As a 1L, a cranky professor told us, “First year law students are the only people who find the law interesting. That’s why you don’t have friends.” While his analysis may still hold true, we refuse to apologize for being unabashedly excited about the Supreme Court.

Today is First Monday, that judicial Festivus that lawyers, professors, law students, and judges await all year, and the 2011 Supreme Court cases are giving us plenty to celebrate. Here are our top five current obsessions for the Fall 2011 term:

As NPR’s Supreme Court expert Nina Totenberg noted this morning, this is a term full of cases with straight up “sex appeal.” Even if you are no longer a1L.

Related Resources:

  • Eyewitness Identification Review: 2011 Supreme Court Cases (FindLaw’s Supreme Court blog)
  • First Monday in October (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
  • The Top 5: Our Picks for the Top 2010 Supreme Court Cases (FindLaw’s Supreme Court blog)
  • You know where to find Graham Blackman-Harris on the first Monday in October: In line. (The Washington Post)
  • Top 5 Ways to Get to Supreme Court Oral Arguments (FindLaw’s Supreme Court blog)

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