Personal Jurisdiction by Minot Diana

Author:Minot, Diana [Minot, Diana]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2014-10-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

The week after Thanksgiving was the last week of class before finals. Whitney went back to class, and Elise and Jamie were thrilled that she was feeling better. Alex did not give away her secret that she had not been sick.

Professor Neals was worse than ever this week, and Whitney, who still had not spoken in his class, lived in constant fear of being called on. The last class with Professor Neals came and went, however, and Whitney somehow managed to escape his fury. She was not sure what she had done to be so lucky, but she was not going to argue with the universe when it threw her a bone. Elise told Whitney that Ben had been called on last week and it had been brutal. It almost seemed like he had not even read the case, and Professor Neals gave him a severe verbal beating. Whitney was worried about Ben, but did not know how to help him.

Whitney studied for finals with Elise and Jamie. She constantly checked her phone just in case Ben miraculously decided he wanted to study with her, but he never contacted her. The tension in the air around the law school was palpable. Each student was talking four finals. The grades from these finals, along with the grades from the spring semester finals, would be the largest single factor law firms used to make hiring decisions after interviewing students next summer. Those who had good enough grades to make the cut would be offered an internship, which all but guaranteed a job after graduation. Those who did not secure an internship would face a nearly impossible uphill battle if they wanted to work for a law firm after graduation. With starting salaries for firm jobs hovering around $160,000, there was a lot at stake. Even students who wanted to take government or public interest jobs worried about grades. These jobs paid far less than firm jobs, but the competition for them was fierce nonetheless.

Whitney practically lived at the law school during this time. She, Elise, and Jamie spent their days in a library study room. It was like a war room, with papers, coffee, and snacks scattered across the table, and flowcharts drawn all over the whiteboard on the wall. One day, when the girls ran out of coffee, Whitney ventured over to the school’s café to get refills. She ran into Lincoln, who was wearing a long-sleeved t-shirt and jeans instead of his trademark suit. She almost did not recognize him, and he seemed even more stressed out than usual. Whitney tried to act upbeat for his sake, but he barely acknowledged her before sulking away with an extra large cup of coffee.

The day of their first final, Whitney arrived at school at 7 a.m.—two hours before the final was scheduled to begin. She made her way to the library and went to her old favorite study table, overlooking Lake Michigan. She had treated herself to a Venti Starbucks coffee

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