Law Student Won't Sleep With Guy Even Considering Facts in Light Most Favorable to Petitioner

During last Thursday's bar review 3L Natasha Phillips was enjoying a glass of red wine when she was approached by her slightly inebriated classmate Louis Liptak. Liptak wasted no time hitting on the single Phillips, telling her that she "looked hot tonight" and inquiring about her plans for later that evening. Phillips quickly rebuffed Liptak, citing considerable evidence for why she was not interested in her fellow law student's advances.

After pondering the rejection, Liptak decided to appeal Phillips' decision, strongly urging that she reconsider.

"C'mon baby think about," a slightly slurring Liptak was reported to have said. "We both need to unwind so lets go back to my place. I've got some great Bordeaux not to mention some kickass romantic comedies on DVD."

Phillips, who had broken up with her boyfriend at the end of 2L year, admittedly was feeling lonely as of late and was in need of male companionship. As a result, she re-evaluated Liptak's offer.

"Considering this was an issue of second impression, I looked at the appeal in the light most favorable to the party petitioning for hooking up," remarked Phillips. "Despite the standard of review, I still could not in good conscious go home with that guy."

According to the 3L she really did try to take into account her classmate's best qualities but she couldn't find much to support an outcome other than rejection.

"I truly tried to consider Lou's best characteristics including that he was decently good looking and wasn't one of those over-intense gunners," insisted Phillips. "But after a thorough analysis I, as a fact finder, could not see enough of a reason to go home him."

Despite Phillips' best efforts to rationalize spending a night with Liptak in order to quench her sexual desires, the petitioner's negative attributes conclusively overshadowed any favorable characteristics.

"The whole night Lou did not stop talking about law school, could not help conspicuously staring into my cleavage and when he danced it looked like he had cerebral palsy or something," related Phillips, shaking her head. "And I am pretty sure that when he opened his wallet to pay for a drink I spotted at least 3 unhidden condoms. What a creep."

After the internal deliberation, Phillips ruled on Liptak's appeal, telling her fellow 3L that she had decided to affirm her initial rejection.

"I had to give considerable weight to my initial impression," said Phillips, describing the though process that led to her holding. "Besides a number of my girlfriends quickly filed concurring negative opinions of Lou which helped me realize that I had to rebuff him."

Despite the setbacks, Liptak plans to continue fighting.

"Years of experience have taught me that initially weak cases become much stronger with every additional drink consumed," remarked Liptak. "In other words, the drunker a girl gets the more likely it is that she will find error with an initial decision not to sleep with me."

The 3L continued: "Therefore, I won't give up until it's clear Natasha is done drinking. Hopefully tequila can do for me what persuasive oral advocacy and stubborn insistence could not."