March 2003 - #3. LAW REVIEW: A LOVE STORY.

Vermont Bar Journal

2003.

March 2003 - #3.

LAW REVIEW: A LOVE STORY

Vermont Bar Journal - March 2003

LAW REVIEW: A LOVE STORY

Lawrence Savell, Esq.

As the gleaming jetliner drooped its nose earthward like a fading associate after a trifecta of consecutive all-nighters, Nick Ladrone thought back two decades, when he was smitten by her vixenish allure that first day of Property class.1 "Her" was Cindy Uxor, Nick's classmate at the University of Michigan Law School, and his girlfriend, constant companion, and - dare he say it - original and enthusiastic love partner2 from that first night3 through graduation.

Nick remembered Cindy like it was yesterday, precisely recalling every detail of her appearance.4 After that first class, Nick had followed her into her Document Production workshop seminar, and Cindy had been touched by Nick's tenderness in attending to her numerous paper cuts and extracting her flowing hair from one of the many industrial-capacity shredders being demonstrated.

As Nick reread the 20th-reunion invitation for the thousandth time, he nibbled instinctively at the corners of yet another Maalox tablet and thought of the experiences the couple had shared. Smiling, he recollected how their off-campus apartment had been in terrible shape, despite their many efforts to contact the landlord's on-site employee.5 He recalled how Cindy loved to plant herself in her 1960s retro designer chair6 and watch old movies on TV, particularly those starring the noted actor, Mr. Marshall.7 He remembered that they had many common opinions, such as their belief in reincarnation,8 acceptance of Freudian analysis,9 support of often-unpopular political groups,10 and sense that there had not been a truly great racehorse at any time during the 20th century.11 And he thought wistfully of the sight of her outside their apartment, gleefully honking the horn on her dented but reliable old Honda.12

Of the two, Cindy had been the better student by far, making the law review on grades, then athletically13 scaling the journal's rigorous scholarly heights to be appointed Punctuation Editor.14 Nick was a marginal student at best, although he did sometimes use the rest of the page. Indeed, he nearly did not graduate; he was saved when the dean, a close friend of Nick's family, summarily commanded a reluctant Origami Law...

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