 Laura is having trouble adjusting to the added time commitments of Law Review while keeping up with her regular courses. All her friends are disturbed by the changes in her personality but she denies that anything is wrong except that she s busy. Laura does a poor job in her preparation of a note for the Law Review and Hart convinces other Review members that she should be put on probation instead of kicking her off altogether. Bell tries repeatedly to talk with her and offer help and support, but her protests continue. Hart is forced to redo Laura s work for the Law Review note when she hits bottom. Professor Tyler engages Kingsfield and a visitor from Kingsfield s early days at Oxford in a special seminar which is a debate about whether the American or English view about a certain controversial law is correct.