Professor Douglas Baird served as auctioneer.
Emily Van Wyck, '13, brought her daughter.
Triumphant bidders did not hide their excitement.
Most bidders planned out their strategy beforehand; others were spontaneous.
The students wore everything from Hawaiian shirts to flip-flops to sundresses.
The Lego Law School and Prof. Landes' Italian ties.
Even the Green Lounge cow got into beach mode.
As with any Law School get-together, the food was plentiful.
Prof. Baird presided over a packed Green Lounge.
The hula dancers put on a show during intermission.
Contestants in the Oliver Wendell Holmes mustache contest.
Many students teamed up for bidding on big-ticket items.
Willing students got hula lessons from a talented group of dancers.
Students didn't need to be told twice to get into the tropical spirit.
You'd never know it was a cold Chicago winter's night.
Much of the fun of the auction comes from watching the drama of bidding.