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booyakasha45 wrote:

Lem37 wrote:

whyamidoingthis wrote:

zero1 wrote:Farnsworth or Chirelstein for Contracts?

Strange that Chirelstein technically "uses" Farnsworth, according to the booklist.

Eh, Bobbitt uses Strauss's book for the majority of his reading. I think it's pretty common.

Lies. Bobbitt doesn't use books.

Lem37 wrote:
If Bobbitt didn't use books, I would have probably been drinking with you last night. Bobbitt uses MAD BOOKS.

HugerThanSoup wrote:

Lem37 wrote:
If Bobbitt didn't use books, I would have probably been drinking with you last night. Bobbitt uses MAD BOOKS.

Ah, rookie mistake lem - putting class assignments ahead of drinking and mayhem. GMike would never do such a thing.

Lem37 wrote: If Bobbitt didn't use books, I would have probably been drinking with you last night. Bobbitt uses MAD BOOKS.

HugerThanSoup wrote:

Lem37 wrote:
If Bobbitt didn't use books, I would have probably been drinking with you last night. Bobbitt uses MAD BOOKS.

Ah, rookie mistake lem - putting class assignments ahead of drinking and mayhem. GMike would never do such a thing.

Lem37 wrote:

HugerThanSoup wrote:

Lem37 wrote:
If Bobbitt didn't use books, I would have probably been drinking with you last night. Bobbitt uses MAD BOOKS.

Ah, rookie mistake lem - putting class assignments ahead of drinking and mayhem. GMike would never do such a thing.

You know, you're probably typing this from somewhere 10 feet away from me, ie in the law school, which is unspeakably creepy.

dev2012 wrote:Anyone that has Legal Practice on Fridays possibly interested in trading schedules with someone who doesn't?

I was hoping for Sturm, Shaw, or Suzanne Goldberg for Civ Pro, but didn't get them, so I might be up for trading schedules with someone.

I have Anne O'Connell for Civ Pro, Rapaczynski for Torts, and Victor Goldberg for Contracts.

PM me if you might be interested in swapping schedules; if you would want to trade and you don't have any of those three Civ Pro profs, PM me anyway and we can talk.

asealclubber wrote:

dev2012 wrote:Anyone that has Legal Practice on Fridays possibly interested in trading schedules with someone who doesn't?

I was hoping for Sturm, Shaw, or Suzanne Goldberg for Civ Pro, but didn't get them, so I might be up for trading schedules with someone.

I have Anne O'Connell for Civ Pro, Rapaczynski for Torts, and Victor Goldberg for Contracts.

PM me if you might be interested in swapping schedules; if you would want to trade and you don't have any of those three Civ Pro profs, PM me anyway and we can talk.

Uhh..what? Why are you so intent on having any one of three profs to be your civ pro prof? Also, have you even contacted the registrar about whether "swapping schedules" is allowed?

LoveButton wrote:Re: study tips

I studied about half the time that many of my classmates did. I believe that, once you have a basic understanding of the material, pouring on extra hours will not help you. It's all about what you do with the materials you are given on the exam. After a certain point, extra study hours just do not correllate with better performance. Embrace this truth and you will be happier.

Ultimately, you've gotta do what works for you and just ignore what everyone else is doing. Especially ignore people who are doing more work than you are. My own method was simply to keep up with the reading all semester. I didn't mess with hornbooks, I just stayed on top of my reading. I started and finished my outlines within a month of exams (not earlier), and I took one or two practice exams for some of my classes. I worked through the E&E's during reading week. During the semester, all I did was the assigned reading. I had a lot of spare time and joined the musical second semester. I can count on one hand the number of times I raised my hand in class all year

I say this mainly to illustrate the success of what I Think is a very reasonable, and possibly very light, course of study during 1L.

totebag wrote:

M51 wrote:

LoveButton wrote:Re: study tips

I studied about half the time that many of my classmates did. I believe that, once you have a basic understanding of the material, pouring on extra hours will not help you. It's all about what you do with the materials you are given on the exam. After a certain point, extra study hours just do not correllate with better performance. Embrace this truth and you will be happier.

Ultimately, you've gotta do what works for you and just ignore what everyone else is doing. Especially ignore people who are doing more work than you are. My own method was simply to keep up with the reading all semester. I didn't mess with hornbooks, I just stayed on top of my reading. I started and finished my outlines within a month of exams (not earlier), and I took one or two practice exams for some of my classes. I worked through the E&E's during reading week. During the semester, all I did was the assigned reading. I had a lot of spare time and joined the musical second semester. I can count on one hand the number of times I raised my hand in class all year

I say this mainly to illustrate the success of what I Think is a very reasonable, and possibly very light, course of study during 1L.

Either way, the 160k jobs are def no longer guaranteed ITE. Should be better next summer though!

I specifically remember when you wrote this (I remember your avatar):

2. Out of 400 students, we've identified less than 10 gunners. And, like I said before, they all go out and have fun and most of them are really nice and fun people. Maybe 1 out of 5 people have cracked open a hornbook (extra study material) already, and only 2 out of 5 even have hornbooks. Very few people (<10%) are in study groups right now. Everyone'll get an objective "great" job when they graduate, not many people are looking for clerkships/acedemia, so the atmosphere is very low pressure. But, it's still law school, not UG, and people are more mature, which shows in thier attitude towards doing work. If it's there, people are more than willing to do it, but very few people are going above and beyond (or they're just lying to me about it ). I think it'll pick up in intensity by Thanksgiving.

I was getting skeptical even back then....(fall, 08)

totebag wrote: I specifically remember when you wrote this (I remember your avatar):

2. Out of 400 students, we've identified less than 10 gunners. And, like I said before, they all go out and have fun and most of them are really nice and fun people. Maybe 1 out of 5 people have cracked open a hornbook (extra study material) already, and only 2 out of 5 even have hornbooks. Very few people (<10%) are in study groups right now. Everyone'll get an objective "great" job when they graduate, not many people are looking for clerkships/acedemia, so the atmosphere is very low pressure. But, it's still law school, not UG, and people are more mature, which shows in thier attitude towards doing work. If it's there, people are more than willing to do it, but very few people are going above and beyond (or they're just lying to me about it ). I think it'll pick up in intensity by Thanksgiving.

I was getting skeptical even back then....(fall, 08)

MeTalkPrettyOneDay wrote:On a broader note, I hope the current (and we hope temporary) turmoil doesn't turn our class into a bunch of high-stress gunners with attitudes. Let's work hard enough, but let's also be civil and have some damn fun. Besides, a CLS degree remains a CLS degree.

It's Friday! I <3 weekends!

booyakasha45 wrote:make sure you take the drinking slowly, "like porcupines having sex."

MeTalkPrettyOneDay wrote:

booyakasha45 wrote:make sure you take the drinking slowly, "like porcupines having sex."

+
Seixas = sexy ass
Dropped a load
Couples coupling automatically by impact.

We've had a decent number of pretty amusing moments in that class. Or maybe I'm just losing my mind.

MeTalkPrettyOneDay wrote:

booyakasha45 wrote:make sure you take the drinking slowly, "like porcupines having sex."

+
Seixas = sexy ass
Dropped a load
Couples coupling automatically by impact.

We've had a decent number of pretty amusing moments in that class. Or maybe I'm just losing my mind.

thrillhouse wrote:

MeTalkPrettyOneDay wrote:

booyakasha45 wrote:make sure you take the drinking slowly, "like porcupines having sex."

+
Seixas = sexy ass
Dropped a load
Couples coupling automatically by impact.

We've had a decent number of pretty amusing moments in that class. Or maybe I'm just losing my mind.

Wait, are you in SOVERN, too? We have to meet. Where do you sit?

MeTalkPrettyOneDay wrote:

thrillhouse wrote:

MeTalkPrettyOneDay wrote:

booyakasha45 wrote:make sure you take the drinking slowly, "like porcupines having sex."

+
Seixas = sexy ass
Dropped a load
Couples coupling automatically by impact.

We've had a decent number of pretty amusing moments in that class. Or maybe I'm just losing my mind.

Wait, are you in SOVERN, too? We have to meet. Where do you sit?

Yea man, I'm in Sovern's section. I just PMed you where I sit and what not, so check your inbox.

booyakasha45 wrote:

MeTalkPrettyOneDay wrote:

thrillhouse wrote:Wait, are you in SOVERN, too? We have to meet. Where do you sit?

Yea man, I'm in Sovern's section. I just PMed you where I sit and what not, so check your inbox.

just admit that you're the "dropped a load" guy.

MeTalkPrettyOneDay wrote:

booyakasha45 wrote:

MeTalkPrettyOneDay wrote:

thrillhouse wrote:Wait, are you in SOVERN, too? We have to meet. Where do you sit?

Yea man, I'm in Sovern's section. I just PMed you where I sit and what not, so check your inbox.

just admit that you're the "dropped a load" guy.

Me? Nah - you know who I am! But "dropped a load" dude was pretty epic in class. Hats off to him.