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Welcome to �鶹���� Law’s “Got a Minute?” series. These are fun, short-answer interviews with 20 rapid-fire questions. We’ll find students throughout William H. Gates Hall as they study, wait for class or hangout with their classmates.

This week’s “Got a Minute?” interview is with Rachel Holland, 1L.

�鶹���� Law: What was the first case you were cold called on, and how did it go?

Rachel Holland (RH): My first cold call was not actually a case. The first day of law school we had a hypothetical in Professor Feldman’s civ pro class where we were on an island trying to set up what we thought jurisdiction between islands would look like. I didn't do horrible, but I was definitely a little confused at the start.

�鶹���� Law: Who was the first classmate you met?

RH: I went to a law student mixer over the summer and I met my friend, Sheryl Suresh.

�鶹���� Law: Which classroom is better, room 133 or 138?

RH: 133.

�鶹���� Law: Which professor would you recommend to host SNL?

RH: Feldman.

�鶹���� Law: Without looking, how many glass structures are in the courtyard?

RH: Three.

�鶹���� Law: There’s four.

RH: There’s four? Oh no!

�鶹���� Law: What's your favorite part of the library to hang out in?

RH: There's a lounge on the upper level where you can talk. So, I go there with my friends.

�鶹���� Law: What does IRAC, CRAC, or any other acronym that your LARW professor may use, mean?

RH: We're using CRAC. So, conclusion, rule, application and then conclusion.

�鶹���� Law: Name the first Latin term that comes to your mind and what it means.

RH: Prima facie case, based on the facts.

�鶹���� Law: Which class have you laughed the most in?

RH: Honestly, probably Feldman.

�鶹���� Law: Where's your favorite spot on the �鶹���� campus, excluding William H. Gates Hall?

RH: I would say maybe Red Square, because it's easy to meet people and it's kind of fun watching people.

�鶹���� Law: How many different Law & Order TV shows have there been?

RH: I've never seen Law & Order [Laughs]. I don't know, seven?

�鶹���� Law: Close, eight. Tell us something you learned in class that blew your mind.

RH: I think a lot of torts negligence cases are really interesting. I had an idea of what, for example, medical malpractice would look like before going in, but after listening to cases there's a lot of rules, there's a lot more of a logical structure, but I guess I didn't think too much about how that would apply. Like, “Oh, it's negligence. Somebody did something wrong. It caused this, and there's damages,” but there's more of a distinct structure. And I think it's really interesting to take cases that you're like, “I have no idea how to approach this,” but then you’re able to break it down using that structure.

�鶹���� Law: What's your favorite time slot for a class?

RH: Honestly, my earliest class is at 10:30 but I'm a morning person, so I almost wish I'd had the 9:30 slot. If I could just not have any afternoon classes and just have them in the morning, that would be perfect.

�鶹���� Law: Where's your favorite spot to get a bite of food?

RH: I'm still going through that, but I would say I go to H Mart and Boba Up the most.

�鶹���� Law: If you could host a fireside chat with one professor on anything, who would it be and on what?

RH: I would say Sanken. I would probably talk to her about writing outside of legal writing. I’m curious if she's ever done creative writing or anything like that.

�鶹���� Law: What was the most recent class you attended?

RH: Torts with Calo. I just got out of it.

�鶹���� Law: What was a highlight from that class?

RH: We were talking about whether a cut head trauma could cause skin cancer. So, that was a case of negligence, of a plaintiff’s cut that hadn't healed for two or three years, and then also, coincidentally, the same spot developed skin cancer. We were discussing if that negligence had caused the skin cancer.

�鶹���� Law: How old is �鶹����?

RH: 125 years.

�鶹���� Law: Yes! Correct. Is there a figure in the local legal community that you look up to and admire?

RH: Yeah, Kitty-Ann van Doorninck. She was a judge in Tacoma for family law cases and also my neighbor. Super amazing. And she volunteers at a legal aid office in Tacoma. I worked there for a little bit, and so she’s been a bit of an inspiration for me.

�鶹���� Law: What area of law would you like to pursue after you receive your JD?

RH: I haven't really decided. There’s quite a few. I'm interested in international law. Right now, with all of the classes I'm taking, I'm thinking civil litigation would be fun. I’ve thought about IP, but I don't have a ton of technical background, so that would be something I'd have to explore more, but we'll see.