Law School Therapy Pets: a Horse is the New Top Dog
By: Steve Grumm
It’s serious business when things go from canine to equine. Over the last few years a handful of law schools have brought in therapy dogs during finals period. Stressed-out students are able to book appointments to chill out w/ the pets, which are thought to have a calming effect on the future lawyers, whose minds are ravaged by the finer points of the rule against perpetuities and reverse nonmutual collateral estoppel. (I may have made up that second one.) But the Arkansans have outdone themselves. From Arkansas Business Online:
The Bowen School of Law at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock has a unique plan to reduce students’ stress: therapy dogs and a therapy horse named Porsche.
The school is hosting the animals during reading week, which begins Wednesday, and finals, which stretch from Dec. 10-19. Test-takers can spend their appointments for “petting and hugging” with one of several different dogs in one of the law library’s large study rooms. The horse will be available across the street in McArthur Park.