I am in the Redmond Airport right now, waiting for my 3pm flight to Seattle. From there I take a short hop to London Heathrow, followed by a flight to Zurich, Switzerland. I have 9 days with my brother and his family before heading to Florence.
I am studying law for four weeks in Florence through Penn State's Dickinson College of Law. My classes are Comparative Law, Comparative ConLaw, and International Environmental Law...6 credits for all of that and the added bonus of graduating a semester early: this December.
I am two years into law school, in what was supposed to be a three year program. How much can one learn about the law and the legal world in Salem, Oregon? Plenty if your life is in a box. But the world does not work that way, nor should we wish it would.
Law school is more than a case book; more than a three-hour exam to determine my worth. The curve can kill and it can cure, but it is not me.
I have one suitcase. My wife gave me Under the Tuscan Sun and I am taking The Count of Monte Cristo, The Cossacks, and The Sun Also Rises for my reading materials. I hope to spend more time on foot or on two wheels than sitting on my arse reading books.
Law school is the framework; the construct. Life is what fills in the blanks and allows one a context to apply what they learned (if they learned anything). My plan is to keep you informed, show you the world that I am seeing, and bring you a taste of what 100k in frequent flier miles can buy. Tomorrow is my 8th wedding anniversary. Thank you, Liana, for this trip.
Stick around.
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