"Got a Minute?" with Devina Stone, 2L

Welcome to UW Law’s “Got a Minute?” series. These are fun, short-answer interviews with 20 rapid-fire questions. We’ll find students throughout William H. Gates Hall as they study, wait for class or hangout with their classmates.

This week’s “Got a Minute?” interview is with Devina Stone, 2L.

UW Law: What's the first law school class you ever took?

Devina Stone (DS): As a 1L that would have been civ pro and torts with Feldman and Porter.

UW Law: What was the first case you were cold called on, and how did it go?

DS: No idea. Probably badly. [Laughs]

UW Law: Who's the first classmate you met?

DS: The first day of torts I sat down with a group of people from my section because we had seen each other during Orientation, and they're all my very best friends to this day.

UW Law: Which professor would you want on your staff if you were to start an operating government on the moon?

DS: Manheim.

UW Law: What's your favorite doctrinal class?

DS: I really liked con law with Manheim.

UW Law: Which classroom is better, room 133 or 138?

DS: 133.

UW Law: If you had to pair up with a professor for karaoke, who would you pull up on stage with you?

DS: Garavito.

UW Law: What's the address of the law school building?

DS: [Pause] No idea.

UW Law: Without looking, how many glass structures are in the courtyard?

DS: Three? Four? Three? I want to go with three.

UW Law: What's your favorite part of the library to hangout?

DS: The student lounge.

UW Law: What's the best underutilized resource at UW Law for students?

DS: Emotionally, the vending machine with the soda. [Laughs]

UW Law: Which class have you laughed the most in?

DS: Probably criminal law with Garavito.

UW Law: Where's your favorite spot on the UW campus, excluding William H. Gates Hall?

DS: Cherry blossoms, for sure.

UW Law: Do you have a favorite courtroom drama TV show or movie?

DS: The Lincoln Lawyer.

UW Law: Tell us something you learned in class that blew your mind.

DS: There was this entire section of torts law that was basically about people slipping on bananas. I remember thinking, wow, I can't believe that that many people are actually slipping on fruit and suing someone about it.

UW Law: What's your favorite time slot for a class?

DS: 10:30 to 12:20.

UW Law: Where's your favorite spot to get a bite of food nearby?

DS: Probably Allegro.

UW Law: If you could host a fireside chat with one professor on anything, who would it be and on what?

DS: Feldman, and it doesn't matter. Anything.

UW Law: If you could work in-house anywhere, where would it be?

DS: No preference as long as I get to have a work-life balance.

UW Law: What’s a memorable case you studied in class?

DS:  Just recently, in trademark law, we did an entire case that was about the trade secrets of a baking pan lube called Vegalube Super P. The case was Mallet & Co. Inc. v. Lacayo.