

Professor Rebecca Blemberg<\/i><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

Old dog, new liberalism; Antonin Scalia.<\/p>\n

Gil Simpson, 2L<\/i><\/p>\n

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I loved fearlessly, despite the law.<\/p>\n

Professor Ed Fallone<\/i><\/p>\n

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Fourteenth circuit moot court is real.<\/p>\n

Brittany Kachingwe, 3L<\/i><\/p>\n

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Cost-benefit analysis rules the case.<\/p>\n

Professor Melissa Greipp<\/i><\/p>\n

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Personal jurisdiction in six words? Ha!<\/p>\n

Professor Irene Ten Cate<\/i><\/p>\n

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UPDATE (9\/21\/13):\u00a0 <\/b>The six-word stories keep rolling in.\u00a0 Here are some more.\u00a0 Please keep them coming!<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t outsource, let our lawyers work.<\/p>\n

Angelina Joseph<\/i><\/p>\n

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\u201cHabeas Corpus,\u201d the third-year student cried.<\/p>\n

Professor David Austin, California Western School of Law<\/i><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

Hanging shingles, he fell into debt.<\/p>\n

Professor David Austin, California Western School of Law<\/i><\/p>\n

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Legal writer, for sale, bores family.<\/p>\n

Submitted by the children of Professor Ruth Anne Robbins, Rutgers School of Law – Camden<\/i><\/p>\n

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Friday night, legal writing: the usual.<\/p>\n

Submitted by the children of Professor Ruth Anne Robbins, Rutgers School of Law – Camden<\/i><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

I worked hard. It paid off.<\/p>\n

Professor Candace Centeno, Villanova <\/i><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

Perseverance in law: Constance, Thurgood, and Desegregation.<\/p>\n

Professor Bernadette Gargano, SUNY Buffalo Law School<\/i><\/p>\n

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No better preparation for serving humanity.<\/p>\n

Professor Kirsten K. Davis, Stetson University College of Law<\/i><\/p>\n

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\u201cHeads full of mush\u201d learn clarity.
\nProfessor Sue Liemer, School of Law, Southern Illinois University<\/i><\/p>\n

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Students never saw Paper Chase, alas.<\/p>\n

Professor Bruce Ching, Michigan State University College of Law<\/i><\/p>\n

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Ruth Anne Robbins submits the following, written by her 2L and 3L students:<\/i><\/p>\n

1L: scared; 2L: burnt; 3L: done.<\/p>\n

2L. One month deep, doggy-paddling. Quicksand?<\/p>\n

Sanity sustained by pounds of coffee.<\/p>\n

Work Harder Than Ever, No Guarantees.<\/p>\n

1L, 2L, 3L, Bar Exam, Floor.<\/p>\n

Should have read the “Slacker’s Guide.”<\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

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