grumble grumble
i would like to admonish the law school community (or those who showed up and acted accordingly) for its conduct at the federal circuit oral arguments, which were held in our own caplin auditorium today. that's pretty awesome.
but we all knew that the arguments would start at 2:00. and that they would each last 30 minutes. and most likely that they would not exactly be on time.
so why did people insist on showing up late, and then having hordes of people leave every few minutes? this is VERY distracting. and ANNOYING.
THEY'RE ARGUING IN A COURT OF APPEALS FOR GOD'S SAKE! yes, it's caplin auditorium, but still! maybe we could treat them with a modicum of respect, show up on time, and only leave between the arguments. i mean, literally, there were groups leaving every 5 minutes and people coming in thru/out, of course having to file in to the seat at the very center of the row. this is not done stealthily.
if you knew you had a class, plan accordingly.
and if you just got bored and wanted to leave, two things. (1) well DUH. you didn't know that you would be bored? i anticipated being bored within 10 minutes, but i figured it was an amazing opportunity and i should go anyways. and so i planned to just stay thru 2 of the 4 arguments and picked the set of 2 i would most like to see. actually i didn't get so bored and would have stayed, only i have too damned many things to do today. not that posting to my blog is one of them. (2) even if your boredom shocked you, well you still could have waited out the 30 minute span and left between the next set of arguments.
i don't mean to sound like a curmudgeon, but i thought that we came off as a pretty disrespectful bunch.
tho you could tell the judges loved having an audience. tho i imagine they wouldn't have complained if we had stayed seated and actually listened to what they were saying for more than 4 minutes at a time.
ok, gripe over.
but we all knew that the arguments would start at 2:00. and that they would each last 30 minutes. and most likely that they would not exactly be on time.
so why did people insist on showing up late, and then having hordes of people leave every few minutes? this is VERY distracting. and ANNOYING.
THEY'RE ARGUING IN A COURT OF APPEALS FOR GOD'S SAKE! yes, it's caplin auditorium, but still! maybe we could treat them with a modicum of respect, show up on time, and only leave between the arguments. i mean, literally, there were groups leaving every 5 minutes and people coming in thru/out, of course having to file in to the seat at the very center of the row. this is not done stealthily.
if you knew you had a class, plan accordingly.
and if you just got bored and wanted to leave, two things. (1) well DUH. you didn't know that you would be bored? i anticipated being bored within 10 minutes, but i figured it was an amazing opportunity and i should go anyways. and so i planned to just stay thru 2 of the 4 arguments and picked the set of 2 i would most like to see. actually i didn't get so bored and would have stayed, only i have too damned many things to do today. not that posting to my blog is one of them. (2) even if your boredom shocked you, well you still could have waited out the 30 minute span and left between the next set of arguments.
i don't mean to sound like a curmudgeon, but i thought that we came off as a pretty disrespectful bunch.
tho you could tell the judges loved having an audience. tho i imagine they wouldn't have complained if we had stayed seated and actually listened to what they were saying for more than 4 minutes at a time.
ok, gripe over.
posted by laura at 3:47 PM
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