What law students really like to think about: Apparently it’s The O.C., at least at Boalt. Michele Woodruff points to this story, though there’ve also been others. An excerpt:

[John] Kim’s so Seth.

Wearing his Members Only black jacket, white shirt and black tie, the University of California, Berkeley, law student rocks with his band Orange Crush.

The original tunes, played by fellow bandmembers Anne “Anna” Wood and Ilona “Summer” Turner, include “You’re Sending me to a Mental Institution in San Diego” and “Summer Come Over.”

It’s Wednesday afternoon, and about 30 Boalt Hall School of Law students have gathered for the official kickoff of “The O.C. at Boalt” fanzine, which is packed with facts about the students’ favorite show, Fox’s “The O.C.”

Kim, a third-year law student, created The O.C. at Boalt group to watch and critique the series between their studies. . . .

The Berkeley connection

The Sandy character, and to a lesser extent Kirsten, provide the UC Berkeley link. According to the show’s back story, Sandy is a graduate of Boalt Hall, and he met Kirsten at Berkeley. . . .

[T]his actual law school group has established The Sandy Cohen Fellowship, a summer grant for students seeking opportunities to work in Orange County as a public defender. . . .

“Our scholarship target is to give $1,000. Most law school groups give about $3,000 in a scholarship, but no way will we get that far,” Kim says of the fundraising efforts that included a charity “Totally Awesome Prom” event Friday.

Never watched the show myself, but I can bet that it beats Civ Pro. Though it doesn’t, of course, beat discussing Supreme Court original jurisdiction cases in which the Justices end up equally divided. Nothing beats that.