Law School Hijinks

I received this email today from the director of the First Year Writing Program at my law school. It's both disturbing and amusing.

The law school administration has noticed that an unnamed first year law student has posted flyers with the heading "Give me Proof," offering to pay another student "to proofread certain Legal Writing assignments." Paying another student to work on your legal writing assignments violates the school's disciplinary regulations. Any student found guilty of this practice will be subject to disciplinary action.

First year students are encouraged to meet with their Writing Seminar Teaching Assistants for help with their Writing Assignments. The TAs have been selected and trained to help first years to improve their writing skills. The TAs also know what the instructors are looking for in the assignments. Thus, paying a student to work on your paper not only violates the school's disciplinary regulations, it also is a waste of money and not a very effective way to produce a good final product.