For the Ladies of the University of Chicago Law School Class of 1972

In  May, 2002,  I had a party at my house for the women in the University Law School Class of 1972 who had come in for our 30th Reunion.  This references some famous cases we read in our first year.

To the fabulous women of the

University of Chicago

Law School Class of 1972

On the Occasion of our 30th Reunion!

May 5, 2002

Sumer’s a-cumin in, dearhearts,

With Sunshine as well as with Shade,

And everyone surely will thirst for,

Glasses of Cold Lemonade!

Beyond reasonable doubt I am certain,

That Baxendale told Hadley, “I confess,

Had you plied me with Cold Lemonade,

I’d have sent you that shaft by express!”

And then there was poor Mrs. Palsgraf,

She would have been fine had she stayed,

Safe inside that railroad station,

Drinking glasses of Cold Lemonade!

Last consider please, Dudley and Stevens,

And the fate of that young cabin boy,

Too bad that those sailors did not have,

Cold Lemonade to enjoy!

So make Lemonade every summer,

Drink plenty, because you just saw,

How Cold Lemonade in abundance,

Could have altered the course of the law!

With best wishes,

Joan Levin