Well, we are officially one quarter of the way done with ELSI classes. Our first week here ended with a Cork courthouse tour on Friday, ably led by UCC lecturer Gerard Murphy. As part of the tour we were able to sit in the courtroom and watch barristers questioning one of the parties in a case. One interesting difference between our U.S. court system and the Irish system is that Irish judges don't wait for one of the barristers to raise an objection; the judge we watched, unprompted, scolded the party numerous times for trying to enter hearsay into evidence via his testimony. Afterwards, we gathered on the courthouse steps for a group photo. 