HARVARD LAW SCHOOL — It was my first day of law school and my first class in civil procedure. It was 4:00 p.m. on the dot and the students of Section 5 had just sat down. There was no “welcome to civil procedure, my name is Professor Charles, and here’s the syllabus,” just a launch right into the reading. I was seated at the end of the top row and I was getting cold-called.