Reading stories ...

During my first week of law school, one professor told us that for the next three years, we would be reading stories. Although I soon realized that reading a case never matches the feeling of reading a story, I liked thinking that if law school meant I read stories for three years, my not- entirely-rationally-created plan to enroll perhaps made more sense than I had anticipated. Well, this semester I actually get to read real stories for my Law and Literature class. Which makes me think of my first week of law school, which seems like yesterday ...