Random facts...

I was just analyzing my summer job and I realized how many things I have learned since June. I did learn quite a bit during my first year of law school, but at the same time, those things made little or no sense because I did not really get to see how they worked in real life. This summer I had an opportunity to apply the concepts I learned in class to real life scenarios which has greatly increased my understanding of a lot of the topics we discussed in class.

In the course of my summer I also learned a lot of fun facts... You would be surprised how entertaining legal research can be.... for instance, I was researching the laws regarding alcohol sales in Maine when I found out that alcohol sales are permitted from 6 a.m. every day until 1 a.m. the next day, except Sundays. On Sundays alcohol can be sold from 9 a.m. until 1 a.m. the next day, unless you are a police officer - police officers are the only persons who can purchase alcohol between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. on Sundays in the course of performing their job duties. Now, the question is, why would a police officer need to buy alcohol at 6 a.m. on Sunday morning in the course of his job? Any ideas out there? I also did a fair amount of research on the FDA regulations regarding the labeling of various food products, the use of food additives, etc. Did you know that food additives include lubricants as well? Apparently, whale sperm can be used in some products as a food additive. To be honest, I did not want to know what those products are so I did my best to avoid it. I was already feeling pretty disgusted by all the chemicals they add into the food, so I figured I would just leave it at that. I think that has definitely made me want to eat healthier - thanks God there is a farmer's market on Nicollet every Thursday... Anyways, as you can tell, every job can be fun... Oh, and I almost forgot, Westlaw has this thing called the "headnote of the day" so every day they will send you an email with some kind of funny headnote from REAL cases... for instance, did you know that dogs do not have a constitutionally guaranteed right to travel?