I arrived at Columbia Law School hoping to keep a low profile, having no desire to be called upon in class by professors. I sat in the back row of every class, head and shoulders hunched, making myself as inconspicuous as possible.
In the early 1960s, the case method of instruction was much in vogue. I found the fact patterns of cases immensely complicated. Who were all these people and what were they trying to achieve in their numerous and not always very interesting transactions? In seeking to untangle the cast of characters and their deeds and misdeeds, principles of law were easily lost.
