This true story was emailed to the Judge by her best friend (believe it or not, the Judged actually has friends), who for the sake of anonymity we’ll call Law Girl. Law Girl is a 3L at a top US Law School who is currently participating in an Elder Law Clinic at her school. Law Girl holds open office hours at the University Hospital’s Geriatric clinic (no joke). Law Girl reports: Last Friday afternoon, I was holding sitting in my office when an 85 year old woman literally fell in the doorway of my office. After I helped her up and gave her a glass of water, she told me her name was Betsy and showed me a traffic ticket that she had just received.  She got a ticket from the University police for reckless driving in the parking garage. I asked her what she did and she told me: “I’m high on prednisone. I don’t know what I’m doing anymore”. I ignored the fact that I didn’t think it was possible to get “high” off prednisone, and told Betsy that if she planned on contesting the ticket, she shouldn’t mention being “high” on anything in court. Betsy wanted me to represent her, but I had to turn her down, since Elder Law Clinic doesn’t do traffic court. Before she left, Betsy said she thought she’d give the clinic a try, stating, “If it’s free, it’s for me!” Ah, you gotta love those free clinic clients…three cheers for stoned senior citizens!!!