Ed McDonald from Good Fellas
Long day but interesting. Was just barely on time to torts this morning. A welcome change from being 10 min late though. Didn't do any reading but also didn't get called on so no harm no foul. Suffered through civ pro. For lunch I had kosher pizza with Koleinu and heard Professor Abraham Bell of Bar-Ilan University talk about the ICJ decision on the Israeli security fence. He paced too much but had good points. I spent an hour talking about the comparisons between the Israel/Palestin fence and the barrier in Kashmir with an Indian LLM student afterwards. Missed contracts but I think it was worth it. After that I spent 2 hours getting my resumes reviewed by career services. Then more free food. I went to a healthcare law panel wit some very distinguished Columbia alums. One was Steve Epstein of Epstein Becker & Green. Yeah, he's a named partner. Biggest healthcare law firm in the country if not the world. Only about 20 of us there so it was neat. Wine and cheese followed (good cookies too). We were interupted by a fire alarm (turned out to be a mistake) then after socializing a bit I went to a Criminal Justice Action Network dinner and had sushi with Ed McDonald who played himself as the federal prosecuter in Good Fellas. I'm a mafia buff so it was quite a thrill. He was an amazing speaker too. I gotta say, I'm not a big sushi fan though. Oh well. You win some, you lose some. Raw fish for the chance to talk with a guy who has prosecuted the 5 families, not bad. I'm pretty tired but I haven't started my reading. Or laundry. Or resume revisions. Ugh. These speakers are too hard to turn down. My life is falling apart. Just gotta keep it together for 1 more month....
