Hail to the Chief

I was “elected” 3L President of the public interest society at Our Law School. “Elected” is in quotes because I ran unopposed and no actual balloting occurred. I’m thinking of it as practice for my ultimate career goal of becoming dictator of a small Latin American country (I considered France, but they have a history of doing nasty things to their dictators, whereas Latin American countries apparently venerate them and name currencies after them or allow geeky Brits to write musicals about them).

The elections for the other four offices were much more heated. There were numerous candidates for each office, which was phenomenal. It’s a good sign that so many of the current 1Ls care enough about the group that they would be willing to act as officers. And with one very notable exception, every one of the candidates was an excellent choice. Really, we could not have gone wrong, regardless of how the results had turned out. In the end, the people I’d secretly hoped for (and in fact, voted for) won by good margins. There was enough diversity of opinion to know that people took the elections seriously enough, but I was also relieved to see that the actual margins of victory were quite clear, such that the voting can’t be disputed. If we were part of the current administration, we would be declaring a “mandate”.

I’m very VERY excited about the fact that Miss Daisy Burpee will no longer be involved beyond the possibility that she might be a member of the society next year. Somehow, though, I doubt it. She could barely be bothered as an officer and there’s no chance that she could apply for a grant next year, so there’s no reason for her to pretend that she actually cares.