Getting an A is good. Getting top paper is better. One has to take about thirty classes to get through law school, so one has a fair chance, if not a good chance, of coming away with at least one top paper. As I heard one student say, "everybody's a savant at something." After twenty-one bites at the apple, I finally found my something. In Decedents' Estates I scored my first top paper in a substantive law class.
Last night my fellow overachievers and I--fifty or sixty in all, somewhat undercutting the notion that we were the 'best of the best'--were feted with hors d'oeuvres and encouraging speeches. A good time was had by all.
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