Looking Forward to Prison

Slept 13 hours last night! From 8:00 to 9:00 this morning. Feel very focused and refreshed today -- ready to work. Unlike my usual self. :)

Yesterday, spent the whole day doing some crim law final exms... They are so hard! I misread the directions to an problem and thought that the word limit was 1,000 words, so I ended up with 1,100 words... but reread the directions and realized that the word limit is actually 500 words, which is insane!

Today, had crim law class, which is now really about criminal procedure rather than substantive criminal law (we've officially entered the second half of the course on Tuesday). It was pretty intereting -- all Fourth Amendment stuff; no unreasonable search and seizure; no arrest warrants without probable cause, etc.

Then, went out to lunch with a group of my classmates to lunch with my civ pro professor. My law school has a budge for every professor to take students out to dinner. We went to a mexican restaurant, sat around a big table, and talked. Although her class is boring, Prof. D is actually very nice in person. She talked very frankly about university politics, told us that she hated civ pro herself when she was a 1L, and in general gave us advice about how to survive the first year of law school. There was a whole bunch of motivational stuff mixed in there as well ("you have the whole world open wide for you..."). All in all, it was a very good experience.

I have another lunch this Wednesday with my crim law professor. I was actually the one who organized this lunch, and I invited some of my friends at the section to join me. This should be fun as well.

Part of our section went to visit a state prison today. It's a trip organized by my crim law professor. I was slated to go tomorrow, and I'm really looking forward to the trip. Apparently, prison has a very strict dress code. Our prof sent us a total of 6-7 emails about the prohibited clothing items, which are very numerous. Here's a partial list:

-shorts, cut-offs,culottes
-halter tops
-tube tops
-half shirts or short blouses
-see-through clothing of any type
-sweat pants
-jogging suits
-skirt/dress with slit above knees or wrap-arounds, mini skirts
-tank tops, sleeveless garments
-low-cut blouses
-unlined or open pocket
-hats of any type, gloves, mittens, or scarves
-stretch pants, stirrup pants, spandex, other tight clothing
-camouflage fatigues, BDU's or cargo pants
-hospital type gowns/clothing/scrubs
-overalls (farmer jeans)
-torn clothing or clothing with holes
-excessively loose fitting or baggy clothing
-leg warmers
-t-shirts or shirts without collars
-clothing with elastic waist bands, elastic in the waist, wrist bands and/or pant legs, or draw-string clothing

Some items, on the other hand, are just bizaare. For instance, we are not allowed to wear "more than one pair of pants." Guys are not allowed to wear "black pants and white shirt". Are they afraid of waiters or something?? Also, like most restaurants, we are not allowed to go bare feet.

Anyway, I'll have to give some serious thought about what to wear tomorrow when I "go to prison".