Exams approach. First one up is Evidence next Tuesday. I've enjoyed the course. I like the material and the professor's great. Also it's nice that watching Law and Order episodes can constitute legitimate study time.
My professor invites the students to write songs on the course material, which he then offers to sing. Some classmates recommended I write one, but I couldn't do it until the very end because I didn't have all the material to work with before then.
True to my Huey Lewis and the News fan cred, I wrote my song based on their "I Want a New Drug." The professor performed it today during the review session. Some of it's a bit clunky, and the relative humor depends on knowing Evidence, but in case it doesn't completely suck I will share it here. Enjoy...
I want a new judge
One that knows what to do
One that knows 'bout relevance
And rule four hundred twoI want a new judge
One with no doubt
If it would make me look too bad
He'd have to throw it outI'm feeling really nervous
He just can't let it in
He just can't admit evidence of the possible plea bargain
The possible plea bargainI want a new judge
One that won't choke
One that don't think all them
Fed'ral rules are all a jokeI want a new judge
One who can surely see
Just 'cause I'd done it once
Doesn't mean this time was meHe really makes me nervous
I wonder what he'll do
I wonder if he will admit that thing I once told you
What I once told you
I told you once babyI want a new judge
One who's read Daubert
One who knows this guy's a quack
He ain't no big expertI want a new judge
One that does what he should
One who knows that privilege
Makes the evidence just no goodOne that won't make me nervous
One that knows his stuff
This one partied hard in school and didn't study enough
Didn't study enoughGavel solo and fade...