Things You Never Knew...

(Alternatively titled, why I should get ICF)

Premise - ICF is primarily a CORPORATE module, aimed at those intending to go into corporate practice.

For the simplicity of argument, let's assume that there are two kinds of people in law school. Group 1, those intending to go into corporate practice (i.e. joining the corporate department of any law firm in Singapore) Group 2, those that are intending to do anything else. IP, liti, whatever else you wierd non-corporate types do. Or not practice at all. Whatever. Into group 2 you go.

For group 1, the utility they derive from taking ICF is definitely, without a doubt, much greater than the utility group 2 derives from taking ICF. Of course, you can't really quantify such abstract concepts as utility, but for the purposes of this discussion, let's say each person in group 1 gets 2 utility from taking ICF, while each person in group 2 gets 1, or 0 even.

Since the number of spaces in ICF is limited - 65, I'm told - the maximum utility in our little society (the society being all the people in law school who want to do ICF) is also limited. Since it is clearly in the interests of all members of society to maximize total utility, THEN ALL THE PEOPLE IN GROUP 2 SHOULD DROP ICF AND LET THE PEOPLE IN GROUP 1 WHO ARE NOT ALREADY IN ICF ADD IT.

Like yours truly.